https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Thu, 23 Apr 2026 16:30:15 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-thread-check-in-828/page/3#post-1847627 Wed, 03 Sep 2014 15:16:57 +0000 PurplePumps 1847627@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@FliegepilzHut: @Shutterbug: @Leialou: @Sunshine1810: Thanks for the reassurance ladies! I'm pretty excited now to see how this turns out and the thought of seeing little a little blast. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-thread-check-in-828/page/3#post-1847382 Wed, 03 Sep 2014 13:21:46 +0000 Sunshine1810 1847382@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@PurplePumps: That sounds great! I had 10 that were measurable at my last ultrasound before trigger, and then ended up getting 16 eggs at ER. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-thread-check-in-828/page/3#post-1847237 Wed, 03 Sep 2014 12:30:00 +0000 Mrs. Pickle 1847237@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@PurplePumps: that sounds similar to my experience. I had several that were measurable and then several that were smaller. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-thread-check-in-828/page/2#post-1847226 Wed, 03 Sep 2014 12:27:36 +0000 Shutterbug 1847226@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@PurplePumps: that sounds about right. My clinic didn't measure them until they hit 12mm, so they listed the little ones in ranges (i.e. - 5-10 &lt; 12mm, or 10+ &lt; 12mm). Sounds like a good response so far, good luck! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-thread-check-in-828/page/2#post-1847216 Wed, 03 Sep 2014 12:24:45 +0000 FliegepilzHut 1847216@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@PurplePumps: That's wonderful! You'll recruit lots more by the time of your ER! :heart: </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-thread-check-in-828/page/2#post-1847195 Wed, 03 Sep 2014 12:16:13 +0000 PurplePumps 1847195@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My chart is a little ambiguous right now, they put down the measurements for 9 follicles total (8-10mm each), but then said there's 8-9 on each side under 10mm. Sounds like there could be 16-18 and maybe they didn't measure out all of them? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-thread-check-in-828/page/2#post-1847186 Wed, 03 Sep 2014 12:14:28 +0000 PurplePumps 1847186@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@bluestriped bee: I'm sorry that it's so hard right now. I agree that distractions and just keeping busy can definitely help. (I just overload on house renovations pretty much every spare moment I have) Definitely do what you need to feel as good as you can in this situation. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-thread-check-in-828/page/2#post-1847040 Wed, 03 Sep 2014 11:24:54 +0000 TheSwissWifeStyle 1847040@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@bluestriped bee: i hear you. Do you what you need to do! I definitely get those times when I'm feeling more sensitive. It's totally ok. :heart: </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-thread-check-in-828/page/2#post-1847030 Wed, 03 Sep 2014 11:23:21 +0000 FliegepilzHut 1847030@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@TheSwissWifeStyle: Indeed, dang hormones! Thinking of you! :heart: </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-thread-check-in-828/page/2#post-1847026 Wed, 03 Sep 2014 11:21:47 +0000 FliegepilzHut 1847026@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@bluestriped bee: That's completely understandable. :heart: If you take a break, please come back, so we can cheer you on, through your IVF journey! :heart: :goodluck: :heart: </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-thread-check-in-828/page/2#post-1847021 Wed, 03 Sep 2014 11:20:23 +0000 TheSwissWifeStyle 1847021@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Leialou: I feel like this sometimes too ::hides:: I get jealous sometimes of people who know what the problem is, and people who have gotten farther along in treatment than us in less time. </p> <p>But then I'm sure there are some who are jealous of me because I have seen a BFP. So maybe it's all relative?</p> <p>I think it's ok to be jealous of each other. At least we know that we are not naive about the process, you know? Not for example, like a gal who'd post on FB that's she's pg. at 6 weeks! (True story.) </p> <p>And I think possibly, that it'll help us to become better mommies when the times comes. Ugh, ok now I'm getting all teary! Dang (dr. prescribed) hormones! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-thread-check-in-828/page/2#post-1847005 Wed, 03 Sep 2014 11:13:52 +0000 BSB 1847005@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs. Jacks: Thanks. :heart: </p> <p>@FliegepilzHut: I do think we do want biological children for now and I think that's why we kept with the IUIs and now IVF. I think it's our impatience that's make us think other routes. </p> <p>@PurplePumps: I'm thinking maybe I need to have a break from FB and even HB. Maybe I'm in a sensitive period right now and every little thing is bothering me. Maybe catch up on some reading or get into my knitting again. Something to keep me off social media. </p> <p> @Leialou: I know. I feel guilty, too, when I have those thoughts. :heart: :heart: </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-thread-check-in-828/page/2#post-1846984 Wed, 03 Sep 2014 11:08:45 +0000 Mrs. Jacks 1846984@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Leialou: I'll look for it. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-thread-check-in-828/page/2#post-1846978 Wed, 03 Sep 2014 11:06:37 +0000 Mrs. Pickle 1846978@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs. Jacks: I'm going to PM you when I get home from work. I've got a question for you. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-thread-check-in-828/page/2#post-1846975 Wed, 03 Sep 2014 11:05:51 +0000 Mrs. Pickle 1846975@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@bluestriped bee: I'll admit to being jealous of other IFers too. I feel like I'm one of the members who has been trying the longest without having a child through some method. Then I get mad at myself for being jealous because everyone deserves to take home a child and IF hurts no matter how long you struggle. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-thread-check-in-828/page/2#post-1846921 Wed, 03 Sep 2014 10:51:11 +0000 FliegepilzHut 1846921@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@PurplePumps: Thanks! I kind of had to hold it together, but it wasn't easy...</p> <p>I hope you "win" and have a sweet baby to take home very soon! :heart: </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-thread-check-in-828/page/2#post-1846901 Wed, 03 Sep 2014 10:46:26 +0000 PurplePumps 1846901@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@FliegepilzHut: Wow, I commend you for being able to keep your cool. I'm sure I would have exploded and lost it on someone if they said that to me. </p> <p>@bluestriped bee: I've had to hide a LOT of people from my feed cause I was tired of seeing announcements, pregnancy updates, and then newborn pictures... all the while we're still trying. Geez, 7 years, I wish I had 7 years to wait and relax with. But really, after that long her own answer was relax? Sorry, but I'd have had a hard time looking at her with a straight face. Maybe it's a good sign that once there's a baby in your arms you sort of forget all the pain it took to get there. For me, even just last night after my husband gave me the injection, I laid there and though 'what the heck are we doing', 'why are we doing this', 'maybe we should just forget it'. I think doubts and wonder always linger with everything we have to do and go through. It's almost like it's been so long that I've lost the original excitement of a child cause it seems so unreachable now though but I just want to "win" and beat this IF. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-thread-check-in-828/page/2#post-1846880 Wed, 03 Sep 2014 10:39:58 +0000 FliegepilzHut 1846880@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@bluestriped bee: It's totally worth talking about. My DH recently freaked me out be going on a bender talking/thinking about the child-free movement. I have realized that an inordinate amount of my self-worth is wrapped up in becoming a parent... </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-thread-check-in-828/page/2#post-1846879 Wed, 03 Sep 2014 10:38:41 +0000 Mrs. Jacks 1846879@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@bluestriped bee: Try not to doubt your process, hun! You've thought a ton about this and you highly considered adoption at one point. But you are so close now to actually doing your first IVF that it's only natural to have a few jitters. You can always re-evaluate if you need to later. I am very hopeful for you. You WILL get to the finish line, friend! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-thread-check-in-828/page/2#post-1846874 Wed, 03 Sep 2014 10:34:14 +0000 Mrs. Jacks 1846874@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Leialou: I'm going to go read! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-thread-check-in-828/page/2#post-1846870 Wed, 03 Sep 2014 10:33:18 +0000 BSB 1846870@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@FliegepilzHut: DH brought up adoption. He was thinking that there was more of a chance that we could take home a baby instead of with IVF there was a chance of our first IVF cycle could fail. </p> <p>Then there's that that adoption post from Hotchildinthecity and how speedy her adoption process has been.</p> <p>Like I said, I read one thing and my mind goes off on a tangent. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-thread-check-in-828/page/2#post-1846865 Wed, 03 Sep 2014 10:30:54 +0000 FliegepilzHut 1846865@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@bluestriped bee: Yikes! 7 years?!?! I'm happy that they finally got their baby...but they must have started a LOT earlier than we (DH and I) did, to have that kind of time! :meh:</p> <p>ETA: I'm not even sure I could stress about TTC for 7 years, if I tried to... </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-thread-check-in-828/page/2#post-1846859 Wed, 03 Sep 2014 10:28:05 +0000 FliegepilzHut 1846859@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@bluestriped bee: It makes lots of sense to really try and wrap your head around your options. For me, the idea of actually getting pregnant and having a biological child really took hold after my first m/c. Before that, I was pretty sure I wouldn't ever pursue ART. But...things change, your mind changes. If we aren't successful after 2-3 IVF cycles...or if things get too hard...we're back to adoption...but that's going to require some adjustment. Is there anything in particular that's making you question the step to IVF? You don't have to answer that, of course...but sometimes these "breaks" (I'm in one right now) give you a unique opportunity to take a hard look at the goal and the path to get there. And I absolutely hate feeling jealous...but I've had a fair bit of that too, lately. :sad: </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-thread-check-in-828/page/2#post-1846833 Wed, 03 Sep 2014 10:19:13 +0000 BSB 1846833@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Sunshine1810: @FliegepilzHut: Ugh, stress reduction. I have been more than relaxed on countless cycles. I hate when people say to relax. There have been people on illegal drugs and they managed to conceive and give birth. Stress is not the sole (sp?) decider on TTC. Sadly I had a friend who was TTC for 7 years finally get pregnant and gave birth already and I opened up to her and asked her if she went through fertility treatments. She told me she finally got pregnant when she relaxed. It's great that she finally got her miracle but I don't think it was just relaxing that did it. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-thread-check-in-828/page/2#post-1846816 Wed, 03 Sep 2014 10:15:42 +0000 Sunshine1810 1846816@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@bluestriped bee: I went through a lot of emotions right before we started IVF. I started second guessing. I started thinking maybe we should have just gone straight to adoption, etc. I think that's normal. I finally decided that I at least wanted to try IVF, because I wanted to feel like I did "all we could" so to speak. It's not that I don't want to adopt, because I do, but it was important to me to exhaust all my medical options first. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-thread-check-in-828/page/2#post-1846812 Wed, 03 Sep 2014 10:14:25 +0000 BSB 1846812@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@PurplePumps: Woohoo! Good news! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-thread-check-in-828/page/2#post-1846800 Wed, 03 Sep 2014 10:12:53 +0000 BSB 1846800@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@FliegepilzHut: It's so hard. Usually I'm occupied with b/w, u/s. trigger shots, IUIs and a short TWW, but this month of just BCP is really giving me a lot of time to think. Then my sister just made her pregnancy FB official, so that hurt seeing it pop on news feed on Monday. I knew she was further along but I don't think anything I could do could brace myself to see that announcement. I ended up hiding her and a few of my newly pregnant friends. Just so hard right now. </p> <p>I, seriously, don't know how I'm going to do all this waiting. I just want to hide in a bubble until my ER and hide some more when the FET. </p> <p>I'll be honest... What sucks is I've noticed I'm getting jealous of fellow IFers. (I apologize to anyone reading this.) Ones that are now pregnant with #2. Ahh, why so much waiting for me. Why, oh, why couldn't I have gotten pregnant sooner?!? I'm now starting to doubt IVF. Maybe we should try adoption. Yeah, my head is starting to spin and I have a few more weeks of BCP and a trip home in 2 weeks where I get to see my pregnant sister (Ugh!). See why I want to just hide from everything? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-thread-check-in-828/page/2#post-1846797 Wed, 03 Sep 2014 10:12:20 +0000 Sunshine1810 1846797@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@FliegepilzHut: SO nice! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-thread-check-in-828/page/2#post-1846790 Wed, 03 Sep 2014 10:10:40 +0000 FliegepilzHut 1846790@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Sunshine1810: Sadly, no. Wouldn't that have been nice, though? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-thread-check-in-828/page/2#post-1846786 Wed, 03 Sep 2014 10:09:09 +0000 Sunshine1810 1846786@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@FliegepilzHut: It is! A positive attitude is great, but I agree with you. Stress reduction is not going to do it for us unfortunately! </p>