tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10294772.post113429456884881338..comments2023-09-27T21:25:50.750+10:00Comments on L'eggs Up And Laughing: PlaguedOvaGirlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12150362175853549015noreply@blogger.comBlogger31125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10294772.post-1134509447034126582005-12-14T08:30:00.000+11:002005-12-14T08:30:00.000+11:00definitely, have another test!I remember after my ...definitely, have another test!<BR/>I remember after my amnio I was convinced my baby wasn't alive anymore because I'm sure it didn't move at all. I finally called the doc's office in a state of despair, they brought me right in for the doppler microphone show and let me listen to his little heart going crazy in there . I was embarrassed and apologized for being a nutbar and they were so good about it. They all understood. The people at the house of groovy love will totally understand your anxiety. <BR/>Just go.<BR/><BR/>p.s. I should introduce you to my sister Mary. When I went to live with her after high school I'd wake up in the middle of the night to the sound of the vacuum cleaner. There she'd be, vacumming up spiders. Even the harmless daddy long legs met their fate with the vacuum. The Wolf spiders were the worst, so big you could hear their footsteps if they ran across something on the floor *shudder*.Kyahgirlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04496268340516243071noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10294772.post-1134488805528804752005-12-14T02:46:00.000+11:002005-12-14T02:46:00.000+11:00I'm glad the Love Sisters took your doubts serious...I'm glad the Love Sisters took your doubts seriously. I hope they can give you a lovely tasting second beta.zhlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09362871976342570385noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10294772.post-1134483714440393112005-12-14T01:21:00.000+11:002005-12-14T01:21:00.000+11:00ah yes, the calorie-devoid, foul-tasting, good-fer...ah yes, the calorie-devoid, foul-tasting, good-fer-nothin' Niggling Doubts<BR/><BR/>is it very irritating if i tell you that, almost 22 months post partum*, i'm still suffering from them? all that 'i don't deserve happiness' self-flagellation takes time to wear off<BR/><BR/>* ain't that a marvellous phrase? second only to post coital, and post prandial (although i always get those two muddled up)<BR/><BR/>p.s. have i said, or rather, can i say again how flaming thrilled i am for you? flaming thrilled i am!<BR/><BR/>♥<BR/>UCUrban Chickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04692332227897168182noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10294772.post-1134430715534736202005-12-13T10:38:00.000+11:002005-12-13T10:38:00.000+11:00I think the niggling doubts are just one more thin...I think the niggling doubts are just one more thing that is so unfair about IF. I think we will all be paranoid and doubtful.<BR/><BR/>It was such hard work to get where you are - the IF prevents us from having those "OMG - I'm pregnant - There will be a baby here in 9 months" pregnancies.<BR/><BR/>I can only send positive thoughts, and faith that your doubts are unfounded.Larisahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02318809810451900023noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10294772.post-1134422324804036452005-12-13T08:18:00.000+11:002005-12-13T08:18:00.000+11:00They do. They do taste like shit. Absolute and u...They do. They do taste like shit. Absolute and utter shit.<BR/><BR/>May you have the pleasant taste of Bogong Moths in your mouth after this beta. Or maybe some tasty, like quesadillas. Anything other than Niggling Doubts. Sarge and I are pulling for you.Lindahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11613907883139565991noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10294772.post-1134417262651792722005-12-13T06:54:00.000+11:002005-12-13T06:54:00.000+11:00Doubts, faith, hope and miracles. Absolute BLOODY...Doubts, faith, hope and miracles. Absolute BLOODY FULL ON PANIC! Closely followed by TOTAL IDIOTIC HAPPINESS. That's what babes are all about. And it goes on like that as long as you all shall live!<BR/>Enjoy :)mig bardsleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03300752183969606815noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10294772.post-1134417066472262352005-12-13T06:51:00.000+11:002005-12-13T06:51:00.000+11:00Gross! Gross! Gross!!!! BLECH!! Moths just absol...Gross! Gross! Gross!!!! BLECH!! Moths just absolutely DISGUST me for some reason... I shudder at the mere site of the word in print. <BR/><BR/>However, I'm delighted that the Groovy Love Sisters are there to put your mind at ease! That's just wonderful.<BR/><BR/>And... on a completely different topic... I was just HORRIFIED with what happened in Sydney over the weekend... was definitely thinking of you!! Hope everyone is fine...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10294772.post-1134415102765955272005-12-13T06:18:00.000+11:002005-12-13T06:18:00.000+11:00The niggling doubts are ever present. I had loads ...The niggling doubts are ever present. I had loads in the first trimster and now I am paranoid they will find an abnormality at the next scan. It is so hard to just enjoy pregnancy but remember you do deserve this pregnancy. You have fought hard for it. The betas and the scans reassure for a while but there's always going to be doubts. It has taught me a lot about letting go and trusting (so hard!)in a Higher power.Eggs Akimbohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12729283040825906242noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10294772.post-1134381757740004782005-12-12T21:02:00.000+11:002005-12-12T21:02:00.000+11:00oh god, the worrying. i am a world-class worrier. ...oh god, the worrying. i am a world-class worrier. and when i was newly-up-the-stick with small person i had crampy period pains and was utterly convinced i was going to get my period. small person is six next year, and motherhood just gets better.<BR/><BR/>hassle those doctors all you like - peace of mind is priceless.surly girlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16414631534757427023noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10294772.post-1134378022173750912005-12-12T20:00:00.000+11:002005-12-12T20:00:00.000+11:00Pregnancy is such a surreal, strange thing to happ...Pregnancy is such a surreal, strange thing to happen to anyone that it leaves one feeling constantly in doubt that it could be true. If someone came from another planet, they'd be perfectly reaonable in asking: What? You grow people? Where? <BR/>No wonder you want extra reassurance. Good on you for listening to yourself, even if it is the Niggling Doubts that made you do it.<BR/>PS - Did I tell you how happy I am for you? Did I tell you your good news has been a wonderful balance to my hugescale melodrama? Did I tell you that if you have twins I already have the twin feeding cushion ready for you? No pressure :-)Yidchickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13865806157096495016noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10294772.post-1134366268426431132005-12-12T16:44:00.000+11:002005-12-12T16:44:00.000+11:00My OB has marked my file MIA-PITA (mother is a pai...My OB has marked my file MIA-PITA (mother is a pain in the ass). I don't care.<BR/><BR/>After numerous cycles at the same House of IVF Groovy Love, we finally cracked a beta of 615 on 16DPO. My response...<BR/><BR/>Follow up betas at 18DPO, 22DPO, 25DPO, 26DPO, 31DPO and about 10 ultrasounds.<BR/><BR/>We're now 24 weeks and just beginning to believe this one might go the distance. <BR/><BR/>Do whatever you need to do to "curb the crazy" . And join the groundswell of of MIAPITA's!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10294772.post-1134364836222953492005-12-12T16:20:00.000+11:002005-12-12T16:20:00.000+11:00Hi Ovagirl,Remember me? I wrote to you after your...Hi Ovagirl,<BR/><BR/>Remember me? I wrote to you after your last IVF and told you that is was just a matter of time. And it was (and not much time at that - well done!)! At that time I was 6 days off my c-section to have my baby girl. Well she's here now and an absolute miracle. But get used to the worry. I now wake up in the night just to check her breathing. The Niggling Doubts never stop.<BR/><BR/>A little history to show you that you are so far off being a nutter. Yet. At 7 weeks pregnant I woke up and felt totally normal. All the symptoms of the previous days and weeks gone. We rushed to the clinic for an u/s. The heartbeat was there, good and strong. At 7 weeks 4 days pregnant I got some bleeding. This time it was the ER and another u/s. All well. At 7 weeks 6 days, more bleeding, another u/s. At 8 weeks 2 days....<BR/><BR/>When I transfered to an OB he soon realised that I was the Nervous Nellie type and I will be forever grateful that the man scheduled me for an ultrasound every two weeks through my entire pregnancy. From 30 weeks I had a weekly date with the fetal heart monitor as well. Talk about reassurance...but still I had the Niggling Doubts.<BR/><BR/>At 22 weeks I was visiting family in the US (I'm an Aussie living in the Middle East married to an American)and I didn't feel the baby kick for 12 hours. Up to the ER for a stint on a fetal heart monitor. All well but we'd sunk $2k into that little episode. <BR/><BR/>Every day of this pregnancy you will have a Niggling Doubt. At 36 weeks pregnant I hadn't been able to bring myself to buy a single thing for the baby. I still couldn't be sure she was actually going to be here. <BR/><BR/>At this moment my little miracle is sleeping in her moses basket beside me (yes, we finally dragged my huge pregnant body out to the shops to by the child a bed!). She has hardly been out of my sight for the last 7.5 weeks. I wake up in the morning and sometimes need to remind myself that the last year really happened. Then I see her and I know that it did. And it will for you too. You just wait and see!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10294772.post-1134361753561195962005-12-12T15:29:00.000+11:002005-12-12T15:29:00.000+11:00I am currently high on endorphins after having hug...I am currently high on endorphins after having huge gigantic doubts (none of these pesky little niggling doubts for me!) squashed by seeing a little heart beating at over 160 bpm in Baby G's little 2 cm body, and being told my beta is now over 70,000. <BR/><BR/>Get the beta, then get another one when you need to be reassured, then get another one for good measure, then get one for the road. Thanks so much for your message.Gabriellehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06593543814239704893noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10294772.post-1134353991018581192005-12-12T13:19:00.000+11:002005-12-12T13:19:00.000+11:00Good idea to have the blood test and reassure your...Good idea to have the blood test and reassure yourself. More than likely you have nothing to worry about - especially if you have the tiredness and nausea - in fact I read somewhere that that's the sign of a healthy pregnancy. YAY.Sparklehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03105677499048659242noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10294772.post-1134349678529397112005-12-12T12:07:00.000+11:002005-12-12T12:07:00.000+11:00haha - Bogan moths!For about, ohhh, a month or so ...haha - Bogan moths!<BR/><BR/>For about, ohhh, a month or so you are going to feel EXACTLY like your period is about to turn up. For about the next 8 months you are going to have Niggling Doubts, that not even the best Dyson vacuum cleaner in the world will be able to deal with. At 25 weeks I'm still checking the toilet paper.<BR/><BR/>Do what you need to do to put each doubt to rest as they appear. We're all rootin' for ya OG.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02380190236086336023noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10294772.post-1134347815925895112005-12-12T11:36:00.000+11:002005-12-12T11:36:00.000+11:00OG, welcome to the nutter club... the problem with...OG, welcome to the nutter club... the problem with being infertile and then getting a BFP is that the niggling doubts never seem to go away. <BR/><BR/>My current problem is that whenever I see/hear the heartbeat, I always think it's gonna stop just after I've heard it so that I'll spend another 4 weeks hoping and planning all for nothing...<BR/><BR/>It will now take all your strength NOT to go crazy.<BR/><BR/>The internets love and care about you OG.LLhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08387580774016694162noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10294772.post-1134339686947427042005-12-12T09:21:00.000+11:002005-12-12T09:21:00.000+11:00I was going to give you the numbers, but I see Wes...I was going to give you the numbers, but I see Wessel already did. Those numbers helped me to settle down... We want more of those numbers! Believe in yourself girl, you're doing great!heleen + rodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04660444479596028327noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10294772.post-1134329391307738642005-12-12T06:29:00.000+11:002005-12-12T06:29:00.000+11:00Hello Ova girl.I've been a regular 'lurker' to you...Hello Ova girl.<BR/><BR/>I've been a regular 'lurker' to you blog since a couple of months now.<BR/><BR/>I'd like to say, congratulations. :) I was so happy for you when i read your post. So happy that I told my husband.<BR/><BR/>We are also trying to conceive. So far, no luck yet. But we just started middle of this year.<BR/><BR/>I wish you all the best and may you be blessed with healthy happy babies. :)Nadhirahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00362992896089508079noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10294772.post-1134328884853570592005-12-12T06:21:00.000+11:002005-12-12T06:21:00.000+11:00Oh heck, it didn't accept my reformatting. But let...Oh heck, it didn't accept my reformatting. But let's just take some numbers for fun. In the above table, if your beta was between 200 and 500 at 16 DPR, you would have an 80-95% of having an ongoing pregnancy at 20 weeks. But your beta was at the UPPER end of that level, at 10 DPR already, almost a full week before these levels were measured for the study.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10294772.post-1134328455673189422005-12-12T06:14:00.000+11:002005-12-12T06:14:00.000+11:00Maybe this will help kill a few Niggling Doubts, f...Maybe this will help kill a few Niggling Doubts, from the website at http://www.ivfer.com/hcg.htm<BR/><BR/>Early HCG Levels and Outcome<BR/><BR/>There was a recent study (Homan, et al, Fertility and Sterility, Feb2000) that looked at the HCG level at 16dpo (13dp3dt or 11dp5dt). It found that, for a given HCG at 16dpo, the chance of a ongoing pregnancy at 20w was:<BR/><BR/>HCG Lvl. # Women Ongoing Preg.<BR/> <BR/> <BR/>25-50 78 <35% <BR/>50-100 95 35-64% <BR/>100-200 159 64-80% <BR/>200-500 220 80-95% <BR/>500-1000 87 95-100% <BR/>>1000 23 100% <BR/><BR/>You are off the chart with a beta of 490 at 10 DPR. Now, settle down!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10294772.post-1134325626599461742005-12-12T05:27:00.000+11:002005-12-12T05:27:00.000+11:00That's quite a story. There was a mouse plague a f...That's quite a story. There was a mouse plague a few years back in my country, (though not in my area luckily).<BR/><BR/>Great post. You give me doubts of a totally different nature, should I quit blogging or just try harder to write good stuff. ;-) It'll be the latter, rest assured. <BR/><BR/>Try not to worry what the nurses might think (hah! from someone who feels the need to please her Dr.). If they give you a wary look, take off your shoes and let them walk around the block in them. ;-)Lut C.https://www.blogger.com/profile/03893061829410958985noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10294772.post-1134324882698758622005-12-12T05:14:00.000+11:002005-12-12T05:14:00.000+11:00Yes, I remember Niggling Doubts all too well! This...Yes, I remember Niggling Doubts all too well! This time last year I was about 7 weeks pregnant. I now have a 4 month old son.<BR/><BR/>Niggling doubts makes you completely typical. Yay! :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10294772.post-1134324555326380682005-12-12T05:09:00.000+11:002005-12-12T05:09:00.000+11:00Yeah, you know the score. Normal, normal, normal. ...Yeah, you know the score. Normal, normal, normal. Except that your beta was actually abnormally good. So you need to do whatever you need to do to keep yourself sane, and don't worry about doing it. But you are definitely pregnant, no doubt about it. There's a big difference between 8 and 490. Um, 482 in fact. That's big.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10294772.post-1134323064367559632005-12-12T04:44:00.000+11:002005-12-12T04:44:00.000+11:00Anonymous sounds like their heart is in the right ...Anonymous sounds like their heart is in the right place, but I think we both know how impossible it is to just *stop doubting yourself.*<BR/><BR/>Uh huh.<BR/><BR/>Instead, just know that scores of us have been exactly where you, and we felt the same same same thing. It's normal. You are not a "Nutter." Even women who don't go through IF (yes, I can't imagine their existence either) worry and stress their way through the first trimester.<BR/><BR/>Have you asked when they are going to do a scan??? So we can see how many superstars have stayed for the meet and greet?<BR/><BR/>I'm hugging you as hard as cyber-space will let me...<BR/>-D.Dramalishhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02596864687460087812noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10294772.post-1134323032985953992005-12-12T04:43:00.000+11:002005-12-12T04:43:00.000+11:00My niggling doubts set in immediately after hangin...My niggling doubts set in immediately after hanging up the phone when I got my beta results. What if they gave me the wrong person's results? I immediately had to go buy an HPT. And then when I told my DH, he had to go do the same thing. I peed on sticks every day for the first week (and carried them around in my purse for reassurance) until I got the results from the second beta back.<BR/><BR/>The niggling doubts are a part of our journey, for good or for bad. At least we have the luxury of beautiful clinics who are used to our anxiety and will test our blood and shove wands up our hoo-has whenever we like. <BR/><BR/>I ditto the "NBHHY!!"<BR/><BR/>Word verification - auxow. Sounds like an exclamation to me.... "AUXOW!!! Look at those numbers double!!!"Jamilahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00535063746363811278noreply@blogger.com