**Pregnant after IVF Thread**

[Chickadeedee]

Sunshine - we are in Maine and it is so horribly cold out thankfully we haven't had any snow in about a week though... I just can't wait for spring!!!!!

Postal - they kept me on Crinone until 8 weeks only. And I scooped out in the shower like Disney because the buildup was gross. They didn't taper me off or anything - they said just to stop and I was sooooo nervous!!!!

As far as symptoms go, I probably had the easiest first tri in history. I got nauseous ONCE while eating lobster stew for dinner. That's it. Absolutely no morning sickness whatsoever! Which of course freaked me out because of lack of symptoms yes my bb's were super sore, but I was a 34 DDD before I got pregnant so who knows if that has anything to do with it? And the tiredness... Holy smokes I napped every single day because I was just tired right to the bones!
Right now I just mainly find I'm super emotional over everything. And I still worry. I'm 23 1/2 weeks along and I still look at the toilet paper every. single. time. to make sure I'm not bleeding...I thought that paranoia would go away but nope I had really bad round ligament pain last week and ended up at the doctors because I was convinced something was wrong but it was perfectly normal..

 

[Disneyfan88]

Chickadeedee - I've found that the worrying never really goes away, either. At least, not for me. I still check the TP every single time, too.

 

[sunshine1217]

Disney did you have bleeding before? That's how I am like, I check up underwear very frequently…I only JUST stopped wearing panty liners about 2 weeks ago. It is so rainy here but it's a good change and we need the rain.

Postal, I was on progesterone for 12 weeks!

Chickadeedee, I was and am still so emotional! I cry more days than I don't cry.

 

[Disneyfan88]

Disney did you have bleeding before? That's how I am like, I check up underwear very frequently…I only JUST stopped wearing panty liners about 2 weeks ago. It is so rainy here but it's a good change and we need the rain.

Postal, I was on progesterone for 12 weeks!

Chickadeedee, I was and am still so emotional! I cry more days than I don't cry.

No, no bleeding. What you went through was very scary, and I'm so happy things have worked out and it has stopped for you.

DH is happy that I haven't had any mood swings from any of the fertility meds or from pregnancy. I know that I'm lucky in that regard.

Yes - we definitely need the rain!

 

[cntrygrl]

PostalMom-- If they take me off Crinone at 8 weeks which will be at my appointment on Thursday I will have a full box left. I will gladly send it to you.

 

[sunshine1217]

Disney, i forgot, are you in SF or east/south bay?

 

[Disneyfan88]

Disney, i forgot, are you in SF or east/south bay?

I'm about an hour outside of SF, but I commute there for work.

 

[PostalMom]

Disney, they had prescribed 30 days that will put me right at 10 weeks. I would love it if you sent them to me to give me a safety net because the timing falls about 2 Days late if it takes the 18 days to get here. We could start a pay it forward with crinone. I have 3 ICs left I could send some one who needs them.

 

[PostalMom]

Cntrygrl. Fxd you get to stop the crinone. Since I'm in a study I assume I will be kept on until 10 weeks since that's the script. I feel so neglected. As far as prenatal care goes. My DH doesn't understand the worry. I'm nearly 7 weeks and I haven't been seen since my one and only beta on the 16th. It seems like forever ago. I just feel like I should be seen even though it's probably all in my head. I guess because every one else that have ivf had several betas, early sonogram, etc. I now my baby or babies heart (s) have been beating but I want to hear it or see it or see the sacs! Is there 1 or 2? Are they OK.? I check the t.p. Every time I go too. I think I'm having some round ligaments pain. How do you know that's what it is? Working as a mail lady sub is really hard but I am surprised how well its going for me so far. But as it's getting warmer out and I'm having a harder time acclimating to it. I think the assume we'll be rough. Any way I'll shut up for now. Lol.

 

[Disneyfan88]

Disney, they had prescribed 30 days that will put me right at 10 weeks. I would love it if you sent them to me to give me a safety net because the timing falls about 2 Days late if it takes the 18 days to get here. We could start a pay it forward with crinone. I have 3 ICs left I could send some one who needs them.

PM me your address. I'm fairly positive that I have a stash of 3 or 4 in my desk at work. My doctor prescribed me 2 per day (lucky me), so I kept some at work in case of an emergency.

 

[Chickadeedee]

Cntrygrl. Fxd you get to stop the crinone. Since I'm in a study I assume I will be kept on until 10 weeks since that's the script. I feel so neglected. As far as prenatal care goes. My DH doesn't understand the worry. I'm nearly 7 weeks and I haven't been seen since my one and only beta on the 16th. It seems like forever ago. I just feel like I should be seen even though it's probably all in my head. I guess because every one else that have ivf had several betas, early sonogram, etc. I now my baby or babies heart (s) have been beating but I want to hear it or see it or see the sacs! Is there 1 or 2? Are they OK.? I check the t.p. Every time I go too. I think I'm having some round ligaments pain. How do you know that's what it is? Working as a mail lady sub is really hard but I am surprised how well its going for me so far. But as it's getting warmer out and I'm having a harder time acclimating to it. I think the assume we'll be rough. Any way I'll shut up for now. Lol.

Oh postal - it does kind of feel like you haven't had a lot of contact with the doctor! You only had one beta???? How do they know if it doubled properly? Sorry - not to worry you but that seems weird!? And it does surprise me that they didn't do an ultrasound a little earlier just to make sure the baby(ies) are in the right spot - even though you did IVF it is still possible to have an etopic.... I wonder if it's because you are part of a study? Have you called your regular OB to schedule your first appt?

My RLP was down the sides of my belly and it was intense - like can't roll over in bed without moaning intense... In the very beginning of the pregnancy I was very crampy - your uterus is already stretching and getting ready for that bebe!!!!

 

[Chickadeedee]

Disney did you have bleeding before? That's how I am like, I check up underwear very frequently…I only JUST stopped wearing panty liners about 2 weeks ago. It is so rainy here but it's a good change and we need the rain.

Postal, I was on progesterone for 12 weeks!

Chickadeedee, I was and am still so emotional! I cry more days than I don't cry.

Sunshine - yeah - I cry over commercials, TV shows, songs on the radio - you name it!!! Surprisingly I haven't been "hormotional" with my DH at all!!! Just weepy at random things... and it totally catches me off guard - all the sudden it's big fat ugly tears rolling down my face and I'm like "WHAT IS HAPPENING???"... I watch Grey's Anatomy and I watched an episode the other day when one of the girls was just pregnant and her description was "I'm a hormone casserole!!! My body is not my own!"

 

[PostalMom]

Chickadee. . Lmao. I am always crying. . My beta was really high. And they do everything exactly the same for everyone in my study. My tubes are blocked completely so I don't think I have much if any risk of tubal. The hsg showed the dye barely went into the tube. It was more like the entrance of the tubes. My obgyn would have seen me lay Monday and did a sonogram but I had to reschedule. My study Dr doesn't want me seeing my obgyn until they release me in fear of my obgyn wanting to take me off or change my meds, crinone. So I can understand. I'm in a study. Ugh.part of me wanted to say. . I'm out.. And just go to my ob. Since the contract I signed said I can drop out any time. Lol. I got what I want. But I'll see it thru. I was just looking at my paperwork and it said on day 42 which is the 12 th. I will get my scan more blood work, and they may let me discontinue my crinone. I'll be so pissed if I order the meds from Canada for nothing. 60 bucks down the toilette. Ugh. But that should be my last visit to them for a while. Thank goodness! Its an hour away and i try to always get 7 am appointments because tampa rush hour is just aweful and so stressful.

 

[laurabe]

Had my 12 week scan today. Everything is fine. I'm measuring at 12+3 and baby seems to be having fun leaping about lol. I'm.over the moon

 

[PostalMom]

Had my 12 week scan today. Everything is fine. I'm measuring at 12+3 and baby seems to be having fun leaping about lol. I'm.over the moon

That's so awesome! ! I'm so happy for you and baby!! I can't wait until next Wednesday for my first scan. Seems like time is going by so so slowly. Lol.

 

[mizuno]

Oh, postal I'm so jealous of your scan next week! I have to wait till the 24 (I'll be 8.5 weeks then)! And I'm going absolutely insane. I don't have any symptoms, apart from sore BBs and even that comes and goes. No m/s, no fatigue, no cramps, nothing. I'm so worried that there is nothing there and I'm just wasting my time with progesterone and estrogen and injecting my self with fragmin for nothing. How do you stop yourself from going insane? The nurses said that if I had miscarriage I would know it, as I would start bleeding, but they didn't mention anything about missed miscarriages (presumably not to scare me). But I do worry about that.

I just don't understand this attitude of my clinic - you spend all this time being monitored and followed up, then you get a positive test and they're like, congrats, no go home and be pregnant and wait 3 weeks to find out any more information!
I mean, I would appreciate a brochure or something telling me what I should or shouldn't do, what signs of trouble to look for, what is safe to eat, or at least telling me where to find this information (a reputable website). I don't think they realise how much misinformation there is out there, not to mention different country-specific guidelines. So, if any of you know of any good sites, please let me know, I am totally clueless when it comes to this

 

[sunshine1217]

I'm glad I'm not the only emotional one. I balled at parts of the Oscar's last night. Some of those speeches sure were tear jerkers.

laurabe congrats on the scan! are you graduating to an OB now?

This week is so busy for me, feel like I have a full schedule everyday, then at the end of the week I have my anatomy scan and I will truly feel half way done. I say though (and I know some of you have been through this before)…the pregnancy period is so special and short. Even though it seems like eternity till we get to the next scan or the next milestone, or the next week/month, the 40 give or take some weeks will go by like a flash. When I am going to infertility treatments, I felt like my life only existed at the FS office. The last year went by like a blur, I remember very little except for those sad or happy moments spent at the FS. I know it is still the same now except I am just looking forward to the baby coming. My point is I want to really make a conscious effort to enjoy every moment with the baby inside of me and treat this whole process as the journey. I'm not looking forward to just delivering the baby but my new life with the baby. Sorry if I got too philosophical.

Happy monday everyone!

 

[Lucinda7981]

Laurabe congrats on the awesome scan!
Postal and mizuno I'm sorry you guys are feeling neglected

 

[princess_1991]

all! Mind if I join?

Im 15 weeks with our IVF twins

Our first born was also an IVF baby so we consider ourselves unimaginably lucky to have habe 2 cucles both resulting in a bfp!

We're due august 22nd but our twins will be making an appearance on the 5th august (37 weeks) via c-sec!

 

[PostalMom]

Welcome princess! Hope you like it here. We're a good group of gals that came from an ivf thread but was out of place after getting our bfps.