There never seems to be very much traffic here and I'm just curious about how many of us preggers after infertility girls are actually coming here to read or post.
There has been some controversy on another infertility group about a pg posting and I really wish to see more support here so we don't feel like we have to go elsewhere for the support we need. It does seem to be a lonely place to be after you have so much support during infertility, you get pregnant and all of a sudden you fit in nowhere!!!! At least that's the way I feel sometimes. I don't really fit with my infertile friends ( although that's where I feel most comfortable) and I still can't relate to the fertiles of the world. I think a lot of us may get onto the panfert lists....I tried a few but I prefer the newsgroups. I may not read everyday and after a few days my e-mail would be full of messages and I could never get to read them.
Anyway, I thought I'd start a roll call....see who's here and maybe we can get something going on this group.
Bekki Due 6/24 !! ( only a few more weeks!!!!) I got pregnant after 10 years of infertility from a successful IVF/ICSI We found out at 32 weeks that we're having a boy. The kid has an entire wardrobe already!!
I've been lurking here for about a week. I'm new here. So I will introduce myself.
I'm 29 years old and have PCO. My dh is 31 and fine. We were blessed with 1 child 8 years ago after some mild difficulty conceiving. This time, after years of infertility, we finally conceived on our LAST Fertinex Cycle with BMS. I am very excited but also very nervous, because it is so early. I don't have any risk factors for ectopic and I've never had a m/c, but I still worry about these things now that I am finally pg.
So count me in on the Roll Call Bekki. (BTW - congratulations on your baby boy about to make his arrival!)
Since I finally made an introduction can I ask a couple of questions?
My LMP was 4/16. I didn't ovulate until cycle day 23, 5/8. Can I still use the traditional add 7 days and 9 months to calculate my due date, even though I ovulated late? Does anyone know where I can find that pregnancy calendar on the web?
When you count how pregnant you are do you count starting from your LMP? I guess I have an extra 9 days, does that still count? Or should I count from the day of ovulation? This is confusing to me.
What do you think of my Betas? 18 dpo was 782, 20 dpo was 1895. They tell me it's good, but what do you experts say? I have u/s on Friday 6/5 to see how things look and if I'm having twins. Can I expect to see a heartbeat by then?
Thanks for your help. I hope I get to know a lot of you posting here. I have a long ways to go!
I'm glad you're taking roll call. I got a positive pg test on 5/22, but I've been very hesitant to post it anywhere because of fear of getting bashed. I've been lurking here since then but there wasn't a lot of activity even though I've seen a lot of pg announcements recently on alt.infertility & misc.health.infertility. I will introduce myself now. Dh & I are 29, trying for a year & a half. 8 cycles of clomid. Laparoscopy in April showed adhesions, 1 blocked tube & the other not so great. My Dr. removed the adhesions. After surgery, my blocked tube got infected so I was on antibiotics. I wasn't able to start the clomid again. The infection finally cleared up right before ovulation, so we got the go ahead to try on our own. I really didn't think I ovulated. I was so sure that I filled the prescription for clomid before AF arrived. I then got a yeast infection & I suspected the antibiotics, not pregnancy. Then while waiting for my temp to drop I noticed instead it was even higher. Pretty soon a triphasic temperature developed. I convinced myself it meant nothing (not wanting to be disappointed once again). Finally on day 35 & after bouts of nausea (imagined I was sure, who gets morning sickness at 5 weeks, right?) I took a hpt test & it was positive! Still in denial I had a blood pg test & that was positive too! So here I am, still in shock, but happy. Lynn
> There never seems to be very much traffic here and I'm just curious about > how many of us preggers after infertility girls are actually coming here to > read or post.
> There has been some controversy on another infertility group about a pg > posting and I really wish to see more support here so we don't feel like we > have to go elsewhere for the support we need. It does seem to be a lonely > place to be after you have so much support during infertility, you get > pregnant and all of a sudden you fit in nowhere!!!! At least that's the way > I feel sometimes. I don't really fit with my infertile friends ( although > that's where I feel most comfortable) and I still can't relate to the > fertiles of the world. I think a lot of us may get onto the panfert > lists....I tried a few but I prefer the newsgroups. I may not read everyday > and after a few days my e-mail would be full of messages and I could never > get to read them.
> Anyway, I thought I'd start a roll call....see who's here and maybe we can > get something going on this group.
> Bekki > Due 6/24 !! ( only a few more weeks!!!!) > I got pregnant after 10 years of infertility from a successful IVF/ICSI > We found out at 32 weeks that we're having a boy. The kid has an entire > wardrobe already!!
> Anyone else?????????
> Bekki
Hi,
I have been reading here for a while but I don't think I have posted anything. I am due on the same day as you Bekki, 6-24. This is my second child, my first is 4 years old and both are from infertility treatments. This baby is from a fertinex cycle and we don't know if it is a boy or a girl. I am finding it hard to believe he\she will be here in just a few weeks!
I'm enjoying the roll call, thanks for starting it Bekki.
Hi, my name is Tracy, age 38. I am 6 weeks pregnant with twins, though I still have moments of doubt that it is real or that it will last! DH is 45 and has a daughter from his first marriage. I have had tubal surgery, 5 IVF attempts, 3 of them were cancelled mid-stream due to poor ovarian response and two went through to transfer. The first one looked good - heartbeat was strong - but MC at 9 weeks. This second one was using donor egg - two embryos transferred and - guess what!
I have the problem that I'm sure we all share - it is impossible for me to just be happy about this. I told several people already and wish that I hadn't. It is so scary! Well, one of my pleasures is this, and similar, newsgroups where kindred spirits dwell.
Hey Bekki, I'm here, even though I am not PG. I commend you on taking a positive step toward getting the support moving. I like to read all the newsgroups I can find concerning fertility issues and pregnancy. It helps me get a more rounded view of things. A brief history of me. 27 years old, haven't used b.c. in 8. Went through 4 cycles of clomid about 3 years ago with ex-hubby. From all the reading I have done, I suspect LPD.I've had the HSG, post-coital, and all the bloodwork back then. Have an appt with a local ob/gyn for a consultation later this month. I had what I suspect was a chemical pg in Feb of this year. Don't know for sure, since it was unexpected and I didn't know about such things. I'm currently waiting to see if my neg HPT was wrong, af is due in a couple days. I have been nauseous and absolutely burning up lately. Hot flashes in the extreme, but could just be a heavy duty hormone surge. Also tender breasts and cramping mildly for more than a week now. My biggest fear is another chemical pg. You know, finding out too late to do anything about it. I'm considering playing hookie from work today, and wondering if I can convince my dr. to test me. I plan on charting starting with my next cycle. Also bought the baby aspirin, but not sure when to take it. Good luck getting the ball rolling :)
In article <3571bb0...@andromeda.vec.net>, "Mickey & Bekki Harless"
<mharl...@vec.net> writes: >Anyway, I thought I'd start a roll call....see who's here and maybe we can >get something going on this group.
>Bekki >Due 6/24 !! ( only a few more weeks!!!!) >I got pregnant after 10 years of infertility from a successful IVF/ICSI >We found out at 32 weeks that we're having a boy. The kid has an entire >wardrobe already!!
>Anyone else?????????
>Bekki
Kath Due 1/23/99 6th Fertinex cycle/HCG/IUI/Prog/Baby Asprin 20 month old clomid baby 8 yr old HSG/LAP/ENDO BIO baby 21 yr old Au Natural'
In article <1998053121261300.RAA27...@ladder03.news.aol.com>,
tschw51...@aol.com (TSchw51426) writes: >My LMP was 4/16. I didn't ovulate until cycle day 23, 5/8. Can I still use >the traditional add 7 days and 9 months to calculate my due date, even though >I >ovulated late? Does anyone know where I can find that pregnancy calendar on >the web?
My LMP was 4/21 and I o'd on 5/1 and my due date is 1/23/99 so I'd say yours would be 1/30/99..... Your beta look really good also. Here's a link for a pregnancy caladener also.....
I think the pregnancy calendar is mostly for fun, there is a place for you to put the conception date & length of cycle so maybe it can calculate a close due date for you. Check it out and let us know what you think.
As for seeing a heartbeat, I was 6 weeks before a heartbeat was seen (couldn't be heard but was seen on u/s) so it is possible that Friday you will see something. Share it with us when you do!!!!!!
>I've been lurking here for about a week. I'm new here. So I will introduce >myself.
>I'm 29 years old and have PCO. My dh is 31 and fine. We were blessed with 1 >child 8 years ago after some mild difficulty conceiving. This time, after >years of infertility, we finally conceived on our LAST Fertinex Cycle with BMS. > I am very excited but also very nervous, because it is so early. I don't have >any risk factors for ectopic and I've never had a m/c, but I still worry about >these things now that I am finally pg.
>So count me in on the Roll Call Bekki. (BTW - congratulations on your baby boy >about to make his arrival!)
>Since I finally made an introduction can I ask a couple of questions?
>My LMP was 4/16. I didn't ovulate until cycle day 23, 5/8. Can I still use >the traditional add 7 days and 9 months to calculate my due date, even though I >ovulated late? Does anyone know where I can find that pregnancy calendar on >the web?
>When you count how pregnant you are do you count starting from your LMP? I >guess I have an extra 9 days, does that still count? Or should I count from >the day of ovulation? This is confusing to me.
>What do you think of my Betas? 18 dpo was 782, 20 dpo was 1895. They tell me >it's good, but what do you experts say? I have u/s on Friday 6/5 to see how >things look and if I'm having twins. Can I expect to see a heartbeat by then?
>Thanks for your help. I hope I get to know a lot of you posting here. I have >a long ways to go!
What a great idea for a roll call! I'm here. just pasted the 20 week mark and am finally believing this baby is for real. We found out last week that it is a girl and I can feel her moving just about daily. Quick history: Trying for over 2 years, 2 chemical pregs, laparoscopy, hysterography, etc. This worked on our 2nd cycle of clomid/iui/hcg. Keep in touch Sara
First of all congrats to everyone on their babies! Even though I am not pregnant I come here to see if there is anything I can lend my support to. I have been down the infertility to pregnancy road 3 times. First time the baby was lost but I did have two beautiful little boys with the other two. I conceived them both while using clomid. I am now approaching my third attemt at getting pregnant (maybe). I tried last year for one cycle and decided that I was't prepare for what was involved. I now have other things to deal with when pregnant but hopefully they work out and I will join you in the ranks of being pregnant.
> There never seems to be very much traffic here and I'm just curious about > how many of us preggers after infertility girls are actually coming here to > read or post.
> There has been some controversy on another infertility group about a pg > posting and I really wish to see more support here so we don't feel like we > have to go elsewhere for the support we need. It does seem to be a lonely > place to be after you have so much support during infertility, you get > pregnant and all of a sudden you fit in nowhere!!!! At least that's the way > I feel sometimes. I don't really fit with my infertile friends ( although > that's where I feel most comfortable) and I still can't relate to the > fertiles of the world. I think a lot of us may get onto the panfert > lists....I tried a few but I prefer the newsgroups. I may not read everyday > and after a few days my e-mail would be full of messages and I could never > get to read them.
> Anyway, I thought I'd start a roll call....see who's here and maybe we can > get something going on this group.
> Bekki > Due 6/24 !! ( only a few more weeks!!!!) > I got pregnant after 10 years of infertility from a successful IVF/ICSI > We found out at 32 weeks that we're having a boy. The kid has an entire > wardrobe already!!
Hello all. Thanks to Becky for starting this thread. I'm currently 19 weeks. DH and I tried on our own for 4 years (I'm 31 & he's 29). Had no clue anything was wrong until I started temp charts. Discovered I wasn't ovulating. October' 97 tried a cycle of clomid (50 mg, days 5-9) with horrible side effects, but I did ovulate. Took a few months off to regroup. Did another clomid cycle (same dose) at end of January which was successful.
I agree with Becky about not seeming to fit in. I used to post on alt.infertility & alt.infertility.primary until shortly after I got pg. I got seriously flamed by some of the long time posters for what I mistakenly thought was a supportive post. I hope traffic picks up here because I'm never going back to the other groups.
Fertile thoughts to all. -- Renee ^_^
AOCHFD3 Sufferer (Acute Obsessive Compulsive Harrison Ford/David Duchovny Disorder)
I'm 7.3 weeks pg with a singleton conceived via IVF with donor eggs. This was an FET using AH. I'm 33 with POF resulting from radiation and chemo for Hodgkin's Disease as a teenager. DH is 37. We did one other IVF (fresh) in January which was unsuccessful. This was after waiting over 9 months for a suitable donor match.
We saw the heartbeat last week. It's hard to believe, but it's starting to feel real, and starting to get exciting!!
tschw51...@aol.com (TSchw51426) wrote: >Since I finally made an introduction can I ask a couple of questions? >My LMP was 4/16. I didn't ovulate until cycle day 23, 5/8. Can I still use >the traditional add 7 days and 9 months to calculate my due date, even though I >ovulated late? Does anyone know where I can find that pregnancy calendar on >the web?
How about subtracting 7 days from your ovulation date, and adding the nine months to that? (That's get you 2/1/99, and someone else had estimated 1/30/99, so it might be close).
The book "What to Expect When You're Expecting" says that a normal full-term pregnancy is 38-42 weeks, so even if you use the basic "add 40 weeks to your LMP" you've got a wide window.
>When you count how pregnant you are do you count starting from your LMP? I >guess I have an extra 9 days, does that still count? Or should I count from >the day of ovulation? This is confusing to me.
For people with irregular cycles, doctors revise the due dates based on fetal development (when they see a heartbeat, when it first moves, and other "milestones").
>Anyway, I thought I'd start a roll call....see who's here and maybe we can >get something going on this group.
Sandy (30) and Brian (32) Moore Trying 3.5 years He's fine, I don't ovulate (maybe once or twice a year, unmedicated), although I was having "regular" periods (every 6 weeks, to the day). Blood tests were normal. My original TSH was high, but several retests have been normal). I had an HSG, showing clear tubes, but my uterus is slightly small and T-shaped (instead of triangular). A laparoscopy showed severe endometriosis, although I never noticed any symptoms.
I was on Lupron Depot for 4 months after the Lap to treat the endo, and afterwards didn't ovulate on 100mg clomid (which had worked before the lap). We did two Fertinex cycles, then a "try everything" cycle. 100mg clomid, about 28 amps of Fertinex, 10k units HCG, an IUI, and progesterone suppositories.
In addition to mild hyperstimulation, we did manage to get pregnant that cycle. Five embryos fertilized, I spent most of April losing three of them. The remaining two are doing fine, and are due December 9. Since it's twins, I'm pretty sure they'll be early.
For those who think that "stress causes infertility", I'd like to say that around the time we conceived I was spending most of my not-at-work hours cleaning the house and childproofing it before my brother brought his two kids to visit, and I turned 30, and our adoption fell through.
It turns out, the adoption was "back on" about a week after I got my positive test back. The birthmother is aware that we are pregnant, but she's willing to go through with it, and we decided that we still want to adopt. If we cancelled, and then something happened to our pregnancy, we'd be devastated. And if we have an uneventful pregnancy, we'll just have a bigger family. :) (The adopted child is due July 1 via C-section, and should be a boy.)
Hi, It's Tracy again, updating my info from the last message (yesterday). I am no longer pregnant with twins, since this am ultrasound showed only one heartbeat. I am still grateful, of course, but feel a loss. Also they said my progesterone is low, so they increased my dose. On the plus side, my hcg level is good (45,000, and my transfer was 5/5). So, just wanted to set the record straight. I guess there is a reason that some people don't say anything right away. Tracy
>Hi, It's Tracy again, updating my info from the last message (yesterday). I am >no longer pregnant with twins, since this am ultrasound showed only one >heartbeat. I am still grateful, of course, but feel a loss. Also they said my >progesterone is low, so they increased my dose. On the plus side, my hcg level >is good (45,000, and my transfer was 5/5). So, just wanted to set the record >straight. I guess there is a reason that some people don't say anything right >away. >Tracy
I wasn't going to answer roll call until I saw this message. I've never posted to a ng before, so please excuse if I break some rule. My DH is fine. I have PCO and am a DES daughter. We have been trying for ten years. We are both 34. Two years ago we started thinking other options like surrogacy or adoption. We found a surrogate (without really trying) and just as we were getting ready to begin going to the doctor, it fell through. Then we started adoption. We found a birthmother and that fell through. So, we dusted ourselves off and started again. We changed RE's and strengthened our adoption search. We were doing a private independent search. As we placed our last ad in the paper, scheduled another infertility surgery and changed our plans to go for a foreign adoption, we got the call. We found a birthmother. We cancelled the surgery and the foreign adoption meeting. At 25 weeks we found out that it's twins. "We" are 32 weeks, 5 days today. The babies weigh almost five pounds a piece. I know this is long. I know this isn't an adoption ng, but those ng don't seem to have the kind of support that I see here. Prayers and positive thoughts that we may all be parents soon (through whatever method)! John and Teresa
Sandy Moore wrote in message <35732a57.3950...@usenet.rpi.edu>... >"Mickey & Bekki Harless" <mharl...@vec.net> wrote: >>Anyway, I thought I'd start a roll call....see who's here and maybe we can >>get something going on this group. >Sandy (30) and Brian (32) Moore >Trying 3.5 years >He's fine, I don't ovulate (snip)
The remaining two are doing fine, and are due
>December 9. Since it's twins, I'm pretty sure they'll be early.
>adoption fell through. >It turns out, the adoption was "back on" about a week after I got my >positive test back. The birthmother is aware that we are pregnant, >but she's willing to go through with it, and we decided that we still >want to adopt. If we cancelled, and then something happened to >our pregnancy, we'd be devastated. And if we have an uneventful >pregnancy, we'll just have a bigger family. :) >(The adopted child is due July 1 via C-section, and should be a boy.) >Sandy (in Albany, NY)
I just had a baby boy 10 weeks ago. I found out I was pregnant last July after two years of infertility. My husband and I certainly didn't go through all of what many of you went through, but we were frustrated not getting pregnant during that 1st two years.
Let me know if I can post on this newsgroup after actually delivering a baby.
Annette Burns
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Thanks Becki for starting this. I was really excited about moving to this group but then there didn't seem to be any traffic on it so that was a disappointment.
My name is Laurie and I am 15 weeks pregnant with my 2nd child. The first was conceived on the 3rd cycle of Metrodin with IUI after 4 years of trying. We never used birth control after the birth of our daughter and I started charting temps again after about a year. We were successful on the first cycle of fertinex and IUI after trying 4 cycles of clomid with IUI.
I hope that this opens up the lines of communication in this group.
I think I may have posted a couple of times to this newsgroup before. I am currently 33 weeks 1 day pregnant after 6.5 years of infertility. We got pregnant using donor eggs from my sister. We are both 34 (DH's birthday is today). I still can't believe it is real.
I hope everyone has smooth pregnancies and beautiful, healthy babies.
Maggie - Due 11/25/98 trying for 6 years "on our own" 2 miscarriages in those 6 years (chemical/blighted ovum) started with RE in January 98 conceived on 2nd cycle Clomid/IUI currently at 16 wks. being treated for antiphospholipid antibodies with baby aspirin and heparin injections during pregnancy
>There never seems to be very much traffic here and I'm just curious about >how many of us preggers after infertility girls are actually coming here to >read or post.
>There has been some controversy on another infertility group about a pg >posting and I really wish to see more support here so we don't feel like we >have to go elsewhere for the support we need. SNIP >Anyway, I thought I'd start a roll call....see who's here and maybe we can >get something going on this group.
>Bekki >Due 6/24 !! ( only a few more weeks!!!!) >I got pregnant after 10 years of infertility from a successful IVF/ICSI >We found out at 32 weeks that we're having a boy. The kid has an entire >wardrobe already!!
