Welcome to 'Trying To Conceive Over 35'

[Samsfan]

Anyway ... I have 3 days off! Sorry for the second post, but I hit the button by accident. Love your schedule Alicatt! 2013!!!! Here we come!

I'm scheduled for an approximate retrieval on March 7th and transfer on March 10th, a Sunday! but who knows...

 

[alicatt]

OMG you guys are awesome!!! I sound so corny, and don't care.. but you guys are so great! I hope I get the luck of the Irish!!!!!!!

I'm going to be huge... How much wait do you gain during IVF. I was hoping that I would get petrified by the thought and be really strict with my diet. Well, my work gets in my way! Today I had a piece of chocolate all day, because I had a full schedule in am, meeting at lunch and trial till 5. (it was the only thing around I could grab) Then I had acupuncture and got home tired... Had a grilled chicken sandwich and fries!!!! uggghhhhh I'm the heaviest ever and now I'm going to gain more... I hope it has a reverse effect on me... My only hope is that I had a really heavy friend..who gained no weight during her pregnancy and she lost weight when she gave birth. I'm not obese, but pleasantly plump And in the eye of the public all day long... people are going to talk ..maybe I can spanxs my body..but not my face and I love to gain weight in the face... Can I get face spanxs

Oh dear.. face spanx.. that is hilarious! I wouldn't worry about it too much. Don't you normally gain/lose weight during your cycle? I usually fluxuate about 5 pounds, well this cycle it was more like 8-10 lbs. So just go with it, be as good as you can be, but don't beat yourself up about it. Most of it is water weight, so just keep that in mind, and once you either get AF or hopefully are pregnant, it will normalize and you'll be fine. You won't want to wear spanx, that is for sure, I wanted to wear the baggiest clothes I had as any pressure on my abdomen was extremely uncomfortable. Don't forget that the idea is to grow lots of follicles, your ovaries are going to look like bunches of grapes with 2cm grapes on them, and hopefully you'll have 10 follicles on each side. So do the math.. those follicles are going to take up space. Once the ER happens you'll feel so much better. It is easier said than done, but you can do it!!!

 

[alicatt]

Anyway ... I have 3 days off! Sorry for the second post, but I hit the button by accident. Love your schedule Alicatt! 2013!!!! Here we come!

I'm scheduled for an approximate retrieval on March 7th and transfer on March 10th, a Sunday! but who knows...

Perfect, so by March 17th you'll be 10 DPO and ready to start testing

 

[Samsfan]

Yes, I gain a few here and there...mostly a few here.
time to take out the elastic I guess!!!!
Hope we both get some fairy dust!!!!!!

Where is Chantal?

Anyway ... I have 3 days off! Sorry for the second post, but I hit the button by accident. Love your schedule Alicatt! 2013!!!! Here we come!

I'm scheduled for an approximate retrieval on March 7th and transfer on March 10th, a Sunday! but who knows...

Perfect, so by March 17th you'll be 10 DPO and ready to start testing

 

[Grey Eyes]

Ali- I have been researching this and from what I understand it is okay to stop the provera as soon as AF (or if) arrives...here is a link I read:

https://www.justanswer.com/medical/4bpq9-second-day-provera-bleeding-heavlily-felt.html

BUT I would call FS in the morning if you can??

 

[Grey Eyes]

Sam- don't worry about the weight! Judging from your pics you have nothing to wory about "Face spanx" lol!

AFM- dd's have fevers tonight...aaargh!!!!! T is at 101.1! Not sure why- she just cut two adult teeth- maybe that's it? Kat is super low grade at 99.1 so... I dosed'em, fed'em, now getting ready for Ahhh...Motherhood

 

[alicatt]

Sam- don't worry about the weight! Judging from your pics you have nothing to wory about "Face spanx" lol!

AFM- dd's have fevers tonight...aaargh!!!!! T is at 101.1! Not sure why- she just cut two adult teeth- maybe that's it? Kat is super low grade at 99.1 so... I dosed'em, fed'em, now getting ready for Ahhh...Motherhood

Pictures of Sam? ARGH I just see beautiful puppies!!!


AFM - Ya, I read similar things. I'm just not sure since my FS said to keep taking it? I just know that its been giving me constant headaches, and I got my period so mission accomplished

EEK.. feverish babies! I hope you get a decent sleep, I have a feeling you are going to be sleeping between 2 sick dd's. I really hope that its just the teeth, and that the spots on their tonsils aren't back.

 

[Samsfan]

Coy- Thanks But I love my spanxs! if they only had face spanx. I could drop a good 30 lbs...can't imagine what it will feel like when I gain some from getting preggers...uggghhh Okay regroup... time to start being good... I'm signed up for spin for next 3 days and eating has to be strict!

Hope your dd's feel better!!!!!!

Sorry Ali- I don't know anything about provera..yet

Sam- don't worry about the weight! Judging from your pics you have nothing to wory about "Face spanx" lol!

AFM- dd's have fevers tonight...aaargh!!!!! T is at 101.1! Not sure why- she just cut two adult teeth- maybe that's it? Kat is super low grade at 99.1 so... I dosed'em, fed'em, now getting ready for Ahhh...Motherhood

 

[never_give_up]

Yes, I gain a few here and there...mostly a few here.
time to take out the elastic I guess!!!!
Hope we both get some fairy dust!!!!!!

Where is Chantal?

Anyway ... I have 3 days off! Sorry for the second post, but I hit the button by accident. Love your schedule Alicatt! 2013!!!! Here we come!

I'm scheduled for an approximate retrieval on March 7th and transfer on March 10th, a Sunday! but who knows...

Perfect, so by March 17th you'll be 10 DPO and ready to start testing

Here I am Samsfan. Congrats on your IVF cycle starting! That is sooo exciting!

Ali woohoo for and being able to have your baby in 2013.

Coy I hope your children feel much better soon

I couldn't keep my eyes open after 9pm. Then I woke up at 3 am and havent been able to sleep. I have some serious acid reflux probably from all the stress. I know I cant take omeprazole and I am afraid to take even tums. Friday was a very frustrating day. The "appointment specialist" finally phoned me back to give me my prenatal appointment with high risk OBGYN. She apologized but said they were short staffed from so many people being sick with the flu. Well get this, my appoint. isn't till March 18th!! I said I wasn't comfortable with waiting that long because that's 8 1/2 weeks. Embryo had stopped growing around 7 1/2 weeks the first time I miscarried and I was walking around thinking my baby was growing till 9 1/2 weeks. I don't want to go through that again. It took me 3 years to get pregnant again and I would like more to be done this time like my hormone levels checked etc. Yes Samsfan I went to the doctor but it was just a GP and she wasn't giving me any results. She said the OBGYN would do that. But they frigging won't see me till 18th March! Maybe I am just spoilt from IVF cycles and the nurses being on call and telling me my numbers etc. Problem is I didn't get pregnant through fertility treatments and so I don't get special attention I will call back the RE again and ask if they think it is normal for me to have to wait till 8 1/2 weeks.

With IVF they do first ultrasound at 5 1/2 weeks. Then they pass you on to your OBGYN. So in otherwords it's better at my age to do IVF than to get pregnant naturally or as the RE nurse called it "spontaneously pregnant" Hubby keeps telling me to come back to bed and just think positive thoughts. I told him to leave me alone. I felt all positive the first time around and then I felt like an idiot when the ultrasound tech said my baby stopped growing. My cousin who also has fibromyalgia said that before she had her son she she had another pregnancy which was a miscarriage and during that pregnancy she felt depressed and her mood was bad just like mine. I have had bad mood swings like this since 10 dpo. I shouted at Dh 9th Feb over something stupid the morning of his birthday party. Now he said he knows it was hormones. Oh I also need a rogam shot if I have any kind of spotting because I am A- and Dh is B+. That is an added worry. When I started spotting with the miscarriage I had read that alot of women have spotting during first trimester and so I wasn't too worried but phoned OBGYN still to tell them and they said I had to get there ASAP for rogam shot. Sorry about the super loong rant ladies! You all are the only ones that understand me.

I have alot of bubbling in my uterus like a couple days before is due FF didn't like the drop in temp I had this morning and circled it on my chart. Is this a bad sign?

 

[Samsfan]

First, you woke up in the middle of the night and your stressed so your temp is probably not accurate.

Second, your def pregnant because your hormones are up and down.
Third, you need to think real positive thoughts for your baby. Stress and worry do not do it any good.

Fourth, We are all high risk. Anyone is high risk after 35.

Fifth, I would say call a new doctor and start fresh. Get a sooner appointment. Dont cancel your appt w your doc. If you dont like your new doc at least you have seen someone and go back to your old one. If i were you i would research the best of the best in the city or even New York. Your not far away. I think you should see someone asap. I would want the same for myself. And if you cant dont worry. My cousin is our age and she waited till she was four months pregnant to see someone i didnt agree, but baby is fine and shes seven months pregnant now

Last, dont think negative thoughts Chantal. Your pregnant! I know it seems unreal. But you are! And its here to stay!



Fifth

Yes, I gain a few here and there...mostly a few here.
time to take out the elastic I guess!!!!
Hope we both get some fairy dust!!!!!!

Where is Chantal?

Anyway ... I have 3 days off! Sorry for the second post, but I hit the button by accident. Love your schedule Alicatt! 2013!!!! Here we come!

I'm scheduled for an approximate retrieval on March 7th and transfer on March 10th, a Sunday! but who knows...

Perfect, so by March 17th you'll be 10 DPO and ready to start testing

Here I am Samsfan. Congrats on your IVF cycle starting! That is sooo exciting!

Ali woohoo for and being able to have your baby in 2013.

Coy I hope your children feel much better soon

I couldn't keep my eyes open after 9pm. Then I woke up at 3 am and havent been able to sleep. I have some serious acid reflux probably from all the stress. I know I cant take omeprazole and I am afraid to take even tums. Friday was a very frustrating day. The "appointment specialist" finally phoned me back to give me my prenatal appointment with high risk OBGYN. She apologized but said they were short staffed from so many people being sick with the flu. Well get this, my appoint. isn't till March 18th!! I said I wasn't comfortable with waiting that long because that's 8 1/2 weeks. Embryo had stopped growing around 7 1/2 weeks the first time I miscarried and I was walking around thinking my baby was growing till 9 1/2 weeks. I don't want to go through that again. It took me 3 years to get pregnant again and I would like more to be done this time like my hormone levels checked etc. Yes Samsfan I went to the doctor but it was just a GP and she wasn't giving me any results. She said the OBGYN would do that. But they frigging won't see me till 18th March! Maybe I am just spoilt from IVF cycles and the nurses being on call and telling me my numbers etc. Problem is I didn't get pregnant through fertility treatments and so I don't get special attention I will call back the RE again and ask if they think it is normal for me to have to wait till 8 1/2 weeks.

With IVF they do first ultrasound at 5 1/2 weeks. Then they pass you on to your OBGYN. So in otherwords it's better at my age to do IVF than to get pregnant naturally or as the RE nurse called it "spontaneously pregnant" Hubby keeps telling me to come back to bed and just think positive thoughts. I told him to leave me alone. I felt all positive the first time around and then I felt like an idiot when the ultrasound tech said my baby stopped growing. My cousin who also has fibromyalgia said that before she had her son she she had another pregnancy which was a miscarriage and during that pregnancy she felt depressed and her mood was bad just like mine. I have had bad mood swings like this since 10 dpo. I shouted at Dh 9th Feb over something stupid the morning of his birthday party. Now he said he knows it was hormones. Oh I also need a rogam shot if I have any kind of spotting because I am A- and Dh is B+. That is an added worry. When I started spotting with the miscarriage I had read that alot of women have spotting during first trimester and so I wasn't too worried but phoned OBGYN still to tell them and they said I had to get there ASAP for rogam shot. Sorry about the super loong rant ladies! You all are the only ones that understand me.

I have alot of bubbling in my uterus like a couple days before is due FF didn't like the drop in temp I had this morning and circled it on my chart. Is this a bad sign?

 

[twiggers]

The circle just means it was taken at a different time. I understand your worries (I am a natural pessimist), but try to stay positive and reduce stress. Yoga? Meditation?

 

[Samsfan]

Phil. I tested. I would think it is too soon and im not hopeful

 

[alicatt]

Phil. I tested. I would think it is too soon and im not hopeful

5DPO is too soon! The embryo would have just arrived in the uterus today! It will take a few more days to see a line. If you feel cramps and/or spotting the next few days that is a good sign!

 

[never_give_up]

The circle just means it was taken at a different time. I understand your worries (I am a natural pessimist), but try to stay positive and reduce stress. Yoga? Meditation?

I did yoga before bed and again this morning. I fell asleep both times after. Can't sleep for very long.

 

[alicatt]

Chantal, please don't stress too much! The hormones are making you have mood swings, it's totally normal. Just try to relax and relish the thought that you are pregnant! Positive thoughts and visualizing the embryo settling in will help, do some of your yoga and go to an acupuncturist. Mine wanted to see me after implantation to help improve blood flow to it.

I am sure you are still in a state if disbelief and I understand your concerns, but you need to stay strong for this little bean

Maybe you can see someone in Barbados? I'm sure you'll have to pay out of pocket, but I bet they would be able to do an ultrasound, and bloodwork! I went with my friend in the Bahamas when she was finishing breast feeding her first and was annoyed her period hadn't come. So they did an ultrasound and low and behold there was little Ethan in there! I think she paid $100 for the visit. So maybe you can do the same in Barbados?

 

[Samsfan]

I woke ip early too my temp and fell back to sleep and took my temp again and it was higher. Which one should i use? The only reason i ask is this am i felt like i was semi sleeping before i took my temp.

 

[never_give_up]

thank-you Ali and Samsfan , I will try to be positive. Sorry for the rant I will try to see an obgyn in Barbados but I remember I had to wait almost 2 weeks for an appointment. Going to another GP is pointless. I have leave for PA soon to meet With Dh's family. Not telling them anything.

Have a wonderful day ladies!

 

[never_give_up]

I woke ip early too my temp and fell back to sleep and took my temp again and it was higher. Which one should i use? The only reason i ask is this am i felt like i was semi sleeping before i took my temp.

I would use the first temp even though it was early. As long as you slept at least 4 hours that is the one to use

 

[Samsfan]

thanks alicatt. I thought so. Very tired today thats all. Glad for a three day weekend.

Phil. I tested. I would think it is too soon and im not hopeful

5DPO is too soon! The embryo would have just arrived in the uterus today! It will take a few more days to see a line. If you feel cramps and/or spotting the next few days that is a good sign!

 

[alicatt]

thank-you Ali and Samsfan , I will try to be positive. Sorry for the rant I will try to see an obgyn in Barbados but I remember I had to wait almost 2 weeks for an appointment. Going to another GP is pointless. I have leave for PA soon to meet With Dh's family. Not telling them anything.

Have a wonderful day ladies!

OK! You never know Have an awesome time in Barbados and just be Zen! I understand the rant and feel free to do it again! That is what we are here for!

Sam- take the first one as long as you had 4 hours of sleep. The whole idea of basal temp is to get your temp before anything interferes to increase it. Like getting up to go to the bathroom, or having a sip of water. Just moving will alter your temps! It's crazy how much a little move will make. I remember when I was temping, I'd wake up grab the thermometer and lie there bursting because I had to per and thinking this is torture! Those 60 seconds felt like 60 minutes! LOL