PAIF Check-in Week of November 13

[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?

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{Last Week's Grads}
bethkate Congrats again on your beautiful baby girl!

November LOs

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

woodenshoes - IVF#1
Due: 3/17
Carrying: 1
Team: Green

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!

bananas22 - FET #1 with ICSI and CCS
Due: 7/12
Carrying: 1?
Team: Finding out!

[Rama]

How far are you now? 20,3
Symptom check: Tired, food is unappetizing, I hate working
What and when is your next appointment? Friday! With the OB.
Anything you’d like to share with the group? Finally halfway! I'm getting more and more anxious about not feeling consistent movement since I've been feeling the babe for about a month now. I know it's still super early and there's still a lot of room in there, but I'm the most impatient. Probably should break out my doppler again later today, just to make me smile.

[kensie5226]

37,4...the most pregnant I've ever been. (DD was born at 37,3).
I'm 37 weeks pregnant so....all of them.
Friday NST and fluid check as usual. But, it's with a different OB and I don't really love her.
I'm super done, but trying to be patient. Only 7 more days of work and 2 more weeks until his eviction date.

[birch113]

1. How far are you now? 7w1d

2. Symptom check: Nausea on and off, some food aversions, peeing all the time, sore boobs, so so tired.

3. What and when is your next appointment? Ultrasound tomorrow.

4. Anything you’d like to share with the group? ***TW prior losses***
I mentioned last week, but tomorrow is the two year anniversary of our second loss at 13w4d. Our other two losses happened between 7 and 8 weeks, which I’m at, so I’m having all the feels and all the anxiety. I’m praying The Little Embie That Could is ok. I have every reason to feel positive after a great scan last week and normal CCS testing, but it’s just so hard with all of these triggers and anniversaries piling up.

[Rama]

All the hugs birch113. You're allowed to be scared and nervous. We're here to hold you through it. <3

[kensie5226]

birch113, that sounds intense. I'm sorry for your losses and send you hugs.

[dc2london]

Nov 13, 2017 10:19:04 GMT -6 Rama said:

How far are you now? 20,3
Symptom check: Tired, food is unappetizing, I hate working
What and when is your next appointment? Friday! With the OB.
Anything you’d like to share with the group? Finally halfway! I'm getting more and more anxious about not feeling consistent movement since I've been feeling the babe for about a month now. I know it's still super early and there's still a lot of room in there, but I'm the most impatient. Probably should break out my doppler again later today, just to make me smile.

😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍

[Rama]

Nov 13, 2017 13:12:02 GMT -6 dc2london said:

Nov 13, 2017 10:19:04 GMT -6 Rama said:

How far are you now? 20,3
Symptom check: Tired, food is unappetizing, I hate working
What and when is your next appointment? Friday! With the OB.
Anything you’d like to share with the group? Finally halfway! I'm getting more and more anxious about not feeling consistent movement since I've been feeling the babe for about a month now. I know it's still super early and there's still a lot of room in there, but I'm the most impatient. Probably should break out my doppler again later today, just to make me smile.

😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍

[mela99]

1. How far are you now? 12 weeks
2. Symptom check:Nausea is coming and going, going and coming. Insomnia and disrupted sleep still a pain in the behind
3. What and when is your next appointment? I see the OBGYN herself this Friday to hear the heartbeat and get a physical
4. Anything you’d like to share with the group? We did the mail-in SneakPeek gender test, and it seems to indicate baby is a boy! We are not taking it as confirmation until the scan in January though. They claim to be 99% accurate but I'm cynical by nature

[bananas22]

1. How far are you now? 5w4d

2. Symptom check: Tired, so tired, waves of nausea, feeling starving constantly, and sore boobs

3. What and when is your next appointment? Not until the 22nd. It seems like forever.

4. Anything you’d like to share with the group? I'm so anxious waiting for my heartbeat ultrasound. With being on progesterone, it's so hard to tell what's a pregnancy symptom and what's progesterone.

[woodenshoes]

1. How far are you now? 22 week, 4 days
2. Symptom check: mild nausea, tired, moody
3. What and when is your next appointment? I have one with my OB on Dec 4 and one with MFM Dec 5.
4. Anything you’d like to share with the group? My a/s scan and initial meeting with MFM went well. The baby is healthy. I have GD again this pregnancy, which ought to be fun with all the holidays and birthdays coming up in the next few months. I am waiting for my initial consult with the diabetes educators, I am hoping it can be brief because I already know what I am doing since I had it with DS.


birch113, I am thinking of you today. I hope everything goes well.

[kensie5226]

mela99, I used Sneak Peek and it was totally accurate. Congrats on boy!

[birch113]

Well, it wouldn’t be us if we didn’t have at least one appointment where we left in a little bit of limbo. She had a really hard time picking up the heartbeat. The Little Embie That Could is actually measuring right on track and the ultrasound machine was able to measure the heart rate at 155 bpm but it was just really hard to hear. She said she’s a little concerned that it was so hard to hear but everything else looks good so she’s cautiously optimistic.

I have a gigantic ovarian cyst, and I’m wondering if that is part of the problem as to why it was so difficult to hear today. I’m trying to just focus on the baby measuring right on track and the machine be able to pick up a strong heartbeat. It’s going to be a long eight days until my next scan.

[Rama]

birch113, I think it's early enough that it makes sense it's hard to hear hb. We didn't even get to hear it until 9w (though we saw it a couple of times before then). Hold onto that sweet babe measuring right on track and having that beautiful FHR yesterday. <3 I can't wait to hear more good news next week.

[bananas22]

birch113, I'm so happy your baby was looking good and you were able to see a fantastic heart beat. I hope the next 8 days pass quickly! ((Hugs)). Anniversaries are hard especially when they concede with other big events.

[kensie5226]

birch113, that sounds very promising. I don't think I heard DD or DS's hb until about 9 weeks.

[bethkate]

birch113, were they trying to hear the hb with the u/s or a Doppler? My ob doesn’t even try to hear the hb until after 10w, and with this pregnancy, we didn’t hear it until almost 12w because i had an anterior placenta.

[birch113]

Rama GL on Friday!

kensie5226 yay for being the most pregnant you’ve ever been!!

mela99 gl to you on Friday, too!

bananas22 I hope this next week goes fast for you. Waiting is so hard.

woodenshoes I’m glad your MFM appointment went well, but I’m sorry you’re dealing with GD.

[birch113]

Nov 15, 2017 13:53:42 GMT -6 bethkate said:

birch113, were they trying to hear the hb with the u/s or a Doppler? My ob doesn’t even try to hear the hb until after 10w, and with this pregnancy, we didn’t hear it until almost 12w because i had an anterior placenta.

No Doppler, just u/s. The RE I was the previous week was able to pick up the audio, but he was also super aggressive, manipulating externally around my cyst. I’m guessing that played a big role in his success vs. yesterday. My nurse called with my blood results today and all looked good. She seemed surprised that I was so anxious because her interpretation of the scan what that the sound was just obstructed. Hopefully she’s right and the RE I saw yesterday just has poor delivery. I’ve not had good experiences with her for past appointments, so that wouldn’t be surprising.

[scrang]

1. How far are you now? 9weeks today!

2. Symptom check: Still really tired and today the nausea returned after being gone for a few days.

3. What and when is your next appointment? My 1st OB appointment on Nov 29. I'm hoping he'll do an ultrasound so I can see little Peanut again.

4. Anything you'd like to share with the group? We graduated from our RE yesterday after having a final ultrasound. Little one looks great and he flipped the switch so I could hear the heartbeat, so reassuring!

[laurensc927]

1. 39 + 2
2. Nothing crazy just normal preggo stuff.
3. Monday and we start talking induction.
4. My chunky monkey was measuring 8lb 7 oz as of last Friday so they were hoping I'd make some progress on my own. As of yesterday I was still so high and closed they couldn't even do a membrane sweep. We'll see what this weekend brings.

[Rama]

Fx your cervix gets on the same page as you soon, laurensc927. <3