PAIF Check-in Week of 10/30

[Rama]

This check-in is for anyone who is pregnant (in any trimester) after struggling with infertility.

First time checking in? Congrats! We are glad to see you over here. If you’d like to be added OR updated, please TAG ME (rama) in your post and answer the following:

1. Your EDD
2. How many, if you know, beans you have cooking?
3. Boy or girl (if you know) or team green if you're not finding out?
4. What treatment got you your BFP?

For everyone else:

1. How far are you now?
2. Symptom check:
3. What and when is your next appointment?
4. Anything you’d like to share with the group?

PAIF Roster

Welcome to anyone joining us this week and congrats to our grads!

November LOs

bethkate - FET#2 with ICSI + CCS
Due: 11/4
Carrying: 1
Team: Pink

laurensc927 - FET#3 with ICSI + CCS
Due: 11/23
Carrying: 1
Team: Blue


December LOs

kensie5226 - IUI #2
Due:12/1
Carrying: 1
Team: Blue


February LOs

@pinklantern - IUI#6
Due: 2/4
Carrying: 1
Team: Blue


March LOs

Dogpaddle29 - FET#1after IVF#1 with DE
Due: 3/9
Carrying: 2
Team: Purple

longhornwino - surprise BFP on natural cycle
Due: 3/18
Carrying: 1
Team: Blue

Rama - letrozole + ovidrel + TI
Due: 3/30
Carrying: 1
Team: Green


May LOs
mela99 – IVF#1
Due: 5/28
Carrying: 1
Team: ??

June LOs

fatpony - 2nd IUI, 7.5mg femara
Due: 06/06
Carrying: keep us posted!!
Team: ??

scrang - FET #1 with ICSI + PGS
Due: 6/21
Carrying: 1
Team: Pink

daisy818 – FET on IVF#1
Due: 6/25
Carrying: keep us posted!!
Team: ??

charliefox - Surprise BFP on natural cycle
Due: 6/26
Carrying: 1?
Team: Finding out!

July LOs

birch113 - FET #2 with ICSI + CCS
Due: 7/1
Carrying: 1?
Team: Finding out!

[Rama]

How far are you now? 18,3
Symptom check: Small meals, tired, nesting may be starting?
What and when is your next appointment? Friday! A/S and MFM appt!
Anything you’d like to share with the group? Nothing I can think of. Happy early Halloween, all!

[daisy818]

How far are you now? 6 weeks
Symptom check: Not too much right now - very very mild nausea occasionally, tender boobs, bloating
What and when is your next appointment? First ultrasound on Friday!
Anything you’d like to share with the group? Second beta last week was good (it was 8 days after my first beta, but it showed more than four doublings since the first). Now just anxiously waiting to see this little bean! Given my betas, I'm betting on a singleton, but I guess we won't know for sure till Friday.

[laurensc927]

Thanks for the check in Rama! Good luck at your A/S Friday!

Good luck at your US daisy818!

1. How far are you now? 36 + 4
2. Symptom check: Just feeling very full.
3. What and when is your next appointment? Friday for 37 week appt.
4. Anything you’d like to share with the group? We got the replacement pieces for the crib so we put that together yesterday, a few finishing touches and the room will be done soon!

[birch113]

Rama more good thoughts for you on Friday!

daisy818 eek! So excited for you for Friday!

laurensc927 another Friday appointment. GL! You’re getting so close!

AFM,
1. How far are you now? 5w1d
2. Symptom check: so very tired, sore boobs, ravenous with occasional nausea.
3. What and when is your next appointment? I have my final beta on Wednesday. U/S is 11/6.
4. Anything you’d like to share with the group? Nothing I can think of! Have a great week!

[woodenshoes]

Lurking -- birch113, I wanted to tell you congratulations! I am keeping you in my T's and P's.

I continue to lurk the infertility boards and should probably join this check-in since my current pregnancy is the results of IVF and the DOR check-in was where I spent all of my time before going to my BMB. So, hi everybody. Rama, here is my info.

1. Your EDD: March 17, 2018
2. How many, if you know, beans you have cooking? 1
3. Boy or girl (if you know) or team green if you're not finding out? Green.
4. What treatment got you your BFP? IVF #1 (estrogen primed MDLF with ICSI)

I will answer the other questions later. I need to get back to work.

[kensie5226]

Congrats and welcome birch113, woodenshoes!

1. How far are you now? 35,4
2. Symptom check: Bigly pregnant. But, BP is holding!
3. What and when is your next appointment? Wednesday for NST, GBS swab, and cervix check. Fun times.
4. Anything you’d like to share with the group? Eviction date is set for Nov. 28th so I'll have two (fingers crossed) November babies. But, if it goes like DD's he will be born in in December. Oh lords, please be shorter.

[Rama]

Welcome to the check in woodenshoes! I have you added to the roster for next week.

[laurensc927]

Anyone have suggestions on how to dispose of my sharps containers? I know I have a flyer somewhere with info but figured I'd ask.

[Rama]

Oct 30, 2017 12:08:28 GMT -6 laurensc927 said:

Anyone have suggestions on how to dispose of my sharps containers? I know I have a flyer somewhere with info but figured I'd ask.

I think you can take them in, sealed, to pharmacies?  Though, I still haven't turned mine in either, so what do I know.  Also, I've heard that some garbage companies will accept sealed sharps containers with the recycling (placed on top of your bin, not inside it), but that's something you would want to talk to your company about.

[charliefox]

Exciting day Friday! Rama & daisy818 - crossing all the things!


1. How far are you now? 5w6d
2. Symptom check: super tender boobs, very mild nausea here and there
3. What and when is your next appointment? Still waiting for Nov. 30 for my first appointment
4. Anything you’d like to share with the group? Nothing comes to mind. Happy -almost- Halloween!

[scrang]

Rama and daisy818, GL on Friday, so exciting!

1. How far are you now? 6w4d

2. Symptom check: The nausea kicked in at 6 weeks exactly😵🤢, popping ginger pills and ginger chews like crazy.

3. What and when is your next appointment? This Friday for my 7 week ultrasound which I'm thinking of rescheduling for 8 weeks. Everything looked great at our 6 week u/s so I'm thinking another one so soon is not necessary. Plus, I had a fair bit of spotting after Friday's which ruined my weekend mentally, so don't want that every week.

4. Anything you’d like to share with the group? Nope, just Happy Halloween! 💀🎃👻

[rooskie]

Oct 30, 2017 12:08:28 GMT -6 laurensc927 said:

Anyone have suggestions on how to dispose of my sharps containers? I know I have a flyer somewhere with info but figured I'd ask.

I dropped mine off at the IVF clinic during my 7wk ultrasound.

[mela99]

laurensc927, Check your local department of health and human services. Ours offers free disposal.

1. How far are you now? 10w2d
2. Symptom check:Insomnia, discharge, dry heaving in the morning and some evenings. Anxiety
3. What and when is your next appointment? Today at 3. I am having another ultrasound
4. Anything you’d like to share with the group?I had my first prenatal appointment and the NP was so kind and supportive. She listened to me, reassured me, and assured me she didn't think anything was wrong at all. She even ordered the ultrasound for today for the sole purpose of reassuring me. I liked her very very much.

[birch113]

I got my third beta today. It went from 445.8 to 6577 in 7 days!

[birch113]

woodenshoes so happy to see you here!

kensie5226 eep!!! You’re getting so close!

[mela99]

We got to listen to the heartbeat!!! 169! And we saw the baby waving her little hands around. I kept apologizing to the radiologist for getting snot and mascara all over the gown.

Everything is exactly where it should be and on schedule. I'm SO happy and I feel SO much calmer.

[laurensc927]

Awesome news birch113 and mela99!

[Rama]

Congrats, birch113 & mela99! Glad both of your scans went well!!

[scrang]

Great news birch113 and mela99, congrats!

[birch113]

daisy818 staking you for an update!!! GL today!

[daisy818]

Rama, Hope your scan went well today!!

laurensc927, Hope your appointment went well today!

birch113, Good luck with your u/s next week!

woodenshoes, Welcome!

scrang, was your appointment today or did you get it pushed back to next week?

mela99, glad the scan looked good!

Update for me: ultrasound was perfect! One little bean in there, solid heartbeat with a rate of 129 bpm!!

[laurensc927]

Yay daisy818!!!!

Appt went well, I'm gbs + and when I talked to the Dr about stopping work next week at 38 weeks he asked me "why you no stop working sooner" 😂

[birch113]

daisy818 YAY!!!!! Congrats mama!!

laurensc927 I’m glad your appt went well!

[woodenshoes]

So much good news in this thread. Congrats to everybody who got good beta news and who had good ultrasounds.

[Rama]

daisy818 yay, I'm glad to hear that your ultrasound went perfectly! And what a lovely FHR!

laurensc927 Sorry for the GBS+, but glad that everything else went well! Also lawl at your doctor thinking you've already stopped working.

My scan went well, too! The babe was super uncooperative, so we need to go back on Dec 1 for more measurements. Everything we did get was perfect, though! And the MFM was confident enough to cut our already low risk results from NIPT and AFP in half, making us very low risk for genetic abnormalities. MrRama is over the moon and I'm coming around. Hopefully this is only the beginning and I end up getting more and more psyched!

[scrang]

Nov 3, 2017 14:05:59 GMT -6 daisy818 said:

Rama , Hope your scan went well today!!

laurensc927 , Hope your appointment went well today!

birch113 , Good luck with your u/s next week!

woodenshoes , Welcome!

scrang , was your appointment today or did you get it pushed back to next week?

mela99 , glad the scan looked good!

Update for me: ultrasound was perfect! One little bean in there, solid heartbeat with a rate of 129 bpm!!


Yes, got it pushed to Wednesday! Congrats on a good ultrasound 👍🏻

[mela99]

Curious, but have any of you tried the SneakPeek DNA test you can mail in? I ordered one. I don't think I will take it as truth without a confirming scan but DH and I are so curious, and my friend from college who has a master's in biology thinks it might be legit.