Pregnant (IVF) Worriers (part two)

[Shazzamattazzerly]

Hi everyone,

This thread is for all you incessant worriers out there, not necessarily limited to IVF-ers, although I get the feeling the people who have had trouble TTC are more prone to worrying than others! We have filled our first thread (www.mumsnet.com/Talk/pregnancy/1721178-Pregnant-IVF-Worriers) but there is more worrying to do so here we are.

A few of us graduated from the IVF thread (link below) and are having a go at our own thread to get out of the other IVF-ers hair! So get your roomy jogging bottoms on for some virtual hand holding, mutual symptom spotting and staying sane until the next scan date.

www.mumsnet.com/Talk/conception/1691674-Excellent-Egg-Buddies-continued-Anyone-having-IVF-ICSI-in-Jan-Feb-and-March-2013-please-join-us

Hi, just popping to say hello, think of you guys often, but takes a bit of bravery to pop on here!
Getting by day by day, some better than others. Trying to focus on holiday in a month and restarting ttc after that.
Can't wait to get away and see all out lovely friends in Oz, and 5 weeks off work, bliss... Hope all is well with you guys, forgive me for not have a good read of your posts. Oh there should so be a smiley for hugs, so HUGS!

Really happy to hear from you Foody. I was wondering how you are. Have a lovely time in Oz. x

foody Good to hear from you I too was wondering how you were, enjoy your lovely holiday :)

ceara good luck for tomorrow, everything will be fine :)

Morning ladies

Ceara good luck for today. They told me that if it was bad news they would call me in early for more tests so if you haven't heard that could be good news. No guarantees of course but I'd be erring on the side of excitement to see the bean again than blind panic about harmony. That said I burst into tears when she said it was negative and we had to wait to start the scan. Ooo and you'll get your DVD!

We haven't done the cast yet. I've been too busy but I've got a day off on Sunday so hope to do it then.

Vall hope the spotting stopped. Good luck for your blood test today.

Keep great news about your scan and feeling movement. Hurrah for the little kip. Good you are also keeping the surprise. Its hard but glad we did. When are you back in the uk? Must be soon.

Gin have a good appt today. I expect the MW will be able to feel movement. Mine said she could feel loads and I wasn't feeling it at the moment she had her hand on my belly. It always chokes me to hear the little heart racing away. Haven't done the glucose test. So pleased you are doing the same NCT as me.

Foody so lovely to hear from you honey. I have also thought of you. I'm glad that little by little you are feeling better. Have a super holiday. It sounds fabulous!

Hi buzz. I hope you are feeling ok.

And hello to everyone else.

So girls I have to ask you something we did the deed last night (it was great thank goodness cause I haven't been feeling it tbh). Anyway afterwards shazlett went CRAZY. Not just the usual sweet ticklish pops and ripples but full on somersaults jumping around. It felt like she was swinging from the umbilical cord and bouncing off the walls! Did I give her a shot of adrenaline? She calmed down eventually but it took me ages to get to sleep. DP put his hand on my belly and was amazed as well. It was really funny but slightly disconcerting. xx

Shaz all that action gets the blood flowing hence the party in the womb. In my third trimester I got really strong braxton hicks every time we sex.

Just had my blood drawn, took two different nurses....god only know how I got through all the IVF blood tests last time. I don't think I have had a blood test for a year and it took three vein pricks to get one! Reslts this arvo. Had to really push to get my progesterone levels checked. I will never understand why it varies between clinics. They said they would have to charge me...which they were for the beta HCG any way as I said previously, be very glad never to go back there.

Good luck ceara and gin

shazza I think they also react to your increased heartbeat and all that oxytocin flowing around. Anyway glad to hear you had a fun evening!

I read that orgasms make the uterus contract, not in a bad way, its prob just a vit weird for her!!

Good luck ceara! X

shaz we are still glad its a surprise. Back in 6 days, so I may be a little quiet for a while. Secretly hoping the Nhs will make me have another scan... :)

Just popping in before heading off to London for my appointment to say good luck to vall.

vall- ouch! My veins are unco-operative too (my pregnancy blood test took two nurses, a cup of tea all round and eventually the registrar!) I think the anxiety about the test and results does send your veins into hiding - certainly pregnancy blood tests are the worst for me though they're never much fun are they? Fingers and everything else tightly crossed for your results this afternoon.

You gave shalzlett a happy ride Shazza!

Good luck to to Ceara and Gin and hope the results are good this afternoonn Vallinapod. I can't believe they don't usually test prog - the levels tell you a lot.

I am too hot. So so grumpy and desperate to sleep. How is trenchlett dealing with the heat Mariana?

btw, we don't know either. Can't wait to find out!

What's your guess, al? Not long now!!!

Any guidance on how often I should have my progesterone levels checked? Seeing as I am going to have to insist going forward.

at shazzlet enjoying the ride too! I'd heard it's due to increased blood flow and good for the baby... Re DTD, is anyone else finding it uncomfortable? I was desperate for it in the first 12weeks, but mostly too scared, and now can't be bothered and find it all a bit sore!

shazz I keep seeing pregnant ladies in the hood and wondering if they are you!

The MW appointment went well thanks ladies. We got the results of the booking in bloods, which were all fine, including the iron levels of which I'm quite proud seeing that I'm a veggie. She found the HB straight away and it was so clear and loud, totally amazing! Baby eventually got fed up with the probe being shoved into it and made wooshy noises as he kicked it! The only slightly very worrying thing was that they found a trace of protein in my urine today. The MW said they don't worry about it at this stage, but of course I am .

Good luck vanilla and ceara! Vanilla sorry I don't know anything about progesterone. Are you still spotting? I meant to say earlier that my baby is a frostie too.

ceara do you have a scan today as well as the results? Hope seeing your baby is magical.

al I'm not enjoying the heat either and I'm not even that pregnant! Thank god my work has air con. When I got home last night, I resorted to soaking my feet in a tub of cold water.

foody pleased to hear you are doing ok. Hope you have a well deserved lovely holiday.

Gotta go! Hope everyone else is ok.

Gin don't worry about the protein - most likely a UTI if anything.

Spotting stopped yesterday - fingers crossed that is it.

Peed on the other CB digital and the bought 2 more on eBay which has reassuring changed to 2-3 weeks.

gin I think I have a UTI so am drinking lots of Cranberry juice yuk did they send your sample away for testing?? Glad all went well with the MW, when did they take your blood test, i am hoping to get all my results on Friday

vall I was told with progesterone that if you are taking some sort of progesterone supplement then the reading isn't really accurate. Different places will tell you it should be different levels, one place said should be up to 47 another place said it should be 100, I just upped the dose and the spotting stopped, that was all I needed. I don't think they test progesterone as a rule, they tested it when I had my HCG done, usually when your HCG reaches over 2500 they stop the blood tests as they can scan you and see things

ceara thinking of you today

shaz sounds like little shazzlett enjoyed the ride to

expat I'm with you on the heat, I am physically attached to my fan at the moment

foody, hope you're ok and enjoy your holiday. Sounds great.

ceara, good luck today.

vallinna, I know nothing of progesterone but hope your spotting stops now.

Gin, I frequently had little traces of protein in my pee samples but it never developed into anything.

shazz, no advice here as I just couldn't have pregnant sex due to a complete mental and physical block. Extra blood flow makes sense though. (Or she is squirming with embarrassment...)

Al Trenchlet is surprisingly ok in the heat, I keep her out of the sun completely and I think she feeds more than ever but she's hardly broken sweat. I, on the other hand, have sunburnt shoulders which are driving me mad. I hate sunburn and can't believe I was so busy applying sun cream to everyone else but forgot myself. Such martyrdom.

Hello to everyone else!

Thanks Buzzy - makes sense. My worry is I hear of everyone being on Gestone injections and I am 'only' on 3 bum bullets a day (or punani pellets as my DH decided was hilarious ) - which is actually 1200mg of progesterone.

Still waiting to hear on levels (incl. HCG) from clinic. GOING.INSANE.

I only ever took two bum bullets a day. And I think they wanted over 45.

They only tested progesterone at 4 weeks, then at 5 weeks, I think despite me mentalling when I stopped the bullets

vall it doesn't stop the worry, I was on two cyclogest and had a lot of bleeding, I was advised to take an extra bullet there is great debate whether injections or ullets are best, I think they are very similar, my clinic was overseas and they gave me injectables, they should give you the results soon, they should let you know if it is low and they should retest you when they do your next HCG test in 48 hours

I think if I remember rightly that it it's good for prog to be over 15/20 and preferably higher. The blood test doesn't measure the prog bum bullets, only the progesterone that you're producing. Really hoping you get good numbers.

I'm still taking two a day and my cervix has been really long all the way through. It's 5cm now and it should normally be around 3 at 32 weeks. Who knows if they're having an effect but I'm too superstitious to stop now.

Keep, I think it's a girl but don't know why.

We collected our pram and bought a few other bits. The pram looks huge in our home and it's made everything seem very real. We were given a huge amount of stuff by friends. I'm quite stunned at how generous they've been.

So HCG levels were 616.7 which they were pleased with, but obviously don't mean much until we see what Thursday's levels are. Still, I am quietly pleased as it is much higher than with DS at this stage.

Progesterone they considered to be on the low side at 22.1 (although Dr Google here seems to suggest that is normal). Now have Gestone injections ever evening. The nurse did todays as a teaching. No idea ho I will do it myself. She suggested DH helping but he is out too much to be relied upon every evening plus the thought of my arse, a needle and his hands is not appealing!

Those numbers sound great to me. Brilliant!

Thanks Al was meant to add, getting all the baby kit is pretty exciting. I remember washing all the baby grows and vests and thinking they were hug. DS is in 2-3 year old vests now which are like sails in comparison

What pushchair did you go for pushchair junkie here

Hello everyone!
Back from my holidays now, feeling very relaxed but very fat (note to self - constantly huge appetite + holiday in US = lard arse). I've had a read through to see what I've missed - welcome to anyone new and waves to the old timers (no offence meant!)! I'm glad to hear all is going well.
All is well here - feeling very definite movements now (they started around 19 weeks and I'm 19+6 today), to the extent that they make me jump! I don't have my scan until 22 weeks and will then find out the flavour, very excited.
How are the sarf Londoners feeling about our mooted meet-up on Sat 3rd Aug? Still game?
Is everyone OK with this heat? Mariana - is it affecting your DD's sleep?
In an annoying turn of events this thread now crashes my Mumsnet mobile app (no other threads do!) but will try and keep up as best I can :)
Take care all xx