They doubled, holy cow!

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Registered: 10-13-2003
They doubled, holy cow!
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Thu, 08-25-2005 - 4:45pm

Well, I'm guessing this one is a girl and not a boy, since the boy was such a PITA when it came to his numbers doubling as they "should"...this one actually doubled! My HCG on Monday was 24, they redid it yesterday, should have been 48 and it's 80.8! Hoorah for sticky bean! I joked again about this being twins...DH's response "Oh God...". I hope it's twin girls, and they're both just like me, it would serve him right for saying he's going to get clipped and backing out.

In case anyone is wondering, I need to post an intro but here's a little bit of my situation. I have multiple pregnancy losses that span two marriages. My first marriage was a wreck, highly abusive, I bailed when he threatened to force an abortion if I ever got pregnant again (this was WHILE I was pregnant with our second baby). I got remarried, to someone very, very stable, very mild mannered. However, we've had some problems, mostly having to do with issues I have from my ex (I have PTSD, I swear, from that relationship). Anyway, we have one baby together. We weren't going to have anymore until we got on even footing in our relationship but dammit, one night, one night without the IVF (the foam stuff, birth control) and I'm pregnant. It usually takes an act of Congress, me standing on my head for a hour, several months and at least 2 miscarriages for me to get pregnant with a healthy baby....so this is a shock to us, to me, to my 9yr old who promptly informed me that she doesn't want anymore little sisters and to my mom and dad who are sure to both have strokes when I tell them (this will make number 4, living, knock on wood). But, life is what happens when you're making other plans and I can blame DH since he's the one that was so damn eager he told me to skip the foam...I mean, I was happy with the foam, we didn't have to skip it but he wanted to! But this baby is here, and I love him/her with the same love and desire I have for all my babies and angels and I will do anything, everything, to make sure they get here in the most healthy way. Even if it means I have to gain back some of the 60 pounds I lost...oh yeah, that's something else. I'm overweight, yeap, I'm pretty damn fat honestly. I lost 60, I need to lose about 100 more to be at my goal of 140 (I actually want to be UNDER weight just one damn time in my life). So, there's an issue...but I digress.

And I'm quirky and hysterical, not in a mean way though. I love everyone, there's no one, save for my ex, that I hate, and honestly, I don't hate him, I just want to set fire to the ground he walks on...okay, maybe I do hate him a little. I live to be a mom, but I'm a reluctant slut as well. I found my sex drive under 60 pounds of lost fat so I'm likely to complain about how I'm not getting any, or enough, because we all know that for the first trimester, it's HANDS OFF!

And I'm a college student, about to graduate with a degree in social work. I don't want to save the world, but I'd like to help other women who were in relationships like I was. Might help me come to terms with my stuff if I can help someone else.

So, that's me in a nutshell. I'm addicted to diaper rash cream for roids (after 4 kids, you know you've got them). I eat too much, drive too fast and sexually harrass bagboys at the Food Lion.

Thanks for reading all of this, lol! It was cathartic!

laura

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Registered: 08-03-2004
Thu, 08-25-2005 - 4:57pm
Congrats on the double-numbers and WELCOME laura!

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Fri, 08-26-2005 - 8:23am

Congratulations Laura!!

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Fri, 08-26-2005 - 9:27am
Great news, Laura! Thanks for the intro, too! I'm sure your DD will be happy with this sibling, lol. Best wishes for a wonderful pregnancy!












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Jill
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Registered: 01-16-2004
Mon, 08-29-2005 - 12:53am

I am so glad for you! Hope you have less stress now! Good luck.

Renee

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