I am still pretty wound up. I have been talking to my mother for hours. This is going to be the most overdressed, overmothered child (children) ever. My mother has already been to the French baby boutique.
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I think we should start a hatrack pool for how many multiples you'll have. My bet is more than 3 , but that's an easy bet. I'd put my money on 4.
Yay for fertility drugs .
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I know you're very stylish. Do you object to home-made baby clothes? I want to make special clothes for your baby (babies) to be photographed in; you know, the traditional white flowing dress or little white outfit lying on a pile of silk or something pictures. But if you prefer other colors or something, let me know, and tell me as soon as you know the gender(s)!!!
I've been so anxious for you to get to have a baby, I need to celebrate, and making things is how I do that. Posts: 21182 | Registered: Sep 2004
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WAHOOOO! That is absolutely fabulous news! I hope I can join this next batch of new hatrack mommies. Please continue to keep us in the loop of the whole journey I love baby stories and yours is so special!
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Woooooohooooo! Congratulations. I hope the pregnancy goes well snd there's not too much morning sickness.
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I am really NOT trying to be a downer. I really do hope you are pregnant, but how do they know you are actually pregnant? Did you have an HCG shot to ovulate? The HCG stays in your blood stream for 10 days. Since that is the hormone they test for pregnancy, if you still have it in your blood stream, the tests will still show you as pregnant when you are not. Trust me I know, this happened to me. A doctor told me I was pregnant because of the HCG still in my blood stream after I went in because of my OHSS.
If you did not have the shot, or if it has been more than 10 days since the shot, ignore all of my above comments, and
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When a doctor tells you you are pregnant, you are sure, until you find out he or she was wrong.
Before I made this post I counted back from due date to conception date using two different methods, and calculated when the trigger shot would have been given (always 36 hours prior to ovulation). I would not even have done this if she had not posted on the same day that she would not find out for a week.
I did not post in haste. I am praying that even if this test was too soon, she is pregnant because I do not want her heart to be broken. I also hope she gets to have more than one, though I would not hope for four or more because of the risks to mother and baby. I also hope and pray sincerely that if she is pregnant, that she does not have OHSS, or that if she does have it, it will be mild. She has not explained to you that OHSS can kill. She has not told you that when you are not pregnant it gets better once you have your period, but if you are pregnant it generally worsens during the first trimester.
Maybe I am negative because most of the bad and none of the good has happened during my fertility journey. At this point I would not tell people if I was pregnant until the baby was developed enough to live outside the womb (being fat, I could hide the pregnancy).
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Well, I hope she is right about her pregnancy, but I don't think you are boing rude or insensitive about this issue. Mistakes can be made, either way. I know someone (or I use to) who had no idea she was pregnant until 6 months...she kept having her period, and only gained a little weight, and she had been sick and lost a lot (like 20 lbs) of weight, so she just tought she was regaining it back at first.
I am sure they have thought of that, but it is good you mentioned it, considering it happened to you.
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School4ever, I know that you're just concerned and I'm not at all offended. I haven't been very clear on how I found out and I didn't elaborate about OHSS.
I went to my doctor on Thursday, 14 days after I got the hCg shot (March 24th). He officially diagnosed me with OHSS (he had told me on the phone the day before that he thought that was what I had) and ordered a number of blood tests, including a pregnancy test. There is a risk of blood clots with OHSS, so he needed to see if I needed to go on blood thinners - I don't. The pregnancy test came back positive and he called me himself to tell me the news.
I actually took an EPT test today, just because I've had so many negative ones that I wanted to see a positive one. It was positive.
We have told a lot of people, but not everyone we know - we've told our parents, my grandmother, our rabbi, 2 women in the shul (1 who has twins from IVF and another whose daughter went through fertility treatments), my best friend, and everyone here. Compared to last time, we're being very restrained. I know it's usually better to wait, but I feel so confident that everything is going to be okay.
Andrew couldn't resist being a jerk when he told his father. He spoke to him for 5 minutes about other stuff and waited until he asked how I am. Then he said, "Pregnant."
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quote:Andrew couldn't resist being a jerk when he told his father. He spoke to him for 5 minutes about other stuff and waited until he asked how I am. Then he said, "Pregnant."
That tickles me.
Another reason to hate daylight savings time: now some of my favorite posters can't post until much later on Saturday.
That figures - it's such a guy thing. Hey, you're both lawyers (well, you're still in law school and Andrew doesn't practice, but still).
BTW, my due date is actually December 16th. I don't know what happened, I guess I was just so overwhelmed that I entered the info wrong. It's definitely the 16th, though.
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I can't wait to know what you're going to get! *begins to plan elaborate little girl dresses and adorable little boy outfits*
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Thanks for responding, you don't know how relieved I am. I am still worried about the OHSS, but I am glad it is not a false positive.
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I had blood test yesterday and as Dr. Slackman put it, I am progressing beautifully. My hCg level was 119 on Thursday and it was 429 yesterday, which is right where it should be. I am having an ultrasound on the 22nd. I can't wait.
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Mrs. M - my due date with Natalie was the 16th of December! And she was born Christmas day!
Oh, I know you don't celebrate Dec. 25th, but it still would be neat if you delivered the same day I delivered Natalie, if we had the same due date!
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Thanks, y'all. That would be pretty cool, Belle.
I had a blood test today - my hCg is at 2200, which is great. I'm so happy it's going up the way that it should.
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Of COURSE it's going up the way that it should! You're really pregnant and you're going to have a lovely roly poly baby! Wooohooo!! I can't wait!!
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, but that's an easy bet. I'd put my money on 4.![[Big Grin]](biggrin.gif)
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But if you prefer other colors or something, let me know, and tell me as soon as you know the gender(s)!!!![[Kiss]](graemlins/kiss.gif)
That is absolutely fabulous news! I hope I can join this next batch of new hatrack mommies. Please continue to keep us in the loop of the whole journey ![[Hat]](graemlins/hat.gif)
Woooooohooooo! Congratulations. I hope the pregnancy goes well snd there's not too much morning sickness.
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