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Haha Grub - bet I could eat you under the table when it comes to chocolate! I was being all good and then went to church on Easter Sunday (I ain't religious but getting DS christened soon so doing the right thing!) and the priest was talking about the meaning of Easter and said "you can eat all the eggs you want as long as you get the true meaning (or something similar). What did I take away from that? God said I can eat ALL THE EGGS I WANT!!!!!
Im sad i had to delete my pg ticker :(
Hi to everyone! Just because I am ever the optimist I just had to pop in with my almost news, even though not confirmed and it could all come crashing down I just can't help my self. I am now almost 6 weeks since my D&C. I haven't had a proper AF since but had a feeling I was going to O and have a positive opt, so DTD and blow me down have been getting progressively stronger hpts since Fri. AF is due tomorrow but going by the strong line on this mornings test I don't think she will show. At least I hope so. For some one who has never had a natural BFP I am in utter amazment. Will call my OB tomorrow to see if I can have a BT or what he thinks. But can you believe it? I am hoping this time it's real.
Love to all, will let you know how I go and if I can join you for real. Xx
omg how amazing would it be if both JBM and BDT joined us in here!!! all fingers and toes crossed in the Grub household for you both tomorrow.
bdt - i'd definintely ring the clinic and ask for a test!
lol Bug's mum - he is indeed a merciful lord :)
speaking of chocolate, dh ate my cadbury family sized bar (well some of it) and 'replaced' it this arvo with woolworths 'select' bar and i'm afraid some homebrand supermarket chocolate really really doesn't float my boat. I'm so mad! had to have an apple instead pft lol.
oh oneday - i think you can still have one, just no pics and have to keep it to a certain size. I just got rid of mine altogether cos it was all too much for my preggy brain to comprehend and i really just couldn't be bothered lol... lazy cow!
hi everyone else!!!
omg my belly is getting so big, i think it's dropped a bit, i have a really round bottom bit now. (and a really really really round big back bottom! lol). Hit a bit of a wall. attempted to vacuum today, got half a room done and ended up sitting on the lounge in tears cos I felt so useless... dh had to finish the vacuuming for me... and the washing and most of the hosuework cos i'm just getting so tired and it's still very warm here atm. So annoying seeing stuff that needs doing but not being able to do it.
ooh ramble!
belly rubs and going to find some proper chocolate! told dh only cadbury or lindt from now on! ggrrr
BDT: well this would be so exciting and i do know someone who fell natural after her IVF baby was 1 year old. it took her years to get the first BFP. pray this is the case for you, got fingers crossed. x x
well i'll probably be in here as of tomorrow !!!!!!!!!!!
i have found it a bit hard to get real excited even though i get BFP's every time i test and no AF, so i am 3 days over ( i'm NEVER late). i wanna get excited but i don't want the other lttc girls to feel a bit sad cause they've got BFN.
i find out tomorow BT in morn, so should get results in arvo ?
so so so so excited !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! (understatement !)
Ah Grub I know exactly what you mean. I would have chosen the apple too...
BabyDT I hope it's good news!!
And JBM best of luck today - I am so excited for you let us know how you go!!
Don't feel like that JBM. LTer's LOVE it when one of their own gets a much awaited BFP. They share your joy. Sure, they wish it was them too, but in my experience, it just reminds them that it IS possible and that it might just be their time next.:
I haven't officially congratulated you yet - because i was waiting until your BT result. They should tell you by the afternoon. Don't go crazy waiting!!
Bdt hope you can get your test done
Jbm yay test day
i'll be stalking hoping our two lovely ladies (BDT and JBM) are coming back with good news. been thinking of you both. fingers crossed!
I know so exciting - Baby dreamtime and JBM thinking of you today and can't wait to hear your good news!
Hi everyone else, hope you are all going well!
I'm stalking you BDT and JBM - sending you loads of BFP vibes.
Janie xxx
Looking forward to seeing you here jbm :)
Afm - had first scan this morning - so amazing to see the heartbeat! It's really happening!
Hi everyone,
JBM and BDT hope you both have positive news to share with us very soon.
I was wondering how many of you have had the 3D/4D scans done. I know they are quite expensive and you can't get anything back from medicare but I'm thinking about getting one to try to confirm the baby's sex - since the sonographer was so vague in his response to me that it "might be a girl". I really need to know as I still feel like it's a boy and I don't want to get all excited about a girl only to find out that it is a boy afterall. I was told on the 3D/4D scans even I would be able to tell (see the gentils myself).
So for those who have had one what was it like? Do you think it was money well spent? I have to say I don't really like the face shots you see - they all look like aliens!
Lori
DD - 14
Bub due 28th august
Hi loverlies, thanks so much for the well wishes, I have to wait until tomorrow morning for the BT results, feeling very patient (NOT!) will post as soon as I hear :).
JBM, stalking you too hun, have you gotten your results yet? Hoping they are wonderful numbers.
Lori my ultrasound place did 4D as a rule, and always included a few pics. You are 20+ weeks yes, so it should be able to show pretty clearly if bub is in the right position, I think it is only the 12 week 4D ultrasounds that could be missleading as the nubby looks so similar. Though do you need to have/pay for the full 4D, if you had another normal scan perhaps you would get a better look. If you can't see in the normal, I don't know that you would see in the 4D. Hope that makes sense?
xx to all.
Ooh hang in there BabyDT! I am so impatient so I can feel your pain!
Kass - Yay on the first scan!! It's the best feeling ever huh. Congrats on seeing your little peanut/blobby/whatever you call it!
Lori - we had the usual 4D scans at 12 and 20 weeks but also my OB has a machine so we get them every week. But if I was in your position and it was very important to know the sex then I'd just do it. I'm not sure whether you can get back from medicare - probably not if you don't have a medical reason/referral. If it makes you feel better we don't know what we're having and I'm terrified it's a girl!! Not sure what I'd do with one!
yayayay kass!!!!! bdt fingers will stay crossed!!! oxox
Dreamwise im def getting a 4d scan, i think its worth the money and for sure they will be able to see the genitals as i was told if i didnt want to know dont have it cause its so clear.
well i am officially joining you in here !
i got a :bfp:
yes i am Pregnant !!!!!!!!!
got really high numbers so maybe 2 embies ????!!!!:twin_neutral:
this is so exciting
now i have to wait til wed 18th for scan
even my fs sent me an sms saying congrats on your pregnancy your due date is 6th of jan 2012.
i am so so so excited and thanks all of you for your support. i reall believed it was happening this time.
now i need to read some more of your posts and get to know you all
praying for sticky ones. :happydance:
Official congratulations now JBM !
:happyforyou: Woop woop!!
JBM a HUGE official congrats. So glad you are joining us!! Glad to hear the numbers are high and wow yes it could be two!
Enjoy cloud nine darl :dance:
Congrats JBM so happy for you. Welcome to this thread officially. Hope it's a smooth journey now.:
Lori
DD - 14
Bub due 28th Aug (4 years in the making)
:clap::clap: :leap: :leap:
that is the best news JBM!!!!! i'm so so happy for you sweetie. and maybe two! oh how wonderful!!! the 18th. pft piece of cake, not far off! so stick bubbas stick good and strong for your mummy!!!!!
i'm so glad you've let us celebrate the joy of this moment with you and your dh. oxoxox
bdt!!! hopefully it's a great omen for you!
just watching masterchef and it's making me so super super hungry for cakes! and sweets!!!!
That's fantastic jbm so excited for you
JBM: That's so exciting for you. Did they tell you the numbers at all, although they are so hard to really go by... With DD at 13dpt (day 3's) my HCG was 305 and progesterone 80 and with the twins also at 13dpt (day 3's) my HCG was 351 and progesterone 90. So my numbers were pretty close both times but the slightly higher one was the twins. As I said, maybe you will take over now being the twin mummy in this forum.
BDT: I can't wait to hear your results...
DR: We had the 4D scan with DD at 26 weeks as we wanted to have something to show her later in life, this time around with all of our scan we automatically get a CD with the images. Lake Imaging at Howitt Street did the 4D scan for DD, and the cost was around $160 which you don't get anything back from Medicare and the sacn went for about an hour.
Big hello to everyone else, I'm still plodding along but am getting sick of all these pretend contractions and lower back pain and period type cramps with nothing getting stronger. Although I have my sister here now for a few days before the IL's turn up, so maybe I can relax a bot now and let things happen knowing if we have to go to the hospital in the night time we don't have to get DD out of bed. Worse case 1 week to go...
JBM - WOW!!! That's great news. We all know how that moment feels. Huge congrats and welcome to this thread. It's so great to get some new faces in here. Me, Poss & Kass have been the newbie's for too long now, need to pass the mantel on.........:happyforyou:
BDT - any minute now. We are all holding our breath for you. Would be great to go on the journey with you :crossfingers::crossfingers::crossfingers:
Kelly - oh geez. I can't imagine how uncomfortable you must be feeling, yet excited that you don't have long!!!! Your cup runneth over very very soon!!!!
DR - my OB does normal scans every visit, and I had another one yesterday. He zeroed in on the bl**dy anatomy again. He looked at me and said, did you want to know what you're having because it's all here. I said "I already know, but nice to know it's STILL a boy". But I loved the 4D scans - nothing is left to doubt.
AFM - kick kick kick! All the time, and in painful places!!! Feeling the best I have during this pregnancy. Although my blood pressure has continued to drop, so lacking in a little energy.
Hi to all!!!!!
Hi ladies,
I'm going to poke my head in here too if that's ok.
I'm about 8w pregnant after our first round of IVF.
I'm still struggling to really get excited about it, even though we've had 3 scans and everything is growing as it should. I am still freaking out after being told it's a week behind my IVF dates (so measuring about 7w)... but we've seen the heartbeat and everything is looking great.
Everyone is so excited, but I just can't seem to let go just yet.
Looking forward to getting to know everyone :bellyrubs:
Nic x
Hey Elocin - welcome and congratulations on your pregnancy!! The fact that you've seen a heartbeat is a great sign but I know what you mean - it's completely normal to hold off on the excitement for a while. Hang in there and it gets easier as you pass more time.
Mindhugs - glad you're getting lots of kicks and feeling good!!
Hi everyone else!! Things are getting desperate here. I resorted to eating "subpar" chocolate yesterday... That's when you know I'm at rock bottom hehe
:confetti: yay JBM! good to see you here!
Elocin - good to see you again :) It takes a while to sink in doesn't it? I'm feeling a lot more confident after yesterdays scan, but we're still not ready to start telling anyone. (Well, I'm not - DH has been wanting to since the first bt :) )
Bugsmum - Subpar choccie? Oh dear :)
Hi mindhugs - sounds like you have a very active one there
Kelly - Hope it's not too much longer for you
Hi to everyone I've missed :)
oh bug's mum, i'm so sorry to hear that you are settling for crap chocolate! my heart goes out to you. i hope you can get some decent stuff soon. (do you realise we both sound like drug addicts talking about chocolate allt he time lol).
I have an even sadder tale, after eating my sub-par choc and turnign to fruit instead, I've now got the taste for fruit and didn't even have one piece of chocolate yesterday (okay choc chip muffins don't count lol). i'm off to buy lots of fruit at the shops today! what is the matter with me... bbooooo hooooo. Mind you i also plan to buy some chips :)
oh kelly, for heaven t'betsy, tell those boys it's over, that's it, get outta my belly! i'm sure you have been having many a quite word with them. have you done the walking, bouncing, sex, curry, clary sage, pressure point, stand on your head and blow your nose things that all the old wives' talk about??? at least you've got helpers on the way!
elocin- meh, don't worry too much about dates at this stage. we showed a bit behind at our scan to our FET dates and by what was the reevaluated 12 week scan, i showed 13 weeks! i think it's like you bts, the baby grows when it growns, so if you'd had the scan the next day, it may have shown bag-on dates. We have been given three dates June 23 by FET dates; then July 1 at viability scan; then June 26 at 13 week scan. But welcome and huge congrats! the next few weeks are pretty stressful and exhausting as you constantly worry but hopefully all is well for you my love :)
mh - is there anything they can do for the BP situation? it must suck to have it low all the time. yeah i feel generally beaten up on the inside atm. and my belly is now so big (kelly i'm just pretending i haven't seen yours! lol) that it really hurts to roll side to side in bed now.
arh, better go. have playgroup and am surprising dh by dropping off some morning tea for him.
bdt, will be checking up on you!!!
trishy how are you going???
Kass? you good love???
ox
Hi Nic,:
Welcome and congratulations on your pregnancy. I think that it's perfectly normal to not be too excited and perhaps being your first round of IVF you feel a little bit like - it couldn't be that easy something has to go wrong?
One of my friends got pregnant on her first go of IVF too. They only had one embryo. Had it transfered fresh and it took. Everyone was amazed but she said she had felt in her gut that it was going to work. Anyway she ended up having a pretty bad pregnancy - had to finish work around 20 weeks due to complications and ended up giving birth at 26 weeks. Poor bub was in hospital for 100 days post birth but the good news is that he is doing really well now and meeting appropriate milestones for his "adjusted age" (what he would be if he'd been born at the right time).
So despite all the worries when he was in hospital it has had a happy ending.
Hopefully your little bub won't cause you an grief and it will be a fairytale from here on.
Lori
DD- 14
Bub due 28th Aug (4 years in the making)
Hi everyone,
BT results took forever, just heard the news and it is offical. Hcg at 14dpo was 110, so pretty happy with that, Betabase says it is perfectly average for one little bub. Won't be having another BT until next Monday then will see my OB from there. So fingers crossed.
JBM just wanted to say again congratulations, so happy for you, and it is truely your time! Can't wait to hang out in here with you.
Hi to Nic, as the girls have said, it will get easier and you will feel more confident as you go along. I am feeling the same, but determined this time to be excited, I didn't quite feel it was real last time, and unfortunately ended in m/c. Regardless of the outcome I wish I had have enjoyed it more. But this time is different, right? :)
Hi to everyone else. MH I text'd you, hope you got it, let me know if you are free anytime. Bug's Mum & Grub, now I am thinking about chocolate, I have a few left over from Easter and have been slowly making my way through, I have about 3 more days worth left. After that will try to eat better, we are off to Europe at the end of the month for 4 weeks, and don't want any baby belly in a bikini to look any bigger than it needs to be :).
KellyD, I know the feeling, I had a C section at 37 weeks, the last few weeks were just so hard. Hope you are resting up and will be holding my breath for you.
Kass, I don't think I have ever posted to you, but have stalked you for a while, so happy to see you here too.
Love to all xx
PS. In the interests of being super positive, will now update my signature, ta da!
Thanks everyone for your kind and positive words.
I did the same thing yesterday!! I was too scared to put a ticker up incase it had to come down again... but as you say, in the interest of positivity, I finally did it!!:
Hope you don't mind me sticking my head in again girls - but had to come and congratulate JBM and BDT! Also a big congrats to Elocin (although I don't know if we have met before, but us LTTCer's are really like family I think).
Good luck to you all with your pregnancies. For those doing it the first time, it only gets better and better as baby comes into your life then grows into a toddler - seriously I am constantly thinking that this has to be the best stage with my DD and then something else happens and I think 'oh no this is the best!'
And a special mention to KellyD - You are doing a seriously great job with those little boys of yours! I have such respect for you Mumma.
Janie xxx
bdt - i'm not sure I wish to be your friend now you've said you wear a bikini ... after birthing twin girls and now preg... AND you'll be in said bikini in europe. tsk tsk tsk. gee much jealous!! lol.
Well if you can't be happy with your lot now, then when can you be iykwim. that's how i try to take it, one day at a time and live in the moment.
oh by the way CONGRATULATIONS!!! lol Kelly, we want bikini body in one year! hahahaa
oh and BDT another bone to pick with you! you have three days' worth of chocolate left and you HAVEN'T inhaled it in one sitting (or at the very least sharing with ME and guts ache oops sorry Bug's Mum lol)!???
you'll need to pull your pregnant lady socks up now it's confirmed and eat all that chocolate today... buy some more and do it again tomorrow! lol.
stalking off to find chocolate to help BDT, JBM< and Nic celebrate :) i feel it's my duty hahahaha oxox
janie71: thanks so much for popping in to wish us girls luck. wow how did 2 years go so fast?, i remember when you got your BFP, yes i have been on BB for that long !!. thanks for your support and glad all is going well for you. x x o o
elocin: i love your ticker, i will wait til i have scan then do one. so so exciting. good luck to you. hope all is going well, i am sure your baby will be fine. yeah i do know how you're feeling, hard to get excited as it just seems a bit unreal for me. good luck vibes to you. x
BDT: woohoo and hooray . how exciting a natural one too. so so happy for you. we will be pretty close in times. x x sticky vibes. x x
dreamrise: hope all is well for you, glad your friends baby is o.k now. x x
grub: hope all is going well for you. x
kass: i am just following you. we'll be pretty close in dates. woohoo. hope all is going well for you. x x
mindhugs: i cant wait to have the kick kick kick all the time, remind me of this later ??!!. lol. i have low bp too and get tired so i take a vit D every day this helps me to not feel so flat. also check iron levels as this can cause that feeling also. good luck to you. x x
kelly: you must be so ready to pop, i can only imagine how you must be feeling ?. good luck to you and hope it's not too much longer for you. x x x
trishy: thanks for your support. really appreciate it. good luck to you also . hope all is going well for you and bubs
afm: well it's going to take me a while to get up to date with you all but am looking forward to it.... yipee
nothing new yet.
i am trying to find some info on net about stages and pregnancy info, any suggestions of best sites of aby groth in womb ?
i am still in shock and most of the time forget........ ooh yes ...... i'm preggers.....lol
can't wait til scan. 2 weeks to go to see baby's heart. x x
Welcome and congrats Elicon and JBM :)!!!!!! Elicon dont panic about your dates, when i had my dating scan they also put me a week behind, then i went to my IVF spec/obstertrician and he said no you are what the original date was becuse we can pin point to the day when we put it in so we are very accurate, then when i went for two other scans after that (9 weeks and 12 weeks) my dates were right, i think becuase its still so small at that stage its hard to get it right so dont worry your next scan will prob be what you thought you were xxxx
Wow it's busy in here. Go the LTTTCers!
Congratulations mums to be.
KellyD - you are amazing. All the best to you for the next week xxx
well, just popped in on hols to check on everyone and what a lot of great news in here!!!!!
JBM- woohooo congratulations!!
BDT- so wonderful for you!! and natural too!
elocin- welcome!! congratulations...it can be so hard at the start with all the anxiety and to actually enjoy it and believe things will be ok...it does get easier...I think we always have worries, especially after a long road to get here...but I am really enjoying being pregnant at this point
kelly- i have been thinking of you and half expected to come in here and find news your boys had arrived- you are doing so well!! not long now!
hi grub, kaybee, aimee, lori, MH, williever, bugsmum, Kass, oneday....and a big hello to everyone else!!
afm- having a great time being away with DH...and he can also feel our little man moving now, which is so lovely :-) am feeling good (the pounding in my head aside, but I am used to it really) and my tummy keeps getting bigger ;-) gotta go now, but will check in again when i can
another big congratulations on the wonderful BFPs girls!!! woohoo...so good to see you here
BDT: OMG I'm so excited and happy for your natural miracle. Don't you just love it when your body decides to finally know what to do...
Elocin: Congrats to you as well. It is so exciting to see so many new LTTTCer's joining this group....
Grub: Bahahahahahaha - my body wasn't even in bikini shape before this pregnancy (to be honest it wasn't in that shape before Tara). Luckily I live in the cooler climates so I don't have the opportunity to expose my wobbly bits.
Thank you everyone for thinking of me, it is so nice to know that you are all as eager to get this thing over as much as me, I even said to DH earlier that this time next week I won't have a big belly anymore (just a big flabby area me thinks).
Last Ob appt & growth scan tomorrow so are date and time for deliver should get locked in and I can't wait to see how they have both grown over the past 4 weeks and what there approx weight is - I'm guessing they will be somewhere close to 6lb each, DD was 7lb born at 38w3d so these guys might be pretty close seeing they will only be 6 days younger at delivery.
Aanyway once I know all the finer details I'll drop back in and let you all know.