Just a quickie from me....had our big scan today. We were in there for 1.5 hours because Buddy was so busy flipping and flopping that she was having a hard time getting all the measurements. Feeling a bit battered and bruised after it as she had to really put quite a bit of pressure on my belly at some points and 1.5 hours of that constant prodding was getting a bit much.
We also found out that Buddy is a boy! We will probably have another scan (4D) at 30w to confirm again.
Luckystrike, great to hear all went well on your scan today as well. Your little one must have been up all night dancing and needed some sleep for you this morning
Yeah it is a coincidence that we seem to keep getting the same dates for scans and our age...watch out world
Megan, sounds like you had a cheeky little monkey today!!!
Congrats on finding out you having a Boy
Megan... congrats on having a boy hun...maybe a gymnast!!
Kahlan... i know what you mean hun...i guess i want o be able to choose when and how i want to be cared for....we shall see, might not have much choice.
Lucky strike... Congrats on your 12 week scan hun...all sounds like you are progressing nicely. Seeing that heart beat nice and strong must have been a gift!
Mon...nice to see you hun. I know what you mean re hubby bonding knowing what you are having. i think i feel the same way. It is cool that everyone is different.
Love to all..sorry i have not personal mess everyone. Hope you are all well and sending you big belly rubs.
Love Hm xoxox
I've been lurking the last few days ... and then just as I start to post I get dragged away from the computer ... tonight I'm determined to catch up.
Lots of excitement in here today with scans ... such fun ... great to hear your updates LS & Nicole and congrats on your *blue* bundle Megan.
TL - great to hear about your scan too and congrats on your *pink* bundle.
HM - hope you find a happy medium with the # of scans you do.
Kahlan, BW, numa, Mon, Janie, scooby, LNB - belly rubs to you all
curlygirl - hope your checkup BTs are going OK ...
Some great discussions over the past few days... Nic I still haven't decided whether I want to know gender this time around - probably not - although this is definitely our high-tech baby so maybe we should he! he! We didn't find out for DD and being the first we were happy with either. I guess I'm keen for a boy to balance things up and I'm not sure whether it would be easier to deal with gender disappointment through the pg or at the end. I'm thinking if it is another girl it would be hard work to put on a happy face every time you tell someone it's a girl because I'm sure plenty of people would say "oh I bet you were hoping for a boy". I've done enough smiling sweetly and biting my tongue over reproduction related comments in the last few years and now I'm *hormonal* so I don't think I really want to invite more insensitive comments!
... BG, sorry that your news was leaked. I'm so impressed that you were able to keep it to yourself for so long but it sucks that you didn't get to make your own announcement.
I'm having lots of dilemmas about how/when to announce my pg. I live in a small town and there's only 1 person I've told that I'm doing IVF, however, she tells me that a mutual friend "suspects" we are doing IVF and/or pg so the mutual friend is probably blabbing her suspicions all over town. To make matters worse, DD seems to be onto it, even though we've tried to be careful what we say around her. She is VERY talkative and I've already had to fob off one person by saying she has a very active imagination when DD started talking about a sister. I don't think I was very convincing :-(. I think I'm going to have to 'fess up sooner rather than later and I need to get "happy" with that so I feel it's my own choice rather than being backed into a corner. My sibs know we had the ET so I'll have to let them know pretty soon too I guess . Wish I felt more like sharing with the world. When did you announce to family/friends? In hindsight, was that a good idea. Any advice appreciated!
Sorry about jumping on the soapbox ... twice!!
AFM - BT today, results tomorrow; scan next Monday 24th. No symptoms at all. I'm hoping it will seem more *real* after my scan and then I might let myself get excited. I feel silly that I want more *proof*! Stupid really, first time round all it took was two lines on HPT and I was over the moon - not a worry in the world!
Hey Rachel,
It was going to be different this time round for you hun. Hope you can start enjoying it all a bit more soon. I am still coming to terms with it all myself too.
It is such a shame when people start to blab...it is not their news. I am sorry you are facing this. We are lucky...on the other side of the world. We told my Sil and 1 bro the next day...but i am very close with that SIL and i wanted her to be a part of all of it. Then I told my other brother and his wife...and Mum and Dad at about 6 weeks. I tried to wait longer but mum would have been hurt and it was timed well for when she got back from os. As for friends..BB girls knew straight away...and we have been very selective to tell close friends...about 3 couple...who we know don't even see anyone else we know..and that are good at keeping secrets. Otherwise it is all over.
It is funny but after trying for so long and finally getting there, everyone (for us) has been really supportive of keeping the secret. For some reason they feel it is more important for us...which we are so grateful for. My poor SIL told close family and it was all out in less than a week. ONce it hits the cousins...all over! ha sorry you probably didn't want to know so much detail...feeling chatty!
As for your boy and girl issue hun....i can understand what you mean re people having their opinions and insensitive views...i don't blame you for wanting to avoid comments like that. We are the same...i think it comes with the territory of LTTTC.
I really hope the scan can bring you comfort and you see that little heart beating like mad...find the excitement and blow caution to the wind...do what you like and bugger everyone else. Bless your DD, she is already getting excited for you. Aren't children so intuitive.
Good luck adn let us know how it goes.
Love Hm xoxo
Hey Rachel,
It was going to be different this time round for you hun. Hope you can start enjoying it all a bit more soon. I am still coming to terms with it all myself too.
It is such a shame when people start to blab...it is not their news. I am sorry you are facing this. We are lucky...on the other side of the world. We told my Sil and 1 bro the next day...but i am very close with that SIL and i wanted her to be a part of all of it. Then I told my other brother and his wife...and Mum and Dad at about 6 weeks. I tried to wait longer but mum would have been hurt and it was timed well for when she got back from os. As for friends..BB girls knew straight away...and we have been very selective to tell close friends...about 3 couple...who we know don't even see anyone else we know..and that are good at keeping secrets. Otherwise it is all over.
It is funny but after trying for so long and finally getting there, everyone (for us) has been really supportive of keeping the secret. For some reason they feel it is more important for us...which we are so grateful for. My poor SIL told close family and it was all out in less than a week. ONce it hits the cousins...all over! We had an interesting reaction from my SIl that i am not as close with...love her but we are more family than friends IYKWIM... She said ' Oh that is great news...I hate knowing this early though.' I could have hit her, but she is just like that, lack a bit of maturity and thoughtfulness. Got to love her. She waited a week to congratulate us over email...we had called her work but couldn't get her a number of times so i left it to my brother in the end...then didn't hear anything. Ha sorry you probably didn't want to know so much detail...feeling chatty!
As for your boy and girl issue hun....i can understand what you mean re people having their opinions and insensitive views...i don't blame you for wanting to avoid comments like that. We are the same...i think it comes with the territory of LTTTC.
I really hope the scan can bring you comfort and you see that little heart beating like mad...find the excitement and blow caution to the wind...do what you like and bugger everyone else. Bless your DD, she is already getting excited for you. Aren't children so intuitive.
Good luck adn let us know how it goes.
Love Hm xoxo
Last edited by Gigi1; November 20th, 2008 at 12:55 AM.
on tra_k (I forget names as soon as I hit reply and can no longer see signatures!), our decision on when to tell family was based more upon our miscarriage history than our IVF history. We'd twice had to go through the process of "untelling" people we were pregnant, and it was something that we were desperately trying to avoid this time. My immediate support network amongst close friends and work colleagues knew straight away (I desperately needed some people to know, and it had to be the people I deal with on a day-to-day basis). Work had to know because I was really not myself with regards to morning sickness, and I needed them to know just in case the worst happened yet again. We didn't tell parents until we were 10 weeks or so - emailed them scan pictures. Siblings found out much later - my sister was told around 16 weeks, DH's sister was told closer to 20 weeks or so, and his brothers didn't find out until they saw us at 25 weeks... All of our family are quite a long distance away from us, which was why they didn't find out until much later compared to friends. I'm quite glad we did it that way... but a little sad that it was all calculated, rather than just being able to be happy and tell people because we wanted to.
I'm still desperately tired here - copping a pounding at work with extra periods because so many others are out. I find that if I take a day off, I end up being hit hard the next day, so it just doesn't seem worth it. I'm now extremely behind with my reports and things will be quiet as I spend the next few days trying to catch up and get on top of things again. I'm just hanging out for the end - three weeks to go now! We have a scan this afternoon to check on Munchkin's growth, should be the last one we have.
Sorry no personal (again!) as I am so busy at work. Got my BT results back and my hcg levels have jumped to 157,000. Yay! MS has increased somewhat but I am copying o.k....not sure it is because I am just generally good at copying with sickness or not. It is worse during the morning at at night...
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We will probably have another scan (4D) at 30w to confirm again.
. Wish I felt more like sharing with the world. When did you announce to family/friends? In hindsight, was that a good idea. Any advice appreciated!
I find that if I take a day off, I end up being hit hard the next day, so it just doesn't seem worth it. I'm now extremely behind with my reports and things will be quiet as I spend the next few days trying to catch up and get on top of things again. I'm just hanging out for the end - three weeks to go now! We have a scan this afternoon to check on Munchkin's growth, should be the last one we have.
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