Pregnancy after Long Term TTC - January 2009

[Nicole S]

and congrats Rara, looks like we both started our TTC at the same time and it's great to finally make it

[Gigi1]

Oh Rara...hey there hun. I have been waiting patiently for you and your ticker in here.
Welcome babe....you are here to stay now kiddo!

AFM- Crying has stopped...packing has stopped...researching my butt off to try and find info in Aus. Given ourselves a few days to make a decision to cancel the tickets and stay or not. Feeling very pressured and trying to let go...will let the universe decide. I just don't want to have any regrets. So i better go, got lots of people i need to speak to. Once the decision is made, all will calm back down.

[Me+him+bub]

hi girls i need some advice again, i had light pink spotting last night for about an hour, no pain, only when i poked up "there" did anyone else have this? im very nervous i dont want to lose my 2nd one in a row i threw up twice this morning so the MS has come and im feeling like i will again any minute! got the bowl here! the bleeding has stopped now and im scared, my DF was crying too it broke my heart im getting bloods done on monday so should know by then, i didnt feel like sitting up in the ER they dont care about miscarriages, maybe it was the aspirin i took? i had a sharp pain in my cervix about an hour before i started spotting maybe it dilated a bit? im trying to pretend it didnt happen but its hard. any advice would be great.

[Nixon]

Hi Bell - How did you get on with your BT?

Hi girls,

This is my first ever post so I hope I get it right! I have never been quite brave enough to join in???
I have read through this whole thread and wanted to say congratulations to you all!
I am 6 weeks pregnant after my second ICSI cycle which is very exciting
I am having a repeat blood test tomorrow as I have continued to spot for the past two weeks. My HCG levels are over 5000 but progesterone is only 27 so I am having pregnyl shot twice a week to help boost it over 30

Does anyone have any advice??

Thank you

[Nixon]

PALTTTC Hot Mama's to be:

Devon----26.01.2009----It's a Surprise----# 1

Janie71----30.03.2009----It's a Surprise---- # 1

TiggerLinda----05.04.2009----It's a Girl ----# 1

Queenh----30.03.2009---- It's a ....?----# 1

Megan----17.04.2009----It's a Boy----# 1

Nixon----09.05.2009----It's a Surprise---- # 1

Bee83----14.05.2009----It's a Boy ----# 1

Briggsy's Girl----31.05.2009----It's a Girl----#1

LuckyStrike----03.06.2009----It's a ...?----# 1

NicoleS----03.06.2009----It's a Surprise----# 1

Mon----20.06.2009----It's a ....?----# 1 & 2

Bee----02.07.2009----It's a ....?----# 1 & 2

LNB----05.07.2009----It's a ....?---# 1

HippyMum----11.07.2009----It's a ....?---# 1

Kahlan----17.07.2009----It's a ....?---# 1

Alloy----26.07.2009----It's a ....?---# 1

Chez67----17.08.2009----It's a ....?---# 1

Farmgirl77----17.08.2009----It's a ....?---# 1

Kaydee78----21.08.2009----It's a ....?---# 2 & 3

Rach81----22.08.2009----It's a ....?---# 1

Mel77----30.08.2009----It's a ....?---# 1

Possums----03.09.2009----It's a ....?---# 1

Rara----04.09.2009----It's a ....?---# 1

21andTTC#1----14.09.2009----It's a ....?---# 1

Jen----??.??.2009----It's a ....?---# 1

Bell----??.??.2009----It's a ....?---# 1

Congratulations the lovely ladies who spent their pregnancy in this thread always ready with useful advice or a shoulder to cry on.

Welcome to the world precious babies of Scooby, Numa & Miss C

[Nixon]

Ok girls - here is the inital list. Please just message me if I got any details wrong and I'll edit the post - a lot of HTML and cut 'n' paste so high risk of error :-)

Also, I will update as and when or if genders are found out. And there are probably a heap of Gals I've missed, but the next time I see a post I'll add them back into the list or you can PM me with missing mama's.

I hope you all like it.

M-wha
X

[briggsy's girl]

21 - there is a huge increase in blood flow to your cervix at this stage - anything will irritate it - don't fixate on the small amount of blood - many ladies have bleeds and nothin happens. i would say your cervix is a bit sensitive - don't poke around up there any more!!!

fwiw - my ob said that "mild pain is normal - everything is stretching. pain that comes and goes is likely braxton hicks. pain in the absence of blood is ok. blood in the absence of pain (if a small amount) is normally ok. you need to seek help if: you have regular pain that is intensifying - like contractions - or continuous pain over a period of more than an hour. or heavy bleeding". he was fantastic at laying it on the line

go have a look in the pg threads - there are HEAPS of ladies that have had bleeding in early pg - there is a whole sticky thread devoted to it!

Nixon - table looks good hun

[Me+him+bub]

thankyou girls for all the info and kind words regardin my aspirin and bleeding incidents i do apologise for the selfish posts but i dont have anyone else to talk to as we are keeping this pregnancy a secret until a heartbeat is seen only our mothers and sisters know and they arent much help! once again thankyou i have no more blood and i wont poke in there anymore i promise!

[Kaydee78]

Hi girls, I've been MIA for a while. Kind of hanging out for the 12 week mark.. trying to stay positive that all is still going to plan.

Nixon, thanks again for putting together a list. It helps to keep track of who is up to where.

Rara. Hope you have a wonderful pregnancy. It is a relief to see a little heartbeat fickering away.

Farmgirl, how did your appt go? Good luck with the next 3 weeks at work. Hope it is not too stressful!

Good luck TL for your GTT results on Monday.

HM, you've got some big decisions ahead of you. Hope things settle down for you soon.

Congratulations Megan.. 3rd Trimester! You're on the downhill run. I find it hard to imagine being 3rd Trimester, it seems so far away.

Bee, It's a lovely name you have chosen for your little boy. Hope your nerve problems have settled and you're in a little less pain.

A big hi to Possums, Janie, BG, 21 and anyone else who I missed. Hope you're all doing well and your tummies are growing nicely!!

I've already popped and it will be hard to keep it a secret for much longer from friends we haven't told yet - we were hoping to wait until 12 wks but I think my tummy might give me away before then! Ob appt next friday.. and counting! Enjoy the rest of your weekend.

[visitor10]

Wow I had to write down everyone's names & what to say cause there is just so many girls in here! Its great!

BG - Thanks sweetie. Its taken me a while but I'm here now. Its a mad house in here at the mo tho isn't it?

Janie71 - Thanks hun.

Nicole - Its definately such a relief after such a long time isn't it? Congrats yourself!

HM - Yep here I am! You are making some pretty tough decisions at the moment but try not to stress to much gorgeous and go with whatever your gutt is telling you! Easier said than done tho! Glad the tears have dried up. Hate to hear that my HM is sad

21andTTC#1 - Try not to worry hun. Honestly I had that a few times. Either the crinone or your lil one just wriggling around and getting comfy..think of it as a good sign

Nixon - You have done a fantastic job! Well done! Thanks!

Kaydee78 - Well thank you! I'm bursting out of my skin to let the whole world now. I just don't think I can wait until the 12 week mark! But then again I can't keep much to myself...lol. Congrats by the way!

AFM - Had a pretty full on day today. My mum has moved down near us (has been living with us whilst waiting to find a rental). Anyway we moved most of her furniture today into the new house...tho everyone that was helping out kept on reminding me over and over again how I shouldn't lift this, shouldn't lift that etc etc don't they know I would never want to compromise the welfare of my baby? But all is good..and now Rara is tired. Take care of yourselves AND your lil bundles xx

[farmgirl77]

Hello all,

21 - like the others have said, what is done is done, but I dont think your asprin taking is prob to much to worry about. I take 100mg of asprin every day (plus heparin which is like asprin) - have done so before we concieved, just to keep our 'Tex' alive! I'm sure that in very large doses - like everything, it is not good, but I'm sure it would not be used in pg at all if there were significant probs with it. As for pain etc - I know that i've had bits and pieces and think that it is just my body adjusting to this new reality - however stressful that is. Hang in there and see what happens on Mon - it will just be your body getting ready to carry this baby to term!

Rara - congrats and welcome! Great news on the heartbeat - it is such an amazing moment. Wishing you all the best with this pg.

Kaydee - glad I'm not the only one with a pg belly at this stage! Good luck keeping it a secrete - it is just hard not to want to share the exciting news around.

Nixon - great effort - i cant belive how many of us are in here at the moment - how wonderful is it to see it all together! thanks so much for taking this on.

AFM - had appointment yesterday at OB, and all looking good - could even see little 'blobs' which I am arguing are arms! Tex is right on the spot for growth and still had a heart beat of 179bpm...i again asked if that is ok - seems high, and again he said it was! So now I'm booked in for the NT scan on the 9th of Feb, and then back to the OB at the end of Feb. On the upside, OB got some more BT results back and thinks that my APLS is not as bad as he thought so the pg could be normal, i'll just need more monitoring. That would be nice.

Anyway, that is my news. Hope everyone is enjoying the weekend.
FG

[briggsy's girl]

sounds like a great appt yesterday FG! Heart rate is completely normal - i think the bubba has it's peak heart rate around weeks 7-9 (highest recorded for us was 186bpm at around 8.5 weeks) - it then tapers off til it is at what we see as "normal" - anywhere from 120-160ish. our little Gremlin hovers between 145-155 all the time now!

hope everyone is having a fantastic weekend - i have 2 kidlets here at the moment - have been here since about 2.30 yesterday cos their parents had hens/bucks do to go to. they're not bad kids but i'm looking forward to them leaving. ms is really getting me down and i can't just relax. the younger one is 6 and not a bad kid, but he has to be supervised all the time - has hearing issues, and has learnt, with people other than his parents, that having a teary tanty when he doesn't get his way gets him what he wants - problem is, i'm more stubborn than him - so earlier this morning (yes, i've been awake since 6.15 - wtf???), when he threw a tanty cos i wouldn't let him choose PS2 games (i was making sure the games were two player) i told him he could tanty all he wanted, if he kept doing it, i'd stop him playing altogether and his sister would be able to play what SHE wanted! nasty i know, but i don't deal well with unreasonable tanties! think he learned pretty quick not to push my bottons cos they are mostly unpushable - esp when it comes to high pitched shrieking when i'm feeling like crud with MS!

they are happily racing each other on a Crash Bandicoot game at the moment... he just tried to quit and "change cos i'm losing" - same deal, told him to play properly or i'd take him off the game! i'm a hard biatch, but sometimes you have to be! lol

[butterfly_warrior]

Sounds like you are pretty well prepared for all stages of parenthood, BG. I'm just relieved I'm starting out with one and going from the ground up... on the job training, so to speak!

to everyone... way too many people to even try to keep track of right now!

BW

[briggsy's girl]

ahh the advantages (i think!) of having nieces and nephews that love staying with Aunty BG - games and stuff are a must! there's only so much time i can kick them outside (esp in winter/at night), so have to have something to keep them occupied

i'm being anal today (moreso than normal) - time to catalogue all the PS2 games, kids books, CD's and DVD's - am sick of not knowing what we have! plus this way i can loan them to said kidlets and know who has what!

is it normal to get nasty ouchies (like feeling bruised to touch) at this point. it was hurting on left side of tum (kinda near leg joint) a couple of days ago - today it's on the right side - but worse (i'm thinking maybe that ovary still hasn't gone down) - Gremlin isn't as active today as she has been, but then, she was awake at 6.15 this morning so probably needs her sleep! i'm just sore and struggling to get comfy at all...

[Megan]

BG, for a few weeks my tummy (low down and all the way across) felt bruised and uncomfy. It almost felt like I had done 1000 sit ups or something and every little movement that used my tummy muscles (pretty much everything!) was really uncomfortable. It lasted a few weeks and started around 20w from memory. Now it only happens occassionally, but seems to be have replaced mostly with pelvic pain whenever I go to sit or stand. Probably not helped by the fact that there's a 1kgish baby using my pelvic floor as a trampoline!

[briggsy's girl]

well, i guess i will say YAY that it's normal, but DAMN that it's normal and gonna go for a while too - no fair!

i've got a bubba that is fantastic at ambushing me - nothing for two hours, sitting here quietly doing stuff on the puter - then i get random jabs to my tum just near my belly button - made me jump!

ooh, on the topic of belly buttons - mine is half gone already! wonder if that means the other half will last til the end of pregnancy?? i'm so not looking forward to having an outtie!

[Megan]

I definitely with you on the belly button!! I can see the bottom of mine which is really weird. I think I have discovered I have a belly button phobia during this pregnancy! lol DH likes to give me daily belly button updates ( i don't wanna know about it!) as to how it's looking and he thinks it will pop by the end of the pregnancy. The thought makes me feel a bit queasy!

[briggsy's girl]

me too megan! i have a really deep belly button normally, and DH finds it funny to tickle my belly button (apparently to get gremlin's attention) but makes a point of telling me how much it's shrinking! he finds it hilarious that i'm adamant i don't want an outtie!