I am beyond bloated. It makes me look like I am about 5 months pregnant. And to confess, I like the way it looks:) Sometimes I stick it out farther and look at it in the mirror and pretend their is a baby in there. Then I realize that I am crazy, suck in the gut, and walk away from the mirror.
Okay, so I like the way it looks when I am at home, and can be comfy and not care. But when I am at work I am constantly paranoid that someone will ask if I am pg. Or that there will be talk about how I am looking a bit rotund. Or, that while I am at the grocery store I will run into someone and they will ask if I am pg. Is paranoia a side effect of Lupron? :)
In a co-irker update, there has apparently been a lot of gossip about whether or not I am doing any 'new treatments'. I haven't really confirmed IVF with anyone besides a few colleagues and my boss (though I really didn't want to tell her). I just don't get why people are so nosy? Or, how they have so little in their life to worry about that they can spend all their time worrying about others? Believe me, at this point my colleagues could grow a third arm and I wouldn't notice....but then again, if one even looked the tiniest bit pg I would be all on that:)
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Our journey through infertility, to pregnancy, with a few bumps along the way.
About Me
- Andrea
- Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States
- After years of struggling with infertility we are finally parents to twins thanks to IVF#2! Learning through the difficult time of infertility, a multiples pregnancy, hospital bedrest, and a NICU stay that life is life, there is nothing you can do to control it. All you can do is try to make the best of it:)
Our Journey
- 10/05-Got married!
- 12/06-Began TTC
- 8/07-Diagnosed with Varicocele
- 10/07-Varicocelectomy
- 7/08-First RE appointment
- 9/, 10/, 12/08-IUI #1-3=BFNs
- 1/09 -IUI#4 =BFN
- 4/09 -IVF#1=BFN w/RE #2
- 6/22/09-IVF#2 =BFP!
- 1/15/10-Hazel and Elijah were born
Blog Archive
IF Success Stories
- Busted Babymaker
- Caroline-From Infertility to Baby
- Conceive This!
- Infertility Journey to Motherhood
- IVF on the Down Low
- Little Bluebirds Fly
- Make it Grand
- My Infertile World
- No swimmers in the tubes, no bun in the oven
- Not How I Planned
- Pieces of My Life
- Someday, Someway!
- Swimming Against the Tide
- There's a baby at the end of this, right?
Multiples
Infertility Blogs
Loss
Non-IF blogs I like
Money Spent on IF
- 2008-
- 7/23/08 -$323 RE office visit
- 7/23/08 -$727 cervical cultures
- 8/11/08 -$948 day 3 bloodwork
- 8/11/08 -$536 day 3 ultrasound
- 8/20/08 -$285 for IUI #1
- 9/5/08 -$194 Semen analysis and cryopreservation
- 9/08-9/09 -$150 semen storage fee
- 9/11/08 -$194 semen analysis
- 10/6/08 -pending $3,500 for HSG
- 10/11/08 -$285 for IUI #2
- 12/1/08 -$285 for IUI #3
- 12/27/08 -$285 for IUI #4
- 2009-
- 1/24/09-$248 RE office visit
- 1/28/09 -$412 semen analysis and bloodwork
- 1/30/09 -$542 mock-ET and bloodwork
- 2/6/09 -$3,966 for IVF & ER anesthesia
- 2/10/09 -$1,819.05 for IVF Meds
- 3/25/09 -$1,290 freezing embryos
- 4/2/09 -$293 beta testing
- 6/1/09 -$3,996 for IVF #2
Acronyms
- AF = Aunt Flow (menstruation)
- Beta =Beta blood test, tests for pregnancy hormone
- BFN = Big Fat Negative (on HPT)
- BFP = Big Fat Positive (i.e. PREGNANT!)
- DH = Dear Husband. Even when he's not being particularly dear
- ER = Egg retrieval
- ET = Embryo transfer
- FET=Frozen Embryo Cycle
- HPT = Home Pregnancy Test
- ICSI = Intro Cytoplasmic Sperm Injection
- IF = Infertility
- IL = In-laws
- IUI = Intrauterine Insemination
- IVF = In Vitro Fertilization
- LO = Little Ones (babies)
- MFI = Male Factor Infertility
- MoM = Mother of Multiples
- O = Ovulate
- OPK = Ovulation Predictor Kit (tells when you O)
- Pg = pregnant, pregnancy
- PIO = Progesterone in Oil shots
- POAS = Pee on a Stick (take HPT)
- RE = Reproductive Endocrinologist
- SA = Semen Analysis
- SIL = Sister-in-Law
- Stims = Stimulation hormone shots
- TI = Timed Intercourse
- TTC = Trying to Conceive
- TTTC = Trouble Trying to Conceive
- WTF=What the fuck? -why didn't this work
6 comments:
in the middle of my first cycle my mentor at work told me i looked "puffy" and that she was worried about me. :) ha ha.
you're too cute!
Ah.. the bloat. I looked like I was 4 months pregnant when I was only 7 wks pregnant last december! And I did the same thing too... mused myself thinking it was because of the baby. It was fun while it lasted. And hey... if we can find humor in our bloated bods... who is there to stop us? :)
As soon as I told someone Jay and I were TTC, every time after that if I craved something or just felt bloated, the "are you PG?" question would arise. Nosy buggers!
Ugh, I got that bloat too, and mine didn't go away, here's to hoping your doesn't go away either.
Oh, I am very familiar with the bloat. Not fun at all! Don't get me wrong- I will welcome a pregnancy bloat with open arms. Somehow, a medicine bloat isn't quite as cute. :)
Hehehe. Embrace the bloat:-)
I will fess up to also looking at my bloated belly in the mirror. You're not alone:-)
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