Trouble getting pregnant? (1 Viewer)

[TobiasFunke]

So we saw the heartbeat this morning. Very cool and very exciting.We also go back next week for another ultrasound because there may be another one

Um, yeah. Twins.

Congratulations! If nerves get the better of you, or if you just need a little extra cash, I'm pretty sure my wife would be happy to buy one of them off you.

 

[AhrnCityPahnder]

grats to floppo and GL for all systems go for next 3 months.

double grats and T&P to GWB.

:confetti: for octopop Commish

We're about at the halfway point now -- got news this week that it's a boy

 

[The Z Machine]

Wife is on Rd. 3 of Clomid this week. Lots of humping and my spunk into another cup upcoming for me. If this one doesn't take, we're definitely going to take some time off the clomid/IUI thing and explore what the other options are out there for us.

I'm 30 and she's 31 so it's not like we're old, but this process is really ####ty.

 

[Tiger Fan]

So we saw the heartbeat this morning. Very cool and very exciting.We also go back next week for another ultrasound because there may be another one

Um, yeah. Twins.

Congrats.Ours are only 2 months old...but I love having twins. All of our friends who have had twins said that if you can get through the first 6 months, you're going to be thankful you had 2 instead of 1.Biggest tip I can give you - read books on scheduling. We'd be going crazy if we didn't have them on the same schedule.

 

[Worm]

So we saw the heartbeat this morning. Very cool and very exciting.We also go back next week for another ultrasound because there may be another one

Um, yeah. Twins.

Congrats GBGWB!

 

[The Z Machine]

Congrats to all that have been or are on the road to being successful, especially GWB.

 

[Tiny Dancer]

Congrats to all. And for those still going through infertility, I hope you got through Mother's Day without too much trauma. I remember that being a pretty awful day. I still hate it, actually.

 

[Giant Wooden Badger]

So we saw the heartbeat this morning. Very cool and very exciting.We also go back next week for another ultrasound because there may be another one

Um, yeah. Twins.

Congrats.Ours are only 2 months old...but I love having twins. All of our friends who have had twins said that if you can get through the first 6 months, you're going to be thankful you had 2 instead of 1.Biggest tip I can give you - read books on scheduling. We'd be going crazy if we didn't have them on the same schedule.

Thanks, TF.But the twins don't really scare me. The fact that I already have three kids is what scares me. After all this time and adopting three kids now we're on our way to having twins. Unreal.Don't get me wrong. I'm very excited. Thrilled even. But I'm sure you can imagine the anxiety I'm dealing with.

 

[Giant Wooden Badger]

So we saw the heartbeat this morning. Very cool and very exciting.We also go back next week for another ultrasound because there may be another one

Um, yeah. Twins.

Congrats GBGWB!

Thanks, GB. Must be something in the FFA. Crazy.We adopted our boys together so we're not unfamiliar with having two at the same time. The only difference was that they were both right at 12 months when we got them. Not newborns.

 

[The Commish]

So we saw the heartbeat this morning. Very cool and very exciting.We also go back next week for another ultrasound because there may be another one

Um, yeah. Twins.

We go a week from today for our ultrasound.

 

[Wooderson]

Congrats to all. And for those still going through infertility, I hope you got through Mother's Day without too much trauma. I remember that being a pretty awful day. I still hate it, actually.

You are right about the Mother's Day. My wife acted strange all day and then to top it off she calls her mom to wish her a happy Mother's day and she finds out my wife's sister is pregnant with her second child. oofWe visited a clinic about IVF last week and hopefully will starting the process soon.

 

[Tiger Fan]

So we saw the heartbeat this morning. Very cool and very exciting.We also go back next week for another ultrasound because there may be another one

Um, yeah. Twins.

Congrats.Ours are only 2 months old...but I love having twins. All of our friends who have had twins said that if you can get through the first 6 months, you're going to be thankful you had 2 instead of 1.Biggest tip I can give you - read books on scheduling. We'd be going crazy if we didn't have them on the same schedule.

Thanks, TF.But the twins don't really scare me. The fact that I already have three kids is what scares me. After all this time and adopting three kids now we're on our way to having twins. Unreal.Don't get me wrong. I'm very excited. Thrilled even. But I'm sure you can imagine the anxiety I'm dealing with.

Didn't realize you already had 3 via adoption. Yeah, no idea what to tell you there other than good luck

 

[One]

So we saw the heartbeat this morning. Very cool and very exciting.We also go back next week for another ultrasound because there may be another one

Um, yeah. Twins.

Grats GWB! Welcome to the club

 

[One]

So we saw the heartbeat this morning. Very cool and very exciting.We also go back next week for another ultrasound because there may be another one

Um, yeah. Twins.

Congrats.Ours are only 2 months old...but I love having twins. All of our friends who have had twins said that if you can get through the first 6 months, you're going to be thankful you had 2 instead of 1.Biggest tip I can give you - read books on scheduling. We'd be going crazy if we didn't have them on the same schedule.

Thanks, TF.But the twins don't really scare me. The fact that I already have three kids is what scares me. After all this time and adopting three kids now we're on our way to having twins. Unreal.Don't get me wrong. I'm very excited. Thrilled even. But I'm sure you can imagine the anxiety I'm dealing with.

Whoa.. Are the kids old enough to help?

 

[mr. furley]

So we saw the heartbeat this morning. Very cool and very exciting.We also go back next week for another ultrasound because there may be another one

Um, yeah. Twins.

:faint:

 

[El Floppo]

So we saw the heartbeat this morning. Very cool and very exciting.We also go back next week for another ultrasound because there may be another one

Um, yeah. Twins.

Congrats.Ours are only 2 months old...but I love having twins. All of our friends who have had twins said that if you can get through the first 6 months, you're going to be thankful you had 2 instead of 1.Biggest tip I can give you - read books on scheduling. We'd be going crazy if we didn't have them on the same schedule.

Thanks, TF.But the twins don't really scare me. The fact that I already have three kids is what scares me. After all this time and adopting three kids now we're on our way to having twins. Unreal.Don't get me wrong. I'm very excited. Thrilled even. But I'm sure you can imagine the anxiety I'm dealing with.

Whoa.. Are the kids old enough to help?

We're thinking about adopting a couple just to help out around the house and with the baby. A couple of 17 yo thai girls is what I had in mind.Congrats GWB!nice work on your boy-junk ACP!GL to all you guys still working on it.

 

[One]

So we saw the heartbeat this morning. Very cool and very exciting.We also go back next week for another ultrasound because there may be another one

Um, yeah. Twins.

Congrats.Ours are only 2 months old...but I love having twins. All of our friends who have had twins said that if you can get through the first 6 months, you're going to be thankful you had 2 instead of 1.Biggest tip I can give you - read books on scheduling. We'd be going crazy if we didn't have them on the same schedule.

Thanks, TF.But the twins don't really scare me. The fact that I already have three kids is what scares me. After all this time and adopting three kids now we're on our way to having twins. Unreal.Don't get me wrong. I'm very excited. Thrilled even. But I'm sure you can imagine the anxiety I'm dealing with.

Whoa.. Are the kids old enough to help?

We're thinking about adopting a couple just to help out around the house and with the baby. A couple of 17 yo thai girls is what I had in mind.Congrats GWB!nice work on your boy-junk ACP!GL to all you guys still working on it.

 

[Worm]

 

[El Floppo]

So we've been monitoring a case of placenta previa for her entire pregnancy- now at week 30. A couple of issues as a result: no sechs allowed and they get the baby at the 36th week (high risk of dangerous bleeding after that). So I'm not getting any of that wacky 3rd trimester lovin' AND the kid is going to be here (unless we get a shift in the placenta) a month early

 

[The Commish]

It's ultrasound day for us. We officially find out how many are in the litter....I am pretty sure there are 4-5

 

[Worm]

Good luck floppo and commish.

For you guys with twins, how long did your wife make it? My wife is 36.5 weeks right now, and completely miserable. She's swollen, has a lot of pain in her wrists/hands, pain in her lower, uh, female areas from one of the babies being so low, can barely get out of a chair, etc. We've heard varying answers on when they might induce, b/w 37 and 39 weeks. I can't imagine them making her going to 39 weeks (or her physically being able to stand another three weeks). I feel bad for her and just want the babies to come out already.

 

[The Commish]

Good luck floppo and commish.For you guys with twins, how long did your wife make it? My wife is 36.5 weeks right now, and completely miserable. She's swollen, has a lot of pain in her wrists/hands, pain in her lower, uh, female areas from one of the babies being so low, can barely get out of a chair, etc. We've heard varying answers on when they might induce, b/w 37 and 39 weeks. I can't imagine them making her going to 39 weeks (or her physically being able to stand another three weeks). I feel bad for her and just want the babies to come out already.

I thought it was common practice to induce between 36-38 depending on the size of the babies.

 

[El Floppo]

Good luck floppo and commish.For you guys with twins, how long did your wife make it? My wife is 36.5 weeks right now, and completely miserable. She's swollen, has a lot of pain in her wrists/hands, pain in her lower, uh, female areas from one of the babies being so low, can barely get out of a chair, etc. We've heard varying answers on when they might induce, b/w 37 and 39 weeks. I can't imagine them making her going to 39 weeks (or her physically being able to stand another three weeks). I feel bad for her and just want the babies to come out already.

I thought it was common practice to induce between 36-38 depending on the size of the babies.

I read "babies" in The Commish's post as "boobies".

 

[Worm]

Good luck floppo and commish.For you guys with twins, how long did your wife make it? My wife is 36.5 weeks right now, and completely miserable. She's swollen, has a lot of pain in her wrists/hands, pain in her lower, uh, female areas from one of the babies being so low, can barely get out of a chair, etc. We've heard varying answers on when they might induce, b/w 37 and 39 weeks. I can't imagine them making her going to 39 weeks (or her physically being able to stand another three weeks). I feel bad for her and just want the babies to come out already.

I thought it was common practice to induce between 36-38 depending on the size of the babies.

I read "babies" in The Commish's post as "boobies".

Brb, gonna go take a measurement.

 

[El Floppo]

Good luck floppo and commish.For you guys with twins, how long did your wife make it? My wife is 36.5 weeks right now, and completely miserable. She's swollen, has a lot of pain in her wrists/hands, pain in her lower, uh, female areas from one of the babies being so low, can barely get out of a chair, etc. We've heard varying answers on when they might induce, b/w 37 and 39 weeks. I can't imagine them making her going to 39 weeks (or her physically being able to stand another three weeks). I feel bad for her and just want the babies to come out already.

I thought it was common practice to induce between 36-38 depending on the size of the babies.

I read "babies" in The Commish's post as "boobies".

Brb, gonna go take a measurement.

 

[Worm]

What does "larger than my hand" tell us?

 

[El Floppo]

What does "larger than my hand" tell us?

Otis hand, or normal hand?

 

[Tiger Fan]

Good luck floppo and commish.For you guys with twins, how long did your wife make it? My wife is 36.5 weeks right now, and completely miserable. She's swollen, has a lot of pain in her wrists/hands, pain in her lower, uh, female areas from one of the babies being so low, can barely get out of a chair, etc. We've heard varying answers on when they might induce, b/w 37 and 39 weeks. I can't imagine them making her going to 39 weeks (or her physically being able to stand another three weeks). I feel bad for her and just want the babies to come out already.

My wife's water broke at 33 weeks. Can't imagine 36.5. Good Luck!

 

[gianmarco]

I've followed this thread from afar and have quietly rooted for a bunch of you guys.

Well, our son is now 6 yrs old and had no problems getting him started. Now as we're trying for our 2nd and the clock is majorly ticking, things haven't been as smooth. Started Clomid this month for the first round. Gonna give it a couple more months if this doesn't work and we'll be speeding up the process pretty quickly.

Gotta admit that I'm a bit nervous about the multiples possibility......

 

[The Commish]

It's ultrasound day for us. We officially find out how many are in the litter....I am pretty sure there are 4-5

Saw THE little heartbeat....well within size for 7 weeks. Happy we have a little one on the way, there was a brief moment of disappointment that it's one. I'm over that though.

 

[The Commish]

I've followed this thread from afar and have quietly rooted for a bunch of you guys.Well, our son is now 6 yrs old and had no problems getting him started. Now as we're trying for our 2nd and the clock is majorly ticking, things haven't been as smooth. Started Clomid this month for the first round. Gonna give it a couple more months if this doesn't work and we'll be speeding up the process pretty quickly. Gotta admit that I'm a bit nervous about the multiples possibility......

Then you'd be my clone in this process. I am certain it makes it slightly easier knowing you already have one child, but it's still tough. Hang in there GB!

 

[The Z Machine]

Congrats Commish! GL marco!

 

[mlball77]

Good luck floppo and commish.For you guys with twins, how long did your wife make it? My wife is 36.5 weeks right now, and completely miserable. She's swollen, has a lot of pain in her wrists/hands, pain in her lower, uh, female areas from one of the babies being so low, can barely get out of a chair, etc. We've heard varying answers on when they might induce, b/w 37 and 39 weeks. I can't imagine them making her going to 39 weeks (or her physically being able to stand another three weeks). I feel bad for her and just want the babies to come out already.

My wife made it 37 weeks with our twin boys (almost 4 months old now!). The pregnancy was awesome for her until those last few weeks (so maybe weeks 33-37 for her). She would get swollen if she stood for a good amount of time, she had some carpel tunnel issues brought on by the pregnancy, she was breathing much shallower (as the boys were positioned high and way up in her ribs), and then the lack of sleep due to discomfort and many trips to the bathroom.And truth be told, the aftermath of labor + the last month of pregnancy was tough. She was pretty beat up, from head to toe. After a week or two though, she was feeling way better.For quite a while my wife was cruising through her pregnancy. I really thought she would make 38-39 weeks… until things started to get a bit rougher for her those last few weeks. Then one Monday morning as I was getting ready for work, her water broke… and this was right before the 37 week mark.Our doc basically wouldn’t talk about inducing too much when we brought it up late in the pregnancy. I think somewhere around 38.5-39 weeks is where we were going to really push for it, if my wife would have made it that long. Good luck with everything!

 

[Worm]

Good luck floppo and commish.For you guys with twins, how long did your wife make it? My wife is 36.5 weeks right now, and completely miserable. She's swollen, has a lot of pain in her wrists/hands, pain in her lower, uh, female areas from one of the babies being so low, can barely get out of a chair, etc. We've heard varying answers on when they might induce, b/w 37 and 39 weeks. I can't imagine them making her going to 39 weeks (or her physically being able to stand another three weeks). I feel bad for her and just want the babies to come out already.

My wife made it 37 weeks with our twin boys (almost 4 months old now!). The pregnancy was awesome for her until those last few weeks (so maybe weeks 33-37 for her). She would get swollen if she stood for a good amount of time, she had some carpel tunnel issues brought on by the pregnancy, she was breathing much shallower (as the boys were positioned high and way up in her ribs), and then the lack of sleep due to discomfort and many trips to the bathroom.And truth be told, the aftermath of labor + the last month of pregnancy was tough. She was pretty beat up, from head to toe. After a week or two though, she was feeling way better.For quite a while my wife was cruising through her pregnancy. I really thought she would make 38-39 weeks… until things started to get a bit rougher for her those last few weeks. Then one Monday morning as I was getting ready for work, her water broke… and this was right before the 37 week mark.Our doc basically wouldn’t talk about inducing too much when we brought it up late in the pregnancy. I think somewhere around 38.5-39 weeks is where we were going to really push for it, if my wife would have made it that long. Good luck with everything!

Seems like extremely similar situations, and I will be happy if it happens sometime this week.

 

[mlball77]

Good luck floppo and commish.For you guys with twins, how long did your wife make it? My wife is 36.5 weeks right now, and completely miserable. She's swollen, has a lot of pain in her wrists/hands, pain in her lower, uh, female areas from one of the babies being so low, can barely get out of a chair, etc. We've heard varying answers on when they might induce, b/w 37 and 39 weeks. I can't imagine them making her going to 39 weeks (or her physically being able to stand another three weeks). I feel bad for her and just want the babies to come out already.

My wife made it 37 weeks with our twin boys (almost 4 months old now!). The pregnancy was awesome for her until those last few weeks (so maybe weeks 33-37 for her). She would get swollen if she stood for a good amount of time, she had some carpel tunnel issues brought on by the pregnancy, she was breathing much shallower (as the boys were positioned high and way up in her ribs), and then the lack of sleep due to discomfort and many trips to the bathroom.And truth be told, the aftermath of labor + the last month of pregnancy was tough. She was pretty beat up, from head to toe. After a week or two though, she was feeling way better.For quite a while my wife was cruising through her pregnancy. I really thought she would make 38-39 weeks… until things started to get a bit rougher for her those last few weeks. Then one Monday morning as I was getting ready for work, her water broke… and this was right before the 37 week mark.Our doc basically wouldn’t talk about inducing too much when we brought it up late in the pregnancy. I think somewhere around 38.5-39 weeks is where we were going to really push for it, if my wife would have made it that long. Good luck with everything!

Seems like extremely similar situations, and I will be happy if it happens sometime this week.

Yeah, does sound very similar.In hindsight, I think the fact my wife’s body was having such a hard time those last few weeks was a telltale sign that the twins were getting ready to join the world. Hopefully the same is case for your wife and twins. IIRC, 37-38 weeks is considered carrying them full term, so at that point, they should be adequately developed.

 

[The Z Machine]

Just had a nice blow up fight with my wife today on our favorite topic. This stuff sucks.

 

[Anonymous Internet User]

Just had a nice blow up fight with my wife today on our favorite topic. This stuff sucks.

Sounds kinky.

 

[The Z Machine]

Just had a nice blow up fight with my wife today on our favorite topic. This stuff sucks.

Sounds kinky.

I doubt they'll be anything like that to come out of this.

 

[Dickies]

Just had a nice blow up fight with my wife today on our favorite topic. This stuff sucks.

:( I know exactly how you feel.

 

[The Z Machine]

Just had a nice blow up fight with my wife today on our favorite topic. This stuff sucks.

:( I know exactly how you feel.

And when the waterworks/f-bombs started all I could think was "her getting all stressed and emotional means just means it's less likely it will happen this month."

 

[Dickies]

Just had a nice blow up fight with my wife today on our favorite topic. This stuff sucks.

:( I know exactly how you feel.

And when the waterworks/f-bombs started all I could think was "her getting all stressed and emotional means just means it's less likely it will happen this month."

Whatever you do, don't tell her that.

 

[El Floppo]

Just had a nice blow up fight with my wife today on our favorite topic. This stuff sucks.

:( I know exactly how you feel.

And when the waterworks/f-bombs started all I could think was "her getting all stressed and emotional means just means it's less likely it will happen this month."

Whatever you do, don't tell her that.

Hurdle number one.

Sorry you're having to deal with this Z. In a way, it's good prep for what hopefully will come with the pregnancy and the kid. This #### ain't easy- and getting battle-tested first should be good for you guys before there's no turning back.

 

[Shutterbug]

So we've been monitoring a case of placenta previa for her entire pregnancy- now at week 30. A couple of issues as a result: no sechs allowed and they get the baby at the 36th week (high risk of dangerous bleeding after that). So I'm not getting any of that wacky 3rd trimester lovin' AND the kid is going to be here (unless we get a shift in the placenta) a month early

I feel her pain. Seriously. Mine is in the subchorionic bleed stage as of right now, but doctors say if it does not heal itself, it will turn into placenta previa. It started because there was actually two babies, but one did not make it. Nothing but problems from then. Doc says he gives this baby a 50% chance. Nothing like sugar coating it for me. This is all foreign to me. It really sucks, it is very painful, and it is scary as hell. I have weekly ultrasounds (today actually) to monitor the bleed and the health of the fetus Good luck to you and your wife. Hope everything turns out great.

 

[TobiasFunke]

Just had a nice blow up fight with my wife today on our favorite topic. This stuff sucks.

:( I know exactly how you feel.

My condolences. Hang in there. My wife and I are still childless, but after some wrangling through various stages of the process we came away better for having gone through it. Hope you have the same experience. What does or does not trigger an emotional reaction from my wife is totally impossible to predict. For example, last week she had no reaction whatsoever to Mother's Day ... but steadfastly refused to watch Raising Arizona. Sometimes you just gotta laugh.

 

[FBGirl79]

I feel bad for you Z...we are the same age and same stage of the process. I had a moment last night where I lost it...doesn't happen often but my mom came by last night and was "venting" about my sister and BIL. They have 2 month old twins (who were a month premature) and my BIL is a total POS. He doesn't do anything to help, sleeps all the time, etc. So yesterday, he puts my nephew in a bouncer (doesn't strap him in) and my neice on the couch and goes into the other room and goes to sleep while his 2 yr old plays in her room. My sister wakes up to find my neice about 2 inches from falling onto the floor and my nephew on the floor tangled up in his blanket. Really...these kind of scum get to have children and people who actually want to and are willing to do the work don't get to. Messed up.

 

[FBGirl79]

Just had a nice blow up fight with my wife today on our favorite topic. This stuff sucks.

:( I know exactly how you feel.

My condolences. Hang in there. My wife and I are still childless, but after some wrangling through various stages of the process we came away better for having gone through it. Hope you have the same experience. What does or does not trigger an emotional reaction from my wife is totally impossible to predict. For example, last week she had no reaction whatsoever to Mother's Day ... but steadfastly refused to watch Raising Arizona. Sometimes you just gotta laugh.

I'm glad to hear you guys are stronger because of everything you have gone through. In your wife's defense...she probably can't predict her reaction either. I know I can't, lol. I just have to laugh at the stupid things that get to me. I was fine on Mother's Day, even had my sister and her 3 kids over along with my mom to celebrate and I was fine. This past weekend was neices 2nd bday and I was so upset bc my sister and BIL didn't want to and didn't have the money to have a party for my neice. I think I was upset bc here they have this beautiful little girl and don't even want to celebrate her birth. Despite not having money when they had one, they wanted another baby and ended up with twins.

 

[TobiasFunke]

Just had a nice blow up fight with my wife today on our favorite topic. This stuff sucks.

:( I know exactly how you feel.

My condolences. Hang in there. My wife and I are still childless, but after some wrangling through various stages of the process we came away better for having gone through it. Hope you have the same experience. What does or does not trigger an emotional reaction from my wife is totally impossible to predict. For example, last week she had no reaction whatsoever to Mother's Day ... but steadfastly refused to watch Raising Arizona. Sometimes you just gotta laugh.

I'm glad to hear you guys are stronger because of everything you have gone through. In your wife's defense...she probably can't predict her reaction either. I know I can't, lol. I just have to laugh at the stupid things that get to me. I was fine on Mother's Day, even had my sister and her 3 kids over along with my mom to celebrate and I was fine. This past weekend was neices 2nd bday and I was so upset bc my sister and BIL didn't want to and didn't have the money to have a party for my neice. I think I was upset bc here they have this beautiful little girl and don't even want to celebrate her birth. Despite not having money when they had one, they wanted another baby and ended up with twins.

My wife is aware of the irrationality of it all, as am I. She does remarkably well under the circumstances in my opinion. She's got a freaking baby shower for her best friend this weekend and she seems fine thus far. But we definitely have had a few of the blowups like Z and others are talking about. By "sometimes you just gotta laugh" I just meant sometimes, no matter how serious the root cause, you gotta laugh at funny little things like not wanting to watch Raising Arizona.

 

[FBGirl79]

Just had a nice blow up fight with my wife today on our favorite topic. This stuff sucks.

:( I know exactly how you feel.

My condolences. Hang in there. My wife and I are still childless, but after some wrangling through various stages of the process we came away better for having gone through it. Hope you have the same experience. What does or does not trigger an emotional reaction from my wife is totally impossible to predict. For example, last week she had no reaction whatsoever to Mother's Day ... but steadfastly refused to watch Raising Arizona. Sometimes you just gotta laugh.

I'm glad to hear you guys are stronger because of everything you have gone through. In your wife's defense...she probably can't predict her reaction either. I know I can't, lol. I just have to laugh at the stupid things that get to me. I was fine on Mother's Day, even had my sister and her 3 kids over along with my mom to celebrate and I was fine. This past weekend was neices 2nd bday and I was so upset bc my sister and BIL didn't want to and didn't have the money to have a party for my neice. I think I was upset bc here they have this beautiful little girl and don't even want to celebrate her birth. Despite not having money when they had one, they wanted another baby and ended up with twins.

My wife is aware of the irrationality of it all, as am I. She does remarkably well under the circumstances in my opinion. She's got a freaking baby shower for her best friend this weekend and she seems fine thus far. But we definitely have had a few of the blowups like Z and others are talking about. By "sometimes you just gotta laugh" I just meant sometimes, no matter how serious the root cause, you gotta laugh at funny little things like not wanting to watch Raising Arizona.

I'm glad she is doing well through the baby shower. One of my friends is having a shower this weekend and I really don't want to go, yet I threw one a couple months ago. There is no ryhme or reason some days, lol. I totally agree with you about laughing about it at times. I find myself doing that a lot too and I'm sure my husband does too. BTW...thanks to you guys for letting a girl in here I don't go on any of other message boards so its nice to be able to vent some in here and helps me get a look at my husband's perspective on all this. Keeps me sane at times.

 

[El Floppo]

So we've been monitoring a case of placenta previa for her entire pregnancy- now at week 30. A couple of issues as a result: no sechs allowed and they get the baby at the 36th week (high risk of dangerous bleeding after that). So I'm not getting any of that wacky 3rd trimester lovin' AND the kid is going to be here (unless we get a shift in the placenta) a month early

I feel her pain. Seriously. Mine is in the subchorionic bleed stage as of right now, but doctors say if it does not heal itself, it will turn into placenta previa. It started because there was actually two babies, but one did not make it. Nothing but problems from then. Doc says he gives this baby a 50% chance. Nothing like sugar coating it for me. This is all foreign to me. It really sucks, it is very painful, and it is scary as hell. I have weekly ultrasounds (today actually) to monitor the bleed and the health of the fetus Good luck to you and your wife. Hope everything turns out great.

Damn- we're having pretty smooth sailing (aside from the wife being in her third trimester) other than the placenta not moving- and that doesn't cause any pain or other issues until that 36 week is crossed. And that's pretty much takn care of with a scheduled June 29 C. I just like to ##### and moan.I'm sorry to hear about where you're at- both the physical and psychological upset... oof. I really wish we guys could share the pregnancy with you wimmens- it's just not fair what you all have to go through with this. (although to be honest, I've absorbed so much grief over the two preganacies, and only lost my temper a couple of times- so I should get some kind of freaking prize really.)Best of luck with the rest of your pregnancy, FBGirl- I'll keep you in my thoughts.eta: edit- I called you GirlA by mistake.

 

[The Z Machine]

Hurdle number one.

Sorry you're having to deal with this Z. In a way, it's good prep for what hopefully will come with the pregnancy and the kid. This #### ain't easy- and getting battle-tested first should be good for you guys before there's no turning back.

For sure on both counts my brother. All her family members and friends of the family VZLA in have 3 kids minimum, and all started in their 20s (although none of the women have doctorates).