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~~~OPEN FORUM WEDNESDAY!~~~~
by Kassimom, Jul 14, 2004 12:00AM
Good morning ladies!
Hope everyone is having a great Wednesday!
My DD just came to me covered in stickers. YAY, so my day begins....LOL
Hope everyone is having a great Wednesday!
My DD just came to me covered in stickers. YAY, so my day begins....LOL
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Everyone- I got my HCG level back from 5 weeks (21dpo) and it was 13,000!! Yippy. And my progestrone was at 69.2. I'm glad they are high and not too low. Does anyone know if high #s in early pregnacy could mean something's wrong w/ the pregnancy? My nurse said they were good numbers. She said my beta quadrupled! Uh? I wasn't sure if she meant just mine did or that all betas are supposed to quadruple. Cuz I thought it was to double every other day. Anyhoo, she said it was rising very good. I also thought about twins but I'm not having big/major symptoms, just nausea one monring. So we'll see. My u/s is 7/26.
Kassimom- how's your pregnancy going? Sounds like your daughter knows how to keep you busy and on your toes! lol
I just wanted to let you know that at what I thought was 8 weeks and the ultrasound said was 6.5 weeks my HCG level was at 83,800. They think maybe twins but aren't sure!!! Just wanted to let you know!
I surged this morning. Do I not sound happy? I'm not. I don't believe it. I know that I can surge without having a mature egg.
I'm still keeping my U/S app. tommorow and I'm going to talk to the nurse.
I should be happy that I'm "on time" this cycle, but DH and I haven't even BD at all. So even if there was a mature egg "hiding" in the other ovary, I won't get pregnant.
Let me know how things go with you.
~Shannah~
if you serged this morning you should be bding for the next 3 days. once you serge the egg releases 24-36 hours later.
so get going :)
kassimom-
just wait until your little girl starts painting your son's nails and dressing him up and telling him he is pretty. oh yah and don't forget the glitter because that makes you pretty too you know.
ok so my doppler came yesterday and boy i tell you what this baby is an active little bugger. i found the heartbeat fairly quickly the first time (which was nice) but then it disappered....so i start moving it around and i swear this baby was playing tag or something, i went to one spot it wasn't there i moved and then went back to that same spot and bam there it was. i said awgh i was just there!
we did get a recording though and saved it to the computer so i can e-mail it to family and friends(very cool). we are also going to burn it onto a cd so we can put it in the babies keepsake box.
~nanci
~Shannah~
"throwing away" their babies. They have not only thrown away a gift, but the privilege that comes along with being a mother. But, they obviuosly didn't deserve that title to begin with or maybe other circumstances in their life did not show them what they were giving up. People can grow up in the wrong places and be exposed as children to many nightmares, that we can only begin to imagine and they are now junkies and prostitutes and live very desolate lives. Maybe having a child is more than they can handle or accept. Which I am not exonerating this people, but just saying that life experiences can have an impact on the choices people make. A scared strung out 15 year old may be more likely to give up a child or run scared after giving birth. And my heart goes out to children who have been in and out of foster homes and have been subjected to multiple types of abuse. It is a vicious cycle. But, Karla, what you and I have to keep praying for is that we are blessed with that miracle, because we are good people and we know we won't "run" from the responsibility of being a mother. The Lord is going to look upon us with favor. The bible tells us that. We have to keep asking for what we would like in our lives and we will be blessed. Just like the prayer of Jabez shows us. Please do not give up. I don't know if I told you before about my SIL, but she went thru many years of testing and fertility meds only to find out she could not conceive. She actually did not develop right. She has a birth defect. Thankfully she was blessed with a DD thru adoption and that was a miracle because her DD is in a much better home than her birth parents could have provided. Just remember that they are wonderful people on this site that are just waiting to share your BFP with you, me included!! I am here for you during the bad and good. You can vent on me anytime. If you need to email me don't hesitate!!! I mean it! I want you to feel like you can talk to me whenever you need someone! I have been pretty depressed this week too, but I know that I am going to have better days than others. I need you too, so try and stick in here with me! Now I apologize for this lengthy post, but I am emotional and crying as I type this! I just want you to know you have someone out there who cares and that you can relate to!
Love you~Shannah~
i just saw on health link not to long ago that low carb diets can inhibit ttc. ssomething to do with nutrients and stuff in the carbs that actually help you get pg.
just a thought
~nanci
Has to do with the whole insulin resistance aspect of PCOS.
I'm on South Beach--not low carb--just healthy foods, minus white bread and flour, rice, potatoes, and empty "junk" food. Same type of thing often recommended for PCOS.
stephw--those levels sound fantastic! There is quite a bit of variation at your gestation. Hope the nausea gets better soon!
Kassimom--hope that boy stops dancin' on your cervix soon! Painful.
Everyone--hope ya'll have a good day. Working again tonight, so will try to check back in later.
Are you two hours ahead of what it is here?
I know you gave me your home email address, but can I have it again?
Mine is ***@****
Hope we both cheer up and get BFP real soon.
Karla
Starry eyes- This is my work email, but I can pick it up at home. Email me whenever you need too! ***@****
Gees go to the dollar store and buy a test.
Sorry bad day venting lol.
Christie - thanks for the concern. I guess this charting thing is getting to me too. Hubby and I are going camping and tubing this weekend so I hope that will help with the stress. I also am almost done with school so that is kinda stressing me out. But at least DH and I are ok now. DD being away for the week has given us time to spend together and talk.
Starry eyes I would go and attack hubby tonight. God does work in miraculous sp? ways. DH and I tried for two years with fertility drugs and with one ovary and the month that we had decided to stop is the month we got pg. I went through 4 IUI's. Two with clomid and two with gonal F. Good luck hon and I pray this is your month.
Bailee just wanted to send you a hug cus you sound like you need one. Keep your chin up hon it will happen. I know way too well the blood work that is involved with fertility issues. Some days I felt like a pin cussion.
Nanci I just returned my doppler. I was just renting mine and it was so awsome to hear her move inside of me. Wait till baby starts getting hick ups. You can hear them on the doppler and it is so cute. Emily got mad when she got them and start moving all around lol. So cute!
Tresmathew I am sorry for the wierd opk's. I did see them on ovusoft and thought for sure you were going to get a strong one. Sending you a huge hug.
As for me I am still pregnant and have 28 days to go till EDD. I really do not think I will make it till then but I pray when she comes that she fully cooked as DH says lol. He said the other day that She is done cooking now she is just simmering. Where do they come up with these things MEN lol Gotta love em.
Hello to everyone and have a nice Wednesday.
Christine
Christine - Well I am just hoping that my temp goes up tommorrow and I just caught the tail end of the surge lol. So we will see. I hope your doing well and good luck with the rest of your preg.
~Shannah~
Now onto the other issue.....I felt bad for the person who posted that question about having sex with a man then later with a woman and wanting to know if the sperm could transfer to the other woman. Some of you who come to this forum seem to think that people who don't know as much as you are stupid or have no right to ask their questions. Well that's wrong. That person may have truly been concerned about the situation and wanted an answer on an anonymous forum. Making him/her feel ridiculously dumb was extremely insensitive. Someone wrote "um...that would be a no". Instead try something like..."No, it isn't possible for the sperm to transfer, but the woman who had sex with the man could have gotten pregnant." It's all in the way you say things!!!!!!!!! And just because you know the answer and you think it's a silly question, doesn't erase the fact that someone could be sitting out there deeply concerned about it.
I used to come on this forum often. I chose to leave for a while because I asked several questions that were never answered. They were questions that I thought were relative and I was very concerned about them during my pregnancy. Nobody bothered to answer because I wasn't part of the "friendship/bonding ring". So none of you cared to answer me. On the other hand, I watched as people repeatedly asked the same questions day after day and got tons of responses because they were part of the "friendship/bonding ring". They would ask questions like "Could I be pregnant...these are my symptoms" and "When is too soon to try again" even though the same questions had been asked and answered almost on a daily basis. I am not trying to downplay the importnace of those questions because those women have every right to ask even if it has been asked before...my point is that some of you form friendships here and only care to offer NICE advice to those who are your buddies. Eeryone else gets shoved aside or made to feel foolish.
Remember everyone who comes on here has questions and issues and FEELINGS. Nobody should be made to feel less important or less intelligent than anyone else.
haha
~nanci
AND just because you have always been treated with repect doesn't mean that everyone has. You can't possibly think the comment "Um...that would be a no" was respectful in anyway or that I am taking that in a different "tone" than most people would. Just read the post below it where someone said they couldn't wait for that person's response because they knew she would respond in such a way.
I am not trying to degrade anyone. That's why no names have been mentioned. I'm just stating my opinion. I expected people to defend themselves and their friends. It doesn't bother me that you disagree with some or all of what I said. I just was very bothered by the tone of some of the posts and thought that maybe everyone here could realize that we are all people with real feelings and real concerns. That's all!
I hope you catch that egg this month. Sending you lots of pg vibes
Christine
Sending you healthy baby vibes and quick delivery vibes.
So I just wanted to say hi again if you are the right person because we had some pregnancy similarities.
~nanci
KCK yes it is me I am due on the 11th and agree I am so done being pregnant. I love being pregnant most of the time but I have had braxton hicks since 17 weeks and it feels like I have been in labor since then. Wow you are 4cm girl. That is great. Anytime for you then. I am not that far yet. 1cm dialated and 50& effaced. I just really have this gut feeling that she will be here soon. Last night I was going to go in because they were so close and strong. Sometimes they were 3 minutes apart. But never got steady and I got great advise off of this forum one day and they said unless I can't talk anymore that it would be more comfy to sit in my own house then at the hospital. SO I waited it out and two hours later they stopped. I am not sure about the % rate for water breaking but I think it could be true. They had to break my water with my daughter and I had her 34 minutes later. Good luck hon and I hope you have a wonderful and easy labor.
Nanakay I don't watch them all the time I swear lol. We will sit and laugh at some that come on showtime. Don't ya just love the ones where they actually try to have a plot lol
Or were you trying to stir up drama? Because that is what I see. As for ignoring people's questions, I think you will notice that MOST of us try to answer that we don't know is we see a post goign unanswered for awhile.
As for the "I'm not naming names" ****, PLEASE! You only quoted my post NO LESS THAN TWICE!
As you stated, you are not a regular poster, so to come in trying to stir up stuff by posting an entire book on how our forum is flawed is completely misguided.
All I can say is, if you don't like it, get over it.
But don't come in as public defender trying to defend those who we may have given a short answer. If they don't like the answer, let THEM respond.
~Shannah~
~Shannah~
every time you sign your name i think of the cartoon my son loves....my name is shannah it ryhms with banana and this my fiend is myyyyy shooow, i must confess that you must guess what it is that i do best....something something now on with the show.
it's a cute short cartoon.
~nanci
~nanci
you know your name doesn't realy soot you, your not very fun at all.
second i didn't actually see the original postings about the transfer of sperm from woman to woman, however, your right she shouldn't have just said uh that'd be no.....
she should have said if you are have sexual relations with more than one person and not protecting yourself, then passing sperm from person to person should be the least of your worries. you should be more worried about the possible diseases you are passing back and forth!!!!
would that have been better?
~nanci
p.s. you can quote me name and all if you want.....hahaha evil laugh
Many ppl have said they are ignored in the past. I have seen many people come and go because of it. There is a new crowd on here, but having been around so long that's happened like a zillion times! I myself have had a question go unanswered. I assumed that nobody knew what I was talking about. I commented like this...Uh, okay, I guess nobody knows = )
Sure enough, here comes Christie, Kassimom and a few others either sharing their knowledge or just letting me know they saw it and they just didn't know. So please, to say you are ignored w/out making sure you have been is just not fair. Questions are often overlooked on the open forum (as in my case). Post again or post saying, HEY YOO HOO! LOOK ABOVE! It will get recognition, trust me on that!
One more thing, the "bonding" thing being discussed? I'm thinking that is because women on here either find someone w/ similar issues as them, cycle buddies, or due date partners. I totally see how they would "bond". OMG! They are comparing notes and helping each other through tough and scary times.
Also, on the AM I PREGNANT questions, those have been on this board for as long as I can remember! That's one reason we started that whole open forum thing. All the threads would be gone due to those. I wouldn't necessarily think troll or anything of that nature. (Though I do have my suspicions of a few!). Some posters probably are either scared they are or just want to hear some positive feedback to keep their hopes alive. I think those ?'s will be here forever!
Okay, I'm done now. Hope I didn't step on anyone's toes or **** anyone off. That was not my intention at all.