hmmm, i posted yesterday but it disappeared....
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hmmm, i posted yesterday but it disappeared....
:rofl: That's so funny - because it's true! But I never say that either! DH never tells anyone his sperm is dodgey. I guess it's easier to say i have endo.:
Can you believe that I jinxed myself ... AF arrived yesterday. No kidding, after about 18 months away. I guess i should be pleased :dunno:
I think there's a tendency to assume that if you do IVF there must be something wrong with the woman.... In our case that's true (we have his'n'hers factor), but still... And I don't really want to get into details about DH's sperm with people. It's a little undignified really.
Damn on jinxing yourself! I guess the one upside to DS's constant night feedings is that af daren't show her face round here.... :rolleyes:
Hi gang,
Gosh I'm a slacker with keeping up with you all in here!
Darn on jinxing yourself Lenny!
LOL Marcellus! Exactly right. Same Male probs here but dont want to really go into they whys and whatfors in public.
Celeste has lots of very bright pink marks in her hair at the back of her neck and a quite faint area of redness between her eyes. It gets brighter when she cries but its not really noticible mostly. hope it fades away as it is in a very obvious place on her face but I'm not worried about it.
Yay on everything being good with DS now Nik. Its a horrible panicky feeling when they suggest something is wrong!
We have had horror weather here in SA and our aircon broke the night before the 45C day!!!! Celeste was sick with a chest infection (still is and on second lot of antibiotics) so we had to go hide out at my folks place 100km away. All fixed now in time for the next hot burst.
My mothers group are starting to go the second round of pregnancies now too. I was ok with the first one but I'm a bit closer to the second one and that one stung me a bit. I feel kinda stupid about feeling jealous of a pregnancy now that I have my longed for bubba but we are in the throes of trying again. In fact I have been having my bloods monitored all week for ovulation so that we can go in for a natural frozen embie transfer on tuesday this coming week!!!! I can hardly believe we are doing it again. I feel quite different about it this time. Of course I really really really want it to work but I think I wont have the total devestation this time if it doesnt work. Mind you, I think these 3 frosties are our only chance of having a second child as on one income I dont think we will afford to go another stim cycle. :( I dont really know where to fit this topic in on BB this time as we havent exactly been ttc . No drugs or months and months of trying, just an appt to discuss everything then bloods everyday this week and then rock up for the transfer. It feels a bit unreal actually compared to the stim cycles we had for Celeste. So I'm not really a LTttc this time. I guess I'm an AC but I think I'm more comfy here with you lot. :)
Anyhow, I will surely be on here a bit more inthe next couple of weeks as we wait.
Keep cool if you can ppl
Sazz
Sazz, I'm sure you would be welcome no matter where you choose to post. Don't forget that the LTTTC thread also covers assisted conception, but I'm sure nobody would mind if you decided to hang here. I'm just REALLY glad to see you posting again! We're currently having similar heat in Sydney - I've packed Sam and myself in the car and escaped to my parents' house and will go back home on Monday when the heat has broken, and then begin the packing up to move house starting to the following Monday - going to be busy for a while!
I also get the comments about the next pregnancy being a surprise. However, I'm blunt and tell them that getting pregnant and having a baby may change me, but it will do bugger all for DH... But would you believe that I walked out of my 6 week check with my OB with a prescription for the pill in my hand - and I'm actually taking it now? Never thought I'd do that again, but I am...
BW
AF arrived for me almost 2 weeks ago... not much past 5 weeks since DD's birth! :wall: I thought the BF thing would help, and I was kinda looking forward to having a while without it! :doh: I think I might have jinxed myself somehow too, Lenny!! I'm going to have to think about going on the pill also, even though it will be weird to have to do that for the first time in a couple of years with DH just to be extra careful...
marcellus - I agree with you completely. Everyone I've spoken to has assumed that the need for IVF has been because of me - for us it was DH only, and I don't like having to explain that to people either.
I'm sorry about all the heat for everyone :( It's very weird being over here where it has been snowing for most of the week (and a highly unusual, record breaking amount of snow)! I kind of miss the heat and summer, but I certainly don't envy these horrible plus-40 temperatures that are going round! Hope everyone is keeping cool and doing ok.
Miss C, I'd barely even stopped bleeding at five and a half weeks after having Sam! Yuck!
BW
Hey I hope you girlies down south are all ok in the heat, I must say I wouldn't want to swap places...we are flooded at the mo. Mother Earth is truely letting us know she is in charge:think:
Wow Sazz I have every finger and toe crossed for you....I really hope it works for you.
I am also starting the second round of pg's and I must say that I am kind of ok with it.....its so completely sstupid but im actually more upset over the possibility of af not coming to the party at all this year. I know that bfing can affect it, but were down to 2 feeds now and even then she isnt really interested, so I wonder if af is ever gonna come back (what a fruit cake spent 20 years complaining about her and now I need her:wall:)
I have to explain myself dh and I have an agreement that we wouldnt try after he was 45 as he didnt want to be an older dad....which I completely understand...(so we started trying earlier than I would have had I been with someone my own age...which turned out to be a blessing and a curse as we found I had PCOS earlier so we had time:redface:)...But now Im down to this year :( so im going to give it eveything I have (granted thats not much, but the old ovaries have done it once) and if at the end of this year we are unsuccessful I must accept that it wasn't mean't to be and I can get on with my life and my beautiful daughter....hum not a bad alternative:loveshower:
Just wish this time I had an even playing field unfortunately I cant blame dh...wish I could:p
Sorry its a bit of a yarn, it been playing on my mind and you ladies I think are the only ones who can understand
ooooooo good luck good luck good luck sazz.... I was wondering when you were starting. Really hope this is a quick trip for you
Damn Liz, deadlines suck! I'm happy not to have af just yet, so i'll send any af vibes your way.
Me too BW! but that's cause I had an infection.
I was reflecting the other day: some people are worried about having another baby cause they had a difficult pregnancy; some people are worried about the difficult birth; and some worry about the sleepless nights. I'm worried about the conception part - that's supposed to be the fun bit! Doesn't seem fair
ETA - I actually lied to my endocrinologist and told him we were using condoms... why are they all so insistent on us going on the pill anyway? (and why did I lie...?)
And why do I have the one doctor who didn't care if I used contraception or not, and was perhaps assuming that we wouldn't when I'm the one who actually needs to go back on the pill?
Now that I have time for a slightly longer post without my mother peering over my shoulder - I have to start some seriously heavy duty drugs for my arthritis shortly. I see my rheumy about it on Friday. It's basically a chemo drug - methotrexate. Some of the reading I've done indicates that it's category X, meaning that if you fall pregnant while on it they recommend termination. They also tend to use it to abort ectopic pregnancies and it seriously depletes the folate levels in your body. I'll need to be off it for at least 3 months and preferably 6-12 months before we start trying for number 2. While a surprise natural conception would be welcome even though the chances of it happening for us are so minimal as to be non-existant, there's just too many issues associated with it that I have absolutely no desire to face, so the pill it is. Of course, the arthritis issues and medication problems do reduce the guilt over not breast feeding. Even if I had slogged through those early weeks to get it established I'd have to stop now anyway.
I should head back to bed. Sam's just had a really good sleep - it was 6 hours since his last one! I've got a 2 hour plus drive ahead of me in the morning. The heat in Sydney was so bad, our house was so hot and Sam was so grumpy that I just had to get out. I've ended up in my parents' air conditioned house in Newcastle and it has meant that I've had extra hands with an unhappy Samuel for the weekend while DH has been working utterly ridiculous hours on an outdoor (:o!!) music festival over friday and saturday. Sam's probably just missing daddy and will be happier when we get home. But the best news is that I have to be home at 10:30 tomorrow morning to sign the lease on a new house which will be SO much cooler in the heat and is a much better house for us all around. No more stairs! Will try to catch up longer at home, but the packing must begin in earnest for the move next week, so I could be scarce for a while yet.
Marcellus, I did worry about an infection or something, but the fact is that with the arthritis I'm a very slow healer. I spent 10 days in hospital with Sam after a normal vaginal delivery and was still very weak and shaky when we left. It was only the first week that was actual bleeding, the rest was just really annoying dribble that just wouldn't go away.
BW
Morning ladies. The twinnies are in bed having a quick snooze before swimming lessons this morning so I thought I would take this time to chill on the computer for a little while :clap: All is going well here. It is funny watching DD & DS trying to crawl. DS is getting up on all fours and rocking while DD is actually moving by comando crawling so she is not yet getting up on her knees. I am hoping that she does eventually get up there and doesn't just keep using her arms to drag herself along now that she has figured out a way to move. Time will tell.
Sazz- Good luck hun. How exciting. I hope this time is a very short journey for you.
BW- Yay for signing a new lease and having extra hands to help with DS at your Mum's place. My DH has also just started Methotrexate. He has a form of reactive arthritis which comes about after he has had food poising or some kind of stomach infection. He has some gene that turns the infection into arthritis :doh: This bout flared up at christmas and has been on a high dose of Prednisone for quite a while without much relief so they are now trying the methotrexate. How many tablets are you having to take a week? DH only has to take one a week because of the strength and had his third week on Saturday and it seems to be starting to improve the pain. One thing to note my DH takes his on a Saturday and it makes him really sleepy. This Saturday he had three little sleeps. Perhaps see if someone would be able to help you with Samuel on the day you take it?
Hi everyone else hope your well xx
Pleased to hear you are going into a new house BW. The little ones do get a bit grumpy in the heat - which doesn't help anyone. We were all a bit grumpy for a few days.
Good luck Sazz, will be hoping things go really smoothly for you guys this time.
There is already another pregnancy in my mother's group - but this one is an accident, although she is kind of coming around to the idea. Although it sounds like a good idea, I worry that with having no family around that having another baby might be hard.
Good to hear from you again Lismith - would DH maybe keep trying when yo get closer to the deadline?
Take care all
Jo
Hi girls, I'm going to attempt some personals here, not sure how great they will be though..but will try :)
Marcellus, I haven't added my success story, wondering if you have? I will have to check them out, reading someone else's first might inspire me to write one out. I keep meaning to do a birth story, but I keep thinking DS is 7 months already, it's probably a little late to start one now lol.
Lenny, Can't believe that AF arrived after you mentioning her on here! Hope the witch doesn't decide to visit me soon...I'm on the look out for her!
Sazz, Hope Celeste is better, poor sweetie having a chest infection. Did you have your FET this Tuesday just gone? Hope all is travelling well.
BW, Great news about getting a lease on a new house! How was Sam when his daddy came home? Hope he is much happier for mum ;)
Kate, That is so cute, about your DS rocking on his hands and knees, and the good old commando crawl..DD loved that move, along with the one where she would push herself along on her back then turn a 180 degree and keep back pushing to get whatever it was she had her eyes on lol. DS does the back push move like DD did every now and then too.
lis, hope the flooding is starting to dry up.
Well, DD got sick over the weekend, a nice little cold which then made her asthma come out as well, and she went to school today for the first time this week lol! I caught it as well, and ended up with it turning into the flu! even my eyes were aching :( DS decided to wake multiple times during the night and the only day I could grab a nap, someone decided that after 2.5 months of having a broken window to actually show up and replace it! I felt like breathing all over him, but it required way too much effort.
Anyway, am feeling better now, just feel a bit dizzy when I'm standing (not good when holding DS)
I was asked today, by a total stranger, when I'm having another! I just laughed it off even though it peeved me... I got home and thought, next time I should say, I'm not sure if I want to go through the sniffing which makes you hormonal and completely off the radar, the injecting, the travel, the wondering, the medication after the BFP...
ok, enough waffle from me, catch up with you later, should go and try to get some sleep before DS wakes...Oooh, almost forgot, DS has his 3rd tooth!! it's just broken through
Hi gang,
Poor you Nic, Hope you are feeling better soon. Dizzy is not good you poor thing. Darn that window man. (tried to write glacier but it looks like those things you get in new zealand, not a glass person lol) Dont you want to slap those people who ask sometimes? I have said sometimes "Well, we are pretty lucky to have had this one...." and leave it at that.
Lenny, my family are 100km away so I dont get any day to day support either. Most of my friends have family around the corner and ready babysitters a few days/nights a week and they just dont understand the difference. You cant just go out without the kids whenever you feel like it. (at least mine are inthe same state as me I guess :) )
Lismith, hope you werent too affected with the flooding. And any vic girls, hope things are ok with you all too. I understand your frustration re: AF all the years we dont want her then when you do she wont bloody turn up. Maybe DH can extend his deadline till the end of his 45th year?
BW, hope your packing is going well. Good luck iwth the move. Why is it everyone moves when they have a baby or are heavily pregnant? Seems to be very common!!!
Sitting here listening to the rescue helicopter take off. It comes from adelaide when required for urgent hospital transfers and its flight path goes over our head to the hospital (400m away). It has been up very regularly the last few weeks sadly.
Celeste's infection has cleared now thankfully.
Thanks so much for the good luck wishes everyone. I am of course annalysing every little twinge, gurgle, etc that my body is doing this week. Yes, the transfer was this tuesday just gone. I am able to have my blood done a day early cause it will fall on a weekend and the transfer to adelaide etc will delay it more. Yay. exactly one week left of waiting. Bought a first response POAS today just in case ;) Have had some little twinges which I am telling myself was the same with Celeste's conception but that was about 21months ago!!! as if I remember that well!!!!!
Sorry no time for personals but I have been reading all your posts. I just want to say that I have absolutely everything crossed for you Sazz. I really really do hope this transfer leads to a very very very sticky bubba.
Ok I'm off now but will attempt to get back over the weekend to catch up on more personals :)
Morning!
Lismith, I missed the part about you being flooded! Hope you're doing alright.
BW - you certainly have your fair share of problems! Glad you've had a bit of a helping had with DS, that really makes a big difference. And yay on some good news about your new house! The new meds sound pretty full on - hope they help though.
Good luck with the move.
Ktgirl - DS dragged himself for a while, then did a caterpillar crawl, and now is crawling 'properly'. How hard must it be with TWO on the go....?
Yep, I have added my story, such as it is. Hope the dizziness has passed Nic.
Sazz - all available appendages crossed.
Think you were looking for glazier...
Hi everyone:p
HEHEHE yeah, I looked at what I wrote and thought "that is WRONG but what should it be?":
Well, after not being in here much for months, I am now hanging around like a bad smell. I caved this morning and POAS but of course it is far too early. the -ve did put a bit of a downer on me but I am really not due for bloods till at least friday so I will try to keep my chin up till then unless AF arrives most unwelcomed.
Celeste is alternating between being a beautiful intoxicating charming wonderful little girl and a tantrum throwing, hitting mummy, spitting monster. :rolleyes: Ah the joys. I think the main problem is the change over from two day sleeps to one. I am finding it difficult to tell which days she needs 2sleeps and then sometimes when she only has one she will only sleep for around 45mins which of course is not enough. Today she had swimming at her morning sleep time so she is down now for 1+1/2 so far. she just stirred but I think she has gone back. fingers crossed.
Dont know if I mentioned it in here yet: Had her measured/weighed a week or so ago and she is in the 25% for length and only 3% for weight. The nurse made me feel bad cause she was saying sh thinks the tantrums are because she is hungry? WTF???? I can't MAKE her eat. I am making sure I offer all the different foods she needs and almost all home cooked etc. She told me I had to cut the bottles down to only 2 a day so she eats more but she is still only havieng 2decent meals and one picky one each day. I think it is the age that makes them finicky with food and she is just a slight girl. We were both skinny kids (not that you would know it to look at me now!)
Anyhow that is me for today! Hope everyone is travelling ok. :)
OMG...I haven't been on here in nearly 12 months and thought i'd just pop in to see if any of the crew from the pregnancy forum i lived in this time 12-18mths ago where still about and here you all are...Sage, Marcellus, Sazz, Lenny it is amazing and so great to see you're all enjoying motherhood. I love it, but boy, my DD has grown into a toddler too quickly. She's up walking around smokin up the joint LOL. Where has that tiny bundle that completely stole my heart gone??!!
Anyway, no update but i'm also in here cause DH & I are now tossing around what to do with our last frozen eggy as it's freezer contract expires in June...do we extend it, do we defrost it and check our chances. We just haven't made up our minds.
Anyway, didn't mean to intrude on what must be a life long friendship for you guys now, was just excited to see all your names again. It's brought back some very supportive memories...