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Congratulations on the birth of Thomas, Lairdoz!!! I'm glad to hear everything is going so well!
Congratulations also to the new BFPs on the thread! It feels so unreal at first and then suddenly you're going home with a baby..... and it still feels unreal!!
I am so sick I am dying here. I can't work, I can't get out too much. The acupressure wrist bands made my hands hurt, so I had to stop using them.
I want to be put out of my misery!!! I don't know if it's the Crinone I still have to take as my Progesterone is so low, or if it's the hormones, the HCG, the Placenta......but whatever it is I want it to STOOOOOOOOOOP.
I carry a bucket around the house with me. The humidity on the Gold Coast makes the nausea worse, I actually dry wretch when I step out into it!!!
I can't even stand up to make myself lunch to eat at the moment.
Does anyone have any tips or ideas for me? I'm going to my GP tomorrow to get my OB referral and I'm going to ask him if there is anything I can safely take to help the nausea. I can't do this for the whole pregnancy. It's too much........................ugg! Dying here!!!!
mindhugs- sorry to hear you are so sick, sounds awful, my closest friend was the same and she found it really tough. I am not sure what advice to offer though, other than all the normal remedies (eating plain things often, peppermint or ginger etc)
hope it eases soon
kelly- glad appt went well and things are on track, and that you can rest a bit more
afm- just back from our scan...all was perfect...measuring spot on for dates, heart rate 170bpm and low down syndrome risk :dance: hooray! what a relief. Our baby was still and not in a great position, so the sonographer gave it a bit of a prod, and then it wriggled all over the place...so great to watch :D
That is so wonderful Possums, congratulations!!! So glad to hear all is well.
MH I hope the GP can give you something, from what I remember mine settled down around 16 weeks, I hope so for you too.
Hi to all xx
prof grub predictions for the day - possums you are having a boy; mindhugs, dat a girl in der, girl :)
just my theory. So wonderful possums! do you feel a sense of relief?? I completely didn't! Didn't til 20 weeks scan then let myself believe, a little - both times. wait til you get movement, that's when i started to feel more confident.
MH - i really feel for you. I was terribly sick wiht this one for the first 16 weeks. But the days i felt good, I totally freaked out with "omg, what's happened" iykwim. Blackmore's Morn Sick tablets are really really good... i found.
BDT - i could have written that post about you can't believe you were one of those lucky ones for which it worked first go! but i suppose our bodies just remembered! I think its because with IVF we get used to being told our bodies don't work the way they are meant to and only medication intervention will help..... and now our bodies are doing exactly what they are supposed to and we can't believe it! We have to learn to trust our bodies and our instincts as women, more. oh what a terribly worded sentence.
kelly - lol are you and DH tall people??? i really feel for you but you've gotta be so happy that you are such a good baby grower! Do you feel ganged up on with all the "rest up woman or else" comments lol... it's the love Kelly, the love ox
well better go, weather has really deterirated and looks like its going to stay that way for awhile. just hope we don't lose power for days ggrrr wouldn't surprise me tho. off to fill bath tubs and boil water for bub bub
oxox
BDT, thanks for the support, looking forward to great BT results from you
Grub- yes relief, but still not totally relaxed. Other people dont get that. They are like "oh well, all will be fine now"...and probably it will be, but I still have antiphospholipid syndrome and graves disease and am jabbing my belly every day with clexane, so I don't think total relaxation is an easy state for me to achieve! lol...but DH and I do certainly feel a whole lot better. We both said we felt a bit numb to be honest.
sorry the weather has gone so bad, hope you keep power on.
BabyDT - I know what you mean - this was the first cycle since DS and we had no expectation whatsoever that it would work. So yeah we are still pinching ourselves and thinking surely it can't be this easy? Jeeese the things IVF do to us.
Possums - Yay!!! Awesome news. I know what you mean about still not relaxing. Do you know I am 18+ weeks and we STILL haven't told anyone besides my parents and sis. have been avoiding everyone else as we are not telling anyone until after next week's scan. And even then I would rather keep it to ourselves until bub safely in our arms!!
MH - sorry to hear about your MS. I had bugger all (only chucked once) so I'm not really qualified to answer but I do hope your GP or OB has something up their sleeve..
Grub - ah you crack me up luv, I love your posts. We'll hold you to those predictions and if you're right you can set up shop somewhere in the forum and hire out your services. I hope the cyclone isn't too bad. I'll stop complaining about our 36 degree and mega humid as it pales against a cyclone!
Just had morning tea with one of my besties and her adorable 5 month old DD. They are off to the states next week for FIVE MONTHS and I am very bummed. She gets back right as I am due - lucky girl she gets to miss all of my wombling and whinging and arrive for the newborn cuddles!
Hi ladies sorry for not really posting, to be honest i dont feel like i really belong any where at the moment :( im not trying to concieve, im pregnant but scared of loosing it that i dont want to commit to the thread, i am trying to stay as positive as possible but i wish the 7 week scan would hurry up to confirm everything. Iv had some little pinching feelings around my ovaries (not pain) but im worried its ectopic, has anyone had one of these and can explain what it felt like?
Aw Oneday luv that's ok take your time and we're here when you're ready. We have all been through the exact same feelings and are here to help.
As for the ovaries you got pregnant on a stim cycle? It's most likely you're ovaries are still inflamed from the stim and the pregnancy keeps your ovaries working so they are hurting. Very normal, in fact when I went for my 12 week scan with DS the US lady said "this was a stim cycle wasn't it?' because she could see my ovaries were still swollen. I haven't had an ectopic fortunately so I can't say what it feels like but I promise you at the same point as you for both pregnancies I was interpreting every little twinge as potential ectopic.
Hang in there :hug:
oneday. ... what bug's mum said... except mine were still swollen and very sore at 20 weeks still and beyond. they eventually went down. i'm not sure if that's teh same sort of pain as you are getting iykwim.
I always got lots of weirdo pain 'down there' including some ligament stretching that nearly had me on the floor because of the suddeness and sharpness. :)
(((((Hugs))))) Oneday. My overies were a nightmare for about the first half of my pregnancy. They just stayed swollen and sore from the IVF. Where as on cycles where i got BFN's they went down after my first period. It must be the Hormones.
oneday, my ovaries have been sore too, and have just started to settle down. I have had an ectopic and had sharp cramping pain on one side, and as it progressed the pain become very severe. It was different to ovary pain. I also had pain in my low back and pain when going to the toilet. Also my HCG levels rose very slowly and i had brown spotting. we all knowhow you feel, it's so hard to trust in things, especially at the start. hang in there...and hopefully your scan will show all is going just fine. in the meantime we are here when you are ready to chat more
Thanks so much ladies that makes me feel so much better :) i thought it could be that but of course i always think of the worst, i thinking in a way its self preservation for me, im so scared of getting my hopes up and all excited for it all to come crashing back down again so i tell my self reasons why this might not happen (you ladies would know just how i feel most prob). But i just need to wait out the week and a half for my scan as best as possible. Thanks again ladies and i hope your pg are treating you well :) xxxxxx
congratulations Lairdoz on Thomas!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!whoo hoo!! what a quick labour!!!! so pleased for you.
welcome newbies!! this site is a life saver..........the girls are awesome!!
gotta go, sorry to rush xx
Hey all, really hard to keep up (and still cannot type without discomfort due to carpal tunnel).
Congratulations Lairdoz on Thomas! What a great birth story.
Possums, great news about your scan!
Mindhugs, that nausea sounds severe and of course humidity would make it worse. I hope it eases soon. I found eating constantly helped (refined carbs, of course), and not becoming too tired.
Oneday, just wishing for you that time speeds by until your scan. Early in my pregnancy, I had left-side ovary pain and lots of brown bleeding and definitely thought it was ectopic. I guess, there's a lot of info online to torture you. I would just create a small space each day when you practise relaxation, and if you worry the rest of the time, fine, that's how it's going to be for now. It will change.
Sorry for no more persies (it's the hands: my fingers feel like frankfurters boiling in a pot of water, about to split!).
AFM, I am 10 days past my due date and will be induced, like it or not, on Monday. Thank God, baby is still thriving and I don't have any problems (well ... emotional, as always, and very sore legs/hands). So, I've had acupuncture induction which was half an hour of pain (produces pretty decent contractions, but sadly these faded pretty quickly). I have another session booked for tomorrow - cannot wait!! In case it's not obvious, I have become pretty down. I don't really feel like leaving the house. I feel like my body has failed (again). My brother and SIL, my DH's SIL and my German host sister have all delivered (on time) in the last 2 weeks. I know it's crazy, but I feel like something is going to go wrong now, and I won't get a baby after all. The last 2 weeks feel like a microcosm of the whole IVF/infertility years. Also, I am absolutely sick with fear about having to start labour on a drip with a monitor in a hospital. IVF didn't work for me. What worked was rejecting what my doctors told me and demanding a lap for endo, having that endo removed and becoming pregnant through sex about a month later. I just have no faith in doctors, and a lot of hostility towards them, to be honest.
Anyway ... I know that I'm all out of what with perspective and so forth. I am SO luck to be having this chance to have a baby. But you know, even at nearly 42 weeks pregnant, I still think of it as "a chance". I see the baby's feet poking out at my ribs, and I still think that nothing is guaranteed.
Also, for the record, this particular web site (Belly Belly) makes induction sound criminal if you do it by choice and downright dangerous in any case. It's incredibly unhelpful and stress-provoking for mothers who are being told that they have no other choice. It makes me really mad, so I guess I should write to the web people.
Sorry for the rant ladies.
Take care all and next time I write, I hope I'll be a little sunnier.
WW
Aww WW im so sorry you are feeling down.
I will be getting induced early due to my GD, i have avoided the induction threads for that very reason you mention. I just dont want for care for an opinion on the matter. I'll do what needs to be done.
Good luck hun, and i look forward to seeing your B/A :D
WW you poor thing - I second Jaki, you just have to do what needs to be done. I had a c-section at 40 weeks because DS was extremely high, posterior and had made no attempt to engage. My OB told me even if I did go into labour naturally (which he didnt think I would) I had a 50% chance of running into trouble and needing an emergency c-section. So we (after much soul searching and stress) decided to have an elective. With this bub I was also be having an elective. No VBAC for me as I dont feel the risk is worth my bub's life. Some people on these here interwebs would think I was terrible, or at least a fool, but I simply don't care. I will do the right thing by my child and believe that parenting is all about what you do from the moment they are here, not what you do to get them out.
I know, the last few weeks are hell waiting for your bub to come, please try to relax and enjoy what you can and SLEEP while you can and know that your little miracle will be here before you know it.
WW - thinking of you. I don't trust doctors much either. I feel as though my 1st IVF Dr was after my money as he missed so many key & obvious things about me that I miscarried 2 bubs when maybe I didn't need to at all. I say always go with your gut.
OneDay - welcome & I also concur with the girls. I am 13 weeks long now and I have had one sided pain and the odd two sided pain on and off for most of this pregnancy, which sounds terribly like Ectopic - but it's not.
AFM - Apparently nausea is down to low progesterone (and subsequently Estrogen dominance). So the sicker you are the lower your progesterone is. I know mine is real low as I've been getting it monitored. Also because I have Endo, this means low progesterone is present. So right now my progesterone is at 60. I'm using the Crinone every 2nd day still, and hoping that my Progesterone levels rise enough that I can stop using it. Anyway, as I said I have an appt with my Dr today and will ask for something to assist the nausea. Today is a slightly better day.............