TTC#1 - Looking for Others in the Same Boat PART TWO THE SEQUEL WHERE WE ALL GET OUR BABIES???!

Hello ladies,
@MocktailMe so so happy your transfer went well and that you also have a good number of healthy embryos stored too. Hope a relaxed cosy Christmas period helps as you start your super TWW! 🎄

@Waitingformiracle, @CharLdn, @Tater05 glad to hear your pregnancies are progressing well. What a lovely wrap up of the year to see more pregnancies in this beautiful group!

I agree on travels. While we did take two summer trips in my second trimester but the worries were heightened (flight, eating out, sun burns, constant symptom checking)!

We are doing very well here, so sweet to spend our first Christmas at home with a new baby! We usually go away but this time it is safer and nicer to stay put at home. Our son is 8 weeks now and some of the newborn issues are gradually getting resolved and we are getting used to his routine (yes he dictates that for now! 😂). There is nothing better than having your baby fall asleep on your breast after feeding, with that little smile, watching how secure he feels with his mama!! I am totally loving it and enjoying every moment as babies grow so fast!

How are your babies @KTB34 and @KT199 ?

Thanks @Tater05I know I’m certainly not alone in my feelings especially in this group. And I do speak with my husband about it too. It’s funny it’s not something he feels at all, but I think men tend to not carry the weight of it all like we do! And I couldn’t agree more that going away, while lovely and a real privilege to be able to do, would probably not be as nice in reality. I’ll be much happier with cosy nights in by the fire where I can eat what suits me etc. plus the anxiety of travelling far in case something happened would certainly weigh on me.

@KTB34I certainly relate to the thoughts of your lost baby. I think about ours a lot and I do feel a mix of emotions including guilt that I feel like we’re moving on without her. I hope you have a magic Christmas with your little guy, I can imagine the weeks go far too quickly!! I already don’t want this little girl to grow up and she’s not even here yet 😅❤️

@KT199 @lavafield how are your little ones doing ?

@MocktailMe I am so, so happy to hear this news. This is so positive after everything you have been through. I will be excited to hear an update, sounds like your experience of IVF has been successful so far ❤️

@Waitingformiracle welcome back to the real world 😂

@Tater05 @Waitingformiracle @CharLdn glad your pregnancies are going well 🙂

I still have pinch myself moments everyday, also daily thoughts of our lost baby. It all interlinks but we are enjoying Christmas so far with our little rainbow baby. He’s growing way too fast!

@MocktailMe so glad to hear the transfer went well! I so hope this is the one for you but having more good quality blasts in the freezer must feel reassuring. Hopefully the Christmas period will help keep you distracted, sounds like you've had as good a start to IVF as you can hope for!

@CharLdn enjoy those 12 days off, just what you need at the moment! Around 9 weeks was the most exhausting time for me so far. Lovely to see you're measuring bang on where you should be and you don't have too long to wait for the 12 week scan. I wish we could bottle the feeling of things moving in the right direction, how it should be!

@Waitingformiracle sorry to hear about your phone 😂 really glad to hear you anatomy scan all went well! Honestly I've only recently started to realise that this might actually be it and I'll have a baby in a few months, and this is my first pregnancy so I have no reason to believe otherwise. You'll always have that reservation which is completely normal but must be hard. Are you able to talk about it with your partner as well?
As much as the canaries would have been lovely, I've found that when we've gone away while I've been pregnant it just makes any symptoms harder to deal with. We did a long weekend away at 22 weeks and I struggled with eating what I needed etc and had almost constant indigestion, we enjoyed the weekend but I was so glad to get back to the comfort of home!
And yes it's crazy I'm approaching the third trimester so quickly, I think it's the second week of January I'll be 28 weeks. And it will be time to actually start planning for an imminent arrival because we haven't really done anything yet 🤣

Hi ladies I am so sorry for the radio silence! I’ve had a complete nightmare with my phone. Dropped it down the toilet 🤣 then was using a temporary phone but had no logins etc for all my apps. It’s been nice in a way but I’m only just back up and running as of yesterday evening!! So much to catch up on here!

@MocktailMethis is the best news to come back to!! Sounds like the cycle has been a huge success so far, so amazing to have good quality blasts frozen, so great. I’m sorry I wasn’t around while you’ve been going through it all! Sounds like you reacted really well to the treatment and fingers crossed you won’t need to ever do the egg retrieval part again. Absolutely delighted for you that the transfer went well too! Was it a day 3 or day 5 embryo? The TWW after IVF is genuinely agony but hopefully the distraction of Christmas will help! I am so excited for you ❤️

@CharLdnso glad you have had a positive 9 week scan!! Hope you enjoy the well deserved Christmas break and by the end of it you’ll be so close to that 12 week scan!

@Tater05so glad to read things are still flying along well for you! You are getting close to the third trimester now which I’m sure is surreal!!

@lavafield @KT199 @KTB34 I hope you are all enjoying your first Christmas with your beautiful babies ❤️

All is good with me, I am 22 weeks now and happy to report that our anatomy scan looked perfect and it was so nice to get a really good look at baby. I’m honestly still a bit reserved and holding my breath, I don’t think I’ve accepted it yet that I might actually bring a baby home but I know we all can relate to that feeling. I’m still struggling a bit mentally with it all, even though I’m beyond grateful and happy I suppose the scars still run deep! We are staying put for Christmas, I had hoped to try get away somewhere like the canaries to get some sun but never got around to it so I’m just looking forward to taking time off work and relaxing.

ahhhh @MocktailMe sounds like your IVF cycle was so positive with a good result. Now, stick baby stick 🤞 truly hope this is it for you. Have a lovely Xmas, hopefully it will allow you to feel some joy knowing you are pregnant until proven otherwise. 💖

@MocktailMe yay so proud of you getting through this next stage! You won’t forget but that’s totally normal. Glad you’ve got blasts in the fridge a great start to the ivf journey.

I really like the BFN podcast and there’s lots on ivf TWW etc.

I had a private scan today and saw baby at 9 weeks which is a relief it’s still measuring bang on at 9 weeks which is good. After so long TTC and it feeling like one thing going wrong after another it’s a lovely feeling that things are moving in the right direction. I’ve got 12 days off over Xmas too and I’m knackered so very excited to be horizontal a lot!

@MocktailMe hope everything goes OK today and everything crossed for the TWW - hopefully Christmas will be a good distraction and a good time to rest ❤️

@MocktailMe this is amazing news!! Can’t wait to hear an update

Those are great numbers @MocktailMe ! I've heard egg retrieval can be really painful/sore. If you think some people get ovulation pain from releasing one egg and you've just done 21. IVF takes its toll, look after yourself this week. And fingers firmly crossed for those 16 🤞🤞🤞

Oh wow @MocktailMe ! Great start!

How are you feeling?!

Wow @MocktailMe that's a very good number !! Praying a good number of them will make it into healthy viable embryos! The transfer day so close now! Good luck, you've got this !

Woohoo!!! So excited for you @MocktailMe

@MocktailMe how did the scan go?

That's amazing @MocktailMe, you've got to be proud of yourself for that. On top of all the IVF meds too! Fingers crossed for your scan!

Well done @MocktailMe huge acheivement I used to smoke and from what I’ve seen with friends vaping seems much more addictive so great work ❤️

@KT199 huge congratulations! Wonderful news, I hope you and the baby are doing well!

So good to hear things are progressing well @MocktailMe, sounds like such a promising start 🤞

@Waitingformiracle best of luck for your anatomy scan, let us know how it goes! Isn't it crazy how quickly the weeks fly by?!

@CharLdn so good to have the heartbeat confirmed and having reassuring symptoms! I hope you're able to get the rest you need, it's difficult in the run up to Christmas. And good to get another scan just before, then you can relax and enjoy the holidays!

I'm 24 weeks now, just enjoying this period of having a nice sized bump before all the discomfort inevitably sets in and still pinching myself that we've got to this point.