Hey everyone. Thank you for all the comments to my last entry. Also, thanks to kcmarie122 for the shout out! Sorry for the silence this week. We got home Sunday night at 11pm and then my SIL showed up at 1am with her 3 year old son. We didn't know she was coming until Saturday, so we had to get the guest room ready when we got home Sunday night. They didn't leave until today so I've been a little busy... I've also been really tired this week. I actually had to take a short nap in my car in the middle of the day 2 times this week because I couldn't keep my eyes open (literally) any longer.
As for a health update, the spotting did turn red, but it finally stopped on Monday. I think it was due to a yeast infection. I did a Mon.istat 3 day treatment last weekend which seemed to help with the symptoms (except the spotting) immediately. Unfortunately, on the 4th day the symptoms all came back again. I am taking aci.dopholus and eating yogurt. I have my 10 week apt next Friday so I will ask the doc about it then. I am hesitant to use Mon.istat again so soon. I don't want to expose baby to too many drugs.... I am very happy to be pg, and to have gotten this far, but I kind of wish I had been able to complete my cand.ida cleanse before getting pg. I am worried that I am going to be fighting this yeast infection for at least a year (assuming I am able to breast feed). I'm not complaining though! If that's my trade off, I will take it! I will just be itchy for a year in the mean time...
In other news, according to some websites my baby is now a fetus (9 weeks). Some other websites don't name my baby a fetus for another week. I think I will consider myself graduated to the fetus mommy stage. It feels better to have another milestone under my belt. This week I started to feel more confident in this pg. I think getting past the 8w mark was important for me. I know it's still not a sure thing. I am still looking forward to the 2nd trimester. However, I do feel much calmer, especially since the spotting stopped.
Well, that's my update for now. I hope everyone is doing well.
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- My name is Fat Girl and I am obese. I have recently come to realize this and have decided to do something about it. This blog will chronicle my experiences as I journey toward a skinny version of me.
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I wish people wouldn't assume that if you want to have a baby all you have to do is have sex a few times (at most) and it will happen. I wish people didn't feel like they are entitled to ask me if I am planning on having children (a very personal question, in my opinion) at the first introduction. I wish people could respond with something other than "you can always adopt" upon learning that I struggle with infertility. It would be nice if they could also refrain from telling me stories about people who struggled for 5, 6, 7...12 years before they finally had a baby. Sometimes our bodies don't do what we want them to do. Thinking that I will probably have to struggle with this for another 10+ years does not help me feel better.
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- 9/30/08 Son is born healthy after 36 hours of labor!! =)
- 6/6/08 22weeks and all looks good!
- 1/28/08 BFP--cautiously optimistic
- 1/4/08 Early M/C at 4w3d
- 9/16/07 Miscarriage
- 9/11/07 BFP!!
- Aug 07 Positive OPK! then (of course) BFN
- July 07 boogie marathons with OPKs for the next few months - cycles FINALLY seem stable
- July 07 DH diagnosed with varicocele, but has "normal" sperm (surprise!) - what a difference a lab and doctor make! No surgery necessary: BFN
- June 07 2nd and 3rd SA tests for DH at an endrology lab: BFN
- May 07 Apt with 3rd urologist (specialist)... more tests: BFN
- May 07 Apt with 2nd urologist, referred to specialist
- April 07 Start Accupuncture for endo (go for 12 visits) - seemed to help with pain control, hopefully got rid of endo too: BFN
- Mar 07 Apt with crap urologist... NOT returning - recommended surgery without confirming diagnosis!
- Mar 07 DH's 1st SA at a non-specialty lab - very low motility
- Mar 07 Tired of BFNs: Laparoscopy, Hysteroscopy, and Chromotubation - Diagnosis: Stage 4 endo on right side around ureter (too dangerous to operate without specialist)... did remove endo from uterus. Good news: tubes clear and no cysts on ovaries (although ovaries still enlarged)
- Nov 06 Dianosed with PCOS - start taking Metformin: still all cycles = BFN
- June 06 Move across the country: have only seen BFNs
- Mar 06 Started actively TTC: BFN
- Dec 05 Married my Soul Mate!
- Oct 05 Diagnosed with low progesterone levels - started on Progesterone during LP to help short LP and break through bleeding in middle of cycle
- Sept 05 Series of blood tests in attempt to diagnose crazy cycles
- Spring 04 Start charting cycles (trying to diagnose why so crazy: some long, some short, heavy bleeding, some annovulatory cycles)
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- 2WW = Two Week Wait, the weeks after ovulation and before menses
- AF = Aunt Flo (menses)
- B/W = Bloodwork
- BBT = Basal Body Temperature
- BD = Baby Dance
- Beta = Blood pregnancy test to check the amount of HCG (pregnancy hormone)
- BFN = Big Fat Negative (pregnancy test)
- BFP = Big Fat Positive (pregnancy test)
- CD# = Cycle Day #
- CM = Cervical Mucus
- DPO = Days Past Ovulation
- Endo = Endometriosis
- FMU = First Morning Urine
- HCG = Hormone level that increases when pregnant
- HPT = Home Pregnancy Test
- IF = Infertility
- IUI = Intrauterine Insemination
- M/C = Miscarriage
- M/S = Morning Sickness
- OPK = Ovulation Predictor Kit
- PCOS = Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome
- PG/Preggers = Pregnant
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7 comments:
Oh good, I'm glad you are still doing ok (minus the yeast infection...ugh). I'm so glad everything with the baby is fine and YAY for reaching another milestone!
And I can see how that would bring some relief even though you will be even more relieved to get to the 2nd tri.
I will be wishing and hoping and of course praying that the next milestone comes quickly for you!
YUCK, yeast infections! that stinks.
Good Luck at your next appointment and Happy milestone week
Yeah for baby fetus!! This is fantastic! Hope the infection goes away. There is nothing worse than a yeast infection!!!
I'm so glad things are okay (I got worried when you didn't update). I'm praying for you!
Oh, I'm so glad you're OK! I kept checking this week and hoping you were just busy. I'm glad to hear that that was true!
I had yeast infections in both my pregnancies. The docs can throw something stronger at it in the second trimester when it is apparently safer to take medications.
Glad to hear things are going well again.
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