Mum-2-be - devastated to read your post, sending all the positive vibes in the world to your little bub, hopefully things will turn around. Big, BIG hugs to you
Lise - Congratulations on the arrival of Finnian! Such wonderful news that he finally decided to come out! Hope you're feeling great.
Congratulations again Lise! Welcome baby Finnian! Cant wait to hear all the details!
Lairdoz your FS sounds very nasty. Try not to think the worst. It could be standard protocol for him. Every Dr does things differently. mitf any news??
Wow looking at that list LondonMiss, other than mitf, YOU ARE NEXT!!
Hello everyone!
I'm hoping i can join in here....and really really REALLY hoping i will be staying! I did another ivf cycle last month and ...yah i'm pregnant again! Brief history of me, ttc 5 years, ivf 4 years with 3 miscarriages in the last 2 yrs so as you can imagine i'm very very scared and cautious about this one but trying so hard to remain positive and hopeful that this is finally THE ONE. I am hoping someone can help me with my levels, i am a worry wart and worried that they are not rising as they should? :
15 DPO = 243
17 DPO = 436
22 DPO = 1344 (today, i am 5w1d)
They appear to be rising every 3 days but have been told they should rise every 2 days, is this too slow? what did others have?
I have a lot of catching up to do on this thread, i hope to get to know you all better soon. Have been scared to even announce my pg on here as fear i will jinx it!! silly i know!
Yogi Bear - HI! and welcome to the thread, congrats on your pregnancy! After what you've been through its understandable that you're not totally relaxed! If its any consolation, my HCG numbers were a lot lower than yours - 96 at 16DPO(11DP5DT), 313 at 19DPO, and 3625 at 27DPO - I was doubling every 2 days to start, then it slowed down to 3 days. I've heard every 2 to 3 days is fine. KWYM about not wanting to jinx yourself, it took me a while to join this group, and even longer to set up a ticker, for fear of the same! You're in good company here, these lovely ladies are a blessing, and always have good advice.
Juniper - great news about your 2nd scan! Only 2 weeks to wait til the next scan - you'll be blown away by that one! Sorry that work is giving you grief.
Wishes - not long to go for you, either! Your maternal instincts will kick in, and you're gonna be a great mum. Glad that DH is not letting you do things around the house (however frustrating that must be), don't want to over-exert yourself and get bub moving!
LondonMiss - you ARE engaging! Shall miss your humour in here, make sure you come back and give us a laugh when you can. As for your OB's fashion sense - that's a classic! If nothing else, it should keep you amused during contractions...
Hi to everyone else in here, I can feel a nap attack coming on, so logging off now... zzz
Welcome YogiBear...Congratulations.I understand what your saying about "jinxing" youself.I think your numbers look good.Mine were 400 at 16DPO and then the nurse said 2 days later that they were excellent.I never asked the numbers as i knew id come home and google everything,possibly resulting in uneccesary worry.I simply went of the fact that the nurse was very,very happy with my results. Be positive and enjoy it.I know its hard.I tried for 6 years.MC 3 years into trying at 5 weeks and am now 36 weeks and having my baby girl in 15 days. Fingers crossed for you.xxx
Londonmiss and Wishes~ Are you both having c sections too? How come? I chose mine after bub was breech but has now turned but also due to having emergency one with my son,id rather save the hassle and risk of labour not progressing as before.Not sure im prepared for the pain though..kinda scared actually.
Yogi - congratulations!! I was wondering what happened to you, I was one day ahead of you in the TWW. I'm scared too.
Mitf & Lise - wow, what wonderful news. congratulations.
Juniper - great news about your scan!!
AFM: As I've mentioned before I'm really nervous as I have my 6 week scan next week and then that's it from the IVF clinic, if all is well. I;ve conserved all my energy for just trying to get pregnant and haven't though about what happens after. Are you ladies going private or public, and what influenced your decisions? I'm going to have to make a decision next week if all goes well. Is one better than the other for nervous patients?
Hiya - and welcome! I'm lucky to live in the catchment for a great public hospital and am very happy with the service (other than the dress sense - see above!). The thing that swung it for me, is if anything goes wrong at a private hospital in Melbourne, you end up in the Royal Women's anyway, so why pay to be in the wrong place? I know you get consistency of obstetric care, but they still might have food poisoning/ holiday/ bar mitzvah on your due date and you've wasted ten grand which frankly, I'd rather spend on future education that on consistency of doctor .... but I'm sure others have quite opposite views .....!!!
thanks for all the wishes! So far he's been really good and we think (of course!) that he's just gorgeous Here's a link to some photos if you're interested:
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and welcome to the thread, congrats on your pregnancy! After what you've been through its understandable that you're not totally relaxed! If its any consolation, my HCG numbers were a lot lower than yours - 96 at 16DPO(11DP5DT), 313 at 19DPO, and 3625 at 27DPO - I was doubling every 2 days to start, then it slowed down to 3 days. I've heard every 2 to 3 days is fine. KWYM about not wanting to jinx yourself, it took me a while to join this group, and even longer to set up a ticker, for fear of the same! You're in good company here, these lovely ladies are a blessing, and always have good advice.
Only 2 weeks to wait til the next scan - you'll be blown away by that one! Sorry that work is giving you grief.
that's a classic! If nothing else, it should keep you amused during contractions...
Here's a link to some photos if you're interested:
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