8 week U/S...

And everyone is still alive!! Woohoo!

At 8w1d:

Baby A: 18mm (8w1d) HR 186

Baby B: 17mm (8w0d) HR 171

She saw no reason for my spotting, assuming it was cervical irritation or growing uterus issues.  I guess it's normal in twin pregnancies?  I dunno.  I'm winging this!!!! :)

I am weaning off my meds.  Today I am stopping the estradiol pills, and decreasing the cyclogest suppositories from 4 to 3 a day.  In 2 weeks I decrease to twice daily, then at 12 weeks down to one a day.  Supposedly I will be on one a day for the rest of the pregnancy?  Yuck.

BP was 129/94.  She said that was fine but I know that's higher than 2 weeks ago.  Ugh!  

I am to follow up with a perinatologist in 10 days. We will be in the USA then for vacation so I need to find one and make an appt stat!!!

Thanks for all of the well wishes the last couple of weeks.  It's so nice to be blogging again and have everyone's support!!

7+2, 7+3 spotting...

Ugh.

Yesterday (7+2) I noticed the smallest, most scanty bit of tan spotting when I wiped.  I immediately texted my dr, who told me to go back on the PIO every other day this week until my 8 week scan.  I had to go into the clinic to pick up some more PIO.  While there my dr saw me, ushered me into an exam room and did a quick abdominal u/s.  She said she saw both heartbeats. I could see one clearly, and hear it I think (it was awfully muffled), but the other embryo was much harder to see, "below the other one" according to the dr.  But the dr said it also had a good heartbeat.  So that all made me feel a little better. I rested all day yesterday and the spotting immediately stopped.

This morning I woke up to cramps, it's hard to tell if they are any worse than they have been, I've had them on and off since  transfer.  I didn't have any spotting the first couple hours I was awake, but then it started back up again.  At first tan, then pink, then brown, now it seems to have subsided again.  I texted my dr, she said to do the PIO daily.

Google and my twin forum girls all tell me this can be absolutely normal, can be a loss of one twin, or can be the beginnings of a total loss of pregnancy.  5 more days till the next transvag u/s.  Please keep your fingers crossed for me!

7 weeks

I think I am 7 weeks today, as egg retrieval was 5 weeks ago today.  My clinic is dating me one day behind which is weird, I think I am right.

I am feeling good!  Had one episode of vomiting this week (into the kitchen sink, yuck), and have had lethargy and nausea, but nothing extreme.  Please oh please let me not be as sick as I was with Pipsqueak!

Lots of changes possibly in the works, fingers crossed: moving back to the USA!  Oh please let this work out!  Lots of things need to be figured out, but it's looking good!

I read "Expecting Twins, Triples and Quads" in one day.  So much information, a little overwhelming, but it is a great read.  I am trying to make a concerted effort to up my protein and calcium.

Next ultrasound in 8 days.  I am extremely impatient!

TWO heartbeats!

Today's U/S was everything an U/S should be, for all of us.  No doom and gloom, only good measurements, and a Dr saying, "Everything looks perfect, there are absolutely no signs that anything will go wrong".

I am 6+3, Twin A measures 6+1 with a heart rate of 132, Twin B measures 6+2 with a heart rate of 126.  Sac sizes and yolk sac sizes normal.

I could see the hearts flickering, so freaking insane!  We tried to listen but it wasn't picking up very good.  Could hear it for just a second.  Repeat U/S in 11 days at 8 weeks exactly, when we should be able to hear them more easily.

My bp was perfect, I've only gained 1/2 lb even though I am eating everything in sight.  Pretty much the perfect appt.  Oh I hope those stupid weird beta doubling times are the only blip in this pregnancy!


I am having TWINS. OMG.

First U/S - 5w4d

So I am finally publishing all of these blog posts about my super secret IVF #3.  We told our parents today so I can blog again, hooray!

Today was our first u/s.  I was alone as Pipsqueak was ill so DH had to stay with her.  The dr inserted the wand and asked, "What do you see?"  I said, "TWO?".  Then burst into tears.  She said, "We put back 2, what did you expect?".  And I replied, "Truthfully I expected to see nothing!".  She then chastised me for being so negative.  Unfortunately I have had a bit of time in beta hell, and I have kept my heart guarded.  Here are my betas for all of you to enjoy with me :)

8dp5dt  103

9dp5dt  135 (doubling time of 60 hrs) - beta done the next day due to spotting

12dp5dt 327 (doubling time 56 hrs)

14dp5dt 599 (doubling time 54 hrs)

18dp5dt 2147 (doubling time 52 hours)

So as you can see, numbers were pretty spot on for a singleton.  Doubling times weren't fantastic like I wanted them to be, but they were more than adequate.  The dr kept saying they were "fabulous".  

Today's U/S showed two perfectly sized gestational sacs, each with a perfectly sized yolk sac, and one had the first signs of a fetal pole.  She said this was perfect.  Repeat U/S in 6 days at 6w3d when hopefully we will see some heartbeats!!!!

Here is the U/S, not the best image, but on the screen up on the wall the sacs looked huge!  And the yolk sacs just looked so damn perfect.