Pregnant (IVF) Worriers/ Warriors Part 5

[MrsHY1]

Hello ladies! Come and find me!

Ps your DH is going to be so pleased and grateful for all the frozen meals when you can't move and he has to do all the cooking. It it such s brilliant thing to have done. We have got through all of ours now but luckily my mum made a huge batch of fish pie so I've got loads of that in the freezer now. Yum yum.

oh wow ceara less than 48 hours!!! I think recovery is faster from a planned section than emcs. do you have anyone staying to help you and dh?

are you on fb BTW?
your freezer sounds brill. I had similar plans but then she arrived at 37+1.
do you have a name all set?

god I'm so excited for you

shaz well done on the trip! typical timing for a poonami! we have my least fave outfit in the changing bag...

I am having a bath as dh is on duty. and a mars bar. gotta get those extra 500 calories in

Squeeeee ceara, you are so near now! I think no matter how you give birth it's scary and I know I was still terrified about things, but a planned CS is meant to be the safest way for the baby I think? I know my sister in law had an elective one for her ivf baby on her surgeon husband's advice. Although I know I'd still be anxious! Good work on the freezer. You will be so thankful for it when baby arrives. I don't even have time to make myself lunch at the mo! Lots of good luck for Weds. I'll be thinking of you and looking forward to hearing about mini C.

shazz ahhh I bet your colleagues were totally enchanted by shazzlet. She is rather gorge (agree with you re nct btw!) We too had a poonami event today. And I'd dressed ginster in nice clothes for our visitor today! Don't think about going back to work yet, it's a long way off. Oh and grr re the paper airplane. Why didn't the parents control their kid?!

A bath keep.. Well jell. I just about have time for a shower before ginster realises she's with daddy not the walking food source. Luckily I can't hear her crying in the shower Pleased to hear Kip is now better.

onion worms? My god, kids get Victorian type illnesses don't they? Does it make kids hungry like it does cats? Hope she is ok. On a different note, was it you who used to take a flask of tea to bed for night feeds? I keep thinking what a good idea that is and meaning to get myself a little flask.

dildals I thought your post was lovely too. I also feel so bloody lucky and grateful for what I have. The heartbeat issues during labour scared me shitless. I think you have been incredibly brave and Bella is a v lucky little girl to have you as her mummy. Not least cos you have flown with her already! Hope you had a good break.

crisps wohoo for not another shit day. I hope today went ok. Ahhh DMs... I was a grunge girl back in the day and still have a penchant for long skirts and chunky boots (and loud music). Ooo mtv are showing Georgie Shore and I'm a 'bit' obsessed. Were they all friends before they lived in the house?!

motor step away from the gloss! I don't know if you remember, but I accidently glossed an entire room when preggers and was terrified of the damage I'd done to ginster!

sweetie I hope bupa are helpful. Must be really hard looking after babies with impaired vision. I had a few days of flashy eyed migraine and that alone made things v difficult and scary, so I can't imagine how you are coping.

Hello to everyone else.

Ginster spent yesterday from the early hours to early afternoon either clamped to the boob or crying when I tried to take her off when she fell asleep. I then cried too! However I should have learnt by now that these hard sessions never last and last night she was a little star and went 4.5 hours between several feeds, actually sleeping in her basket when not eating. I can't believe she's 5 weeks today.

Do the souf London Yonis fancy meeting up towards the end of this week or early next?!

Keep top multi tasking!!! Bathing, eating a mars bars and MNing. Awesome job on the good night too. Twins are still very quiet (apart from right now when they are gurgling away to each other) and wake most in the evenings. I am not sure if I should be trying to do a proper sleep routine yet or just continue to let them sleep when they want to. They have a very good feeding routine and sleep well following each feed so I am not sure I need to worry too much at this stage.

ceara only 2 days to go, so amazing. We have lived on freezer food that I had prepared while on mat leave. They have been a life saver. I second what Shazza says about trying not to do too much and take it as easy as possible. Hope you get the heating sorted very soon.

Shazza I am not surprised you are super proud of N. She is amazingly gorgeous even if a little bit stinky and in her spare outfit. I bet all your colleagues loved seeing you and N.

Me and DM have had an outing to IKEA today with the twins. The twins are a bit of an audience puller, even in the queue to pay a couple gave the babies a £1 each and wouldn't take no for an answer. I find it a bit awkward but my DM was loving it - proper proud Grandma.

Anyone had any bizarre post pregnancy symptoms? I have noticed my underarms no longer need de-fuzzing. How strange.

Sadly I'm still hairy sweetie, but have been sweating like a beast at night! Keep waking up with sodden sheets! I think it's preggo fluids leaving the body, although guess it could be hormones and a hot flush.

I think we're a long way off any routine (tho would love one like last night!). Not sure how we' go about introducing one with demand feeding.

I guess have a routine but be flexible on the timing gin. why, what happened last night?

sweetie it sounds all good I wouldn't do any routine yet. that's weird to give them £1, boy, northeners are friendly. do they interact lots with each other? are they in the same feed/sleep cycle or do you wake the second if one has fed? or are you not demand feeding? sorry for all the qus, I just imagine chaos if I had two to feed, jiggle etc. you're doing fab!!

hope NNL's xray has gone well x

just saw your other message gin great stuff!

keep we feed both at the same time if 2 people (me and DH or DM) are around to feed them both. If not I feed the one which is awake first then the other. Or if both are awake and wanting food I feed E first as she drinks quicker and give F a dummy to keep him quiet until it is his turn.
They do interact together loads, they are always looking at each other and touching each other when laid next to each other. They also seem to know when the other isn't there (in the cot with them) even when they seem like they are asleep.

That's very cute sweets.

Up north it's bestowing good luck to put a coin in a baby's pram. Not good luck if the baby then swallows the coin of course.

I am also way less hairy.

It was also me with the flask.

Too tired to write but hoping NNLs consultation was ok.

The boiler lives!!!! :-). And hasn't broken the bank either. Phew!

onion it is a Scottish tradition to put a silver coin in a new baby's hand for future prosperity, interesting that there is a similar tradition oop north.

sweetie that is so lovely that they are so tuned in to each other.

buzzy hope all is OK with you and minibee.

No sign here of baby getting impatient and trying to arrive ahead of tomorrow. I am trying to use all the hypno techniques to stay calm myself. It feels strange to have it all timed and planned and premeditated, and there is definitely a part of me that thinks we are going to the hospital for another IVF procedure rather than to have a baby. The feeling today of general anxiety and not quite knowing what to do with myself is just like the day before egg retrieval. Thank you for the reassurances and advice, you are brilliant.

Hi to everyone else. Sorry forfor such a "me me me" post.

Good luck Ceara! Tomorrow will be MUCH more fun than egg retrieval, I promise you. Xx

Ceara, good luck tomorrow (although you don't need to rely on luck with an ELCS as it should all be straightforward!)

Ceara, tomorrow will be wonderful. It is a bit strange knowing what day and time you'll meet your baby and it's all a bit clinical but when your baby is put on your chest you'll forget everything. An ELCS. Is so much easier to recover from than an emergency one. I feel so nostalgic about meeting M. I envy you!!

ceara good luck tomorrow with the baby retrieval!

sweetie your twins sound delightful. I was chatting with a family member on the weekend who knows a set of girl-girl twins who are six months old. Apparently when their mother feeds them at the same time they hold hands! So sweet. It must be such a special relationship. Your boy and girl will always have each other. I worked for a while with a woman who had a twin sister and they were so close, I was really envious.

Hello girls

Ceara good luck for tomorrow. So so exciting. Like expat I also envy you that magical moment when you meet your baby. It is truly amazing. And then they just get better and better. Loads of love to you and DH. Oh and hurrah for the boiler!

Sweetie did you speak to bupa? I laughed at the £1 each in ikea and then onion saying about the coin in the pram. So random! Funnily enough I hardly needed to shave my legs during pregnancy but now it is back with a vengeance.

Gin I hope you've had a lovely afternoon with your sister.

Onion how is DD1?

Fairy that story about the twins is so cute.

Crisps how did nnl's X-ray go?

I hope you are all ok.

We went to a baby group today. At the beginning of the class we went around and had to introduce ourselves and baby and then everyone sang hello. It got to our turn and everyone was looking at us and what happened? Nora spectacularly filled her nappy as if on cue! It was another complete change situation. We have one of these every day. Am I doing something wrong? We have gone up a nappy size to size 3 in case the nappies were too small but it is still happening. Any tips?

DP is out teaching tonight so it is just us girls. Shazlett is currently napping on me but I'm going to try to put her down so that I can make my dinner. Fingers crossed....

hello. am hoping someone can give me some reassurance here! i am 9+6 today after 2 rounds of IVF and 3 rounds of IUI (got pg each time but lost due to either MC or MMC). After a good scan on Thursday my consultant wants to take me off clexane and progesterone jabs at 10 weeks. i had a fit and he agreed I could wean myself off over the next couple of weeks instead. i will continue on asprin and progesterone gel afterwards. also will be starting to wean off prednisolone on Thurs and will be off it by 13 weeks. He says the placenta will have taken over and i shouldn't worry but after all this support for so long i feel really nervous. did anyone else start weaning off the meds around 10 weeks?

Ceara all the best for tomorrow, cannot wait to see the pictures of your new baby. Try to take it all in as it over before you know it.

Shazza how did your talking therapy go? Sorry if I missed this but am interested as not sure if to give this a go for my anxiety rather than take meds GP has given me.
I have an appointment with an eye specialist on Thursday. I am really nervous of it already in case they say nothing can be done. DH has taken time off to come with me as I am sure I will be a wreck.
I have taken a really sweet photo today of both twins asleep but E is sucking F thumb.

Lissbug, firstly huge congratulations!
I'm so sorry for your losses. It's very very hard and to need IVF to get pregnant in the first place makes everything very fraught. xx
Yes, it's totally normal to stop at around 10 weeks. You're already one quarter of your way through your pregnancy! Woohoo!

Has everyone else's mn format changed? I can't scroll through posts easily at all now. This change happened after my mil had a good old rummage through my iPad. Whoops.

lissbug sorry for your losses and yes, it makes everything anxiety ridden. We're all fretters here so we can't tell you how to stop but we can certainly sympathise! Congratulations though, a quarter through is a good way to think of it.

I love that thumb sucking image sweetie. I have had normal counselling and CBT for anxiety, I preferred the CBT as it was very focused and did help identify some triggers like, erm, pregnancy. It wasn't so good at getting me through that though as many of my fears were grounded in experience so hard to shift!

Shazza ringlet did that every single day until she was weaned and then her poo got more solid and now it never happens. It's just a feature of breastfeed babies. Joyously. If it's any consolation I hardly ever use Vanish now. Nora can't be size 3 surely?! Ringlets still in them, maybe I should move her up a size?
DD1 is fine, no more sore bums and no sign of the dreaded worms. I'm glad I've got the pills in the cupboard though, just in case. I should do a new Essential Parent Medicines list. I've got a small pharmacy going in my bathroom.

Also I still haven't joined Facebook - I might try and do it now.

al no format changes here.

Ok I've joined fb under my actual first name and onionring as my surname. My pic is a pumpkin. Can someone tell me what to do next?! How do I join the group?

sweetie good luck on Thursday, I hope you get both knowledge and reassurancereassurance from the appointment.

onion great that just the threat of the medicine was enough.

I am a Facebook refusenik for similar reasons to those you've mentioned before but I want to see all the baby pictures, so I think I'm going to have to join, too. Can someone PM me with how to join the Facebook group sometime?

lissbug huge congratulations on your positive test and good 10 week scan news. I'm sorry for your losses. I was taken off all medications at 10 weeks and went "cold turkey" which is normal for my clinic though I think others prefer weaning. It is a hugely scary moment, going medication free and trusting in your body and placenta to get on with it unaided, but also a massive milestone. 10 weeks is a big deal in itself, too. However, I am still mentalling about the baby being OK and the placenta doing its job at nearly 40 weeks with less than 24 hours to go til we hopefully meet the baby so I won't tell you not to mental either. Fingers crossed for you and your embie.

crisps hoping there has been more Not Shit news. Thinking of NNL.

Good luck ceara! Hope all goes smoothly.