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I had good luck with the early-pregnancy-tests.com brand last time around (I get them from Amazon when I buy pre-seed)- I got a positive at 12dpo. They are also handy for keepsakes - it's much easier to cut the icky absorbent strip off of the end. If anybody is considering buying the OV Watch don't get it - it's a very expensive waste of money.
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If you're four days late, those EPT.com tests should work fine. I would test and see what happens!
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Jun 18, 2009 23:28
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SKeefe posted:I don't know, I'm just worried again. Of course she will be going to the doctor some time soon and we'll probably get these answers from the doctor. I would recommend that your wife ask her doctor about progesterone. Progesterone pills are commonly prescribed to women with fertility problems or recurrent miscarriages to help the baby really stick, as it is sometimes low progesterone that causes miscarriage. She may also want to ask her doctor about taking baby aspirin, as maternal blood clotting disorders are also a common culprit behind recurrent miscarriage. As far as waiting 3 months, I was told to wait a minimum of 2 months after my son was stillborn before trying again, or we had a serious risk of miscarriage. But that was a stillbirth. After my sister-in-law miscarried in November, however, she was told that the 3 month recommended wait was for purely psychological reasons. She and her husband declined to wait that long, got pregnant 3 weeks after the miscarriage, before her first period, and is now 30 weeks pregnant and doing great. Many of the girls in my pregnancy loss support group have similar stories. I really wish you the best of luck!
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Jun 26, 2009 01:56
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SKeefe posted:Well, they took her blood again on Friday and she got the results back yesterday, and the HCG was at 97 (if it doubled like it should it should be around 110), so that is close enough for them to consider it normal. WOOHOO! I really have my fingers crossed for you guys! And good news Pixi! Azulita fucked around with this message at 23:19 on Jul 1, 2009 |
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Jul 1, 2009 23:07
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I am definitely glad to hear that things are going well!
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TinuvielDancing posted:On the what is it like WANT BABIES NOW! discussion--when my niece was born and I held her for the first time I literally burst into tears and was all "when am I going to have time for this in my life?" I'd always wanted kids..someday. That day I realized I wanted them as soon as possible. My sister had serious baby fever right after she got married, but she was 23 and headed to grad school. Now she has her degree and is starting her career and it's her husband who has the baby fever. But they compromised and got a puppy. Good luck next month!
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Jul 8, 2009 00:47
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Yeah, FF thinks I ovulated on CD, and I've got a charting expert (13 years charting as her sole method of birth control and not a single unplanned pregnancy) and she thinks it may actually have been CD19. We'll see who's more accurate soon enough.
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Jul 9, 2009 04:17
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I am thirding/fourthing the recommendation not to get expensive ovulation monitors. I bought the OV Watch. It cost a lot. Every month, it told me I ovulated, and it seemed to work great. Until my gyn/RE did an ultrasound and discovered that I was annovulatory. So I wasted a lot of money and 3 months of effort (not that it wasn't fun of course). I spent $10 on a BBT thermometer, and I love it! Because even if a cycle fails and I don't get pregnant, I have useful data for my doctor to analyze. I haven't tried OPKs (yet) but most of my pregnant friends have used them.
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Jul 16, 2009 03:34
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According to my RE, sex every other day should be the minimum, but sex everyday is good too. He is always saying that you shouldn't forget to have fun while trying.
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Jul 17, 2009 04:38
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I was prescribed prenate DHA and in addition to it being loving expensive it was murder on my stomach. So I switched to an OTC brand. Make sure your prenatal has DHA in it, or take a DHA supplement. DHA is really important for baby's brain development. It's also helpful to take extra folic acid to prevent neural tube defects, particularly if you are diabetic or pre-diabetic. I take a Rite Aid "easy on the stomach" prenatal and a Nature Made DHA/Folic Acid supplement. I do hear great things about the Trader Joe's brand too though.
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Jul 20, 2009 16:06
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Hey Jen, at Rite-Aid they sell this flavored stuff that is supposed to coat pills and make them go down easier, maybe that would help?
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Jul 21, 2009 01:13
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My RE says it does not matter how faint the second line is, if you see it, you're pregnant. Congrats!
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Jul 22, 2009 19:06
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Fire - I kind of guessed that they'd insist on an OB for you, but I am really really glad that you found a low intervention practice! So this is my last cycle using fertility drugs alone, if this cycle is a bust, we are moving on to IUI with injectibles. We have insurance approval and a plan in place and everything. A friend recommended TCOYF, but I'm already half way through this cycle and doing IUI next cycle - do you guys think it's still worth reading?
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Jul 27, 2009 21:44
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My cycle was normal on the first month after stopping the pill, everything worked like clockwork. And my fertility doctor is putting me on the pill between each IUI cycle (if we need more than one) because it enhances fertility for the first month after taking it. So he seems to think things get back to normal quickly.
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Jul 28, 2009 04:42
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From my understanding, it is usually the iron in prenatals that makes moms-to-be sick. I have "easy on the stomach" prenatals, and they have folic acid, but reduced iron. I bought the sensitive stomach prenatals from CVS for about $10, maybe you could give those a try.
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Jul 28, 2009 15:55
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I take the same folic acid/DHA supplement as Lannie with the same good results. It really is the most important of the prenatal vitamins. Everything else the baby can steal from you until the second trimester and you can take a prenatal without getting sick. Lannie is also right about the B6.
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Jul 28, 2009 17:34
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vqw posted:Why did my ex-girlfriend get high blood pressure after she gave birth? It doesn't make sense. She's a runner and eats very healthy. I feel bad that she has to take meds to keep her blood pressure down. That's post-partum high blood pressure. They don't know for sure what causes it. Sometimes it goes away, sometimes it doesn't. A friend of mine had it and had to be rehospitalized a few days after having her son. Luckily it went away with treatment.
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Aug 7, 2009 15:00
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My sister in law also got pregnant before her first period after a miscarriage. I should be getting a niece in about 3 weeks!
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Aug 7, 2009 20:49
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I have managed to keep my breakouts under control with Tea Tree Oil, which is effective and pregnancy safe.
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Aug 8, 2009 21:09
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Yeah, that's all pretty normal I think. I had pretty severe nausea and vomiting of pregnancy (NVP) my first pregnancy. My gag reflex got worse, swallowing those giant prenatals could be trouble. With the headache, the throwing up could be NVP triggered by her headache or just due to the headache. Some people throw up from severe headaches even when not pregnant. She should probably mention the headaches at her doctor's visit tomorrow, they like to keep track of symptoms like that, and they may have some useful suggestions. I would agree with your guess that the NVP caused by pregnancy things is psychological. Severe NVP can cause you to develop all kinds of weird nausea triggers. I couldn't watch those baby shows on TLC without getting nauseous. That's also true for Jon and Kate plus 8, but that may have been caused by Kate Gosselin being such a harpy. NVP usually subsides by the 12 week mark, tell your wife to hang in there, she'll be through it soon. And you should consider renting a Doppler for the rest of the pregnancy - they are safe to use at home several times a week, when I was feeling sick it sometimes helped to hear my son's heartbeat.
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Aug 10, 2009 22:59
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Aug 13, 2009 21:29
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Crap, I'm out this month. That means IUI with injectibles this month, which would be fine if it didn't also mean canceling my vacation plans!
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Aug 14, 2009 18:38
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Menopur and Bravelle starting CD2, Ganirelix starting CD6, and Novarel as a trigger shot around CD10. A lot of people do IUI without any meds, but my doctor has had a lot of success with this combination. In fact, IUI with these meds are the reason I have younger brothers! That's actually an added bonus - even though my mom had fertility issues for different reasons (advanced maternal age) it is definitely a plus that another woman in my family responded to this regimen!
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1. We always knew we wanted kids, so we started planning shortly after getting married. We'd been dating 8 years at that point, our jobs were stable, and we were a few years from being 30, so it seemed like it was time to start planning. 2. I have awesome family and awesome in-laws, so we told them. I also told some friends. I was already getting sick of the "When are you going to have some kids!" question, so we just started saying "soon" or "next year" instead of "stop asking already!" 3. Yes, that is very natural. I have siblings that are 13 years younger than me, so I have vivid memories of my parent's sleepless nights and toddler tantrums. As a result, I was very excited and at the same time very anxious. 4. We decided to start trying about one year from when we made the decision to start trying at some point in the future. It was VERY hard to wait. We decided to wait until after a BIG family trip for my parents anniversary ( no way in hell I was going to be pregnant for an all expenses paid luxury vacation in Vegas!) But even still, it was hard to wait when something in my brain was going BABY BABY BABY MUST HAVE BABY. But I'm glad we waited.
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Chickalicious posted:OMG!!! For those of you on Facebook, I'm going to be keeping this on the low for a while. I just took these this morning! WOOHOO!!! Maybe I'll get pregnant this month too! (We do the insemination procedures next week.)
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Aug 19, 2009 17:48
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Woohoo, go Fire! I'm so excited for you! If you have any questions about diabetes in pregnancy, drop me a PM!
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Aug 22, 2009 23:06
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Coming off the pill can actually be really good for your fertility. I am doing IUI with injectible fertility drugs, and sometimes it takes a few cycles to get pregnant. It's better not to do them back to back, and my fertility specialist actually puts his patients on the pill between IUI cycles because it apparently makes you pretty fertile your first cycle off of it. I'm not really sure why it works this way, but it is a fairly common practice in infertility treatment.
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Aug 23, 2009 15:16
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You know Google, I am seeing my fertility doctor this afternoon, and he's awesome about answering random questions I have that are unrelated to my own needs. I will definitely ask him and see what he says.
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Aug 24, 2009 15:59
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So I asked my fertility doc about infertility meds and breastfeeding. He's never been asked that before, because his patients have so far all weaned their first before trying for a second. He said he'd do some research before officially signing off on it, but he didn't think it would be a problem, at least not the injectible meds he uses most frequently.
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Aug 24, 2009 22:21
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Yeah, I was looking over my chart from when I got pregnant with my son the other day, and I didn't get a positive until 14 days post ovulation, so don't count yourself out yet!
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Aug 27, 2009 15:58
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Sep 14, 2009 23:32
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I developed a severe kind of headache called an epidural headache after I had an epidural while delivering my son. They gave me IV caffeine and Fiorcet and that poo poo was MAGIC. It fixed my headache right away. I didn't realize it was pregnancy safe and I'm not sure if it is designed for migraines, but it's probably worth a try because it really works.
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qentiox posted:Yay, Tinuviel! Woohoo, I am so excited for you!!!!
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I'm so sorry Chickalicious. Hugs! Lannie, you may be right, my SIL got pregnant 3 weeks after her miscarriage.
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Prometrium is actually prescribed to some women to help support pregnancies (I've taken it in the past for that myself) so in theory it should help not hurt the baby if you are pregnant, however I'm not sure if the dosage would be different and while some might help a pregnancy, too much might not, so you might want to call your doctor and ask.
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Hooray Longpig and slowfoot!!! My first period after my D&C was pretty light, but it was back to normal after that.
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DudeRandom posted:Anyone have experience with a balanced translocation? If so, what decisions did you make/how did you handle it? I don't have a balanced translocation, but I know a few girls who do/whose husbands do. In addition, my sister is a genetic counselor so I'm familiar with it through her. I would recommend that you sit down with a genetic counselor to talk about your options. There is a procedure called Pre-Implantation Genetic Diagnosis, I'm not 100% sure if it could help with a balanced translocation but it's worth investigating. As for wanting kids, I always knew that I wanted kids, but I did not get baby fever until I got married, which was 8 years after my husband and I got married. I guess I suddenly noticed my biological clock. We started trying for kids about a year after we got married. My sister got a pretty severe case of baby fever when she got married, which was funny because she was anti-marriage, anti-kids for a long time. Her baby fever subsided the minute she entered grad school, and it hasn't come back yet, though she is living vicariously through me a bit. (I guess I should mention that I'm 15 weeks pregnant.)
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Papaya posted:I'm so concerned about this, with my family history of troublesome pregnancy/trying. If you know in advance you might have fertility problems, or get diagnosed with them early, it doesn't always take a long time to get pregnant. With my son, I was on mild fertility drugs after only 3 months of trying because we figured out there was a problem really quickly, and it only took 1 month of the meds to get pregnant. This time around, after three months of the mild fertility drugs not working we moved to ovulation induction and IUI. I got pregnant with this baby on the first IUI. With a family history, you might be able to get seen by an RE from the beginning.
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Grayscale Rainbow posted:I got my period yesterday. This indicates I'm not pregnant (also took a test to be extra sure) and my luteal phase is too short. Way to short. It was 7 days. Does anyone have any experience with having a short luteal phase? I read up on it and it doesn't seem to be a big issue for most people since there are a lot of treatments for it, but I'm still bummed. I was so hoping that since I'm healthy and my husband's healthy that we wouldn't have too much trouble trying to conceive. I'm relieved I'm charting though, since otherwise I would have no idea there was a problem. I'm just frustrated. I don't have a luteal phase defect but I did have fertility issues so I was on fertility support boards, and a lot of women had luteal phase defects. It's one of the easier fertility issues to fix, IIRC it's treated with oral progesterone. Congrats dishonesty, you are pregnant! Like Fire said, HPT's give false negatives but not false positives.
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