Julie, It is fantastic news about your little ones! So glad that delivery went well. DId your wife make it back in time? No NICU time for twins is amazing! Love the names. I don't know about raising twins in NYC. That seems a bit intense. Hopefully Florida will be nice for you guys. Have you found work down there? It is so exciting. We are not moving this summer after all. We will likely move next year. We decided to get through birth and parenting. We will discuss our next steps at Christmas. That will give us both several months back at work. My work is crazy so if the plan is to stay I will start looking for something else at that point. But if the plan is to stay I will hang tight in my job until we move. I'd probably find the job in Michigan for us to move and then Abby second. But that is way too far in advance! Right now we are just trying to get this baby cooked and born. I'd love to stay connected. My facebook name is cari dufkempen if you'd like to friend me or message me. We have been on this journey so long I'd love to stay in touch and see pictures of your little ones. We have an exciting year ahead of us!
Well 3 days post iui. Been nauseated today. Have puked one time. But I know it's too soon for the symptoms to kick in yet. It's probably from the trigger shot
8 days post trigger. Still have nausea spells. Tender breast, bloating still, headaches started yesterday, leg cramps started today. Was having some mild cramping yEster day in my stomach and pulling feeling, exhaustion is kicking ,you button. Hoping andpraying for first time success
Faith, are you on progesterone supplements? Progesterone can cause pregnancy symptoms. We definitely got fooled so many times about that. Try not to overanalyze or read into your symptoms too much. Soon you will know for sure. When do you test? You do bloodwork or hpt? Good luck!
Julie, how are the girls? How are moving plans going?
Rebecca, so your little one is here!!! I thought about you all day on the 13th!! I hope all is well and mom and baby are healthy. Hopefully you are home from the hospital and recovering and adjusting to parenthood.
We just saw the midwife. Everything is looking good. Baby is in the right position. Baby hasn't dropped yet. Abby is 37 weeks and 3 days today. Everything is squared away at work for me.. Abby gets out of school on Tuesday. She'd like a week at home to prepare not in school. I hope she gets that. But baby may have a mind of its own. We still do not know the gender or have settled on names.
Only thing I had was the trigger shot. Unfortunately I'm out:-( AF showed her ugly face todsy. Was off on the timing. I wasn't supposed to test til Wednesday. Was supposed to do hpt
sorry Faith, the symptoms are horrible, it's like our bodies play mind games with us, I remember it well. Hang on in there, it's so worth it in the end, it took me 9 shots of back to back insems so I absolutely sympathize with your.
Rebecca! Baby boy must be here by now, I can't wait to hear how you are doing! Cari, I'm going to look for you on facebook - I am Julie RIchardson and my profile pic is the babies. They are doing really well and growing like weeds, I can't believe they are 6 weeks old today. They are definitely hard work and it's taking some trial and error to get ourselves in a routine since they wake one another up. I am in denial re our move right now, I don't know what we were thinking! I have NO clue how we are going to pack up and go anywhere with there two!!
Crazy thoughts - we have 2 vials of our donor left at our clinic, obviously CC won't take them back as they left them so naturally I have had fleeting moments of thinking that perhaps we should try for another with those... my wife would probably push me out the window for such a suggestion at this stage!! What do people do with extra vials? I guess we destroy them if we don't use them?
Hi everyone- The single moms board has been quiet the past few days so I decided to come on this page and wish everyone luck. It was great to read all these messages in this thread. Lots of encouragement and really good tips. Good Luck to you all and I am very excited to see how you all progress.... Hope the June 13th baby and moms are doing well. :)
Well I called the doctor's office today. My doctor is out til wedneaday. The bleeding has done completely stopped. It only lasted 2 days. And it wasn't like my normal cycle. Could it have been implantation bleeding??
So nearly a week late. They said that definitely wasn't my period. Seeming how it only lasted 2 days and was light. But hpt are still coming back bfn??? What cold it be??? Help
Hi all, we are new here. My gf and I just did IUI last Friday with #13533! This is our first attempt and we find out the results on this coming Monday. We are super excited!
Welcome to the group getinmybelly. Wishing you much sticky baby dust!! I had my first IUI on June the 7th. Still no sign of AF. But BFN on my hpt. I had bleeding Saturday and Sunday the 17th and 18th but it was very light nothing like my normal flow. Period was due the 18th. Doctor told me to wait another week and test again
Faith, I hope it was implantation bleeding! Good luck.
Getinmybelly, how you hanging in there. I hope you guys are keeping busy and your test is positive on Monday.
Julie and Rebecca, how are your little ones? I can't wait to hear the name for your boy. We are still debating names. Our little one is hanging tight as of now. Saw the midwife on Friday and baby is healthy and in the right position for birth. So sometime soon. We will be 39 weeks on Tuesday. Midwife will let us go to 42 weeks. We want to do everything to not be induced. I am hoping for baby to come on due date July 4. OR next weekend just before due date! We will see what the little one wants to do instead.
Baby dust to those trying! First time positives don't always happen but there is hope you can get pregnant. We got pregnant almost a year to the date of starting. 6 iuis and one cycle of ivf and it finally worked.
Well still no period. Went in for blood work yesterday and it came back negative. So now I guess is the waiting game for AF to show up so I can try again. I wonder what's causing all the bloating, gas, nausea, and frequent urination
Faith, congrats! What changed I thought the bloodwork was negative? I'm super happy for you regardless!
Julie and Rebecca how are you doing with your little ones. We welcomed our little girl Harriet Leigh into the world on July 9th. 34 hours of labor ultimately ending in c-section. Not the birth plan but cord was wrapped around neck twice and she was 9 lbs 3 oz! Torso wider then head. She is perfect in every way. We are so in love. We are just figuring our new life out.
Julie - How is life with the twins!?!?! I can't imagine how you do it, but I am sure you do it well! I hope you are enjoying it!
Cari!!!!! Congratulations! A little girl, how precious! Sorry to hear about the tumultuous birth circumstances...but I am so glad everyone is doing well! You both must be over-the-moon! And probably overwhelmed...which is totally normal! I love her name! I a, sure she is perfect!
As is our little Jack David! He was born (uneventfully, via c-section) on June 13th at 12:07pm. He weighed 7 pounds and was 19.75 inches. He was a little peanut, and although he struggled with blood sugar for the first couple of days (as a result of my gestational diabetes)and dropped an entire pound, we managed to keep him with us (and out of the NICU) the whole time. He is precious and perfect! A good sleeper from the start, we are currently enjoying 6 to 7 hour stretches of sleep at night. I have no delusions that this will last, but I am currently enjoying it. Our daughter is completely in love and the t big sister and helper ever. So far we have adjusted to life as a family of four pretty seamlessly. And are enjoying the honeymoon period! We are prepping for our first vacation and are excited for it, and all there is to come!
The journey has been long, but the result is priceless! And, believe it or not, I would do it all over again!
For those out there either just beginning or currently in the thick of their journey, ,eep on trying, keep on being positive, and keep the faith! Baby dust to all!
My partner and I had our 2nd IUI July 15th. Praying it works this time. 11dpiui. Counting down. Congrats to all those with newborns and good luck for those waiting.
Cari! Congratulations on a sweet baby girl! 9lbs 3oz, wow! I am so thrilled for you! Rebecca, I'm so happy to hear about little Jack, enjoy your good sleeper! My boy who is now a teenager was a great sleeper from the start and it did last! Fingers crossed for you!
Our two girls are getting so big and cheeky! Such different personalities and so many big smiles already! They are actually good sleepers too individually but they do wake one another which is hard. My wife just started back at work so I have been taking both babies and letting her sleep in our sofa bed in the living room, it's pretty tiring and hats off to any single moms of multiples out there as its hard work!
We had our first vacation in the Poconos and the babies loved chilling outside in the fresh air which was fantastic. We are still planning our move at the end of Sept and I am dreading it completely, both the move and where we are moving to! I keep giving my wife big hints about just moving to upstate NY rather than FL but it's falling on deaf ears sadly. It makes financial sense to do FL but I can't believe we are leaving our family and friends and pre baby life!
Congratulations Faith, I hope you have an uneventful 9 months! Good luck to everyone trying, it is totally worth it in the end!
Rebecca and Julie! So glad to hear you both are doing so well with your little ones! We are good here just enjoying maternity leave and getting the hang of life with Hattie. Hard to believe she is already 2.5 weeks old. I think she is going to grow up way too fast. Initially sleep was pretty good. It's been a bit rockier the past few nights. Hopefully we can figure out a good rhythm before I go back to work. I am off until August 23. My wife is off until mid October. I think it will kill me to go back but trying not to think about it. I just can't believe our journeys have finally led to our little ones! It is so exciting.
How are things going Faith?
NCMoms all the baby dust to you. Please do not give up hope as you will have your little one when everything aligns. Good luck on number 2. Try to relax and avoid testing early.
Like Julie said good luck. In the end the heartache and pain getting there is just a blip in the story.
Thanks Elliejo. She had like pink spotting yesterday when she went to the bathroom once. She had it once today and a few clots this afternoon. We are 12dpiui. She had some weird pinching on the left side of her uterus yesterday and some pressure today. She said it's not like anything she has felt before. So scared it's early signs of AF starting early although Saturday would be the first day of her normal cycle. I was hoping implementation, but now really not so sure. I'm trying to hold it together for her, but it's hard. I was a complete ass at work all day today just because I'm so stressed. Trying not to let her know and worry her. I've just had one of those days. :(
We have been better. My partner was 6wks pregnant this past Saturday. We went to work, where she became sick and was in excruciating pain. I rushed her to the ER where it was determined she had an ectopic pregnancy and her right tube had ruptured. They had to do emergency surgery. Still trying to process becaus this all seems like a nightmare.
Oh my NCmoms that is awful! I'm so sorry for you and your partners loss. To need emergency surgery sounds like insult to injury. I hope you find healing and peace. Thinking about you guys during this difficult time.
Hey everyone, sorry I haven't been on in quite some time. Cari, I'm not sure exactly what changed, but I am now 28 weeks alone. So far a good healthy pregnancy. I'm now battling my first UTI during the pregnancy. I am having a baby girl. Her name is going to be Dorothy Faye.
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Hopefully Florida will be nice for you guys. Have you found work down there? It is so exciting. We are not moving this summer after all. We will likely move next year. We decided to get through birth and parenting. We will discuss our next steps at Christmas. That will give us both several months back at work. My work is crazy so if the plan is to stay I will start looking for something else at that point. But if the plan is to stay I will hang tight in my job until we move. I'd probably find the job in Michigan for us to move and then Abby second. But that is way too far in advance! Right now we are just trying to get this baby cooked and born. I'd love to stay connected. My facebook name is cari dufkempen if you'd like to friend me or message me. We have been on this journey so long I'd love to stay in touch and see pictures of your little ones. We have an exciting year ahead of us!
Cari
Julie, how are the girls? How are moving plans going?
Rebecca, so your little one is here!!! I thought about you all day on the 13th!! I hope all is well and mom and baby are healthy. Hopefully you are home from the hospital and recovering and adjusting to parenthood.
We just saw the midwife. Everything is looking good. Baby is in the right position. Baby hasn't dropped yet. Abby is 37 weeks and 3 days today. Everything is squared away at work for me.. Abby gets out of school on Tuesday. She'd like a week at home to prepare not in school. I hope she gets that. But baby may have a mind of its own. We still do not know the gender or have settled on names.
Thinking about you ladies!
cari
Rebecca! Baby boy must be here by now, I can't wait to hear how you are doing!
Cari, I'm going to look for you on facebook - I am Julie RIchardson and my profile pic is the babies. They are doing really well and growing like weeds, I can't believe they are 6 weeks old today. They are definitely hard work and it's taking some trial and error to get ourselves in a routine since they wake one another up. I am in denial re our move right now, I don't know what we were thinking! I have NO clue how we are going to pack up and go anywhere with there two!!
Crazy thoughts - we have 2 vials of our donor left at our clinic, obviously CC won't take them back as they left them so naturally I have had fleeting moments of thinking that perhaps we should try for another with those... my wife would probably push me out the window for such a suggestion at this stage!! What do people do with extra vials? I guess we destroy them if we don't use them?
The single moms board has been quiet the past few days so I decided to come on this page and wish everyone luck. It was great to read all these messages in this thread. Lots of encouragement and really good tips. Good Luck to you all and I am very excited to see how you all progress.... Hope the June 13th baby and moms are doing well. :)
Getinmybelly, how you hanging in there. I hope you guys are keeping busy and your test is positive on Monday.
Julie and Rebecca, how are your little ones? I can't wait to hear the name for your boy. We are still debating names. Our little one is hanging tight as of now. Saw the midwife on Friday and baby is healthy and in the right position for birth. So sometime soon. We will be 39 weeks on Tuesday. Midwife will let us go to 42 weeks. We want to do everything to not be induced. I am hoping for baby to come on due date July 4. OR next weekend just before due date! We will see what the little one wants to do instead.
Baby dust to those trying! First time positives don't always happen but there is hope you can get pregnant. We got pregnant almost a year to the date of starting. 6 iuis and one cycle of ivf and it finally worked.
Cari
Julie and Rebecca how are you doing with your little ones. We welcomed our little girl Harriet Leigh into the world on July 9th. 34 hours of labor ultimately ending in c-section. Not the birth plan but cord was wrapped around neck twice and she was 9 lbs 3 oz! Torso wider then head. She is perfect in every way. We are so in love. We are just figuring our new life out.
Hope you all are well!
Cari
Julie - How is life with the twins!?!?! I can't imagine how you do it, but I am sure you do it well! I hope you are enjoying it!
Cari!!!!! Congratulations! A little girl, how precious! Sorry to hear about the tumultuous birth circumstances...but I am so glad everyone is doing well! You both must be over-the-moon! And probably overwhelmed...which is totally normal! I love her name! I a, sure she is perfect!
As is our little Jack David! He was born (uneventfully, via c-section) on June 13th at 12:07pm. He weighed 7 pounds and was 19.75 inches. He was a little peanut, and although he struggled with blood sugar for the first couple of days (as a result of my gestational diabetes)and dropped an entire pound, we managed to keep him with us (and out of the NICU) the whole time. He is precious and perfect! A good sleeper from the start, we are currently enjoying 6 to 7 hour stretches of sleep at night. I have no delusions that this will last, but I am currently enjoying it. Our daughter is completely in love and the t big sister and helper ever. So far we have adjusted to life as a family of four pretty seamlessly. And are enjoying the honeymoon period! We are prepping for our first vacation and are excited for it, and all there is to come!
The journey has been long, but the result is priceless! And, believe it or not, I would do it all over again!
For those out there either just beginning or currently in the thick of their journey, ,eep on trying, keep on being positive, and keep the faith! Baby dust to all!
Rebecca, I'm so happy to hear about little Jack, enjoy your good sleeper! My boy who is now a teenager was a great sleeper from the start and it did last! Fingers crossed for you!
Our two girls are getting so big and cheeky! Such different personalities and so many big smiles already! They are actually good sleepers too individually but they do wake one another which is hard. My wife just started back at work so I have been taking both babies and letting her sleep in our sofa bed in the living room, it's pretty tiring and hats off to any single moms of multiples out there as its hard work!
We had our first vacation in the Poconos and the babies loved chilling outside in the fresh air which was fantastic. We are still planning our move at the end of Sept and I am dreading it completely, both the move and where we are moving to! I keep giving my wife big hints about just moving to upstate NY rather than FL but it's falling on deaf ears sadly. It makes financial sense to do FL but I can't believe we are leaving our family and friends and pre baby life!
Congratulations Faith, I hope you have an uneventful 9 months! Good luck to everyone trying, it is totally worth it in the end!
Julie
How are things going Faith?
NCMoms all the baby dust to you. Please do not give up hope as you will have your little one when everything aligns. Good luck on number 2. Try to relax and avoid testing early.
Like Julie said good luck. In the end the heartache and pain getting there is just a blip in the story.
Cari
Prbs2002 just wondering if you ended up using donor 13963??
Hey everyone, sorry I haven't been on in quite some time. Cari, I'm not sure exactly what changed, but I am now 28 weeks alone. So far a good healthy pregnancy. I'm now battling my first UTI during the pregnancy. I am having a baby girl. Her name is going to be Dorothy Faye.