Comments on: When does this get fun? http://indyness.wordpress.com/2008/06/20/when-does-this-get-fun/ Indy, short for Indianapolis; Ness, short for Vanessa Mon, 02 Nov 2009 10:53:33 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: gold star http://indyness.wordpress.com/2008/06/20/when-does-this-get-fun/#comment-4711 gold star Tue, 24 Jun 2008 19:34:40 +0000 http://indyness.wordpress.com/?p=418#comment-4711 i'm just catching up with you, girl. This is beyond thrilling! What a trip how it happened... SO EXCITED FOR YOU. It doesn't get fun for a while. Or it didn't for us. But it will. Oh, it will. :) Keep us updated, plz. i’m just catching up with you, girl. This is beyond thrilling! What a trip how it happened…

SO EXCITED FOR YOU. It doesn’t get fun for a while. Or it didn’t for us. But it will. Oh, it will. :)

Keep us updated, plz.

]]> By: mrsbluemont http://indyness.wordpress.com/2008/06/20/when-does-this-get-fun/#comment-4710 mrsbluemont Mon, 23 Jun 2008 23:22:13 +0000 http://indyness.wordpress.com/?p=418#comment-4710 I'm late to the game and so sorry. But I have to first let out a huge CONGRATULATIONS!! I'm so happy for you and V. I hope everything goes well and the next few weeks pass quickly. I'm keeping you both in my thoughts and will cross everything I've got. So much love to your family. xo I’m late to the game and so sorry. But I have to first let out a huge CONGRATULATIONS!!

I’m so happy for you and V. I hope everything goes well and the next few weeks pass quickly. I’m keeping you both in my thoughts and will cross everything I’ve got.

So much love to your family.

xo

]]> By: Co http://indyness.wordpress.com/2008/06/20/when-does-this-get-fun/#comment-4709 Co Mon, 23 Jun 2008 17:56:08 +0000 http://indyness.wordpress.com/?p=418#comment-4709 That comment that says "Co" above was actually "Lo" using my computer. My best friend bled/spotted during her first tri. The consensus was... it could mean a miscarriage/it could mean nothing. (In her case, it meant nothing, thank goodness.) I think the same goes with the embryonic sac being a little on the small side or measuring a little behind. I hope in your case it just means nothing, too. Then again, women for whom everything looks perfect sometimes miscarry. So for those of us who know the score and worked hard to get pg, the worry is likely just there. And it makes me want to smack the women who get a positive HPT and run out and buy baby clothes and maternity outfits and assume everything will go fine and it does. I don't wish anything bad on them, but I wish some worry on them. I envy their ignorant bliss. It sucks, but there is just no way to know (and I know you know that). And that is so frustrating, especially when you've been through as much as you have to get there. For us, I breathed a sigh of small relief after my Nuchal at 11 or 12 weeks. I breathed another sigh of a little more relief once I officially hit the second tri (14 wks?). I was not totally relieved until I hit term at 37 weeks, when the baby was really likely to be fine if I went into labor at any moment. But I'm a worrier. It got more fun for me when I could feel Flipper move. I liked having daily reassurance that he was in there and alive, without having to wait for an u/s or a Doppler to confirm his heartbeat. That wasn't for a long while, though. I am glad your doc is giving you an u/s on Friday. I will keep you and your family (including the little Indy embryo) in my thoughts and prayers. That comment that says “Co” above was actually “Lo” using my computer.

My best friend bled/spotted during her first tri. The consensus was… it could mean a miscarriage/it could mean nothing. (In her case, it meant nothing, thank goodness.) I think the same goes with the embryonic sac being a little on the small side or measuring a little behind. I hope in your case it just means nothing, too.

Then again, women for whom everything looks perfect sometimes miscarry. So for those of us who know the score and worked hard to get pg, the worry is likely just there. And it makes me want to smack the women who get a positive HPT and run out and buy baby clothes and maternity outfits and assume everything will go fine and it does. I don’t wish anything bad on them, but I wish some worry on them. I envy their ignorant bliss.

It sucks, but there is just no way to know (and I know you know that). And that is so frustrating, especially when you’ve been through as much as you have to get there. For us, I breathed a sigh of small relief after my Nuchal at 11 or 12 weeks. I breathed another sigh of a little more relief once I officially hit the second tri (14 wks?). I was not totally relieved until I hit term at 37 weeks, when the baby was really likely to be fine if I went into labor at any moment. But I’m a worrier. It got more fun for me when I could feel Flipper move. I liked having daily reassurance that he was in there and alive, without having to wait for an u/s or a Doppler to confirm his heartbeat. That wasn’t for a long while, though.

I am glad your doc is giving you an u/s on Friday. I will keep you and your family (including the little Indy embryo) in my thoughts and prayers.

]]> By: katie http://indyness.wordpress.com/2008/06/20/when-does-this-get-fun/#comment-4708 katie Mon, 23 Jun 2008 13:19:11 +0000 http://indyness.wordpress.com/?p=418#comment-4708 What Katy H said. And if you need support and a drive over, you know I'll be there. I have administered a shot afterall :) What Katy H said. And if you need support and a drive over, you know I’ll be there. I have administered a shot afterall :)

]]> By: docgrumbles http://indyness.wordpress.com/2008/06/20/when-does-this-get-fun/#comment-4707 docgrumbles Sun, 22 Jun 2008 18:07:11 +0000 http://indyness.wordpress.com/?p=418#comment-4707 I definitely is not fun. Stay away from message boards! It is so frustrating - there are those that have healthy babies despite bleeding and bad signs... and those who expected losses with no warning signs whatsoever. There are no guarantees, but I really want yours to be one those "It didn't really matter" stories. HB is good. Remember that. I definitely is not fun.

Stay away from message boards!

It is so frustrating – there are those that have healthy babies despite bleeding and bad signs… and those who expected losses with no warning signs whatsoever.

There are no guarantees, but I really want yours to be one those “It didn’t really matter” stories.

HB is good. Remember that.

]]> By: indigirl/Amy http://indyness.wordpress.com/2008/06/20/when-does-this-get-fun/#comment-4706 indigirl/Amy Sun, 22 Jun 2008 14:16:47 +0000 http://indyness.wordpress.com/?p=418#comment-4706 I'd feel the same way. I think you only really relax after delivery when everything's ok, right? Hang in there! I’d feel the same way. I think you only really relax after delivery when everything’s ok, right? Hang in there!

]]> By: missanthropy http://indyness.wordpress.com/2008/06/20/when-does-this-get-fun/#comment-4703 missanthropy Sun, 22 Jun 2008 02:29:36 +0000 http://indyness.wordpress.com/?p=418#comment-4703 I know this is easier said than done, but try not to stress out too much. What terrible advice I give! :) I know this is easier said than done, but try not to stress out too much. What terrible advice I give! :)

]]> By: amy http://indyness.wordpress.com/2008/06/20/when-does-this-get-fun/#comment-4702 amy Sun, 22 Jun 2008 02:08:15 +0000 http://indyness.wordpress.com/?p=418#comment-4702 it's so, so stressful; with my pregnancy i'm not sure i ever totally relaxed, though i did feel "better" once we got out of the first trimester. with my wife's pregnancy currently, our first scan is tuesday, she'll be 6 weeks, 5 days. i'm totally stressed anticipating it and suspect i will remain that way until we're through the 1st trimester and probaby beyond. ttc is totally stressful and i hope to never be back on that journey, but pregnancy is also very stressful, despite the thought that with a positive brings relief. actually, i guess there is relief for a second, and then back to the all too familiar stress train! we're rooting for you!! it’s so, so stressful; with my pregnancy i’m not sure i ever totally relaxed, though i did feel “better” once we got out of the first trimester. with my wife’s pregnancy currently, our first scan is tuesday, she’ll be 6 weeks, 5 days. i’m totally stressed anticipating it and suspect i will remain that way until we’re through the 1st trimester and probaby beyond. ttc is totally stressful and i hope to never be back on that journey, but pregnancy is also very stressful, despite the thought that with a positive brings relief. actually, i guess there is relief for a second, and then back to the all too familiar stress train! we’re rooting for you!!

]]> By: Bonnie http://indyness.wordpress.com/2008/06/20/when-does-this-get-fun/#comment-4701 Bonnie Sun, 22 Jun 2008 00:46:50 +0000 http://indyness.wordpress.com/?p=418#comment-4701 The picnic sounds fun. Count me in. Just email me the details when it's time. I can do any day because I'm out of school after next week (I'm a teacher). ;) The picnic sounds fun. Count me in. Just email me the details when it’s time. I can do any day because I’m out of school after next week (I’m a teacher). ;)

]]> By: Daisy http://indyness.wordpress.com/2008/06/20/when-does-this-get-fun/#comment-4700 Daisy Sat, 21 Jun 2008 22:16:12 +0000 http://indyness.wordpress.com/?p=418#comment-4700 I have not commented here before but I have been reading your blog for a long time. I am so happy to hear you are in the process of making that baby! The mental anguish, a bonus of TTC, is awful. I feel for you both. I just wanted to let you know that infrequent commenters are also out here cheering for you! BTW I usually pick up your blog feed on G**gle Reader; however it is only the first few sentences of the post. If you could set your W*ordpress feed to "full" or 100% I could read it all via Reader. I bet there are other non-commenters that would love that too. Best of luck! We are sending you nothing but + energy. Daisy I have not commented here before but I have been reading your blog for a long time. I am so happy to hear you are in the process of making that baby! The mental anguish, a bonus of TTC, is awful. I feel for you both. I just wanted to let you know that infrequent commenters are also out here cheering for you!
BTW I usually pick up your blog feed on G**gle Reader; however it is only the first few sentences of the post. If you could set your W*ordpress feed to “full” or 100% I could read it all via Reader. I bet there are other non-commenters that would love that too.
Best of luck! We are sending you nothing but + energy. Daisy

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