TWW Support group to help get you through the nitty gritty...and beyond

[persephone13]

Honestly, I don't know, Ready. It's so hard to get a new family doctor in our area. I might just go in to see him with a list of demands and tell him this is what I want. He can't really say no when it's a completely legitimate issue.

That being said, can you girls help me make a list of everything I should ask to have?

 

[BABTTC123]

Ready- Yeah I am learning that the hard way lol my body is screaming pregnant and the tests are saying "possibly.." xD

pers- Since you have PCOS some stuff to bring up is that you want to be closely monitored for gestational diabetes, hypoglycemia, pre-eclampsia, low progesterone, ectopic pregnancy, cyts growing and rupturing during pregnancy etc.. These are things that I will be checking into as well since I also have PCOS.

 

[persephone13]

Did I not tell you what he said when I went in to see him? He's like, well I guess you don't have PCOS since you got pregnant all on your own. O_O

 

[Renaendel]

Perse. Two blood tests, separated by 48 hours.

The first test should be for HCG and for progesterone.

The second test should be for HCG.

You need the the two HCG tests to check doubling time. If it isn't doubling properly then chances are there is a chromosomal failure or it is in the wrong location (ectopic). Nothing they can do about chromosomal, but if it is extopic they can do something now. I am missing my tube because my first doctor refused blood tests.

Progesterone should be checked now because it is an easy way to prevent a miscarriage of a perfectly healthy embryo. Especially since you have had two losses this year it should be checked.

Make sure he understands that if you lose this one it will be your third, which in most countries qualifies you for repeat loss testing.

 

[persephone13]

I can't say enough how lost I would be without you girls.

 

[BABTTC123]

Pers- You REALLY need to get a new doctor!! It is 100% possible to conceive naturally with PCOS! I see ladies do it ALL THE TIME!

 

[persephone13]

Honestly I would love to just get through the first 8 weeks and then start seeing my midwife, but they won't take you on until about 8 - 10 weeks.

 

[Mommy_DK]

Pers- So sorry you are having a crappy time with this dr your seeing right now! Hopefully the next few weeks will fly by so you can get over to the midwives! I'm hoping the bloating is a good sign for us

Bab- I got a taste of that burning up feeling you had the other day..... Wonder what that means...? I'm hearing that folic acid is really really good for a sticky bean . Are you taking any?

Ready- That's good! You've been ahead of the game with the vitamins then! When are you going back to your dr?

Also ready, I saw you mention to Bab that the cheapies won't show well unless you're further along? How far? My BFP was a cheapie .

I'm still too tired to do much of anything , my house is a little more messy than I'd like for it to be right now and I've been making DH cook. Dizzy again today, pretty much same symptoms. Normally I want sweets, but I'm actually turned off to them and only want meaty hearty foods and cheese.

 

[ReadynWaiting]

Mommy-Before af is due I find the cheapies give really light lines that have you wondering. Plus they aren't good for showing progression. The ics i had were totally inconsistent while my frers were showing tons of progression.

 

[BABTTC123]

Pers- Hopefully time will fly by and you will be dealing with your midwife in no time!
Speaking of which... how do you find and choose a good one??

mommy- I have been taking prenatals and extra folic acid religiously for 3 months now lol
My guess for the burning up is that we are producing high progesterone levels Since progesterone is what causes our temp to rise..?

ready- I have pretty much just stopped testing since I only have one cheap test left and I will be getting a draw tomorrow anyways.
I figure that I might as well treat myself as pregnant.
Plus a lot of pages say that some women don't have strong hcg show in their urine whereas it is still high in their blood. So I am trying to make myself believe that I am one of those ladies xD haha

 

[BABTTC123]

So I tried making both "Perfect french toast" and "perfect bacon" from recipes I found online. Well the french toast tasted terrible and the bacon ended up burning. I'm pretty ticked off. Never trustingonline recipes again!! This is the 4th time this stuff has happened :/

 

[persephone13]

That is so frustrating, Babs! I have really hit and miss luck with online recipes. I am currently trying one in the slow cooker...ehhh we will see. It smells good though, so I'm hoping that means its a win. lol.

As for the midwife, I read up on the three clinics in my area, and the ones I went with last time (before my miscarriage) were really amazing. As soon as I talked to them on the phone we just clicked. It is fully covered by our health insurance here in Ontario which is amazing.

How is everyone else doing tonight? DH felt bad for me being all worrying and sad so he went out an bought a FRER and I just took it.

He was the first one to say he thinks it looks darker then the others, which made me feel much better. Though I have been having some achey cramps all day long, I was reading that miscarriage normally starts with bleeding and then cramps. I can't remember what happened last time because it was really traumatic for me, but I seem to remember having cramps first. IDK.

https://oi58.tinypic.com/xqg6ea.jpg

 

[ReadynWaiting]

Perse-I was achey for the first week and a half. It felt totally different from dd which was more pulling and stretching with cramps.
When I had my mc it was more backache with sharp cramps that never went away. The bleeding came later. That line looks great!
Bab-I'm not a big recipe follower but when I do they had best work out. That totally pisses me off!! GL tomorrow.
Afm-the nausea seems to be setting in. Yesterday I had to lay down a few times just to keep from running to the toilet and tonight I was changing dd diaper (poopy) and it actually made me sick! I've never gagged over her diapers. My hcg must still be rising so fx'd bean had grown. I'm trying to prepare myself for the worst but it's hard not to have hope.

 

[BABTTC123]

Pers- I have been cramping today as well. Scared the crap out of me when they got pretty strong but I think it is just our uterus' expanding... Btw, gorgeous lines

ready- I give up on internet recipes lol i swear they are out to piss me off xD haha

 

[Renaendel]

Perse and Babbs, I hope there are only "good" cramps hitting you two. I don't want to see any more miscarriages in this thread, just all you ladies with healthy perfect pregnancies!!! Let us know your new HCG babbs, keeping my fingers crossed that it is perfect. Perse, hopefully you can find a walk in clinic that will just do the two blood tests if your doctor is an ass tomorrow.

Ready - Man your MS sounds really rough for 6 weeks. You must have quite the strong little bean in there. It is a great sign that your hormones are still adjusting. I wish you didn't have to be sick, but I am glad it is giving you some reassurance that things are ok.

MommyDK, I am glad that you are getting some time to rest and that your husband is being supportive and helping out. It seems like the pregnancy exhaustion is hitting you pretty hard. As for the cheapie thing I have had different experiences with them and unfortunately enough losses to test a few brands. SurePredict cheapies work really well from about 5-100 HGC, but they saturate after that. Wondfo work decently for progression from 20-400. OSOM are great from 10-200 but are 2$ vs less than a dollar. Dollar store are hit or miss (25-50)-200. FRER and Answer seem to be about 12.5-500 hgc for decent progression. Hope that helps.

I am calling my RE tomorrow. I actually started later than I thought. Full flow today instead of Friday. The period was being shy and not doing full flow yet. So I need to reschedule my CD 12 follicle ultrasound. This is good though, because I need to ask her about my femara dose. The point of putting me on Femara was to make sure I was getting a follicle on the left hand side. It is only happening maybe 1 out of ever 4 months. I am going to ask her if we can increase the dose so I have a better chance of eggies that can make it to my left tube. Wish me luck. It just destroys me every month I go in for another ultrasound and my egg is on the wrong side, again. I hope she is ok with the idea.

 

[ReadynWaiting]

Ren my everything is crossed for you. With all that u have had to endure ur time is here for a rainbow. I'm sure you feel this and I can't imagine your frustration with all of this. At least you are getting good care...now ur body needs to cooperate.

 

[BABTTC123]

Ren- I am praying for you!!!
This needs to be your cycle! That we we all are so close in due dates

ready- I totally missed the part about your ms! Hooray for vomiting!!! lol Hopefully it doesn't treat you too bad but I think it is an awesome way to ease your mind

 

[Mommy_DK]

Ren- I'm glad too that you have good care, how many follicles do you have? Did they get a count yet? And yes that does help a bunch ! I'll try the wondfos next. The dollar tree cheapie set in really dark but ready was saying that can happen even really early on so Im hoping I'm still early and that's why they couldn't see anything , prayers going up!

Ready- I'm so glad your getting the ms! Did you get it with your other babies?? I never did

Bab- Any news? I usually follow my instincts and just tweak certain things when it comes to recipes ..... When I follow exactly what it says its always a FAIL! Lol oh and that's good you started taking the folic early !

I was reading around today and ran into this really interesting research study about gender influence. Supposedly mothers who are on diets and normally skip breakfast the months leading up to conception have baby girls. But mothers who have a high caloric intake and eat cereal most mornings in the months leading up to conception are more likely to concieve baby boys. Also diets rich in potassium (bananas, potatoes etc.) in the months leading to conception and during early pregnancy weeks are more likely to produce baby boys. Thought that was pretty interesting especially because it proved to be pretty accurate for my three. During the months before I conceived my girls I was following really strict diets, and just before I conceived my son I was purposely trying to gain some weight back so my calorie intake was pretty high. BUT of course the most important thing is a healthy baby if this is a viable pregnancy and so *healthy* foods should be the focus. Cheers , to our future healthy happy newborns!! *******

 

[Renaendel]

Mommy dk, I my antral follicle count was 16-18. Not to shabby for a 35 year old! But I only had one stupid follicle grow last month. I am on the IVF protocol for vitamins for egg quality so we ar doing everything we can. Yes the dollar tree ones can saturate pretty quickly, so you don't see a huge change after a few days. The issue is that there are so many different manufacturers of the dollar tree tests that all use the same case but slightly different strips inside so it is hard to tell what you have.

Babbs, ready, I hope my body listens to you. Just promise if it doesn't you guys won't be weirded out by the one not preggers lady in the group.

After my talk with the doctor we are sticking on the letrozole protocol at 5mg for at least one more month. They don't go above that dose in the clinic. My RE covers a three state area since the population is so small here. So I am meeting her on February fifth, four days before my next period is due to discuss moving to injectables. I can do 3-500 a cycle, but I am nervous that we are talking thousands...

 

[Mrs. Burch]

Perse-that is an awesome line!! Any luck trying to get a new dr and bloods? Glad dh is being more supportive.

Ready-Sorry about the MS, I know it is a BITCH!!!!!!!! I do feel for you!! When do you go back for another scan?

Bab-Let us know about your draw. at 10dpo mine was 25 but like the girls said, it is about the progression, not the actual number.

Mommy-Sorry about the bloating, I was bloated pretty bad in the beginning, it has worn off some now.

Ren-I love that you talk so openly with your dr and she responds, that is awesome. That is how it is with my dr too! Although I have been with them since I was 16 so we I feel comfortable. I so hope that things work out for you soon, you deserve it after everything you have been through. Hope you and dh are feeling better and the flu has left you all.

AFM-No sickness for 3 days in a row. I got a little sick feeling on Saturday and ate and it was gone! 1 week from tomorrow we find out if Little Monster is a boy or girl! I am so hoping girl but idk. Hope you all had a wonderful weekend.