Pregnant (IVF) Worriers/ Warriors Part 5

[MrsHY1]

Hello ladies! Come and find me!

Crisps, you're always in my thoughts. xx

crisps hope things are going as well as they can with you xx

onion I hope you can get some answers at the out of hours.

Hello lovely ladies, I think I am going to have to start writing down tips from this forum, it's such a great source of info . It's lovely hearing about all of your experiences.

AFM, had my early scan last Friday at 9 weeks and all was perfect. We got some pictures and heard the heartbeat and measurements all perfect. DH said it looked like I had swallowed a gingerbread man! Under 2 weeks now until the 12 scan. Am 10+4 today.

At the booking in appointment there was a section in the notes about special circumstances or something and the MW said I might get an appt through to see a consultant as I told her about the IVF and being on blood thinners and steroids(which I am only on for another 10 days) and sure enough I have an appt in about 4 weeks time, but think it's just a formality. Was it you motor who had this too?

Still feeling horrendously nauseous all day and only able to eat a small selection of not very healthy foods e.g. shreddies, hot cross buns, ginger cake and pancakes, oh dear!

Sorry to hear you're poorly al

fab fab fab news choco quite a few are under consultant at least initially due to ivf x

PS think 10 weeks tends to be the height of nausea. hang in there x

Thanks keep .

When did you all tell your families? Did you wait until after 12 weeks? I was going to, but am getting really tempted to tell my mum and dad, partly as they have had a bit of crap week as their 18 year old cat had to be put down and thought it might be nice to give them some good news ...

we told after seeing HB at 7+4. would have told them if I mc anyway so just waited to spare my mum the worry of early weeks. do it! vv good stats now x

Al poor you and without DH. Is he back soon? How are you feeling today?

Onions sorry to hear Ringlett is rashy, hope you get something to help at the out of hours.

Keep I would have been mad at DH waking S too.

choco I would tell your parents too, it is always nice to have good news.

crisps as the others say, I hope things are as good as they can be at the moment.

AF has arrived here I think, I don't feel PMT or have any of the normal symptoms. But it is that long ago since I had a period I might have forgotten. It is heavy, for me, and bright red so I pretty sure it isn't lochia. I am not sure if MAP has encouraged it or what.

Also what do you guys do with the babies when they are awake? Sleepy twins are starting to be awake more now and I am not sure how I should be "playing" with them.

sweetie I found at first she was only really interested in faces. and monochrome things to look at eg chessboard. I found it quire hard as couldn't leave her but guess the twins will entertain each other. also music. dancing.. looking at exciting tings like wall curtains lights... now is easier as her mat, mobile etc will keep her happy up to 45 mins!

also at 6 weeks was when she stopped dropping off for naps alone and I have yo force them. also overstimulation became a prob if no nap

Sweetie when m was little her 'play' was me and dh, staring at our faces, kicking her legs etc. she also loved the ferguson mobile with the more basic patterns and the chequered back of Lamaze Jacques the peacock and the singing flashing star that hung at the top of the gym. Flashing fairy lights were/are also a winner. I'm doing okay thanks. M doesn't seem to have caught it which is good news. Dh will be home on Thursday.

Choco, great news!! Woohoo! The weeks are marching on. It's nerve wracking at this point but magical. You know there's a heartbeat inside of you and you're growing a person. Sorry about the nausea but you probably don't want to be without it! :-)

choco great scan news and your odds are great now. I told my parents straight away as we were on holiday with them this time and they'd notice I wasn't drinking. In my previous pregnancies I didn't tell them until after an early viability scan similar to the one you've just had.

The nausea always peaked for me at 9-10 weeks so hopefully you'll have enough improvement to not feel ghastly but not an OMG WHERE ARE MY SYMPTOMS feeling. Don't worry about your diet at the moment, the baby will take what it needs regardless. You can always introduce a bit of greenery later on!

Sweetie we had a baby gym which was good but lights, faces, monochrome stuff all appealed too as Al said. Also singing to them and just fiddling about with stuff is fine, it doesn't have to be structured.

Al glad you're not too bad but hope it's a brief one. It's rotten when DH is away (although harder when he's locked away downstairs working gah!)

crisps you're in my thoughts too. Hope things aren't shite.

GP said it's a viral rash and may last a few days. Ho hum. MIL arrived today so she is entertaining DD1 while I see to Ringlet. I somehow have to roast a chicken etc this afternoon. This should have been a week of ready meals out of the freezer!

That's great news choco! All the odds are stacked in your favour, and you are so close now to 12 weeks. Yes, I've been under consultant care since the beginning mainly due to being geriatric, but I can't say they have had much involvement so far, just 1 appt where she scared me with a list of all the risks associated with being pregnant over 40. I see it as an extra safety net, though it feels unnecessary. My parents knew I was pregnant from the beginning as I just couldn't keep it in, nor did I want to. It's a very personal thing, but if you are waiting until the risk has substantially reduced, I'd say you are there already.

Thinking of you crisps and hoping things are not shit.

Please ceara and buzzy - can we have an update?

And thanks to fairy for the very sound advice to buy normal tights in a large size rather than maternity ones - my life has been simpler since. And lovely to see minipang who is beautiful.

Did I kill the thread?

Yes, you did.

(Too tired to post this evening.)

yawn. me too...

What thread?

Sorry for radio silence - no smart phone so no internet access in hospital!

All went to plan on Wednesday and our little boy arrived in the morning weighing 8 lb 8. We came home on Sunday after a slightly longer stay to work through problems with feeding. It is amazing, though slightly terrifying, to be allowed to bring a real baby home. DH has two weeks off and we are spending all our time just cuddling and gazing at our little one.

I feel a bit guilty, and very lucky, that my own recovery has been very quick and easy so far, especially seeing other c section mums on the ward struggling with a lot more pain and mobility problems. (No yoni warrior award for me!)

Little man is a bit mucousy still from the birth but otherwise well and we think he is definitely handsome enough for all the thread's gorgeous little girls. He has a full head of very cute dark hair and a look of his daddy and grandad lurking underneath the standard issue Churchill baby face. I may be a leetle bit biased but we are sure he was the cutest little boy on the ward:-)

Feeding has not gone so well and we are now bottle feeding formula with some expressed breast milk, though I'm not getting much at the moment which is frustrating. However, the important thing is that he is getting fed and loved.

Sorry for the me me me post. Little one is showing signs of stirring so I don't have much longer!

motor my bump was a month small all through the lasst trimester but the baby is a good size even if smaller than the 10lber the computer predicted and my fluid and placenta were also fine to the end.

choco that is brilliant news on the latest scan. The next two weeks will crawl by but take it day by day. I would tell in your shoes but then we told parents when we got the BFP, and siblings after the 7 week scan, as we would have needed their support if we had lost the embie. (We also told them the odds of things going wrong which in my case were 50\50 so it was a good news/bad news announcement.) I told the wider world at 20 weeks.

Hi to everyone else and waving blearily at you all.

crisps, thinking of you all.

PS How does this Facebook malarkey work please? We are hoping to manage to download pics from the camera today, though my fried brain thinks this task may be akin to rocket science.

ceara yay! congratulations! A little boy, how lovely. I'm so glad everything went so well for you both. If you PM me with your real email address I can send you an invite for the FB group.

choco I'm really glad the scan was just what you want. My parents knew from the outset that we were trying IVF but they are very low key and supportive. I told a few v close friends about the IVF and they knew when I got the BFP. The wider world we didn't tell until I had passed the 12 week scan but we didn't do a big announcement, just let it come up naturally. It was pretty obvious to look at me by then anyway as I already had a bump (second pregnancy, sigh).

ceara!! Lovely to hear from you, many congratulations. Glad you're not feeling too battered. Join FB so we can all have a look, a boy is a rarity round these parts.

congratulations ceara . glad you're home now don't worry ff or bf as long as he's fed. can't wait for pucs and name!

s is in a 3-6 babygro after poo explosion. fits quite well

Squeeeee. Another bambino. Congrats ceara on the birth of a blue one. So glad he got here safely. Like keep said! Ffs or bf! as long as the boy is fed ! Join FB. There is a hilarious photo/chat thread where everyone is posting pictures of their children which are bound to embarrass them when they get older. We are such naughty mothers .

I mean ff. Not Ffs. I swear so much my autocorrect put Ffs in. Ffs.

Oh and congrats to choco too on a successful scan. Lovely news. X

also gin had supply issues at first so could have some tips if you want to keep trying bf?

sigh. have just heard poo no5 of the day. no consistency my girl, some days it's one...