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Damn!!! Was hoping this would all get better quickly. So happy for you that the little monster is being busy and tickling you..
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Hey Girls - on to topic of ovaries......
The sonographer also commented that mine definitely looked like stimulated overies at my NT scan which was done at 12wk 3days (and mine weren't even overstimmed) so I can't imagine the discomfort you must be feeling Bel. At least you have the prize x 2 that makes it all worth while.
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Bel - keep in mind that, as your HCG continues to climb, it's a chance that the OHSS will get a bit worse again - and you're growing two in there so it could get a bit icky! we'll be here to hold your hand hun!
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Sorry ladies no time for personals as I should be working...but just wanted to jump on the new thread.....will try to catch up a little latter...
AFM, 3 sleeps till our 10 week and 2 day scan!!! I am so excited to see our June Bug again and justthat all will be ok.
to all
AND BIG CONGRATS to HM and your BFP...
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Hi Everyone -
I am always lost when a new thread starts !
Bel - hope your ovaries behave and start to settle down so you can enjoy being pg with the twins
Kahlan and Hippymum - welcome , I am new to this thread as well but look forward to sharing the next 9 months with you
Sorry for no other personals, I am working on getting to know everyone but really appreciate being able to have the support and advice of everyone here.
AFM - scan is still 10 days away so the waiting continues. Feeling good, sore BB, very minimal nausea and feel tired but not everyday. I've started swimming again and put DH and I on a strict eating plan so perhaps that is helping keep things even.
Take care everyone,
LNB
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LNB - don't fret about personals while you're finding your feet hun. some of us have been sharin each others journeys for months (years) so we all kinda know each other - you'll get to know us all pretty soon!
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LNB - No worries on the personals hun sometimes we don't have time too. I was not sick everyday and had my good days early on. 10 days to scan means 9 sleeps
Nicole S - 3 sleeps to scan Yay!!!!!
Bel - Hang in there hun hopefully it will get better soon. Thinking of you xxx
BW - so gald the embies are ok for you I had not thought of that with Frostie at all
Me: Bubs did not want me to get comfortable today so long day sitting at work seems to be happy now we are home in the beanbag
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Evening All,
Nic- I am in agreeance with you..the prize at the end is worth the OHSS struggle
BG- Thankyou for your kindness. I may just need you to hold my hand
Nicole S- The countdown is on!!
LNB- Good on you for getting into the swimming. I'm planning to start swimming too when it gets a bit warmer
TL- Hope you and Baby Tigger are enjoying the bean bag tonight.
Shannon- Are your little ones still determined to stay inside their mummy for now?? Thinking of you
AFM...cruisy day. Went out for lunch and had a nanna nap this afternoon. Am TRYING to be patient, but I just want to be back to the old me.
Night all
Hugs Bel
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TL- When is the Brissy meet up again? Would love to meet up if possible
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|Oh no i just lost my post...will try agian. Boy i hate that.
TL- hope you have a better day tomorrow hun. I love a good bean bag too hun...took ages for us to get rid of the horrid smell from the beans at first but now it is beuwdiful.
LNB...hun it is overwhelming but do the best you can...don't worry about personals. We are just al here for each other. You are a star. Welcome to you too hun and heres to a great pregnancy together! Swimming...great idea. i might try and find a pool too. I was only thinking that the other day...hmmm to find a pool that is not too heated and indoors...good luck
Bel, Congratulations...wowsa twins. There are a few around ATM with twin bubbas. It is just wonderful. Love the nanna naps...get as many as you can i say.
Shannon, Ohhhh so close. A new car, nice one. Hope you are feeling like all the ducks are in a row now hun. Nice to meet you by the way...lol. I have read some of your blog posts 'cause i had/having a bit of a hard time with the guilt side of things and having a successful outcome after trying for so long and being on the other side of the fence so to speak. Your experiences helped me a lot so far. Thanks and sending you calm birthing thoughts..
BW, congratulations hun. Glad your embies are safe and sound. What a thought to have in the middle of the night! Hugs.
BG, thanks for remembering me ...long time ago. I think the last time i was around your way...before i left for journal land only was when you were painting and renovating. Boy so long ago and so much has changed since then...thank goodness hey?
AFM...what does that mean...??? i will have to go and look it up. I think it is an update of some kind by the looks.... Well my update is- Had my very first reality moment last night...a bit freaked out. I suddenly was aware i wanted a baby but not a child to follow IYKWIM. I was not ready for a 5yr old...school, lunch boxes...etc etc I was petrified. I know it is irrational, but i just wanted a baby! I surrendered to the moment and hoped to god it would feel real soon and trusted that i will bond and fall inlove to eventually want it all. Please don't judge me but i have been through every emotion possible for such a long time. I have always always wanted children and in the last year we have started to deal with being childless. We were starting to see and feel the other side to not having children...so now even though this is a much wanted thing, it is a bit of an adjustment. I suddenly felt like...nothing will be the same....i don't want to lose myself to this, my body will change, i am going to be needed every minute of everyday....and i broke into tears.
Nutter i know when it is all i ever wanted for so long. So i went to bed at 7pm mind you thinking....please let me fall in love so that i can want it all. I think also a part of me is still being very cautious and protective...a sort of shock still that needs confirmation again and again.
But you know what I feel great and weirdly that surprises me. I thought i woul dbe proper freaked out but i am calm and positive....apart from last nights outburst....all is great.
Love to you all.
HM xxoxoox
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hope I'm not jumping the gun sticking my head in here - DH got the word that I'm pg today ... a bit strange him finding out the official word before me
lots of familiar faces in here because there have been so manyin the last couple of weeks since I first started my tww. Hi Kahlan, LNB, Bel
OK ... still catching my breath after the exciting news of the last couple of days and as I posted in the tww thread, I haven't even spoken to the nurse yet so I don't know what happens next. The nurse did give a run down about the monitoring they do up to 8 weeks as part of our intro to IVF but that was a couple of months ago now and I didn't pay a lot of attention because I didn't think I'd need to know so soon.
I'm sure there are plenty of answers in here ...
- what happens next? when should I expect to do another BT? hopefully NEVER!
- when do they do first scan? I think it will be real for me when I see that heartbeat snuggled in where it is supposed to be.
- are you <12 week girls all on folate? I feel like I've overdosed on the stuff over the last 2 years of TTC and so have been a bit haphazard about taking it lately ... I'm on the job now though!!
Hippy Mum - don't get too stressed out about the kid bit ... it is amazing to grow with them and you learn how to be a Mum as you go. I still get a surprise sometimes when I look at my 4yo and realise she's not a baby anymore ... and I love her more every day. I look at other people's older kids and think eewww do I want one THAT age ... but I know that she and I will get there together and she'll always be my amazing DD to me.
BG, BW - it's great to join you guys in this thread ... I'm familiar with both of your journey's and it's a great privilege to be here with you
Shan, Nic, Tiggerlinda, NicoleS - hi, look forward to getting to know you.
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HM, the good thing about 5 year olds is that you've got nearly 6 years to be ready for one. You build up to them slowly and don't have to jump in at that point straight away. I'm personally finding the toddler stage more scary, and am very relieved that I don't have to jump straight in at the energetic 2-3 year old stage! My freak out moment was similar - except it was more along the lines of "I'm pregnant... there's going to be an actual REAL baby at the end of this - HELP!" I'd been at it so long that I was focussed so much on "getting pregnant" and forgot that the end result was "having a baby". Oh, and AFM is "as for me".
on tra_k - welcome. What happens next depends on your clinic. Most will organise a scan somewhere between 6-8 weeks, some will have blood tests before that point. Some will only do more blood tests if your levels warrant it. It happens with my clinic if levels are under 100 at the first test. Mine were so far over 100 that they wouldn't even tell me my numbers, just that I was DEFINITELY pregnant and I didn't need to stress. I hope DH learns to take more meaningful messages next time he's the one to talk to the clinic!
Having a rough time lately - work is hell and I'm just SO tired! I want to start my maternity leave now... but if I can work the next 5 weeks I get the school holidays on my full regular pay level before my maternity leave kicks in at the start of the 2009 school year, so there's a huge financial incentive to keep going... I'll just keep plodding along...
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HM - Hi, Welcome!! I have those freak outs all the time. Usually in the supermarket - I end up staring at a family and when DH realises that I have stopped moving he comes back and asks what is wrong and I end up saying 'What the h*ll were we thinking? We can't handle kids'. Generally he looks over at the mum with 3 screaming kids hanging off every limb and agrees with me. Eventually, we laugh, but it's more of a nervous (still not sure we're doign the right thing) type laugh.
Rachel - Hi. Congrats on the BFP - I've been keeping up to date with all the TWW'ers - I can't believe how many there have been in there recently. There must be something in the IVF water ;-). As for the Folate - I have been taking it religiously for around 2 years as well (yeah - toally agree - I'm over it too). The way I see it - it's good for both me and the baby so I will keep it up right thru til the baby stops breast feeding (I think). Unless I'm told otherwise by my OB. Though I'm sure missing a few here and there won't hurt.
No news from me today.
To everyone else - I'm sorry - Got heaps on today so don't have time for personals. I just wanted to say welcome to the girls who have joined recently. But I hope you're all getting thru the day with a smile on your face.
Ciao
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HM - Beanbag worked and I am having a non suit day at work today so should be more comfy
Bel - Breakfast is this Saturday 9am at Southbank if you would like to come not sure of where yet and then there is a dinner at Jade Buddha not sure when on that
Racheland Congrats on the BFP
Well better get into gear and go to work
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BW- Yes yes yes...thank you. I think all that has hit us right now is the fact that we succeeded, won the prize, got it right, achieved the goal, didn't fail again. We are proud of ourselves and it was if there was a part of us that thought...'Right, well done, you are not a failure...pat on the back...move on to the next goal'...in a way. Then you think...Sh!#...this is for real now, this is serious stuff. Arghhh! What on earth have we gotten into...in the last 10 years...have we really thought this through. I know it is normal but you can help but feel these things and feel dreadful for even going there. MWUA...thanks hun
Rachel, hey. You are so right hun, not meant to happen over night. You sound like a wonderful and loving mum. I am a loving person and always besotted by the little devils...but they weren't my own and i could give them back. LOL I look forward to building hte kind of relationship you have with your DD.
Nic, Thanks for the welcome hun...love the action in here and will try and keep up. Somedays all you see are the horrid terrors. The next day you see angels...i am sure we will continue to feel the element of 'are we doing the right thing' all through their lives let alone their conception. Thanks xx
TL, glad you are having a better day hun and letting it all hang out...nice one. Comfy is good!
AFM- Good day today, filling my head with vitamin research and a little overwhelmed with what is right and wrong....it will work out, always does. Dr appointment tomorrow to book an early scan at 6 weeks. Hope he won't give me much trouble for it...bit of a silly git. Then we might skip a scan...happy to do that if all is going well.
I am waiting for 2 BB friends left to find my news...don't want to jump up and down in front of them without their choice in it, but dying for them to know. I hope it gives them hope that miracles happen.
XX HM
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Welcome to Hippy Mum, On Tra_k and Kahlan - this thread really is getting busier by the day.
Not much to report here... really should be working, but just wanted to reattach myself to the new thread.
I'll jump on later and catch up with everyone else.
Janie xxx
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Hello everyone...glad to see you are all doing well...and those with scans coming up it must be exciting/scary and I hope they show your little ones doing just fine!
Sending you all the best.
hippymum- I was recently in here in this thread, and sadly had a miscarriage ...I just wanted you to know that in addition to being thrilled to be pregnant I had certain fears about whether I would be a good mum, how DH and I would adjust to the changes to come when a baby arrived etc...it was like for so long, all I thought about was trying to be pregnant...and the fears we used to have about how we'd be as parents etc had slipped into the background...then when I got the BFP, it was like...wow, this is all so real now...and the old fears were there too, along with the pure joy and excitement which I think goes without saying. I think it's pretty natural to be honest...maybe not for everyone of course, but for quite a few to feel some fears about different aspects of things. so dont worry about having some normal fears.
Although, I can say, that now I am back on the other side of the fence, I'd give anything just to be pregnant again, and those fears seem quite small once more, compared to the longing to have and hold a baby of my own....I think if you step back and realise the joy finally having that baby will bring, your fears might also step back for you a bit. Plus of course you will fall in love with your own child and it will all fall into place. congrats.
ontrak- welcome here...it's all so exciting for you...i
afm- well I pop in here because you are all such lovely ladies and some of you I have been chatting with for a while now....so it's nice to keep the contact here too, and hopefully soon I will have my own pregnancy to chat about again too. I can't talk to much about that though..I am getting a bit teary writing this, I just want it so much and while I am getting better again I am still so sad and flat...so best leave it at that for now.
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Hi girls,
Wow, I was only away for one day and this thread had been so busy.I am due mid July 2009 (around 14/7/2009) so we are going through the same stage as each other. Yay! If it's o.k. with you I would love to here how you go with your BT, scans...etc... just to help comparison for me. My confirmation BT levels were good HCG at 318 and P4 at 84. What were yours. I am having another BT tomorrow. I am a bit scared but feel somewhat positive.
Oh, Shan, sound so exciting. I spend yesterday with my 2 nephews and oh just the feel of their small hands in mind... indescribible! I can't to wait to hold my baby's hand.
Hi Bel, glad to see you doing well. Wow your levels are so high.. Apparently I was to ms is due to high hcg level so I wouldn't be surprise if you got morning sickness in the next few weeks. Both my sister and mom didn't have ms with their first child so I don't think I will be suffering from ms too. Not sure how I feel about it as I would like confirmation signs but then I don't like to be sick at the same time.
Hi LNB. Glad to here you are going well. I probably won't be having my first scan until another fortnight.
AFM, Very tired from yesterday's family outing (decided to take a sicky today). DH is one out of 10 children and we have a total of 19 nephews and nieces. I love them and I can't wait until my child joins them. My MIL (whom DH told about our good news) has unwittingly told everyone. Yesterday she said for someone in my condition I shouldn't eat this and that... and so everyone kind of caught on and assumed correctly. I am not as upset about it as I thought I would be. I had to quickly pull my mother to the side andquietly told her our news... anyway, I was pampered by everyone yesterday... which was good I suppose. I am just worried that, if things don't go well, we will have to explain to everyone...
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