Lise - oh god, you poor thing - how extremely frustrating. Thinking of you, can't add anything helpful
LondonMiss - you're a champ for doing that list! Can you put me down for 11.1.11 as my due date (love the single digit dates - DH and I got married on 08.08.08!) We're not going to find out what it is.
Lairdoz - hope the days fly by until your first scan, you'll be fine sweetie.
Glenny - GL for your scan on Thursday! Getting close now. I too am hanging out to get reassurance that the bub is actually still in there!
Renee - thats terrible that MS has ended up with you in hospital, you poor darling. Hope you're feeling better now with the Maxolon and Panadeine on board.
Maggie - sorry to hear about your terrible MS too, hope you're managing OK.
Kitkat72 - hope you're doing OK. Not long til the scan, I too have been rather nervous about it (I'm 36), but I'm sure we'll both be fine!
Mitf - not long to go now! You sound very organised. Dinner with DH sounded lovely, you're right - you probably will be a little busy for a while!
Wishes - hope you're taking it easy, and little baby Charlie will stay nice and snug til you're ready for your c-section.
CK77, Paula, Juniper, Loula - Hope you're all doing great. Bellyrubs to you and anyone I may have missed... sorry if I have!
AFM - had my blood test today for the nuchal scan on Wednesday, not too long to wait now. Feeling a bit more calm about it, just gotta wait and see I guess. Having terrible sinus issues for the last couple of weeks, plus I've developed a sore patch on my belly, right next to my belly button - weird?! Hopefully its everything just stretching. On a brighter note, my MS seems to have suddenly stopped a couple of days ago! Now I have to really watch what I eat, I've lost my excuse to eat whatever I want!
Lise - sorry to hear you are still with us. When you hadn't posted earlier in the day I thought you might have gone into labour overnight. Fingers crossed things go well at your OB visit / acupuncture session.
Lisa B - congratulations on your BFP and you certainly don't have 2 feel guilty about getting pregnant on your first IVF. Everyone has there own journey and whits important is the end result. I had a pretty cruisey first trimester with out MS…. no signs is not necessarily a bad sign. Just try and stay positive and enjoy the moment. GL with your scan in a couple of weeks.
Laridoz - sorry to hear you haven't been feeling well. I hope you are back on your feet soon.
Leabie - glad to hear your scan went well and you got such great results. Enjoy telling everyone the news. It makes it so much more real, I remember being on a high for a good couple of weeks!
Brunette - yes this is my first pregnancy. Braxton hicks are different for everyone but I wouldn't say they are scary or generally painful. I have been having them right through out my third trimester and in the upper belly they don't hurt at all. Sometimes I don't even realise I am having them, other times it just feels like someone blew some extra air into my belly and it becomes really tight before releasing again. It is only in the last 2-3 weeks I have started having lower cramps, and this is my cervix starting to thin out. It feels like period pain and while it can be a little bit uncomfortable it is not really painful and doesn't last long. I know a number of other ladies that have experience similar things late in their pregnancy but then other say they didn't feel anything at all. I think what gets me is more the unknown...... not knowing what to expect with labour so then when the lower pains linger a little I can't help but think is this the start of it... but then 5 or so minutes later it goes away and back to normal. Also, I don't think I felt the baby kick till I was about 21 weeks, a few weeks prior to that I felt a quickening which I though might be the baby but it is hard to know if you are imagining it. They say you feel the baby much earlier 2nd time round because you know what to expect.
Wantababy2 - as I was just explaining to Brunette my Braxton hicks didn't hurt so much earlier on and have only started to hurt lately.... but then I have a girlfriend who had a baby a couple of months ago that recons she had none... either that or she didn't even realise she was having them.. I guess everyone is different. It is great that you have a date for your c-section. I wish I could pencil in my diary a definitive date... Fingers crossed that things won't happen early and you can hold out to 24th.
Lise - Hoping that you won't be with us much longer!! The acupuncture sounds promising (a lot more natural than a drs inducement)!!
Lisa B - congratulations, and on your first go - that is GREAT!! Definately don't feel guilty, there are quite a few who do fall on the first round. I fell on my first FET after the first fresh cycle. So, it is still classified (when the FS does their statistics) as falling on the first cycle. I wouldn't worry about no signs, lots of people don't get any. I agree with mitf, try and stay positive and enjoy the moment!!
Laridoz - Hope you feel better soon!! I saw your latest BT results in the other forum - they are HUGE!! can't wait to see if there is one or two heartbeats!!
Leabie - It must be so exciting seeing you child waving at you!! It must be such a relief to start telling people!!
Brunette - Try not to worry, I'm sure everything will be fine!! Can't wait till next Friday!! Were we still going to the same place? 1:00pm?
Big hello and to everyone else!!
AFM ~ well, I'm trying not to worry too much but many of the symptoms I had at 4 & 5 weeks have all but gone. I'm still a little nauseous - but only when I think about it - the tiredness has gone (which I'm telling myself is because I have sooo much work on at the moment, I don't have time to be tired). (.)(.) are still really sore though - and have grown in the last week . I guess it's normal to worry - especially how much we have gone through to get here, but I just wish it was easier to sit back and enjoy rather than worrying every minute that everything is ok ... Sorry, just had to get this out - can't really talk to DH about it as he tells me 'don't worry, you can't change anything, just enjoy it' . So I feel silly if I tell him . Thanks for listening (or reading!!)
mitf yes i feel the hiccups everyday without fail and sometimes even more than once in a day. Totally weird but very cute feeling and always brings a smile to my face. Sounds like things are definitely progressing for you so hand in there, not long now! leabie glad to hear your scan went well. It sure is amazing everytime we get to see bub on the screen. Have fun telling everyone. Im sure they will all be excited. wantbaby#2 OMG when i read 3 weeks it just hit me. That is sooo soon! How exciting for you! Hope you are starting to finalise things at home and getting ready for the big day. LondonMiss i love your idea on commenting on those nasty peoples non pregnant bellies. Im sure it does shut them up quick smart! Brunette i too think its still early to feel movement at 14 weeks so dont worry too much. I am totally with you with regards to doing whatever the Dr recommends is best for the babies.
lise hope your appointment tomorrow with the acupuncturist helps. Maybe take a look at LondonMiss' extra pressure points also. Anything to help hey?! Lairdoz hope your asthma eases up soon and you start feeling better.
Welcome Lisa B and congratulations on your BFP. As everyone else has said, dont feel guilty just be greatful! I too was one of those that didnt have any symptoms throughout my pregnancy so try to remain calm (as much as is possible i guess) and dont worry too much. Mum 2 Be i have to say i agree with your Dh when he says just enjoy it! I know exactly what you mean with regards to worrying especially after all we have been through but im sure you will be fine.
Off to antenatal class tonight. Apparently we get separated from the men tonight for a while so wondering what that will be all about. Secret womens/mens business i guess.. LOL
Lisa B - congratulations on your BFP and on getting it first round! I'm a first round BFPer as well, and I understand your concerns about posting and being happy about it, when others are doing their 7th attempt. I had no symptoms and no morning sickness, so don't think that you HAVE to feel different in order for this pregnancy to be real.
As soon as you see that little blob on the screen with the fluttering heartbeat it will sink in
Brunette - the tour was good. we checked out the birthing suite (they have a few of them, some with access to a little balcony). The bath is a corner bath, pretty big, but is not a spa. There's also a shower (one of those ones that you get in really cheap hotels where the shower and toilet are just about on top of each other - reminds me of Japanese hotels!). There's a kitchen close by, toast and tea/coffee, a fridge so you can bring your own snacks for you and DH.
After the birth (not sure if caesar is different) both you and DH get some food provided, some time to spend bonding with bub (or bubs in your case). Then you move into the room. If DH is staying the night, they have the queen rooms but my DH looked at the bed and reckons it's not really a proper queen size so thinks he would have trouble sleeping.
Apparently Medibank Private is the only fund that covers the cost of DH overnight. If not with that fund then it's about $100 per night. As for the new maternity ward, they think that in December the construction will have just ended and they'll be painting etc (so hopefully will be nice and quiet - they had backhoes and noisy machinery while I was there). So I think we'll both be in the existing ward. The rooms were average, but I've seen the Mater rooms and they were pretty similar. Nothing fancy, but it will do the job.
As for feeling bub? Nope not yet, i figure us first timers have no idea what to be looking out for!
Leabie - so glad all went well with your scan, what a great sight to see that little one looking all human-like, instead of like a blob!
Lise - FX the acupuncture does the trick!
AFM: got my first pair of maternity pants (thru a seller on ebay) today, Szabo brand, retails for $120, only paid $10!
Although I can still fit into my normal clothes, the zip and buttons are just a bit of a struggle!
Still here - you'll get sick of me saying that soon! OB appointment tomorrow at 13:10 and acupuncture at 15:30. Fingers crossed as i'm very sick of feeling like I have a cannonball in my tummy...!
Lisa B - congratulations and welcome! Wishing you a very happy and health pregnancy. Don't worry about no symptoms, I hope they stay away! I didn't really have any throughout the whole pregnancy so it doesn't have to mean that there's something wrong
Lairdoz - hope your scan goes well on Monday and hope your asthma goes away soon.
mum-2-be - as I said to Lisa B, no symptoms doesn't mean anything is wrong! You will probably worry the whole way through your pregnancy but it does get a little easier eventually and everyone here is exactly the same so worry away to your hearts content - we'll always listen
Paula - so what happened in antenatal class?!
Chrissy - what a bargain, good for you! I had to start buying maternity clothes from about 15 weeks also - it wasn't that I was huge, but more as you said that things started getting a little tight and uncomfortable and digging into my belly too much.
Mitf - my BH contractions sound more like Wantbaby's - just like period pain which doesn't go away. They don't necessarily get stronger or more frequent, more that I'm just crampy all day. Very annoying!
Right a) sorry if I sound whingey and b) sorry once again for the lack of persies. I am feeling odd and sick and miserable. Anyone got any tips? I feel really nauseous, and out of kilter and just wierd. I've tried all the anti-sickness things that worked for me when I had mild MS, but anyone got any other ideas? (other than to give birth, which seems to be my obs answer to stopping my various other complaints, aches and pains. Ha!)
Hope you're all doing great. Bellyrubs to you and anyone I may have missed... sorry if I have!
to everyone else!!
. I guess it's normal to worry - especially how much we have gone through to get here, but I just wish it was easier to sit back and enjoy rather than worrying every minute that everything is ok ... Sorry, just had to get this out - can't really talk to DH about it as he tells me 'don't worry, you can't change anything, just enjoy it' . So I feel silly if I tell him . Thanks for listening (or reading!!)
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