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Yup i also wana bf... But duno will it be easy not.. Also scare supply not enough for two.. Esp u have 3... Duno will be sufficient not..
Now that gynea has cleared u... U intend to go out shopping? I aldy start to go look at baby cot.. Strollers.. Etc.. But wont buy so early.. Just window shopping first..
Yup i also wana bf... But duno will it be easy not.. Also scare supply not enough for two.. Esp u have 3... Duno will be sufficient not..
Now that gynea has cleared u... U intend to go out shopping? I aldy start to go look at baby cot.. Strollers.. Etc.. But wont buy so early.. Just window shopping first..
twinkle_belle
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Leapgal:
So happy for you. Enjoy the pregnancy journey!
So happy for you. Enjoy the pregnancy journey!
dear sista, do you have any symtomps during 2ww? i have soo much cramp but no spotting since ET until now... that's why i am soo depressed and stressful... and lastnite when i wiped after urine found a sticky mucus.. backache very bad... that's why dare not think that i can hold on until BT.
twinkle_belle
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marigold:
I have absolutely no symptoms except going to the toilet frequently but that could be due to more intake of fluid. Sticky mucus should be ok.
When is your BT?
I have absolutely no symptoms except going to the toilet frequently but that could be due to more intake of fluid. Sticky mucus should be ok.
When is your BT?
baby, although dr says ok to go out...bt i dun feel well enuff yet leh. i still cannot eat properly... i tried walking abit more at home... feels unwell and breathless..even though i was walking slowly... not ready to make it out for shopping yet....
dont worry about breastmilk supply...when the time comes, the body will adjust to cope with it.
worse scenerio supplement with FM ..
dont worry about breastmilk supply...when the time comes, the body will adjust to cope with it.
pink_senorita
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hi ladies, how's yr fri
I had high tea but could not eat...had very bad tummy ache and could not move. Was sitting at the lounge like some ball of lard...wahaha...
Angela said she would wanna scan me next Thurs for sac/s... haha she really could not wait ah? She was so happy she hugged me when she saw me
Tina: When I could not conceive naturally, I saw it as a punishment from God. I wept in silence when all my frens could conceive naturally...some even did not welcome their pregnancies. I spent one yr avoiding kids' parties and baby showers...even weddings get painful when we got reminded why we were childless after yrs of marriage.
It's the struggle and pain only the couples themselves know. I might not have the best words for you but I want to tell you God is not punishing us. I learn that God has his timing. Sounds cliche but true.
This IVF journey is tough...every stage is riddled with doubts but we are all here to share.
Pls believe that one day you will hv a kid in your arms.
Many of us never thought it would happen as well, and when the dream came true, it was the most beautiful one ever.
Chin up ok?
I had high tea but could not eat...had very bad tummy ache and could not move. Was sitting at the lounge like some ball of lard...wahaha...
Angela said she would wanna scan me next Thurs for sac/s... haha she really could not wait ah? She was so happy she hugged me when she saw me
Tina: When I could not conceive naturally, I saw it as a punishment from God. I wept in silence when all my frens could conceive naturally...some even did not welcome their pregnancies. I spent one yr avoiding kids' parties and baby showers...even weddings get painful when we got reminded why we were childless after yrs of marriage.
It's the struggle and pain only the couples themselves know. I might not have the best words for you but I want to tell you God is not punishing us. I learn that God has his timing. Sounds cliche but true.
This IVF journey is tough...every stage is riddled with doubts but we are all here to share.
Pls believe that one day you will hv a kid in your arms.
Many of us never thought it would happen as well, and when the dream came true, it was the most beautiful one ever.
Chin up ok?
pink_senorita
Active Member
marigold: prior to my BFP I have sticky, gross yellowish discharge as well.
These are my PMS signs. I fact my PMS accompanied me till I BFPed. Cheer up, dun give up!
These are my PMS signs. I fact my PMS accompanied me till I BFPed. Cheer up, dun give up!
Pink-D:
My tears are rolling down when i read the words, yeah,... that's exactly what i felt for many years of marriage without any child... and keep avoiding my friends and relatives when they having a lovely baby on their arms...it makes me soo low esteem...
i found that when just started i am still quite steady.. i tot my faith are soo solid... but i was wrong, when one by one of pms symptomps coming hit me... i really felt soo hopeless and not confident anymore.
My tears are rolling down when i read the words, yeah,... that's exactly what i felt for many years of marriage without any child... and keep avoiding my friends and relatives when they having a lovely baby on their arms...it makes me soo low esteem...
i found that when just started i am still quite steady.. i tot my faith are soo solid... but i was wrong, when one by one of pms symptomps coming hit me... i really felt soo hopeless and not confident anymore.
Balroggal, im 7wks as of tday. V funny, I stil duno how they count. Where were ur scan done? Mine was done by a diff doc at amc, level 1 so hb n I get to c bb on a diff screen. Bt fr e nex scan onwards, dr sadha wans to do the scan herself. Btw how do u feel so far? I tink I feel perfectly normal, no ms yet (crossed finger). Tot It was going to hit me last wk bt in the end it was only a gastric cus of my late dinner. 
pink_senorita
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marigold: It's understandable.
Many of u came to choose IVF coz simpler options either failed us or were unsuitable.
I failed 3 IUIs..imagine the tears shed. Once I thot I BFP-ed for one of the IUIs as I was 3 days late and when my period came (at abt 3am), I broke down in my toilet... I can still rber the pain.
Dun cry ok...we will def love and appreciate our babies more because they are sooo precious to us.
When is yr BT?
Many of u came to choose IVF coz simpler options either failed us or were unsuitable.
I failed 3 IUIs..imagine the tears shed. Once I thot I BFP-ed for one of the IUIs as I was 3 days late and when my period came (at abt 3am), I broke down in my toilet... I can still rber the pain.
Dun cry ok...we will def love and appreciate our babies more because they are sooo precious to us.
When is yr BT?
pink_senorita
Active Member
Yes it's my first.
I failed my SO-IUI in Apr and embarked on IVF in May.
To me, the IUIs were a waste of time coz hubby's sperm was very bad...but no gynaes had the decency to inform us!
I failed my SO-IUI in Apr and embarked on IVF in May.
To me, the IUIs were a waste of time coz hubby's sperm was very bad...but no gynaes had the decency to inform us!
twinkle_belle
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Marigold:
This is my fresh cycle. Your BT is so soon! All the best to you! I will pray for you to have a BFP.
This is my fresh cycle. Your BT is so soon! All the best to you! I will pray for you to have a BFP.
twinkle_belle
Member
Pink D:
What you have said really strikes a chord with many of us. Pregnancy occurs so spontaneously for many who do not even yearn for children and there are those like us who wish every month that we would never seen the stain on our undies. Just a few months ago, close friends of ours declared that they had no intention of having children. To them, children have no place in their lives. And here we are, yearning, longing and waiting in endless hope...
Taking this IVF route is the last resort for me. It took me a lot of courage to go for this alternative because for a long time, I was a firm believer that procreation is God-made and not an experiment on a petri dish.
I think all of us are strong survivors despite our struggles with infertility. Whatever the outcome may be, we have given this our best shot, right?
Jia you! (Press on!)
What you have said really strikes a chord with many of us. Pregnancy occurs so spontaneously for many who do not even yearn for children and there are those like us who wish every month that we would never seen the stain on our undies. Just a few months ago, close friends of ours declared that they had no intention of having children. To them, children have no place in their lives. And here we are, yearning, longing and waiting in endless hope...
Taking this IVF route is the last resort for me. It took me a lot of courage to go for this alternative because for a long time, I was a firm believer that procreation is God-made and not an experiment on a petri dish.
I think all of us are strong survivors despite our struggles with infertility. Whatever the outcome may be, we have given this our best shot, right?
Jia you! (Press on!)
twinkle_belle
Member
Pink D:
My hubby's soldiers were also very bad. The name of his condition is so long that it has exhausted every single letter in the alphabet. For years, hubby also feels very bad about his condition.
I believed they used ICSI to fertilise my eggs. On the day of the sperm collection, I kept hounding dh on the amount of sperm that he produced. Poor guy... I guess our husbands are more often than not, silent sufferers especially since they can't share such problems with their other male friends.
We, women, are so easily bonded by common experiences, right?
My hubby's soldiers were also very bad. The name of his condition is so long that it has exhausted every single letter in the alphabet. For years, hubby also feels very bad about his condition.
I believed they used ICSI to fertilise my eggs. On the day of the sperm collection, I kept hounding dh on the amount of sperm that he produced. Poor guy... I guess our husbands are more often than not, silent sufferers especially since they can't share such problems with their other male friends.
We, women, are so easily bonded by common experiences, right?
pink_senorita
Active Member
Twinkle-belle:
I empathize. He has asthenoteratozoospermia and the diagnosis fluctuated everytime he had a new sperm analysis done. But no matter what the terms were, the facts remained - fathering a child au naturale is almost impossible.
I was angry and wonder why God made him this way.
On days I was even resentful and I feel awful feeling this way. My hubby did not want that to happen to him, so I could not further victimize him.
We are Catholics. Like you, children should be God made and conceived out of love, not artficially. But our options were exhausted.
At the end of the day, i concluded that we should put a human perspective to God's definition of love.
God is not going to love an IVF-conceived child any less... so against all odds, we went ahead.
Before we became mothers, we already displayed our bravery and tenacity. Surely God sees this and touches Him.
So our day will come!
To all ladies trying, press on.
Yes we all bonded by these experiences.
I have made a few friends who become my impt source of support alr
I empathize. He has asthenoteratozoospermia and the diagnosis fluctuated everytime he had a new sperm analysis done. But no matter what the terms were, the facts remained - fathering a child au naturale is almost impossible.
I was angry and wonder why God made him this way.
On days I was even resentful and I feel awful feeling this way. My hubby did not want that to happen to him, so I could not further victimize him.
We are Catholics. Like you, children should be God made and conceived out of love, not artficially. But our options were exhausted.
At the end of the day, i concluded that we should put a human perspective to God's definition of love.
God is not going to love an IVF-conceived child any less... so against all odds, we went ahead.
Before we became mothers, we already displayed our bravery and tenacity. Surely God sees this and touches Him.
So our day will come!
To all ladies trying, press on.
Yes we all bonded by these experiences.
I have made a few friends who become my impt source of support alr
hopefulmummy
Member
pinkD- my hubby has the same diagnosis as yours.. we were devastated when we knew what it was..
twinkle_belle
Member
Pink D:
Well-said. You have helped me to loosen a knot in my heart. I was facing so many psychological barriers when it came to deciding on this IVF route. I, too, questioned God and asked why this was inflicted upon us. After a miscarriage early this year, I think a part of me died along with the foetus. I just became detached from all my friends. I felt that they did not understand my pain and loss. Of course, it's an egocentric mode of thought but I cannot help it.
Anyway, it's all in the past. I will leave this in God's hands and let Him decide if the embryos would take fruit in my womb. If I still do not conceive even after trying IVF, please pray that I will have the courage to accept my condition and move on.
Just to check with you, are you comfortable sharing with your friends, especially your church friends about your IVF attempt?
Well-said. You have helped me to loosen a knot in my heart. I was facing so many psychological barriers when it came to deciding on this IVF route. I, too, questioned God and asked why this was inflicted upon us. After a miscarriage early this year, I think a part of me died along with the foetus. I just became detached from all my friends. I felt that they did not understand my pain and loss. Of course, it's an egocentric mode of thought but I cannot help it.
Anyway, it's all in the past. I will leave this in God's hands and let Him decide if the embryos would take fruit in my womb. If I still do not conceive even after trying IVF, please pray that I will have the courage to accept my condition and move on.
Just to check with you, are you comfortable sharing with your friends, especially your church friends about your IVF attempt?
Twinkle Belle :
Thank you! i have the same situation too... ivf is my last resorted when in the earlier was told that my husband soldier won't be able to have a child with natural ways. we tot of having an adoption when we are gonna to retired. but, i need and wanted to try for ivf first. as long as we have tried our best before other alternative. it takes soo much of courage and times when hubby finally agreed for this ivf journey. i believe one thing that God want us take some action before He make His way.
I thank you for all of you give lots of positive feedback, i dare not think much now....
Thank you! i have the same situation too... ivf is my last resorted when in the earlier was told that my husband soldier won't be able to have a child with natural ways. we tot of having an adoption when we are gonna to retired. but, i need and wanted to try for ivf first. as long as we have tried our best before other alternative. it takes soo much of courage and times when hubby finally agreed for this ivf journey. i believe one thing that God want us take some action before He make His way.
I thank you for all of you give lots of positive feedback, i dare not think much now....
twinkle_belle
Member
pink D & hopefulmummy:
My husband has oligoesthenoteratozoospermia. According to the urologist, it's the worst sperm condition he had ever seen. Still, I am thankful that he has some sperms. There are men who are born without sperms so their wives have to resort to doner sperms if they want to get pregnant.
Hope our hubbies don't mind us discussing their soldiers in a public forum...
My husband has oligoesthenoteratozoospermia. According to the urologist, it's the worst sperm condition he had ever seen. Still, I am thankful that he has some sperms. There are men who are born without sperms so their wives have to resort to doner sperms if they want to get pregnant.
Hope our hubbies don't mind us discussing their soldiers in a public forum...
pink_senorita
Active Member
Twinkle-belle:
I did not even tell my parents and in-laws abt this.
Reasons being: we fear they would worry for us which will stress us more and also, they might not be supportive.
It remains very much a personal decision made by hubby and I.
When I casually discussed this, friends were quick to dismiss the idea. they thought we were being drastic! I guess they dunno until they are in the same predicament.
I think I would rather remain tight-lipped. As long as BB is healthy, he/she would be loved.
It doesnt matter how he/she comes.
Rber, even with IVF, it has to be God's will the pregnancy is viable and successful.
Girl, dun be too low too long. Brace up ya?
You will make it.
This thread is blessed with lotsa baby dusts!
I did not even tell my parents and in-laws abt this.
Reasons being: we fear they would worry for us which will stress us more and also, they might not be supportive.
It remains very much a personal decision made by hubby and I.
When I casually discussed this, friends were quick to dismiss the idea. they thought we were being drastic! I guess they dunno until they are in the same predicament.
I think I would rather remain tight-lipped. As long as BB is healthy, he/she would be loved.
It doesnt matter how he/she comes.
Rber, even with IVF, it has to be God's will the pregnancy is viable and successful.
Girl, dun be too low too long. Brace up ya?
You will make it.
This thread is blessed with lotsa baby dusts!
twinkle_belle
Member
Pink D:
Thanks! I'm catching your baby dust!
Going back to work next week and I wonder if I can handle the utrogestan suppositories without dropping them in the toilet bowl. Guess I need to practise doing it on the toilet bowl.
Hope my colleagues won't notice the walking puffer fish.
You must take good care of yourself. Your bb is so well-loved and blessed!
Thanks! I'm catching your baby dust!
Going back to work next week and I wonder if I can handle the utrogestan suppositories without dropping them in the toilet bowl. Guess I need to practise doing it on the toilet bowl.
Hope my colleagues won't notice the walking puffer fish.
You must take good care of yourself. Your bb is so well-loved and blessed!
pink_senorita
Active Member
twinkle-belle: Be careful when you insert them ya?
take things slow. God bless and update us.
Hugs.
take things slow. God bless and update us.
Hugs.
pinkfreesias
New Member
pinkD, u mentioned previously that COQ10 taken in 150mg. I bot one at GNC but its 50mg and says 1 capsule per day. Must we take 150mg for better results?
pink_senorita
Active Member
Pink-F: Hi, how are you?
CARE advises us to take 150mg. I used to take 3 capsules of 50mg in a day. BUt I buy my CoQ10 from CARE now and jus need to pop one a day
CARE advises us to take 150mg. I used to take 3 capsules of 50mg in a day. BUt I buy my CoQ10 from CARE now and jus need to pop one a day
pink_senorita
Active Member
leapgal: I had the same exact symptoms as u!
pink_senorita
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adeline: maybe it's early?
test again on D13?
test again on D13?
carrot81
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PinkD- ya tml D13 I will try again. I have to tell myself to be more relax.
During my D3 aft ET, my frz came over n her bb keep crying while she went out for awhile so I hav to carry her 1yr bb N for less than 5mins, I felt my tummy abit pain. Fr tat time till nw I scare it will affect my implantation. I dun dare to tell my hb too. Hopefully everything is fine.
During my D3 aft ET, my frz came over n her bb keep crying while she went out for awhile so I hav to carry her 1yr bb N for less than 5mins, I felt my tummy abit pain. Fr tat time till nw I scare it will affect my implantation. I dun dare to tell my hb too. Hopefully everything is fine.