TTC After Loss Buddy Wanted :-)

[kgriffin]

ayclobes, wow 8 weeks already, thats so great

 

[mrsmax]

I'm both excited and scared- you ladies know how it is- I worry that I'll loose this one too- both times previously it was at 5 wks so I won't really celebrate until I make it past that milestone. Please pray for me that the third time will be the charm and we'll get to have our first healthy baby.

AWESOME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

So pleased for you hun. Totally understand about holding off for milestone - I will be the same when i get my next BFP. Please keep us updated.

 

[futurephotos]

Future -- I did not realize you were/are from MN?! annnnd your bfp looks just like mine did! i was so nervous, mainly b/c i never made it past the 4/5wk mark..and here i am at 8w1d! and my appt is in 4days! my midwife gave me progesterone just in case, but doesnt think i need it!

Yep, I've always been in MN and still am
Congrats on making 8 weeks! I'm hoping I'll be able to get further along this time too. I'm already on progesterone because of the last 2 times. I do think I need it, so hopefully it will prevent a loss this time. I'm going to call the Dr. next week when I'm at 4wks and see if my dosage or frequency needs to change now that I am. I haven't had my HCG checked yet to see what the numbers are looking like. I don't think I will unless they recommend I do- otherwise it just could cause extra worry. I'm just hoping I won't bleed again any time soon!

 

[ayclobes]

Future -- I did not realize you were/are from MN?! annnnd your bfp looks just like mine did! i was so nervous, mainly b/c i never made it past the 4/5wk mark..and here i am at 8w1d! and my appt is in 4days! my midwife gave me progesterone just in case, but doesnt think i need it!

Yep, I've always been in MN and still am
Congrats on making 8 weeks! I'm hoping I'll be able to get further along this time too. I'm already on progesterone because of the last 2 times. I do think I need it, so hopefully it will prevent a loss this time. I'm going to call the Dr. next week when I'm at 4wks and see if my dosage or frequency needs to change now that I am. I haven't had my HCG checked yet to see what the numbers are looking like. I don't think I will unless they recommend I do- otherwise it just could cause extra worry. I'm just hoping I won't bleed again any time soon!

Wow! I don't know why I didnt notice that before lol. I had my hcg levels checked at 15(hcg 260) and 17dpo(hcg 700). My midwife said she didnt think i need the progesterone, but she gave it to me anyways just as a precaution..I'm on the crinone, 90mg 1x a day. Where do you doctor? I used to doctor in Hutchinson...but my OB was just not keeping me in mind i guess. i got my pregnancy confirmed exactly 1 month ago today.. and she didnt even want to see me at all until i was 9wks..so i changed OB/midwife's and now doctor in Waconia by norwood/young america..and i love them there!

 

[ayclobes]

DH also isnt able to come to our first appt b/c of work..so my mom is coming up tuesday and staying over and coming to my appt! we should be getting an u/s and seeing the heartbeat! so excited! 3days!

 

[futurephotos]

Ayclobes-

I'm slightly familiar with norwood/young america- I used to have an aunt and uncle that had a sod farm near there. I'm originally from Bloomington- then I was in Mankato for school, now I'm about 45 min. south of there in Blue Earth right near the IA border. We have a hospital here and my Dr. is a general practitioner/ family Dr.- so she'll be able to be my child's Dr. too. If I end up having a struggle with this pg too- then I'd probably get referred to a fertility specialist.

 

[kgriffin]

fx ladies, i know i keep askingg, but no one has said anything. anyone heard from brooke?

 

[DaisyBee]

I've been praying for you future! I know it's a scary time..... One day at a time. And try to stay busy! It will make the time go faster!

I didn't have early beta work done with this pregnancy either. And Im glad I didn't. It was a huge worry with megans pregnancy. One dr thought my numbers were too low and thought I had a blighted ovum and since then I haven't liked the idea of early betas. So when the other drs didn't want me in til after 8 weeks this time, I agreed.

 

[futurephotos]

Kate- no I haven't heard from Brooke either. I hope she's doing ok- I've been thinking about her too.

Daisy- thanks for your prayers- it is greatly appreciated. I've been doing good with staying pretty calm so far and I feel like everything is going well, but it's so early still I'm very anxious to at least get to 5 wks. If nothing happens at that point I'll start feeling better. Of course I'll still worry until 2nd tri too- but for now all I can do is one day at a time!

 

[kgriffin]

hey future, you certainly are not far from 5 weeks now, thinking of you and praying for you! I have my doctors appointment on thursday, i am worried too, but all we can do is be positive until proven otherwise right? fx

 

[ayclobes]

ahhh! I can't believe tomorrow is my 1st appt! finally! i've been waiting 4 weeks for this appt!

 

[kgriffin]

excited for your acyclobes~~~~~~~ Cant wait to hear all about it

 

[futurephotos]

Ayclobes- That's awesome! It will be a relief for you I'm sure

I just called the clinic today and asked for my Dr. to call me so I can let her know the news and see if there is anything she wants me to do differently with my progesterone or if she'd want my HCG checked. So I'm waiting to see when she'll call back.

 

[ayclobes]

Thank youuu! My mom is driving over 2 hours tonight, just to come to the appt tomorrow b/c my husband can't get off work

 

[kgriffin]

my dh cant get off work either, and my family lives across the country so im going solo, wish dh could be there

 

[kgriffin]

let us know future

 

[futurephotos]

Well, I'm glad that I called!
I was/am currently taking 100mg progesterone suppository 2x/wk. She is going to switch me to taking the same dosage 2x/DAY. I didn't think it would change that much! I would have figured that instead of every 3-4 days maybe every other or daily, but twice per day seems almost extreme. I have to trust her opinion though and I'll do what she tells me if that means this time will work out. Also she said she'd want me to come in for my first u/s at 6 weeks- so I wont have to wait until 8! That makes me feel pretty good She said it was up to me to decide if I'd like to find out my HCG numbers this week- the lab has instructions to do it if I want to... so I'm still debating on that.
On the one hand if I got high numbers back I'm going to probably feel better, but on the other hand if the numbers are low- then it will only make me worry more. Part of me really wants to know and the other part is too scared to find out. What would you ladies do?

 

[ayclobes]

I know, when i got my hcg levels checked..i wanted to know. I was nervous they would be super low, but my 1st draw was 260 and the repeat one 48hours later was 700! and i was 4w1d and 4w3d for those.

 

[futurephotos]

I was thinking that maybe I'd wait until next Monday - I'll be 1 day short of 5 wks then. Maybe I should go on Friday at 4+3, and follow up on Mon though. Something to think about still. I wish I wasn't so hung up on what to do. It's hard not to think about since I've been feeling sorta sicky today.

 

[kgriffin]

i would want to know, but i wouldnt compare them to our numbers, just go based on if they are doubling, and please dont google hcg charts (like i did) its not worth your sanity.