So I feel like I should dedicate a whole post to the twins. When I found out I was pregnant and everything I went through up until the point of delivery, so I can give you all some perspective. So the twin pregnancy happened with our frozen embryos from our first IVF attempt. There will be a lot of information so enjoy! This is a compiled list of entries on a forum I was on before, during and after being pregnant from the FET cycle.
01.23.2011
IVF success and failure
Well I am now 16 days past my D&C
after learning my baby died and stopped growing around 7 weeks. I'm waiting to
start my FET cycle but it seems like it's too far away. I have to go in for
bloodwork Friday to make sure HCG is going down as it should. My 1 week check
was down to 890 so I'm hoping this 2 week check will be in the single
digits.
01.30.2011
I was 3 weeks past D&C friday and HCG went down from 890 2 weeks ago to 15
so I guess they are considering this my baseline. So I started Birth control
pills friday and I was told to take them a minimum of two weeks, then stop them
and I should get a period. When that happends I'm supposed to call the office.
So after that I have to have a sonogram, followed by another period and I'm
hoping to transfer 2 blasts after all is said and done.
02.19.2011
My Update
Here is my update. I started my first
period since the D&C Jan 7th thanks to bc pills. It is now over so I have my
sonohysto scheduled for Feb 28th and if everything is good that day I will get
off the bcps and start the patches March 2nd.
03.05.20011
I believe I will be starting patches and baby asprin tomorrow which would be day one for me so I
am estimating the 25th would be transfer day.
03.22.2011
So my ultrasound and bw is tomorrow.
They are going to check my lining and estrogen and all that. I'm hoping its nice
and cushioney in there :P if all goes well transfer will be Monday!
Continuation after I got the call...
So all is a go for monday! They told me
my lining was triple layer or whatever its called I don't know the mm of it but
they told me its good. My E2 is 481 and P4 is 1.2. So I'm downgrading back to
two patches and starting the prometrium tonight. The count down begins. Now I'm
hoping the embies make the thaw.
03.27.2011
I'm soooo ready! Counting down the hours haha the only thing is, is I don't have
a time to go in I guess they will call me in the morning. They said it should
happen around 11ish boooo what a time frame. I will be sleeping next to the
phone Sunday night haha
03.28.2011
To all those wondering the tranfer went
great! I got a photo of the babies being transfered and they said the thaw was
beautiful so April 6th is beta day. Now I'm heading home just got done eating
now its nap time Side Note: I remember going out for pancakes.
03.29.2011
So I had my transfer Monday around 11:45am so I guess you can say I'm
technically 5 and a halfish days into my 2WW. We transfered 2 beautiful
blastocycsts and are hoping for the best when we go in for the beta April 6th.
03.31.2011
So I'm 3dp5dt and all of a sudden today
I'm having some odd feeling I never felt until today. I can't really describe
what it is maybe poor circulation. Could it be my two blasts...it would probably
be too early for that but its something odd I've noticed. Can anyone relate?
03.31.2011
I'm still hanging in there thinking about poas just to "check" haha but I only
have 2 hpts and won't be buying anymore so I have to choose the days wisely.
04.01.2011
Well I broke down an poas lastnight it was about 3.5dp5dt and I got a BFN which
I knew would happen. I don't really feel down about it because I know its way
early. So I will test again Sunday, Monday, and Tuesday and hope out of those
days there will be a positive!
04.02.2011
So I tested again today at 7:30am, 11:45am ish would be 5dp5dtr so not quite yet
and I got the faintest positive! So I will continue to poas until Tuesday and
have official beta Wednesday. I sure hope everything goes fine this time around
I just spent 5 minutes crying and the hubby is still sleeping. I'm so nervous!
Should I move up beta date...?
04.03.2011
So I peed on the ever so mighty frer at
around 9:10am and got a darker line! 3 days till beta!
04.06.2011
Official Beta Day! All preggo tests are positive now I'm
hoping for a nice high strong number...thinking it may be twins
Continuation...
So I got the call and my number is 210...pretty good. I got back Friday for a
repeat beta. I think I want one Monday and Wednesday also. I want to be on top
of things this time because of what happened last time.
04.08.2011
2nd beta came back at 513 yay! She said
it more then doubled . She said no more need to check blood. So my first
ultrasound is scheduled for April 25 I will be 6 weeks 5 days so I better see
some babies and heartbeats then! So far away though...
HPT Negative to Positive
3dp5dt: negative
4.5dp5dt: extremely faint positive
5dp5dt: faint
positive
7dp5dt: darker faint positive
8dp5dt: very dark
positive
9dp5dt: Beta #1 210
11dp5dtr: Beta #2 513
04.09.2011
I started PIO (Progesterone In Oil) shots today. After switching from the suppositories and crinone.
04.14.2011
I am FREAKING OUT. I woke up at 8am and
peed had extremely light pink spotting. Half hour later it was dark red and I
had cramping now it seems to be stopping but its still sitting in my mind. Last
time there was tons of blood and clots...I didn't miscarry then but 5 days after
that the baby stopped growing.
04.17.2011
The repeat beta was actually Friday but I decided not to go since the blood
didn't get any worse. So I'm holding out until the 25th for the first
ultrasound...so happy its pretty much a week away now not over 3 weeks when I
started counting down. I think I may ask for bloodwork then since I have no clue
what my P4 levels are.
04.18.2011
So I think I had my first dose of morning sickness today...woke me up out of a
sound sleep felt really nausous but thankfully the cold made it go away.
04.21.2011
So I haven't checked the board in a few
so I will update you all. I have constant morning sickness all day no vomiting
but when ever I'm hungry its back so I make sure I eat and all is well. I had
another blood episode so I got checked out last night at a womens and infant
trauma place. We did a quick ultrasound the lady didn't have any certifications
so it wasn't as clear as I liked but there were two sacs with two babies and two
flickering hearts. I just turned 6 weeks yesturday so it was a total suprize to
see all this. They said it may have been from implantation so I'm going to go
with it. My first realy ultrasound is still Monday so I will get to see the
twins clearer and I'm hoping all is still well and that I will get my pictures
the 6
week HCG was 40160 and P4 18.3
04.25.2011
I have good news!
There are
officially two babies in there. One is measuring a bit smaller at 6 weeks 3 days
and the heart is at 120, second baby is right on target at 6 weeks 5 days with a
128 heartbeat. Next appt. At 8 weeks 1 day May 5th then I'm off to OB...makes me
nervous. I just hope everything continues to progress nicely! EDD is Dec. 13.
Update...
A few hours after the vaginal ultrasound I got some bleeding :/ still there
now...I'm thinking my cervix got really irritated from it because there was a
lot of pressure during the ultrasound.
05.15.2011
Hey hey! I haven't been around much...I
can't believe I'm pushing it to the 10 week mark already. I had an u/s at 9
weeks and baby A looks like a small baby already it even twiched it was cute!
Baby B is still a couple days behind but both are still hanging on I have
my first trimester scan May 31st can't wait!
05.23.2011
I'm not-so-patiently awaiting the 31st
for the NT scan just to see if my babies okay...I hope they'll let me hear the
heartbeats. I will be 11weeks tomorrow...so crazy to even think about it. Has
any of this ever happen to any of you? If I sneeze or cough too much it makes me
want to vomit...not so pretty lol
05.31.2011
Scan went well. They both were all bouncing around heartbeats were good. Its
crazy to think I'm at 12 weeks right now. I actually told everyone today.
06.03.2011
I just tried my doppler for an hour and think we got one baby at 147-150bpm.
06.16.2011
Started the second trimester on Tuesday...I got
about 4 weeks until I see my babies and find out the sexes. 2 weeks until I have
a cervical length check...just to be on the safe side...hoping I could say "can
I get a peek at the babies while your there"?
07.02.2011
Since having a bleeding and cramping
episode the 18th we saw the Peri the 20th and length looked great. 8 days later
we went to regular OB office for length check and to my suprise my cervix was
down to 1 cm with funneling give or take, after it being 3 1/2 cm 8 days
earlier. So with that came some options. 1. Bedrest & Progesterone 2.
Bedrest & Cerclage (highly unrecommended by Dr. Because there wasn't enoug
evidence proving it would work and with the risks) 3. Induce labor to avoid
having the babies early Of course 3 was totally out of the question and 1 didn't
seem like enough to me. So I chose 1 and 2. I was admitted to the hospital same
day monitored all night and had surgery yesturday. According to the Dr. Surgery
went well and now we wait. I have my follow up Tuesday and am hoping babies
still look good and no complications should arise. In the midst of all this we found
out we have a little boy and girl.
07.12.2011
I had my level II ultrasound. On the positive note babies looked great. The
girl is 7oz and the boy is 8oz (18 weeks today) on a not so positive note my
cervix is down to .9cm now from being 1.2cm at 16 weeks. Cerclage is still in
place there is still terrible funneling so its a wait and see kind of deal now
and I'm scared.
07.21.2011
Had another check up today babies are
good moving all around... but now cervix is down its lower and lower every week
and now baby a's water bag is past the stitch. I don't know what more to
do....I'm in bed all day I shower once a week I'm only out of the house for dr.
appointments. Ugh
08.05.2011
Well I have an update. Wednesday I went
in for surgery for a second cerclage after finding my cervix got down to .3mm
and baby A's bag of water was slipping past the first stitch. So its 5 days
until my follow up and I hope I get some good news this time. Its crazy. Before the surgery when I
saw him Tuesday he didn't want to do another surgery and was like well I'm not
going to do anymore ultrasounds since you have pretty much no cervix and to wait
and see so I was like I think we need to do the surgery or I could pretty much
lose the babies at any time. So I'm sure I will have more of an idea when I see
the doctor Wednesday.
08.11.2011
At the appointment today they found a
small pocket of fluid and his bladder was full so he is getting some fluid. They
still have reason to believe his water has broken and was pushing to remove my
cerclage but I decided I wanted to keep it atleast another week. So the risk of
infection is high and I was admitted to the hospital and will probably be here
the remainder of the pregnancy. The plus part of this is my room is private its
nice and my husband can stay.
Now this is where my blog started going into more detail. I kind of put this together to remind myself of everything that's happened a long the way. With everything there are things I have forgotten I realized after going through all these posts.
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