It seems that I've already written this before, so if I have, please excuse the repeat. But I'm in pain. And when I'm in pain, I like to complain.
My back hurts. I went to doctor today and he wouldn't touch it because it was way to much in spasm still, 3 days later. Awesome.
My shoulder is hurting now because it's compensating for my sore back. Yay.
And in baby news, ultrasound #17 showed this baby is going to be trouble. He's no longer head down but transverse. His head is over my left hip, his butt over my right. His knees are bent in the middle of my belly where as he stretches and kicks, I get it in the top of my belly. So he's definitely uncomfortable.
Hrm. What else?
I have to cook dinner for the family right now and I'm just so not in the mood. Actually, I should have already started because I like to eat between 6-6:30p, but here I sit.
Now dinner is done and we've all eaten. What a ghetto dinner I made. I didn't take anything out of the freezer this morning so we had to make due. We had salad, bagel bites, french fries and pears. Screw it though, we all are full and that's all that really matters.
My husband is watching snowboarding on fuel tv and it's bumming me out I can snowboard this winter! Grrrr. I'll go in first trimester but once the baby is out of the protectiveness that is my pelvis, I just can't chance it. I've been snowboarding for 19 years, but I missed a few seasons. One whole season was destroyed when I broke my leg in half on the first day of the season (took a gap jump and didn't quite make it to the other side, slammed into top of jump, snowboard stopped, my body kept going. Something had to give and it was my tib/fib.) Another whole season was out when I was pregnant with Ella. Last season was out due to my broken foot from roller derby. And now this season, but I'll most definitely get out after Karl is born. I want to go now though! Yeah, yeah - boohoo, poor me.
... Once (and still) Infertile, but still Schnarky as hell. This blog is dedicated to the daily ramblings from the mind of Nancy. It isn't about anything profound in the grand scheme of things, but it ~is~ about things in my life, schnarkiness always included. I have a second blog, listed in my profile, but the blogs will continue to remain separate.
"I'm aiming for heaven, but I'll probably wind up down in hell"
About Me
- nancy
- I am a 39 year old woman. I am the mother of two beautiful daughters and a handsome son. I am a career woman. As for my TTC world, it certainly doesn't seem like I am "infertile", but I fought for my pregnancies and my TTC/IF history is on the sidebar. I have two blogs, which are both listed in my profile. One focuses on my daily life - including IF, TTC, pregnancy, delivery and even some "children mentioned" posts. The second blog is ~soley~ posts directly about being the mother to my three children.
Belly Pics for #3 only.
Click stick figure to see the consecutive pictures from this pregnancy only.
My TTC History
- Jul 01 ~ married
- Jan 02 ~ First cycle off bcps and opk shows ovulation!
- Dec 02 ~ Went to pcp for RE referral
- Jan 03 ~ Testing commences. S/A perfect. HSG clear.
- Feb 03 ~ Lap #1. All clear.
- Apr 03 ~ Clomid cycle #1. BFN.
- May 03 ~ Clomid cycle #2. BFN.
- Jun 03 ~ Clomid cycle #3. BFN.
- Jul 03 ~ Supposed to be IUI#1, but we missed cd3 so natural cycle
- Aug 03 ~ BFP on C18.
- Apr 04 ~ Ella born.
- Oct 04 ~ decided to ttc #2 and went off minipill to see if I am ovulating. I am. Will start next month.
- Nov 04 ~ TTC#2 starts. BFP. Holy Crap. No freaking way. No way.
- Aug 05 ~ Allison born
- Oct 06 ~ IUD removed. TTC#3
- Jan 07 ~ Large cysts found.
- Feb 07 ~ Femara cyle #1
- Mar 07 ~ Started w/ RE. HSG #2 showed R tube blocked. S/A normal.
- Mar 07 ~ more cysts, up to 9cms.
- Apr 07 ~ more cysts, 3 @ 7-9cms.
- May 07 ~ IUI #1 cancelled due to more cysts
- Jun 07 ~ IUI #1 (take two) w/ Clomid. BFN.
- Jul 07 ~ HSS showed scar tissue in 70% of uterus. Diagnosed with Asherman's Syndrome. Uterine surgery #2
- Aug 07 ~ HSG #3 showed clear tubes.
- Aug 07 ~ IUI #2 w/ Femara. BFN.
- Sept 07 ~ Monitored w/ hCG trigger. BFN.
- Oct 07 ~ HSS #2 showed scar tissue in 30% of uterus. Uterine surgery #3.
- Dec 07 ~ HSS #3 showed tiny amount of scar tissue. Uterine surgery #4.
- Jan 08 ~ HSS #4 showed clear uterus.
- Jan 08 ~ IUI #3, C16. BFN.
- Mar 08 ~ IVF #1, Transfer Cancelled due to lining. Out of 15 eggs, 9 were mature and all 9 fertilized. I have named my 9 embryos "The Mod Squad" and they are in the freezer, waiting for mommy to be ready.
- Apr/May 08 ~ FET #1. C20. 4 embryos "The Fab Four" transferred on 5/05. BFP!!! Very Low Beta (15 at 11dp3dt) but the numers continued to double every 48 hours. Told it was "most likely not viable" and later "most likely ectopic" but we beat all the odds.
- May 16, 08 ~ 11dp3dt (4w0d), beta #1: 15
- May 19, 08 ~ 14dp3dt (4w3d), beta #2: 43
- May 23, 08 ~ 18dp3dt (5w0d), beta#3: 213
- May 27, 22dp3dt (5w4d), beta #4: 1,073
- Jun 08 - Ultrasound showed one heartbeat at 7 weeks.
- Jul 08 - Had CVS testing. Chromosomes are normal and it's a BOY!! EDD: 1/23
- Aug 08 - Jan 09 ~ High risk due to: 1) Velamentous Cord Insertion, deemed biggest risk 2) Previous Placenta Accreta 3) Previous rapid degraged placenta 4) IVF alone can create weak placenta 5) AMA - Advanced Maternal Age. -- All resulting in almost 30 u/s and lots of testing, which ended up saving my life.
- Jan 09 (38w0d) ~ Karl is born! -- Crazy 3 days in hospital. Manual version to flip baby from breech to head down, Labor, Delivery, Emergency surgery due to cord detaching from placenta, Scary heart issues from losing over 40% of my blood supply, and then a blood transfusion due to the extreme loss of blood. Whew!
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14 comments:
Sorry about your back.
And, it's okay to have ghetto dinners once in awhile. We do it too!
I love your dinner! We would have stopped at bagel bites and french fries, so good for you for throwing in the salad and pears. We actually ordered pizza tonight.
I miss winter activities too (I'm a skier, not a snowboarder). I'm guessing I'll be too discombobulated to go this season at all, but next year is a definite. I can't wait until Apple and Banana are old enough to join in! Have you taken your girls?
I am so sorry about your back, Nancy. I have never had back trouble myself but have a good friend who has. You are in my thoughts and I think you reserve the right to complain as often as you like!
Yep, once again--August. Andrew will turn 2 the same month this ons is due. :)
Thanks! It's all so surreal right now. I just dozed off and woke up and was like, "OMG--I'm pregnant!" It almost seems like today has been a dream.
Oh, and you'd be proud of me. I called the doctor's office today and ordered my own bloodwork. I told them I want my Progesterone checked just in case it had something to do w/early loss in July. I also informed her that I've been charting since July and have 8-10 day LPs, so I know that CAN be caused by low Progesterone.
They called me back and said my paperwork was in the lab for a Progesterone level check and a quantitative. I stopped by after work. Step 1! :)
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Oh, and about "S". Sorry, I just thought it was because I mentioned long AFs. *Giggle* I'm such a dork.
We ate pizza. No veggies, not even on the pizza. I wonder if I can count the icing flowers on the cake we gave them for dessert as a vegetable? It works in my world.
I miss winter. Real winters with snow, not these Southern poor excuse for winter winters. Send me a snowball, mmmkay?
We eat trash all the time too. I even feed my DH cereal for dinner sometimes ;-)
Sorry about your back! Sounds painful - I hope it eases up soon!
That sucks about your back. And your way too active little monkey!
And the snowboarding- but you get very little sympathy from me on that one- you have mountains with snow for many months. I have the poconos... ;o) Not even worth buying another board, we'd have to rent...
-oh & dinner was take out chinese. for the 2nd night this week. blech.
Nancy- So glad to hear the baby is still doing well....though he is going to be uncomfortable unless he turns around!!!! Check out my side bar on my blog under the pics of my family.....got some news :)
Heather
Nancy, I'm sorry you are in pain. That sucks.
Maybe Karl just didn't want to stand on his head for a few weeks and will continue his acrobatics and get back in position in time for his debut. If he has to make his entrance in the non-preferred way I'm sure everything will be fine (perhaps there is another tattoo in your future.)
As for your dinner. It sounds fine to me. When my kids were little some of my favorite dinners were pancakes, waffles or (my very favorite)strawberries with biscuits and whipped cream. (This was dinner, not desert.
I'm sorry about your back. I'm assuming you're already trying heating pads and tennis balls.
Are you able to lay on your back at all? Not sure how this will work with pregnant belly, but will describe in case it does work.
Lie on back and put pillows at end of butt, propping your legs up. You should look like this (drawing done w/o pregnant belly)
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Does that make sense? You want your lower legs parallel to the bed/couch and your upper legs (quads) perpendicular to the bed/couch. This takes pressure off your back.
Sorry about your back and shoulder. Pregnancy is hard on our backs. I'm sure the kids thought dinner was great. I hope baby boy turns. If not... Snowboarding sounds scary!
U/S #17. Damn! If there was a contest for the most photographed uterus you should definitely enter.
Ghetto dinners are a necessity at times, that's for sure.
I'm sorry that your back is still giving you such grief. I hope the spasms relax soon!
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