Pregnancy after LT TTC #20

Hi girls,

Is it ok if I join in here? I'm finally pregnant after 4.5 yrs TTC and 3 attempts at IVF...woo hoo!!!

I did a POAS on Thursday night and it came up with a nice solid line, my official blood test was booked in for Sunday but I asked them to bring it forward to Saturday. HCG was 103 which the nurse was very happy with. She said that they are happy with anything over 35 and given that my test was early as well they said it is a strong positive. I have to have bloods done every 4 days until doc is happy and then at 7 weeks will have a scan. I booked in with my ob today which made it all feel real!!!

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Of course AJ, a very warm welcome to u. And a massive congratulations! Look forward to chatting more xx

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Hi girls,

Is it ok if I join in here? I'm finally pregnant after 4.5 yrs TTC and 3 attempts at IVF...woo hoo!!!

I did a POAS on Thursday night and it came up with a nice solid line, my official blood test was booked in for Sunday but I asked them to bring it forward to Saturday. HCG was 103 which the nurse was very happy with. She said that they are happy with anything over 35 and given that my test was early as well they said it is a strong positive. I have to have bloods done every 4 days until doc is happy and then at 7 weeks will have a scan. I booked in with my ob today which made it all feel real!!!

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I am so happy to share a pg thread with you :D. Seeing your posts with a pg ticker just makes me wanna :D.

Congrats again Amy!

Amy it is fantastic to see you here! Welcome honey.

Janie xxx

Morning ladies

Welcome to our group Dutchie & Amy its so nice to see some more LLTTC girls making the move across. Looking forward to getting to know you better.

AFM not much to report things are moving along nicely the little one is more active now and I can certainly feel the little kicks happening cant wait for them to get even stronger. DH happened to feel one the other night which was really nice. I have my heartburn under control thanks to the tablets from my OB which means I'm finally getting some decent sleep. Fingers crossed I can stay in this happy place for a while.

Thanks kindly ladies on the nice congrats! xo

Coral ~ big congrats to you hun! Very exciting :cheer:

Dutchie ~ wow just like us you too have managed to get a beautiful natural miracle - so happy for you! All the best

GL ladies - stay well

Ok so I am really behind here but just want to pop in with hugest, hugest congrats for Loops and Coral! Hope you are both enjoying loads of gorgeous wee snuggles with your beautiful girls :)

Tei, you are SOOO close now!!

Saffy - mmmmm, looking at your hcg, mine was 300 at 4w exactly for two bubbas - when do you have a scan?

Wow, it is awesome seeing so many LTTTC girls coming over to this thread - long may it last!


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hi girls quick update from me,

had a miscarriage scare over the last 2 days, started spotting thursday afternoon then cramping, came home from work hysterical and went on bed rest, in the morning had some more spotting and cramps, so was devastated and was 100% sure it was over. FS saw me that morning and did a scan- saw a little bean with a good HB, measuring 6wks3d (6wks by dates), FS thinks the spotting was caused by the 2nd embryo which may have slightly implanted but failed. Needless to say we were STUNNED to see a baby with a good HB as we have never seen it before, and are still in shock!! Still sl brown spotting but no more cramps so feeling a bit less anxious and have started getting good symptoms today- finally- which was one of my major concerns up til now. Have been crying all week as we put my beloved cat down on Tuesday and couldn't believe the universe was doing this to us, but have had a happy ending to the week. :D
So now I'm on preogesterone pessaries twice a day til 10 wks. Fingers crossed I can get through to the next scan in 1 1/2 wks without any more dramas.

Melissa - great to see you in here hun, wow can't believe you are 29 wks, i can't imagine ever getting there!!!

Hi everyone else esp amyjellybean x

ps I might even think about getting a ticker soon lol

Oh Saffy :hug: So glad to hear things are ok!

Woo hoo for that wonderful little heartbeat, you must be over the moon! Thanks for your lovely hello! Yay for a ticker! Do you think you will come over and join us in the Jan Belly buddies thread at some point?

:hello: everyone, I hope you are all travelling well :)
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AFM - I'm going well, feeling very tired and have had a shocking headache today but apart from that i'm just plodding along. I has another blood test last Wed and they said the average HCG was 400 for my dates and I was 711! I have another one tomorrow and will be sure to let you all know how I go. I got offered an all inclusive trip to South America at work yesterday but I had to say no because my doctor didnt want me to go :( Of course I know there are much better things to look forward to but it was still hard saying no.

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Welcome to all the newbies, so lovely to see new faces (well you know what I mean!) in here :) Wishing all of you a very happy and healthy pregnancy xx

Amy, I had dreadful headaches first trimester with DS and this pregnancy, I found acupuncture really helped and I didn't have to go through so many boxes of Panadol!

Saffy, what a scare, so glad your little one is still on board and you got to see a strong heartbeat. It's an amazing feeling isn't it? Sorry about your cat, it's so hard losing a fur baby xx

Terry, glad you're getting some decent sleep, take advantage while you can! And yay for feeling more movement, it's so nice when others can feel the baby, definitely helps to make it real for them I think.

Dutchie, what great numbers! Hope you were able to find an answer to your question, I have no idea sorry.

Can't scroll back any further but big hello,to everyone else, hope you're all travelling nicely.

I've hit 34 weeks and am very much looking forward to finishing work in a couple of weeks! Mind you I've been off work all week with another sinus infection so I might not make it given that I had to get a certificate from my gp stating I am fit for work after 34 weeks and if I'm sick again I need a certificate stating that whatever illness I'm suffering from isn't pregnancy related...!

Other than that feeling really good. No nasty third trimester symptoms so it's really just a waiting game now, I just want number two to be here already!

Hi ladies

Amy welcome to our thread I'm sure I've seen you in other ttc threads before

Saffy sorry to hear what you have been through but just try to now put it out of your mind. I know how you feel the same thing happened to us and I also thought the worst . I have also bleed a few more times do don't be too scared if it does my ob told me 1 on 5 women does.

AFM had to reapply for my job this week worst timing ever got this week off and planning to do the nursery with DH

Evening girls,

AJ~ I've been known to suffer terrible headaches, I've carried a 1.25 pump bottle with me at all times since finding out, and I've managed to keep headaches at bay so far. Your hCG numbers look beautiful. Glad things are going well for u, apart from the headaches.

Saffy~ Sounds like u have really been thru a lot the last few days. So happy that u got to see lil buboes hb, that must have been so exciting (and relieving). I think a ticker sounds like a great idea.

Terry~ nice to hear you are doing so well right now. The extra sleep probably is helping that. It must be so nice to feel movements, would certainly make it feel very real. I can't wait til I'm at that stage!

Lise~ really at the business end now! I can relate to wanting bubs in your arms now! I think that too and I'm only 6 weeks. Glad things are going well for you.


I too, like lise, am finding it hard to scroll back further, but wanted to wish loops and coral a massive congrats on the birth of your precious bubbas!

AFM~ I am plodding along good aswell. I had my last hCG on Friday and that came back at 9836, so another healthy rise. Anxiously waiting for my 6 week scan on tues. Am terrified there won't be a hb but it's out of my control. All I can do is take it easy, and pray things are ok.

Hope everyone had a great weekend! TC mummies to be xox

Evening girls,

AJ~ I've been known to suffer terrible headaches, I've carried a 1.25 pump bottle with me at all times since finding out, and I've managed to keep headaches at bay so far. Your hCG numbers look beautiful. Glad things are going well for u, apart from the headaches.

Saffy~ Sounds like u have really been thru a lot the last few days. So happy that u got to see lil buboes hb, that must have been so exciting (and relieving). I think a ticker sounds like a great idea.

Terry~ nice to hear you are doing so well right now. The extra sleep probably is helping that. It must be so nice to feel movements, would certainly make it feel very real. I can't wait til I'm at that stage!

Lise~ really at the business end now! I can relate to wanting bubs in your arms now! I think that too and I'm only 6 weeks. Glad things are going well for you.


I too, like lise, am finding it hard to scroll back further, but wanted to wish loops and coral a massive congrats on the birth of your precious bubbas!

AFM~ I am plodding along good aswell. I had my last hCG on Friday and that came back at 9836, so another healthy rise. Anxiously waiting for my 6 week scan on tues. Am terrified there won't be a hb but it's out of my control. All I can do is take it easy, and pray things are ok.

Hope everyone had a great weekend! TC mummies to be xox

Hi ladies,

Terry, hope you managed to get your job application done and that the process isn't too painful. Definitely agree it's bad timing, I hate job applications.

Dutchie, how did your six week scan go? Have been thinking of you xx

Tei, are you still with us love? Hope you're not getting too impatient. I was 10 days over with DS and an absolute hormonal mess by the end so I hope your head is still in a good space.

Big hello to everyone else, hope you're all well.

I am going well - started mat leave this week which i'm very excited about!!! I was going to try to work till 36 weeks, so Friday of next week, but I was off most of last week with a sinus infection and although I felt better over the weekend by the time i'd been at work for 30 mins on Monday I was feeling just as bad. So I got myself organised and finished up on Tuesday. I have to go in on Wednesday next week as work is having a morning tea for me and I need to do my official handover, but that's it :) Otherwise, nothing really happening, though I did have an interesting chat with my midwife this week. I'm birthing at a different hospital this time and I requested my medical notes from DS. Turns out a few things happening during labour that I was unaware of - like the fact that he had shoulder dystocia! I Googled it because I didn't know what it was and it seems it's considered an obstetrics emergency, so I was a bit freaked out. Took my notes in to my midwife who explained everything to me and said she was sorry i'd had such a traumatic birth first time round and that hopefully things would be better this time. So i'm really hoping it doesn't happen again as the pushing stage was HORRENDOUS last time.

Anwyay, enough from me, hope you're all having a happy Friday and have a lovely weekend xx

Hi Lise!
Wow, how unfortuant you only just discovered these things. I'm glad you went through them with your midiwife though, 1) us midwives like to know these things ;) but 2) most importantly you could have things explained to you properly where you could have a chance to go through them and understand them.

I'm still around =) I'm in a good place re: my pregnancy and still feel great and would really be comfortable being pregnant for a few more weeks. my head is comfortable with this too, I'm just struggling being away from DH and home. I'm staying at my folks until I give birth (because I'm birthing at a hosptial that isn't near my home due to personal reasons), and home is about 270km away. So i have been here for 3 weeks, and only seen DH for 2 days of that. plus I just miss home and my puppy and all that. So I know the sooner Spock comes to sooner I can see him again and will be able to go home, so that is making me impatient.. But aside from that i am actually still loving being pg!

hope everyone else is going well!!!

So glad you're in a good head space Tei, though hope it's not too much longer so you can be home with DH again. You're in my neck of the woods atm aren't you? And yes, I'm very glad I got to talk talk things over with the midwife, I was feeling like it was my fault I had a vacuum extraction, just because I was tired and that if I'd just tried a bit longer it would have been okay. It makes me more determined this time to stay at home as long as possible and remain active!

Hope everyone is having a good weekend xx

I am currently in your neck of the woods =)

My headspace isn't as good as it was... I have been I'm getting lots of Braxton Hicks, have all week, and last few nights have been getting a little bit of period pain, but nothing regular, or coordinated, and as soon as I go to bed it stops, and even though i have thought of sitting up all night I thought I better not and get some sleep!!
So I've been getting my midwife to do some stretch and sweeps just cause I'm in a bad head space and lonley and miss DH so much. we did one Wed and one today, on Wed was I already 1cm dilated and 50% effaced (so only about 1cm thick). so we were surprised when it didnt trigger anything serious. Today I am about 2cm! so my period pain must be doing something!. Spock is still high though, not crazy in the clouds, but I think thats all we are waiting on, Spock to move down a bit (by getting in a better position) and then things will kick off. I have my post dates appointment on Wed, I'll atleast get to see Spock then =) but FX I get to cancel the appointment =)