Pregnancy after LT TTC #11

KitKat - :thumbsup:Congrats on your BFP!!!

Lise - hope you are feeling better today, it must have been one hell of a shock.

Londonmiss - don't feel bad i don't live in brisbane either! so no your not that sad:)

BOC - Hi i don't have private health so i am seeing a GP - Abbie Bingham (she is fab!) and she actually sends her patients to jillian for our scans, so i will be seeing her in a couple of weeks. I will be delivering at the John.

Miss K, Brunette, CK77, mitf, gleenyC and anyone i missed (sorry):hello:hope you ladies are well.

AFM - I saw my new doc today and loved her, she was fab. I also had a dating scan done today so was able to see our blob for the first time and see its heart beat which was so magical. Everything looks great she said and my dates were right. So now i won't feel so guilty if i buy some little things here and there!

KitKat- Yay!!!!!!!! So glad you get to ove over here! I've been watching the old thread and wondering if you or Leabie would join us. I' so happy for you!!!

260 sounds perfect! mine was 144 at 15 DPO and 332 at 17DPO, so you would fall in the middle!!! Yay! So Excited for you!!!!!!!!

Hi ladies,

Thanks for all your kind words of support. I must admit I feel very precious being so upset, especially after our journey to get here, but after bonding with a girl baby for the last three months I had to do some grieving before I could get excited about a boy. I'm feeling much better today, and don't judge me too much when I say that shopping for a boy definitely helped!! Last night when we got home we took one last look through our bag of girls clothes and had a bit of a chat about letting go of our baby girl Sophie. Today, first thing I hit the shops and our lovely gorgeous little boy now has an equally fabulous wardrobe. And the scan photos we have are gorgeous, although again, the quality is not great because, like last time, he's squashed up against my placenta so not much fluid around his little face (or not so little, he has the cutest chubby cheeks already!!), plus he's head down ready to go so really didn't want to look at the camera, and quite simply, getting too big! Anyway, thanks again, it really meant a lot to me to read your posts, especially since nobody outside of you lovely BB girls know what's going on xx

So, enough of me...

Kitkat - welcome, welcome!! It's so lovely to see so many from the LTTTC threads heading over this way, and lovely that you all have such a nice number of ladies to travel through your pregnancies with :) As for your numbers, I can't remember what mine were sorry but if the nurse is happy with it then I wouldn't be too concerned. I think the doubling is more important, so as long as that is happening then all good.

Renee - how lovely for you to see the heartbeat for the first time, it really is such a special moment isn't it? I remember tearing up when I saw it, as did DH!

Brunette - I hope you can sort things out with your health insurance fund honey, they just totally suck sometimes don't they? But glad to hear that you can move around a bit more and even leave the house!!

LondonMiss - i'll tell you when I come to Melbourne and we can have a visit!! And you're of course more than welcome to come visit in Canberra ;-)

Miss K - hehehe, yes, I don't think any of us can escape the constant peeing no matter what other symptons we manage to avoid! Hope you had fun shopping - I know I did!

Mitf - i'm the same with dining out, I feel like such a teenager when i'm in a nice restaurant and then I order a lemonade, hehehe!

Well that's enough for me or you'll or be falling asleep. Big hello's to everyone, and belly rubs to all xx

Welcome, KitKat! I think HcG levels are pretty variable. My first one at 4 weeks and 3 days was 3163! So we immediately suspected twins. And then I think one week later it was 24,000 and something. But I think once you are able to have your first scan, then they don't worry about monitoring Hcg levels and go from the scans. Well done to you! Have you heard from Leabie as to how she is doing?

Hey Lise, I'm glad to hear you're feeling a lot better about having a precious little boy now. Amazing how shopping is great therapy, hey? :)

Just a quick post from me, I'm so excited to be going to the shopping centre with mum in a wheelchair. I even have put some make-up on. Yay!

Talk to you all soon xo

Hello all. Just a quick one, was it Kitkat who made the comment about buying What to Expect when....? My advice, find a chair in a big bookstore. Get at least five books down and pick a subject and look it up in all the books. Say for example, Braxton Hicks contractions or taking medicines. Read what it says in all the books, and compare the advice that they give, and pick the one that you like best. I'm sorry, even though there is what is allegedly an Australian edition, WTEWE was FARRRRRRR too american for me, and really odd stuff about risks and stuff. You all know my hobby horse on this one - no evidence whatsoever that it's dangerous to drink when in third trimester if it's just in little bits, but over 80% of babies who die in the womb do so after a car accident. But have you EVER read a maternity book that tells you to take public transport??? No. Ludicrous. Not a single example of an Australian woman getting listeria when pregnant in the last year, but still they harp on about soft cheese as if it were invented by Lord Voldemort himself.

So my advice, take your time before getting WTEWE. I like Up the Duff simply for the humour, and I have a book by Prof Regan which I think is brilliant, but for similar reasons should warn you it's british. But the photos are sooooo much better than anything else I've seen on the market. I told DH I needed at least three so don't hold back.

But learn from me DO NOT READ THE CHAPTERS CALLED WHAT CAN GO WRONG IN LABOUR. At least until you are 30 weeks anyway. Doesn't help you at all other than giving you a whole new list of things to worry about and I wish I hadn't!!!!

BTW Congratulations and welcome to the thread!!!!!

ps Kitkat let me know your due date and I'll stick you on the list.
pps Lise - I think shopping is by far the most sensible thing to have done!!! hope you are ok x

Woo Hoo... I get to come and freak out in here!! My first pregnancy in 4 years, and I honestly don't know how I'm feeling from moment to moment. It's bizarre and cool and oh so many things.
Worst is that we've spent so much time just getting here, that after we get here, I have absolutely no idea about what comes next!!

Congratulations to everyone who has made it in here, it's a most amazing achievement.

My god this must be the most people to join in a month ever!! Congatulations and welcome!! Let me know your due date when you know it and I'll put you on the list.

Lise you feeling nervous about heading up that list yet cos I am .... I've got such pains in my lower belly. I did far too much yesterday and haven't left the house today. Yarra Trams did overnight works with an angle grinder outside my house again until 4am so I'm tempted to actually go and speak to a lawyer. It can't be right that you can create as much noise as you like without giving any notice at all. I could have gone and slept on a girlfriends sofa, it's SOOOO frustrating.

Hope you all have good weekends. Anyone got anything on? I'm cooking curry, NCIS tonight and preg yoga tomorrow. So all happy in the LM household... BTW 'newbies' - best thing I ever did was starting preg yoga early on. It's helped so much. If you can find a recommened one with a proper teacher in your local area, I'd give it a go.

Lise~ CONGRATULATIONS on finding out your having a little boy.It might take some time for you to readjust but nevertheless this is still great news.I know you were bonding with a little girl.I am sure i would feel the same.It must be a shock for you but i KNOW in time,you will be soooo close to your little guy.He will just melt your heart,especially when you see his little face.It makes me wonder whether finding out the sex is a good idea after all? At the end of the day,we are all in here because we so desperately wanted a baby and that is what we are blessed with...finally.Your little man obviously has a sense of humour,playing tricks of hide n seek the willy with you.He is just keeping you intrigued.I do hope you feel a bit better.xxxxxx

Hello Londonmiss and congrats to the newcomers!!

CONGRATULATIONS KYRA on the birth of your baby son,TRISTAN.:stork-boy::bluecheer::itsaboy:
I cant wait to see some pics on FB.

AFM i have been lurking but mostly keeping updates with most on FB :redface:
( We can share pics :) )
I am doing well.I have started my ante natal classes at st george private which are fun to look forward to each monday.DH is very intrigued by it all. Im feeling Peanut hiccough quite often now.Yesterday she must have had her head near my pubic bone because of the constant twitch i could feel.I think she is lying across my uterus.I can see and feel bony bumps move across my belly and its so much fun.I cant believe i only have 12 weeks to go.Im getting a bit impatient now.I want to hold her and see her.
We have the cot replaced so DH put it up lastnight for me.Just need to get started on putting things in its place before i get too 'blimpy'.LOL


Well hoping everyone is doing well.
Belly rubs to all.

Hehe LondonMiss, yes I am a bit freaked at my position on the list - I need Seph to post too so I'm not the top most regular poster!! In relation to preggy books, I don't mind the WTEWYE books but mostly for the weekly info. I also have the British one with lots of pics which I really like too. And then of course I have Kaz so I've got it well covered!

Welcome S'rose!! A big congratulations to you :) Don't worry about not knowing anything, I was the same too. The focus for so long is about having a baby that you kind of forget you need to be pregnant for 9 months first!! Find some resources you like and ask as many questions on here as you need to!

Brunette - hope your excursion out of the house was good!

AFM, we're having a family gathering tomorrow so today I have been baking and as Murphy's Law would have it, I think it's all crap and I'll be embarrassed to bring it. AND to make it worse it took me 3 visits to the shops to remember everything!!! Oh well, hopefully everyone else is drinking and won't notice ;)

Wantbaby - I totally agree and next time we WON'T be finding out he sex beforehand at all! As you said, all we really want is a healthy baby so I don't care really what it is!!

LondonMiss great job on the list. It sure is getting bigger all the time which is excellent news for all us LTTTC's.
CK77 hope your having a great time away despite the no holiday sex.. :lol:
Brunette glad the scan went well and both bubs are growing nicely. I agree with private health insurance being a total rip off. It always seems to be going up. But what can you do? If you want to be in a private hospital with your own dr, you must pay up.
lise glad you are doing much better. Shopping for that fabulous wardrobe was definitely the right thing to do :)
MissK the constant peeing continues hun so enjoy.. haha.. Thats excellent that you will be feeling bub early. Its the most amazing feeling ever.
mitf great to hear you had a good time in Japan. 8 weeks, wow not long at all!! Very exciting.
Renee glad you are happy with your new dr and that you got to see your "blob".. haha.. so very magical indeed.
Wantbaby#2 great to hear you got the cot replaced. Definitely time to start putting things away. Im so excited to start but will prob wait till after the 30 week mark also.

Big welcome to KitKat72 and Sonya! I absolutely love seeing new people move over from the LTTTC thread!! Hope you both have fantastic pregnancies.

Not much to report on my end. Have moved our 4D scan to a week earlier. I am so impatient! So now we will be seeing Tiana on the 22nd of May. One more week :dance::dance:

Hi ladies!

Mind if I pop in here!? Sorry for my tardiness Glenny and Brunette - the news is still sinking in, and I feel like I shouldn't even be posting in here yet! You beautiful things, for thinking of me.

Its so lovely to see so many familiar names in here. Hope you're all doing excellently, I have much to catch up on, will aim to do that over the weekend.

A quick update on me - after an initial HCG of 96 last Friday (16DPO), I got another reading of 313 on Monday (19DPO), so was relieved to say the least! My progesterone was still great after stopping the pessaries (900+) so the next step with the FS is the scan at 7 weeks. Thyroid already playing up, so have started thyroxin, on top of the aspirin I'm taking for ANA. Hopefully all bases are covered!

Feeling a little uneasy though this arvo, as my acupuncturist isn't quite happy with my yin/yang pulse or whatever it is, she said its not strong yet, hence the embryo isn't strong yet. I'm throwing all her Chinese herbs at this as well, and keeping fingers crossed. Coupled with the fact that I've been instructed by my FS to book my OB now (I'm a massive believer in Murphy's law, so this is not sitting well with me at all!), I've got a case of the jitters! I know I'm not supposed to be stressing, so just doing my best to relax, and get through one day at a time...

Sorry for the download girls! I didn't mean to start this way, its obviously weighing on my mind more than I thought... :redface: I guess I can't be doing any more than I am, so every day I'm still pregnant is a good day.

Have a great weekend everyone, look forward to catching up on everyone's news!

Apologies while I get to remember all my new buddies in here, I will get to being able to do personals soon I promise!!
But I am going to see my parents today to tell them about our baby. I have told just about everyone at work, but I work in the allied health field, so everyone has been with me through the past year and a bit so the support has been brilliant. I felt like they all deserved to share the joy given they shared the worry and disappoints too.
DH is a lot more cautious, but I just have a good feeling about this and I am holding on to that strongly for now.
I started reading Kaz last night, and the humour is great, makes it so much easier to read!! I really did it because we are going to America in July and people are telling him I can't fly!! And I really really want to go to New York!! It will be ages before we get to travel again so I don't want to miss out :)

Leabie - talking about the worries is so important, it would be worse if you tried to ignore them. And it's good if the AP has found that the pulse is not as strong as would be liked, because it can be supported better. This way there are more targeted herbs which boost attachment. Just hang on to that thought, and if it were me, there would be some long comversations with the little mite full of love and commitment and willingness to hang in there!! :hug:

Hi lovely ladies,
Thanks so much for the words of welcome.

Leabie - yay! So good to see you in here -- I knew you were a bit ahead of me and I was wondering what had happened with you! Your levels sound great. :clap:

Brunette - that must be so tough having to be on bed rest so early. How was your big excursion to the shopping center? I hope you enjoyed your little jailbreak - lol. Freedom! :confetti:

Lise - what a shock that must have been finding out that the your baby's sex was a boy after being told that it was a girl. I think it's perfectly understandable that you would need some time to absorb that information. Good idea doing some shopping -- what a great way to be able to get excited about having a little boy. :)

LondonMiss - first, my clinic says my EDD is 21 Jan 2011, which I don't quite get b/c all the online due date calculators list it as 18 Jan. However, I guess I'll go with what my clinic says! Second, thanks so much for your tips re: pregnancy books. Funny hearing your comments about the What to Expect When You're Expecting book: I think the reason I instinctively thought of that book first is b/c I'm American, and that's the book that all the American girls get (at least all my friends) when they find out they're preggers. I totally understand your criticisms about it; a lot of people I know read it for the info, but complain about how they had to stop reading it b/c it was so focused on all the negatives that can happen that it was freaking them out. My only concern is that I'm a bit of a high risk pregnancy because I have high blood pressure, which apparently raises all sorts of issues such as increased pre-eclampsia risk, etc (as well as being the dreaded "advanced maternal age", which is supposedly a risk factor in and of itself), so I'm wondering if I'm better off educating myself as to everything that I should be looking out for, as horrible as it is to be thinking that way. Anyway, I'm going to take your great suggestion to sit down at the bookstore and look at a whole bunch of books. I actually was going to copy what Brunette did and go to the library first. Unfortunately I missed my chance to hit the library this morning before it shut and don't want to wait till Monday, so I'm just going to go to the bookstore this afternoon. Third, thanks for the tip re: pre-natal yoga. I'm definitely interested in trying that. Just need to find a place near where I live on the Goldy.

Otherwise, I was just interested to see that I seem to be feeling stronger PG symptoms today. It was the first morning I woke up w/sore books, and I got a little queasy when I was coming back from my morning walk. Now the queasiness has settled but I seem to be salivating more, as I've read others have experienced as well. So I guess that's all a good sign that things are continuing well. By the way, the nurse told me yesterday that my progesterone level was 340, based on which my FS was dropping me from 2 Crinone a day to 1 a day, until my next BT this Thursday. Since I was playing phone tag with the nurse and she eventually told me all this over the voicemail, I have no idea how good a level 340 is, or what it is supposed to be right now. (Otherwise, I would have asked her.) Any thoughts on what PG levels should be looking like for what I presume to be a singleton pregnancy?

Hi to everyone I've missed -- I'm still getting up to speed with who's who so I'll try to have more persies next time. :)

Have a great weekend, everyone!

Kitkat72

PS. S'rose: I'm so excited for your trip to the States. I'm from New York City so am stoked to hear how much you want to visit there. PM me if you'd like any tips on what to do when you're there! When's your EDD, by the way?

Hey KitKat, my hcg without any prog support was 335 at 16 dpo with a day 5 embryo. HTH.
My EDD according to computer will be 20th Jan (day after my birthday!) but I am waiting for the 7 week scan to see what the clinic put it at really.

I would love to hear of some great places to go, DH and I are completely excited, its pretty cool.

I too have hit the sore bb's moment. Had a work function last night for DH and every time I had to clap I winced. Then went to bed in a singlet to ease the moving lol. I've also been very thirsty, so will have to get my water intake back up again. and wayyyy TMI... my bottom has been working overtime in the past couple of days :redface:

Hi all

Just a quick MSG 2nite. I have finally caught a break over the last two days I have only really felt off a couple of times. Yesterday was better than today but hopefully this means there is an end in sight. Was my birthday today so it was nice to b able to go out for lunch, then I needed a sleep! Will catch up with everyone next time.

Persephone 4th June 2010 - It's a....? - ICSI Pixie
Lise 28th June 2010 - It's a boy!

Mitf 5th July 2010 - It's a surprise - Snuggles
LondonMiss 16th July 2010 - It's a girl - Little Miss
Mrs Slyder 16th July 2010 - It's a ??? and a ???
Wishes 26th July 2010 - it's a surprise
Dusty 28th July 2010 - It's a ??? - ???
SonyaLouise ??.??.2010 - It's a ??? - ???

Seachange 2nd Aug 2010 - It's a ??? - Squishy
Wantbaby#2 4th Aug 2010 - It's a girl - Peanut
Paula 14th Aug 2010 - it's a girl – Tiana
Ninah 18th Aug 2010 - it's a surprise - McPeanut
Loula - 19th Aug 2010 - It's a ???
Nix76 24th Aug 2010 - It's a ??? - Lil Bub

Emerald Star 26th Oct 2010 - It's a ??? - ???
Miss K 5th Nov 2010 - It's a ???

CK77 - Dec 15th 2010 – Munchkin
Brunette - Dec 24th 2010 - Double Trouble
Renee - Dec 28th 2010 – Little Bug

Glenny C - Jan 5th 2011
S’rose - Jan 20th - Little Monkey
KitKat72 – Jan 21st 2011


BABIES BORN

Kyrawolfe--- Welcome Tristan!
LilMissHaveachat --- Welcome Ethan!
Sammiejam - Welcome Colt!
BOC - Welcome Jagger Dylan!
BDT---- Welcome Sophia & Aria!
Saph----Welcome Xavier!
Greenslw---- Welcome Lincoln!
Smithy---- Welcome Charlie!
Ella'sMum---- Welcome Emme!
Poppyfairy---- Welcome Robin!
Grub17---- Welcome Ashton!
Laniwantsababy---- Welcome Jett!
Bella55---- Welcome Jack & Samuel!
Miss Magpie---- Welcome Trent!
Murph01----Welcome Jasmine!
Neptune----Welcome Adam!
KellyD---Welcome Tara Rose!


Our thoughts and prayers go to those beautiful mothers whose precious babies have been taken too soon.

Much loved & wanted son of Frosty'sMum, Benjamin born sleeping @ 14 weeks 4days. Our thoughts are with you.

Much loved & wanted daughter of Hippy Mum & Hippy Dad, Georgia Ariela taken too early from this earth 12-03-09 @ 22wk 6d

Much loved and wanted son of Chez67 & her DH, Ryan Patrick, born sleeping 17-03-09 @ 18wk 1d