April G/L chatty preggo/parents thread

[A Squared]

Robin, and I'm glad you decided to visit over here. Tell us more about the process you went through to get pregnant and how long it took.

Laura, I hope we can avoid that ridiculous woman. She sounds like an idiot.

I just found out that California Cryobank limits the number of families to about 10 when you use an open donor (as was our donor). There are a total of 6 families (including us) so far and apparently, the donor didn't donate for too long, so there should be a relatively small number of other families with kids by him. I am breathing a sigh of relief. The thought of 30 (or more?) other kids was a bit overwhelming. So far the other women who got pregnant by him are great and I've learned that our kids share a sensitive temperament. I've also learned a little bit of health info that might be useful to know. I'm really glad to be in contact with them.

Lachlan and Áine both learned how to kick a toy to get it to make a noise. It was SO CUTE to see them making the connection between their foot kicking the toy and the noise it made. I think that's what I love about parenthood the most so far--that, and the smiles.

[Care75]

A- I think it's great you are forging a good relationship with the twins bio siblings. Part of me really wishes that we could find out more.

We turned Jackson's bouncer on the kick option the other day and he freaked out!! He obviously didn't understand the relationship because he'd start kicking because he was upset and that pi$$ed him of more! I can't wait for them to make more connections. They are starting to play the faces game with me and imitate my faces. It is too cute. Jackson can also hold his head up for quite a while on his own. Harper not so much! She still has the jello neck!

I forgot to mention their weights the other day. Jackson was 8 lbs. 12 oz. and Harper was 8 lbs. 13 oz. We also made it 6 hours between feedings in the middle of the night two nights in a row! I actually had to throw away the breast milk we had sitting out for them because it had been too long!! Harper also made it for two 2 hour stretches in the crib with Jackson last night. I'm thinking of trying putting her in the carseat in the other crib. My friend with twins said it helped hers to feel secure and ultimately sleep through the night. Harper will nap well in the Boppy, but I definitely don't want her sleeping in it overnight when I'm not supervising. I think she likes the feeling of being close and secure like in the womb.

[WannaBMom74]

welcome Robin !

Care- congrats on making it 6 hours inbetween feedings Katie used to like to sleep in her carseat to and she likes to take naps on her boppy

Katie is actually doing good she usually will have a bottle at 9:30 -10:00 pm and then we put her in her crib and she sleeps till about 5:30- 6 am we have a little routine we put her in her crib give her a paci and turn on her little light and sound show that shows lights on the ceiling and plays nature sounds and she goes right to sleep I don't want to jinx it by saying it but she is really good about bed time . she is smiling and even does this real little short giggle thing once in awhile. also she used to hate tummy time I called it torture time but finally yesterday she was doing really well with it and we even got a smile out of her. she is so amazing to watch learn new things. she also finally is starting to pay attention to her toys swatting at them and she will hold them if i put it in her hand.

[ibcheryl]

Hi,
I do not know if you all remember me. I have been here on and off with multiple miscarriages and so many TTC attempts including I think 18 IUIs and IVF. We did embryo donor on 3/21 and are pregnant with triplets. We are shocked, needless to say......

[robin7361]

hi cheryl--i remember you from the ttc board. congrats on your trips!

alita (and all): my process to get here was fairly easy and we consider ourselves SO lucky. my wife and i (married in massachusetts in may, but living in PA) have known we wanted kids for a while and our plan was to start trying in may '08. we found ourselves ready a little sooner, though, so we went in search of an RE in december.

we found one who was recommended and he was TERRIBLE. he wanted to treat us as infertile even though there is no reason to have believed i was. i have never been pg, but have also never tried. i have regular periods, etc. he also told me to lose 40lbs and come back and see him in three months and then MAYBE he would inseminate me then. (bear in mind that i have just lost 120lbs in a year and a half.)

needless to say, we didn't see him again and found another, much more reasonable doctor. we love the practice, the staff, and everyone there. this doc wanted to do an hsg so we didn't waste money on specimens if there was a simple issue, so after i had my gallbladder out in january (unrelated to ttc) we did the hsg (clear.) we did our first insem in february. we timed it with an opk and blood/ultrasound. bfn.

we did our second iui in march, this time with an hcg trigger and got a bfp on 13dpiui! so far, so good (knock wood.) as i mentioned, i had a blood scare a few days ago, but it was short-lived and we saw the heartbeat the next day. i continue to have what feels like light mentrual cramps and occasional pulling/tugging cramps, which i hope are normal. i have the complete and utter exhaustion typical of early pregnancy, but no nausea so far.

so, that's our story. oh--also, just fyi, we used anonymous donor sperm (from cryobiology inc.) with previous reported pregnancies for our second try. our first donor did not have reported pregnancies. who knows. we only used one vial the second time (because they said the motility was high enough.)

[bamamoms]

Robin I too had a bleeding scare. I went in for an ultrasound and that is when they found baby b. They said it was late implantation coupled with a small polyp on my cervix. They burned the polyp and I had no spotting after that a,d delivered 2 healthy boys.

Care we were extremely lucky getting pregnant. It took my five years to get pregnant with my dd. We did 8 cycles with my dp's brother as donor. Oddly, I had a dream the week after we insemed and told dp. I shouldn't be surprised my sister has a set of spontaneous twin boys also. Needless to say god blessed us!

[LauraH]

Cheryl - TRIPS! Holy Moses! congratulations!

Robin - are you sure there was only one heartbeat? I ask because evey person I have seen post about bleeding in early pregnancy went in to find out she was having twins!! Also wanted to tell you that my DP was exhausted in early pregnancy (and a few other times along the way) but she never had the nausea. You could luck out too


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[A Squared]

Cheryl, Welcome back! I always wondered what happened to you since you seemed to just disappear. Congrats on the triplets! And HOLY COW! That must be exciting and intimidating! There are lots of us with twins around here so at least you can get some multiples advice.

Robyn, It's great to hear about someone who had an easy time conceiving. We don't hear those stories enough around here. I'm glad your second donor worked. Maybe it was his super sperm. I hope you stop bleeding b/c it must be scary to see blood.

We had family portraits taken yesterday. My DP had a photographer friend come by and take some pictures using a large format camera (negatives that are 4x5 inches) from the 1940's. I hope the pictures come out ok. It took about 5 minutes per picture just because it took so long to load the film and such. We then went to a friend's for dinner. It was the first time we brought the twins over and the first time we've been there since late December. It was nice to get out again and to feel like a moderately normal person.