Hormones or something
[4w2d]
Contrary to the expected, today I’m just pretty grouchy. Some things don’t bother me as much as usual, I’m just like “HA, like that’s going to bug me right now!” But I’m just tired of dealing with stupid situations.
I was on a bad station at work today and my back ached all day – it’s going to take a while to recover from that. Maybe I need to schedule another massage. :/ I really hate getting stuck at that station (we rotate)… it’s just very poorly designed and is guaranteed to kill your back. Honestly I think they should have to fix it, but it’s a logistics issue and way over my head. I worked until 7pm, did some grocery shopping, came home and cleaned up the house while making myself dinner. It’s now late and I have to get up early tomorrow morning. Ugh. Maybe I just need more sleep. (Okay… I definitely need more sleep; I’m just not sure that would improve my crankiness at all!)
Still with the round ligaments, but a little less today, though being on my feet for a while (to help alleviate my back pain) wasn’t too fun, I started feeling the ligaments more. I am hungry, but can’t eat much at once. And then the way I was sitting, my bloated belly kept bumping the counter, which was making me feel a little bit ill. Oh, and foot cramps… I’m getting them even though I’ve been wearing flats.
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Sometimes I forget. Flipping through TV of course I came across an episode on HGTV where the wife was very pregnant. I of course had that gut reaction of, “Grrrr, everyone else is pregnant! And never me!” And then it hit me: I’m pregnant. Like, right now. Whoa.
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Took a HPT yesterday morning, it was the same as Tuesday’s. But here’s the strange part: that didn’t worry me. There was no I think my tests are better later on in the day (like Tuesday), not at 6am. I just shrugged and then tested again today. It started off looking the same, but then settled into a darker line. I suspect my betas won’t double with quite as much gusto as they did with Devin (doubling time was 1.13 days!)… but still well within normal. Here’s today’s test. That was my last one in the house so no more for me.
I’m very very much getting a singleton feeling from all of this – even all the teasing at work about multiples isn’t getting to me like it normally does. I just know. The ultrasound will tell, and nothing else really matters. (And no, I still don’t want twins.) I’m also kind of getting a girl vibe, but that’s not nearly as sure. But we’re discussing girls names, just in case. (Which doesn’t really say much, since we have the boy’s name already chosen, and have for a year.)
Congrats!!! I’ve been waiting to see the good news on your blog, I was hoping this IVF would be your lucky one.
Here from LFCA…
Congratulations!
Don’t necessarily read too much into the grouchiness. Pain, nausea, constipation, hormones; any one of them is enough to cause grouchiness, and in early pregnancy you often have them all at once. As much as we may desperately want the pregnancies, sometimes our body doesn’t get it.
Good luck with everything!!
I’m so excited for you. :)
Lawd I’m still just beaming for you. I’ve been sourta “meh” about pregnant people lately b/c I’ve been getting mad about us having to wait LOL but when it comes to you I am just as happy as if it were me pregnant right now. I just want to fly to your house and jump up and down and *squee* with you lol
Right now I’m leaning towards boy for you… I don’t know why, but then again, I’ve been wrong the past couple times for people and I am never wrong dammit grrr. But I’ll need to wait till you start to pop out to get a better vibe ;)
Nat- just dropping in to wish you and Den a congratulations. I clicked over after being away, and this is such great news to find. Wow- “great” is such an understatement!
I don’t know you personally, but I’ve been pulling for you for quite some time, and I will continue to do so. Congratulations.
That’s hilarious because Ben and I were saying how we bet you’d have a girl this time. Something about the pattern of “hope” that keeps coming up. I even half joked you’d name her that, but I know you and Den have names and that isn’t one. ;)
I am so happy for you.
FYI – The home button on your site doesn’t take me home any more…. which is very annoying. I have to reload the entire page from my favorite link. Just thought you might want to know.
Also, you haven’t updated the timeline on the left to show your BFP.
Not sure why I am telling you this, I am sure you just don’t care…. but just in case you do, and you didn’t know…. here I am! LOL! Sorry!
OMG congtats!!!
Thats a nice line :) Can’t wait to hear the second beta news!
I am beyond happy for you! A million times congratulations. :)
I was a miserable person the first 3 months – so grouchy I was even irritating myself! Totally normal – looking forward to seeing your numbers today!!
I have been stalking for a long time, mostly on my cell phone so comments are not forthcoming, I am so excited for you and Den, Congrats!!! On another note, I noticed that you had the same beta as me on the same DPO when I had my successful pregnancy after infertility. A good solid healthy beta, well above the charts with awesome doubling time. I was so excited for you that I charted your beta #’s on http://babymed.com/Tools/pregnancy/hcg/
(I am a visual women) and your chart is GREAT!!!!!!!!!!
Great first and second betas!!! Sounds like your intuition is strong about a singleton and I’m a huge believer in gut feelings so hopefully you are right! I’m thinking boy for you, for whatever reason. Maybe b/c of the high betas. (I mean, betas are relatively meaningless as predictors for anything in terms of their actual levels, but still- it’s fun to speculate :-) My singleton betas were higher (chr normal boy that we lost in the 2nd tri) than my triplet pg (resulting in healthy b/g twins). )
So exciting!
Sorry this is a bit late, but congratulations Natalie. I’m really pleased for you, and getting a girl vibe for you, to be honest, but I guess time will tell! Good luck and take care.
Congrats on a GREAT 2nd beta!!!
I have been away from my computer for a few days and was so excited to learn that you are pregnant! Congratulations Mom! I hope you can enjoy this pregnancy no matter how crummy you may feel on occasion along the way. I can’t wait to hear more good news…
I’ve had a girl vibe too.