I saw my OB, Dr. D, for my monthly check up this morning. It’s the first time I’ve seen her since being diagnosed with placenta previa and a succenturiate lobe so I had lots of questions. A quick reminder: Placenta previa (PP) is where the placenta covers the cervix which blocks the baby’s way out. It can partially or completely cover…
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Five Months / Moving
We’ve moved! When we left New York in March 2011, we drove all the way to DH’s parents’ house in north county San Diego (with our dog on the back seat of the rental car). The plan was to base ourselves with his folks until we found a place to live in Los Angeles, 120 miles north. But sometimes, as…
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20 Weeks: Halfway There!
Four months ago today those two little blastocysts were transferred and here I am, 20 weeks / four months later, with an active little girl on board. I can hardly believe it! I’ve been wrapping my head around the news of my placenta previa and succenturiate lobe, and I’m doing much better than I was. I am still a little…
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18 Weeks / Anatomy Scan
I’m trying to remain calm. Oh so calm. But I’m teetering on the edge of freaking out. I’ll start with the bad news. At today’s anatomay scan, I had to have my first trans-vaginal exam since graduating from my RE. Long story short, not only do I have placenta previa — where the placenta totally covers my cervix — but…
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Reactions to Our Using an Egg Donor
By now, at 18½ weeks, I have quietly shared the news that I am pregnant with plenty of people. I find myself grinning and often add It’s been quite the journey to get to this point! I should probably stop doing that, but for some reason I find it hard to separate the relatively short (12-18 months, depending on how…
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17 Weeks: A Jumble of Thoughts
It’s uncanny how sharing one’s woes can sometimes help a situation. Two days after the meltdown in my last post, I found a place to live and we signed the lease on Saturday! My in-laws are fantastic, but I can’t tell you how much we’re looking forward to living by ourselves again. This place is a two-bedroom (the second bedroom…
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Protected: Feeling Worthless
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15 Weeks
I’m behind in my blogging. It’s a combination of lots of work mixed in with a headache or migraine every three days, which makes everything more difficult. Such days mean either my morning is a write-off, if not the whole day. I’m not sure what triggers the migraines, but my best guess is constipation compounded by sleep deprivation. But there…
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Adjusting to My New Status as a Regular Pregnant Woman
I went maternity clothes shopping for the third time over the weekend. My MIL and I drove to the outlets. On a Saturday. The day before Mother’s Day. It wasn’t a mistake, but it certainly wasn’t without some discomfort. The first time, buying a pair of jeans, the most uncomfortable it got was when I overheard the sales girl ask…
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Thinking of You Today… Yes, YOU!
Happy Mothers’ Day to all of you wonderful women, whether or not you already mother living children: Whether you are thinking of your miscarried or stillborn babies, or the children who fought for their lives in the NICU; Whether you are on your first IUI, or your sixth round of IVF, or are fundraising money so you can just get…
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