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Lisey
on 12/5/13 11:14 pm - Milwaukee suburb, WI
Topic: RE: Pregnancy update

I'm 4.5 weeks and my jeans are getting tight, go figure.  I'm guessing, for me at least, it's because having been previously MO, my stomach muscles are separated in the middle which are allowing my uterus to easily "poke" out.  That's why they say that women in subsequent pregnancies tend to start showing earlier - it's often because their stomach muscles are a little separated from the prior pregnancy.  I think it's called diastis recti.

HW / SW / CW / GW      299 / 287160 / 140     Feb '09 / Mar '09 / Dec '13 /Aug '10          

Appendicitis/Bowel Obstruction Surgery 8/21/10
Beat Hodgkin's Lymphoma!  7/15/2011 - 1/26/2012 


Ran Half-Marathon 10/14/2012

First Pregnancy, Due 8/12/14                             I LOVE MY DS!!!
 

Lisey
on 12/5/13 11:11 pm - Milwaukee suburb, WI
Topic: RE: Frustrated...

The rule of thumb for someone in their 20's is to see a reproductive specialist if they have been ttc for one year without success.  I know this might sound odd, but I read some research on vitamin D and pregnancy that indicated women with higher D levels have higher rates of pregnancy.  Best of luck.

HW / SW / CW / GW      299 / 287160 / 140     Feb '09 / Mar '09 / Dec '13 /Aug '10          

Appendicitis/Bowel Obstruction Surgery 8/21/10
Beat Hodgkin's Lymphoma!  7/15/2011 - 1/26/2012 


Ran Half-Marathon 10/14/2012

First Pregnancy, Due 8/12/14                             I LOVE MY DS!!!
 

Lisey
on 12/5/13 11:05 pm - Milwaukee suburb, WI
Topic: RE: Clomid

I had the DS.  I took 100mg Clomid with IUI.  No luck first cycle.  Pregnant second cycle!  Am now 4.5 weeks along :)

My FSH levels were perfectly normal, but my AMH (egg reserve) was extremely low at 0.39 at age 36.  This was likely due to prior cancer treatment/ chemo damaging ovaries/ egg supply.

HW / SW / CW / GW      299 / 287160 / 140     Feb '09 / Mar '09 / Dec '13 /Aug '10          

Appendicitis/Bowel Obstruction Surgery 8/21/10
Beat Hodgkin's Lymphoma!  7/15/2011 - 1/26/2012 


Ran Half-Marathon 10/14/2012

First Pregnancy, Due 8/12/14                             I LOVE MY DS!!!
 

windowsdown
on 12/5/13 7:02 am, edited 12/5/13 7:03 am
RNY on 11/02/10 with
Topic: RE: 33 weeks

You're are simply amazing....i truly admire your strength.  I hope you will be able to get some sleep.  Thanks for the update...can't wait to see pics of the whole crew!

Celia S.
on 12/5/13 4:12 am - Grand Junction, CO
Topic: 33 weeks

7 weeks/ 49 days to go til due date!

And they can't go by fast enough! It hit me in the past week... that stage of pregnancy where you wake up every day in pain and go to bed every night in more pain. Can't sleep, everything inside feels squished, baby's movements hurt like hell... Le sigh.

Thank GOD school is almost over... just today and tomorrow left for lecture days and then finals next week and I'M DONE! Whew! I'm ready for a break. Will NOT be taking classes next semester. I figured being single mother to my 5 year old and 1 year old plus being due with this baby just two days after classes start and having all the court stuff going on and adding to that a divorce in my near future would make focusing on school nearly impossible. Plus, even though I've now had two failed attempts at breastfeeding, I want to at least give it a go with this baby and going to school would destroy any chance of being successful this time. Eventually I will get my degree, though. Eventually.

Baby and I are good. No GD, no high bp, very little swelling... She's a mover and a shaker for sure! Oh and I've settled on her name. It will be Amaliyah Joy. First name pronounced like Amelia but with an 'ah' sound in place of the first 'e' sound...

Let's talk weight gain. This pregnancy started out much like my last one. Massive weight loss in the first half. I lost 21 pounds this time and now at 33 weeks have officially regained all of that. I might end this pregnancy with a net gain instead of a net loss! And, who knows... maybe that means this baby will be bigger at birth than her siblings were! Maybe even be a 6 pounder! LOL

I think that's about it. Hopefully will be checking in again around 37 weeks... and hopefully baby's arrival won't be too much longer after that!

Dani Dutch
on 12/1/13 7:20 pm - Netherlands
Dani Dutch
on 12/1/13 7:04 pm - Netherlands
Topic: RE: Frustrated...

Sorry you are having trouble. Yes, some women find themselves more fertile but that is not always the case. Sometimes you can try for months and nothing happens then you decide to give it a rest and find yourself pregnant.

 

Have you given vitex agnus-castus a try?

Elisabeth G.
on 12/1/13 10:03 am - Windsor, Canada
MeliT
on 12/1/13 9:54 am - Miami, FL
Topic: RE: Updated Pictures of Liam 5 months later

oh my gosh!!! tooo tooo toooo adorable!!!!!!! what a cutie!!!


 

CosmicFlower
on 12/1/13 4:04 am - Pretoria, South Africa
Topic: RE: 31 weeks with twins after bpd/ds - babies behind

Hi Smardeepants, just want to find out how you and baby are doing?  My twins were born at 35weeks weighing 3lbs.  Very small and spent 3 weeks in NICU, but thankfully all is ok with them! :)

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