My ultrasound would have been this coming Tuesday, but we will be on a Caribbean cruise all week. So it will be 7/8, the Tuesday after we get back.
But you better believe that I will be eating for at least three after THAT beta. HOT DAMN!
Here's how I'm feeling:
Tired. So very, very tired.
Bloated. So very, very bloated.
Nervous. So very, very nervous.
Hungry. So very, very hungry.
I bought a pregnancy book (smug, I know. I'm sure something will go wrong now that I've been so bold as to buy a pregnancy book) and it is kind of pissing me off. It is Your Pregnancy Week by Week.
First of all, they expect you to only gain, like, 3 pounds during your first trimester. Bitch whaaaaa? I gained 3 pounds at dinner tonight! And they are all, "Oh, you will be able to wear your normal clothes until, like, 14 weeks. Or else you are a total hoss and should step away from the refrigerator."
I'll just let you know that none of my clothes fit. I know I've been over this, but for realsies people: even the fat infertility pants won't button without a tub of margarine, a wing, and a prayer.
I read way far ahead, but got really bored at 26 weeks.
I think I'm a better infertile than pregnant person.
65 comments:
You'll be a fantastic pregnant person. I hope the tiredness doesn't ruin your trip.... but at least You'll get all the amazing food you could ever dream to eat!
You so got two cooking in there! Holy cow!
When I read 'bitch whaaaa?' I totally laughed out loud and snorted. I can't even wait for your u/s. Eat like a hog on your cruise and enjoy every minute of it!
Holy huge beta #! I bet there's at least two or three in there! Maybe you'll get identical triplets! Have fun on your cruise! Can't wait for the u/s results!
Wow that is some beta!! Enjoy your cruise!
Delurking to say that I can totally relate to your feelings of being a better infertile than pregnant woman. It was very hard for me to bridge that gap when I first got pregnant. I actually bought that same pregnancy journal as an act of good faith right after the blood draw from my second beta.
Also, my pre-pregnancy clothes didn't fit from before retrieval. :)
Zowie, that's some kind of beta! Congrats, and enjoy the trip.
Oh, and my clothes haven't fit for weeks. The pregnancy books are written by people who have apparently never owned pants.
A wildebeest? Bitch whaaa? You mean like two wildebeests and a rhino, right?
Damn girl! How am *I* going to wait until your u/s?! I want to know what you got up your choochie!
Ok a couple things:
1. Holy fabulous Beta batman! That is awesome. Quintriplets anyone?
1. I was better at being infertile. I had come to terms with being infertile a year ago. Being pregnant is still sinking in, and I'm practically in my second trimester and I can't quite believe it is actually happening to me. Even after three ultrasounds, I'm still suspicious that fate is quitepossibly just playing a cruel joke on me.
3. My clothes stopped fitting at 6 weeks. I read the SAME THING in the same book and though "Beyotch please." Not even the bella band was ready for this jelly.
Congrats again. I am truely SO excited for you ;)
Good lord, that is quite a beta! You rock!
Totally ignore those pregnancy books. I gained three pounds before I got the positive test. And my pants totally didn't fit at all after Week 8 and I've only got one in there.
YAY!
I am thinking maybe TWO wildebeasts, but what do I know, I'm still an infertile. :P
Holy Beta Batman! That number is HUUUUUGE!
Congrats!
HOLY BETA!!!!!!!! NICE!!! I can't wait to hear about your sono. Good lord. I don't know you are waiting. And as for your pants not fitting, mine don't fit now and I am 10DPO. So there. LOL
Every time I saw those "you should have gained X amount by this week" in a pregnancy book all I saw was "blah, blah, blah, blah" while I was chowing on my oreo cream pie and 4 soft taco supremes from Taco Bell.
Eat hearty! I was starving every single damn day the first tri.
dude! You make good beta!
wow.
Whoohooo! What an awesome beta. I hope you and the whole soccer team you're incubating have a great vacation!
I love reading your blog -- I found you off a link of a link of a link from a friend! :) I am so excited for you. Yea 3 lbs. in first trimester -- SO not this girl -- I hear ya maybe 3 lbs. a meal! LOL I didn't eat much and gained 70 the first time and 60 the 2nd time around -- I was able to drop it fast -- Doctor said I was just the type to gain weight -- great since I already need to lose weight! Keep thinking pink and blue!
That is one massive beta! Wow! I'm really happy for you - have a great time on your vacation, you pg girl, you!
Holy shit! Can I say shit on your blog? Holy shit! 30,000?? That's like a few kindergartners in there! Impressive beta! I think it's better that I don't have betas. You would beat me. :)
OK. I gotta ask:
1. What the hell protocol were you on?
2. How many embies did you put back?!!?!!!!
Like, all of them, and everybody else's?
Awesome! I'm fascinated by the wildebeests and am looking forward to the u/s to see how many are stampeding in there.
Hope you get to enjoy some shopping for clothes that fit!
I bet you have a touch of OHSS causing that early bloat... I couldn't wear anything at week 4-5, but I am in normal clothes again at week (almost) 10.
Can't wait to see how many babies are in there. :) {fingers crossed for either 1 or 2}
Sarah
Holy shit, Jen!! I have never seen a 2nd beta like that.
LOL at margarine, a wing, and a prayer.
Enjoy your cruise and eat up, mama!!
Wow. Congrats. I think each of your embies split a few times. I say you are having two sets of identical triplets.
I'm with seriously...that was my thoughts exactly. LOL Have a great trip, Jen. Eat up and enjoy. =)
Don't worry about pants. Your going to need a tent if you have 2 sets of trips. HaHaHa
Have a great VACA!
Mark and Jen plus ten???
Seriously CONGRATS!!!!! Enjoy your vacation!
You definitely need to invest in a Bella Band! It lets you wear your pre-pregnancy clothes longer and your maternity clothes earlier. I went through 3 IVFs and got pregnant on the third. By then I'd gained at least 10 pounds and didn't fit in to any of my clothes. I was wearing maternity clothes fairly early on with the help of the Bella Band.
HOLY CRAP JEN! I am so excited for you. Now I can't wait for MY ultrasound OR YOURS! Hehe. :-)
I think I am more excited for you than when I finally got pregnant! I cried when I saw the pic of your pee stick. And I have that book too and totally agree. I kept holding out on the maternity clothes, even though I was insanely uncomfortable, and thinking I was a freak for gaining so much weight so fast. After going up two pant sizes and still being uncomfortable and looking fat and frumpy I broke down and bought maternity clothes at 12 weeks. Screw it! These pants are great!!! Should have bought some years ago. Have a great va-cay!
Holy Second Beta! I'm still predicting quads, you IVF superstar. Can't wait to hear about your u/s - have a great trip!
Holy Cow! What a number! You only transferred two...I wonder what the odds are that they both split??
Have a great vacation!
holy shit!
like I said, girl, you aren't just pregnant, you are FUCKING pregnant!
LOL
*hugs*
Congrats on the great news. ;)
you are so rocking out that beta!
hope you found some cute stuff to take on your cruise - as i am sure you did!
son of a bitch! that beta is c to the razy if you know what i mean. i think they need to make a pregnancy book for infertile people who gain the first 2 trimesters worth of alotted lbs by just taking the g-damn meds. then it wouldn't make you feel so bad. it could be called "you're not really a fat-ass, it's the meds," or something.
Wow Jen, you should have been nicer to the dugar family because you may need some tips..lol jk
Jen!!! I have to tell you that I was thinking about you on our vacay and made my husband stop in the middle of Caeser's Palace to bring up your blog on his cell so I could see if you got your BFP! I am so freakin' happy for you!!!!!! CONGRATULATIONS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Zowie! That's multiples for sure!
I'm only 7 weeks, with one, and I had to get a bella band and some 0-6 months maternity pants. At 14 weeks I expect to be wearing the big maternity pants, if you know what I mean.
Have a great vacation! Your symptoms and beta results make me wonder how many are cooking in there. And don't worry about what they say on how much weight you should gain. I think all IF treatment pregnancies include gaining some weight even before you're officially pregnant. And then if you don't have any morning sickness in your first trimester, you are much more interested in eating than the average PG woman.
"{Insert DH's Name} and Jen Plus 10!"
Take that, Duggars. You are SO much more fertile than her, now, lol!
Seriously, I am so stoked for you. And you gain as much damn weight as you can, lady! You deserve to tell everyone that you're pg, I mean how often did we have to suffer looking at big bellies... now you get to show yours off. Time to break out the bare midriff tube tops.
That is one kickass beta!! You rock, girl! Enjoy that cruise and eat as much as you damn well please... you're eating for at least 3, after all :)
Congrats!!!!!!!
That is one amazing set of betas!
While my journey to getting pregnant was far easier than most infertiles (only 2 years, which still felt like an eternity, and 11 cycles of clomid (yes, in a row, and no, the doctor didn't even monitor me just told me to take my temperature)...because my doctor wouldn't try anything else! Got pregnant on the last clomid cycle before FINALLY getting into the fertility clinic).
ANYWAYS, I must say, that I still worry. Constantly. My newest obsession is with incompetent cervix. I have no reason to believe I have an incompetent cervix, other than my obsession with SOMETHING going wrong. I'm at 15 weeks.
oh..and my non-pregnant clothes stopped fitting at 5 or 6 weeks, but I lost weight. Figure that one out!
Wow. Very reassuring! I think you'll shrink back down (as your ovaries go back to normal) before you swell-up with baby. Have fun on your vacay and I can't wait for your u/s.
Wow. That is unreal! I'm so damn excited and happy for you and Mark! And I can't stop saying "Woo to the Hoo" from your first beta post. I don't know why I get such a kick out of that!
Ok I'm still trying to get to the pregno stage so only know the infertility lingo (I've got the whole pee on a stick thing down to a tee).
What is a beta? What would you expect it to be?
That's a lovely looking wildebeest, but with horns like that I should hope for a breech presentation.
Awesome HCG.
Holy Crap!!!! Congratulations!!!!!!
OMG yeahhhhhhhhhhhh!!!
Have fun on the cruise and eat LOTS!!!
Soooo HAPPY for u girl! xoxoxox
Holy wildebeest betas bat-girl.
I don't know what those numbers mean, but I'm seriously impressed with your achievement.
that's amazing!! and such a cute wildebeast.
I'm also thinking multiples with those numbers! I can't wait to hear about your u/s! Enjoy your vacation!
those numbers are fanastic! I'd say you have at least two in there! congrats!
Holy crap hon - that is huge!!!
You rock!! My IVF cycle failed and we went back to injectbles! Talk about a walk in the park!! I got a BFP 12 DPO.
Just so you can compare....here are my betas..
13 DPO - 90
15 DPO - 330
22 DPO- 7222
29 DPO - 29,037 (6 wks 1 day)
And guess what? My 5 week, 1 day ultrasound (22 DPO) showed 2 sacs. We check for heartbeats next week.
Looks like you have two horny Wildebeest'ssss in there!! Congrats!! Have fun on the cruise.
That number is insane! (But in a good way.)
Jen congrats on an awesome beta!! You may even get your own show on TLC. Mark and Jen plus Ten (it just rhymed well with your name!!)
Have fun on your cruise!!
Hey Jen, I am sure that I am the last person that you want to and or expected to hear from but......It is Jackie from High School. I just wanted to say that I have been following for several months now and I am very very happy for you and Mark. After all that the two of you have been through I can only imagine your joy at this point. Relax on your cruise and enjoy the sun. I know that you will make a great mother and I am very happy for you! Best wishes to you all!
Jackie Shultz (Bekar)
That is one big beta! Congrats!! Enjoy your cruise!
Betarific number Jen! Better at being infertile?!, you might have to get over that in a big time hurry and start thinking about multiple EVERYTHING! What a nice concept, Congrats and Enjoy the trip !
Whoa!! Those are excellent Betas!! You have to be growing a couple little peanuts in there. Congratulations!!! I love your blog, hope you keep us all updated.
OMG!! You are hilariously funny!! I found your blog through Destination Baby and I am sure going to keep reading!! You remind me of my crazy self. and I SOOOO Want to park in the Expecting Mothers' only spot, but still haven't gotten aroudn to it yet!! I will though!
Congrats on your beta!! I can't wait to see your ultrasound. The night before mine I was convinced we had triplets due to one embryo splitting and didn't sleep a wink all night. Turned out to only be one, for which I am now glad!! Don't know how two would fit in there!
And ya, ignore those stupid pregnancy 'guidelines' I gained 12 pounds my first trimester--eat what you want and ENJOY pregnancy!!
And enjoy your cruise!! You will love it!!
Wow!! That beta is freaking fantastic. I hope you have a great cruise.
I wonder what you're insurance company is going to say about this!
Congratulations and I think you're writing is hilarious.
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