Pregnancy after Long Term TTC - June 2008

[onthefly]

Congratulations Arielle - that really is a lovely name!

Nic - I guess you will have had your little precious one by now....?

Good luck with shipping out your relies BW

Hi Lenny - how're you guys going?

Scooby - I guess they meant well, but that wasn't really very helpful, hey? Re bf, I know the ABA have booklets & info on it for those having c/s, maybe they could be some help. Like Mako says, it'll largely depend on your ob and hospital policy as far as when they do it and what happens with baby after, so asking them might be a good place to start. Hope you can get a clear plan in mind soon - probably allow you to relax and enjoy the pg better.

Take care everyone

[dusty]

Hi there, just sticking my head in wondering if anyone had heard from Nic?

Wishing you all the best with your exciting journeys!
xx

[barney]

also just wondering about nic

[Acacia]

Hi everyone

Jumping into the PALTTTC thread for the first time since my BFP on my 4th transfer from IVF in April. I'm now a little over 15 weeks along.

I've had a difficult time with the scare of a threatened miscarriage at 7 weeks, and that - as well as actually having quite a delayed emotional reaction to the IVF and an early miscarriage on our second transfer - seemed to trigger in me a great deal of anxiety about my pregnancy. I haven't felt ok about joining the pregnancy forums until now, stupidly!

I've just moved to the UK with DH, and we received our news of our BFP the day after we arrived here, so I've been trying to cope with all the mental and emotional issues in a new environment, which has added an extra challenge. (We've been living out of suitcases and continue to do so since January when we sold our house in Melbourne, so that's been quite an experience too!!)

But... we *are* thrilled to have got this far especially on our last try before leaving Australia. Just trying to take one day at a time, and not get too worried or worked up about things I can't control or can't know about. Just trying to stay positive and look forward to our next landmark, which is our 20 week anomaly scan in just over a month.

On reading through the thread, many of the lovely ladies here I know from journals and blogs, and some I knew from the LTTTC&AC forums, so I'm really looking forward to hearing how your journeys are going and being a part of the forum here, offering support and understanding and knowing that I'm sure so much of what I'm feeling and have felt so far is really understood too.

I thought I could post personals today, but I think this post is getting too long already so I'll say a big group "Hi" and look forward to writing personals in the future.

Hope everyone is feeling well at the moment and big bellyrubs to you all.

Miss C

[butterfly_warrior]

Welcome, Miss C, I'm glad you have finally joined us. I can completely understand the delayed reactions... I'm still in a weird state where I don't like to talk about my pregnancy with those who don't understand what it has been like for us. The people who supported us along the way are fine - they know what the miscarriages and the hyperstimulation has done to me... But with family being less than supportive and being totally cut out of the loop regarding IVF treatment - I now have a MIL who wants to do nothing more than chat about the pregnancy with me. She doesn't know that my second stim cycle put me in hospital for a week and stopped me working for a month. She doesn't know about the other two miscarriages. She certainly has no understanding of the emotional impact of those things on me and can't understand why I'm not out buying baby things already (hell, I've only just started to be able to buy maternity clothes!) and why I'm not all that comfortable talking about the baby - certainly not at any stage beyond the next milestone... scans, OB appointments, trimesters... I really can't think beyond the next step, and it makes it hard when people don't get why I'm like that and keep trying to talk to me as a normal pregnant woman!

Sorry for the epic there... strange emotional responses to pregnancy are completely normal after going through so much to get here.

Also getting worried about Nic... did she not arrange for someone to post a birth announcement?

BW

[Lenny]

Congrats Miss C, I received so much support here as i didn't cope well with the emotions of being pg. It's a great place to share and be supported.

Nic: hope all is well and you are spending these wonderful days with DH, DD and your new little bundle of joy.

marcellus: I'm faking it, 'til i make it. Liam is asleep now, but there are never enough hours in the day, i'm sure you know that. How you cope with working is beyond me!!!

[Shannon22]

Yay welcome Miss C so lovely to see you and CB joining us!

And yep completely agree with BW i had a slight melt down yesterday we went to look at furniture and DH was so excited he wanted to buy it right there and then which scared the crap out of me i was there to "tentatively look" and we took home two cots and a change table.. the sales lady thought i was crazy because i was petrified at the thought of actually buying something. I think people just have to be patient it does take us longer we arent used to good news and happy endings just yet... but by the end we will be!

Lenny - so glad to hear things with you are going great, hope you are feeling a lot better!

Also wondering about Nic....

Shan