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Congrats-that is great! They also warned me that we might not see the heartbeat, but I am glad I went anyway. I am sure you can get one later in the week if needed. Do whatever will keep you more sane!! Lisa and Daniella saw theirs early, if I remember correctly.
Hope everyone is well-Linzie
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Hi ladies!
Sorry it's been a couple days. Busy at work with conferences at school and then all i want to do is sleep! How is everyone doing?
congrats linzie and julie! We were able to see the heartbeat at exactly 6 weeks.
Jenny - Hope you don't mind but I took a look at your registry! I can't wait for dh and I to get to do one! It looks like you guys had fun!!!!
hope everyone is well
daniella
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Daniella - I don't mind at all...It was plenty fun for the whole family since one of baby's Aunts went with us and his grandmother too...You will have lots of fun that day...How are you feeling?
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Jenny
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hi Jenny -
I've been feeling pretty good...although, cranky! We have another ultrasound on monday. How are things with you? Any changes with the step-daughter yet?
daniella
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Daniella - things are great...I was very cranky during my first trimester as well...I would go off at anytime but the worst was while driving...Gabriel gave us a little scare today when he had not moved for 18 hours...The OB office said it was normal but what about any of out journey is "normal"?...Needless to say I did not heed the advice and I went to the local hospital here in PA where they found his heartbeat right away and he was okay and then about 10 minutes after observing his heartrate he started his normal activity...So all is well and now he is in there just moving here and there...I did talk to her finally on the phone Saturday...I am not sure what to think...She says that she wants to be involved but we all know that actions speak louder then words...She right away asked if we knew what the baby was and I told her a boy and she told someone in the background that it was a boy and the femal in the background said I told you so....I am not sure if it was her mother, aunt or grandmother...See they used to tell her that her father wanted a boy so bad and thought that she was a boy that when she came out a girl he was disappointed...Needless to say they also told her as she got older that if she woudl have been a boy her father would come around more...Not the case at all they would have probably moved out of state so DH could not be involved...So, I am still at square one and praying that Gabriel will have an involved older sister...Only time will tell...But thanks for asking...
Now will MOnday be your 2nd or 3rd u/s?...When will they release you to an OB?...Have you found one that you want to go to?...Are they able to deliver at the hospital that you prefer (if you prefer a particular one)?...
We have our OB tour at the hospital on 12-08-2007...and an alternative anestesia class scheduled for 12-04-2007...I am pretty sure we will have a c-section but just in case I can go natural I don't want an epidural...I heard they give you back problems later in life...
Talk to you later.
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Jenny -
Wow...what a scare. I probably would have done the same thing as you. Why sit around wracked with worry when you can go get an answer?!?! I'm glad to hear Gabriel is fine.
We are seven weeks today! I am so excited we have made it this far but I still have this horrible feeling that it will all be over any day now. Everytime I go to the washroom I am convinced I will see blood. And this spotting I am still having is not helping. I feel like I'm driving myself crazy.
My husbands brother and his wife went into labor this morning (they are 23 and 25 years old). I feel horrible that I am still resentful with them about how easy everything was for them. Although, they were pretty insensitive with us. They came over a couple days after we lost our first pregnancy to an ectopic rupture to announce they found out they were having a baby boy! Didn't even ask how we were doing. At my wedding 11 days after we lost the pregnancy they stood watching us take pictures and talked about how awesome pregnancy is and how cool it is to see the baby grow and develop. Needless to say I was still very emotional over our loss. Then my mother in law told us we were "tearing the family apart" because we were so upset with them about their insensitivity. It seems like they have looked at their pregnancy and having a baby as a fun game and it makes me so angry!
Sorry for venting!
I hope things turn around with your step-daugh. Have you seen her lately? It's horrible when one parent tries to turn the child against the other parent. how sad.
Monday will be our 3rd u/s. We will be meeting with our new OB the following saturday the 17th. He does deliver out of the hospital we want.
what is alternative anestesia? i'd rather not have an epidural either. why do you think you will need a c-section?
daniella
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No it is is fine to vent...You need to sometimes...You were not tearing the family apart the other ones were that were being so insensitive to you and DH...That kind of reminds me of people in my family....After my Aunt has now been grandmother to 5 grandchildren and my mother none she did not seem excited at all when we announced the pregnancy...Then it was during our second trimester that we ever heard a congratulations from her and my uncle....Not to mention her oldest son;s wife is now pregnant with their 3rd child and due around the same time as I am I have never heard from them...I even gave her the bridal and first baby shower and called and visited with each pregnancy or engagement announcement...
Daniella - I still look each time I wipe for spotting...I think with all that has happened that we will always do that until the day we deliver...It is so unbelievable to this day.
No we have not seen the stepdaughter lately...Not since July and then we announced the pregnancy so not too many phone calls or any visits at all.
I am not sure the alternatives yet...I have been told that I am very narrow down there even though I am a larger person to start with...Also my cervix does not seem to be measuring the siz it should for the gestational age...They are keeping a close eye on it...Plus they will certainly do one if he is over 10 pounds like his dad was!!!!....
I am glad to hear that all is well with your little miracle...If you ever get the chance to read back over posts you will see how paranoid I was the whole time and kept thinking that something was always wrong...LOL!!!...Like I said it will continue this way until we deliver...Hang in there we are here for you at any time....Talk to you later.
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Jenny
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Jenny: I had an epidural with My first daughter and everything went fine i never had back problems. Also if you end up with a c-section you will get an epidural anyways. I did 20 hrs of labor with Morgan before my c-section thank god for the epidural.
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Has anyone had their symptoms come and go? I am at almost 6 weeks and I had mainly breast tenderness for a couple of weeks and I have been peeing at night. But today my bbs don't really feel that bad anymore and, of course, this makes me assume the worst. I am still peeing at night though. I have NO cramping or bleeding, thank goodness. But, with my first m/c I didn't have any bleeding so this doesn't comfort me all that much. I have my 2nd u/s Monday but this is just making me worry and depressed. Does it ever get any easier?
Lisa - what did the doc say about your progesterone?
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Yes Julie I believe the majority of us have experienced the symptoms come and go, be less or more then they were before. It is completely natural...I worried also when they would come and go like that. I would mention it at the visits and it was normal and as long as no bleeding was involved it was fine..You will have cramping expecially if this is your first...I still have it but the only time to worry is when it is accompanied by bleeding...Even though we will always worry because of the type of journey we took...Hang in there I am sure all is well...If you have a really bad gut feeling call the doctor that is what they get paid the big bucks for!!!!
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Hi everyone!
Daniella-I am 7 weeks tomorrow!!! I also have my third ultrasound on Monday. I am obsessed with looking at the toilet paper each time I wipe. I hope I calm down at some point.
Julie-I also had no spotting with my miscarriage so I cannot believe the baby is still alive until I see the ultrasound. I feel sleepy and nauseous here and there. Today I did not feel as tired as yesterday so I automatically assume the worst. AAAH-what stress!
Jenny-Thanks for all your advice and experience-we hope to make it as far as you have.
Looks like Monday is a big day for ultrasounds!!!! Let's hope for the best-Lindsay
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Hi ladies!
I have been am emotional wreck today!
Jenny thanks for your response earlier to my vent! I am just getting so tired of peoples insensitivity. I really hope things with your stepdaughter turn around. does she live far from you and dh? did you gain any weight in your first 7 weeks? i've put on 2 pounds but i feel like it's too earl to be gaining anything.
wow, we have a lot of ultrasounds coming up on monday. my symptoms come and go too. I think i fear the worst all the time and am dying to see the little ones heartbeat again! i feel like that is the only reassurance i have. monday will be my third ultrasound. if everything looks good we will then have our exit meeting with our doc later that afternoon.
hope everyone is having a good weekend!
daniella
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Daniella - she lives about an hour away...She lives in Maryland and we live about 10 miles into Pennsylvania from the Maryland line...Actually I gained around 13 pounds already...The fertility drugs actually made me retain fluid which is normal and from what I understand, the more HCG you have in your system the more fluid you may be retaining...I gained the majority of my weight so far in the first trimester...I actually gained 6 pounds in 4 weeks and then this last visit there were 5 weeks in between and I only gained 2 pounds...I think the fertility drugs make us gain more at first...At least they did for me...Since I have only gained 2 pounds during the 2nd trimester so far...Plus, I don't feel like I have been eating as much as I did in the 1st trimester...In the 1st trimester it seemed as though I could not eat enough!!!!!LOL...
You are all welcime for the advice...I know there are crazy emotions running in all of us...I feel as though this website has helped me so much from the start that I feel as if I share my ups and downs that there just maybe one person that may benefit from it...I am praying that you all make it as far as I have....It is truly a blessing to feel this little miracle move around in there...I can't believe that I almost 1/2 way through...It seems like only yesterday that I was asking and wondering the same as all of you...I don't mind sharing my experience, concerns, worries and joys...
You all think the time between the u/s now are terrible....Wait until you have to go 4 weeks in between seeing and/or hearing you baby's heartbeat...I share the joy with you all in spirit at your u/s...I love seeing this little one in there...I just can't get enough of this little man growing in there...Once they get to the point of actually looking like a baby you are hooked...That is truly LOVE AT FIRST SIGHT!!!!
Talk to you all later.
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Jenny
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Hello Everyone;
just got back from a business trip. Everyone sounds like there doing pretty well.
good luck on all the ulstrasounds today. mine is wednesdAY with my new ob.
julie- i am still on 2 crinones a day and prometrium at night; my doctor does not seemed concerned.
gotta go to work.
good luck to all the ultrasounds . ill be thinking of you.
oxlisa
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Hi girls
I had my ultrasound this morning-all looks good...THANK GOODNESS. I woke up feeling pretty yucky so I hoped that meant I was still pregnant. My next u/s is not for 2 weeks-it seems like such a long time.
I am worried bc I have lost 3 pounds in the past 2 weeks and 7 pounds total since I started the IVF. I am nauseous here and there but thought I was eating okay. Plus I am not doing much exercise at all which is usually a part of my normal routine. I think it is bc I am a big dessert eater, and I can't stand to look at sweets (esp chocolate).
I am thinking of the ultrasounds for today-I hope all goes well. I was so scared this morning...
Lindsay
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