Short Update: I'm still exhausted from work and lack of sleep. OB apt yesterday went well. Without a doubt I am definitely in the 2nd trimester! No sono, but hb=156, which is still strong. Refused the pap smear (I've never had one come back abnormal, I'm not sleeping around, and I didn't feel like getting my cervix scraped!) and the nurse humored me. Worked my 3rd Saturday in a row (normally my day off), only 3 more to go before I get a break! Hubby's job is still going well (which is good since he's only worked 2 days!).
Hung out with some friends yesterday and they hooked me up with some maternity clothes. A BIG thank you to them! My stomach is definitely starting to expand and I can't zip up some of my pants anymore. It's nice to have some clothing options again. I highly recommend the belly band! You still get to wear your favorite "skinny" clothes and it provides a little support for your heavy tummy.
OK. I think that is enough incomplete sentences for 1 post... I'll try to write a better post after I am able to catch some ZZZZs.
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- Fat Girl
- 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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Fertility History (Or, Our Life at the Doctor's Office)
- 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
- RE = Reproductive Endocrinologist
- SA = Semen Analysis
- TTC = Trying to Conceive
- U/S = Ultrasound
- WTO = Waiting To Ovulate
- WTT = Waiting To Test
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5 comments:
glad the appointment went well- now get some sleep
YAY for 14 weeks and a great appointment! :)
I'm glad that you got good news back from the cardiologist, and that you had a great appointment with the OB as well!!
On to maternity clothes... this is great! Glad everything went well at the appointment.
Congrats on reaching the second trimester! Doesn't it feel GREAT!?
(thanks for stopping by my blog!)
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