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Congratulations!! I’m very happy for you! Take good care of yourself and your baby! Laura

– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – We are happy to announce that we are pregnant! Tuesday (Jan 28th) I did the blood and urine work, which came back fine, except the bacteria in the urine. I went to my gyn – she examined me (regular and ultrasound) and did the pregnancy test – there was another faint line – twice!! Now, I actually went to see her because of bad cramps (kept me up at night, etc)., not because the period was late (Jan 28th AF was 4 days late), especially because the HPT I did on Jan 26th was negative. I knew there was a chance of conceiving because we *baby-danced* the right day, but I thought that because of the bad cramps and the fact that HPT was negative, the UTI messed up my period. Anyway, because she couldn’t see anything in the uterus during the u/s but the pregnancy tests were positive, plus there were cramps, she sent me to the county hospital (gynaecologic department – not the department for pregnancies; another town) to do the beta hCG test and to be examined on the colour Doppler. She said that although she knew that this is still a very short pregnancy (On Jan 28th, my period was late only 4 days, and I was pregnant only 18 days – I know exactly when we conceived) and the foetus can’t be seen via u/s before the 21st day, she is worried about cramps and that the ob/gyns at that hospital can take care of me in case it’s the EU pregnancy. No need to point out how worried I was – my mother had the EU pregnancy before me, and she always told me it was the worst experience of her life – plus we really wanted this baby and for everything to be ok!! At the hospital I was examined via u/s again – still nothing. Beta hCG was positive – 199, so I was admitted to the hospital and had to wait for the foetus to show up on the u/s which was scheduled for Friday Jan 31st, as well as the Beta hCG test. On Thursday Jan 30th (period late 6 days/pregnant 20 days) my cramps were really bad, I started sweating, so I was examined again – still nothing. They cancelled the u/s for Friday and moved it to Monday Feb 3rd. I have to point out that all that time I had a bad UTI, which they didn’t treat at all – only the fact whether this is the EU pregnancy mattered for them, everything else didn’t matter at all – and I am convinced that the cramps were bad because of the UTI as well. About the cramps – they were ordinary uterine contractions, the same you get during PMS – and sometimes they were bad (but not like at home!) and there were times when I didn’t feel them at all, and then I felt perfectly healthy – no fever, no nausea, nothing! Friday Jan 31st (period late 7 days/pregnant 21 days) – again beta hCG test was done, and I had to wait 3 hours for the results. The chief ob/gyn at that department did the usual round – when the doctor which examined me the day before told him that nothing showed up on u/s, he scheduled me for the laparoscopy for Monday, wouldn’t even wait for the beta hCG results to come back! I kept telling him that I’m only 3 weeks pregnant, that I feel fine and that I’d like to wait a bit longer before laparoscopy. But no, as he was the chief of the department (he didn’t examine me once, just read the charts and decided according to those), there was no point in trying to talk to him…. Beta hCG came back over 1000 – but he still didn’t know that (he does rounds around 9 am), but the nurse which told me the beta hCG results told me that she still had to prep me for surgery. I can’t even begin to explain how upset I was – I called my gyn, she told me to tell them to wait; I talked to the ob/gyn who examined me when I was admitted to the hospital – he told me to tell them to wait (unfortunately he was just on duty, he wasn’t assigned to gynaecology department so he wasn’t assigned for my case). Later on the hospital’s ob/gyn which examined me on Thursday came to the room, told me that bhCG is ok, and that they will do the beta hCG and u/s again on Monday (the laparoscopy was delayed). Saturday Feb 1st (period late 8 days/pregnant 22 days) – one of my friends’ friend, the ob/gyn at that hospital, was on duty, my friend called her and asked her if she would examine me (so that I don’t have to wait for Monday). She came, told me that since beta hCG is so high she thinks now the foetus will show up on the colour Doppler, and examined me – and there it was! A tiny bread crumb She copied the photo, wrote her diagnosis in my chart, and talked to the chief ob/gyn – and he confirmed the pregnancy and said I can go home on Sunday! The recommendation was to rest for 2 more weeks (so that the occasional cramps would go away) and told me to come back (or to go to my regular ob/gyn) for the follow up next Monday. But, he said that the cramps aren’t a threat, they just mean that the uterus is stretching and preparing for the pregnancy (they’d seen them as the threat only while the foetus didn’t show up on the u/s because it could mean the EU pregnancy). Now I am at home, 25 days pregnant – and I feel fine! Still no nausea, just feeling a bit sleepy, but since they told me to rest, that’s fine! Yesterday I did the urine culture again (since they didn’t give any UTI antibiotics in the hospital) and the mass of bacteria showed up, so today I’ve got the Ceporex for it, the urine culture will be sent to the county hospital for the bacteriogram (to check if I’m taking the right antibiotic for it) and I’m also drinking 1.5 litres/day of the tea blend we call *urology tea*. As I’m due for my next ob/gyn appointment on Tuesday Feb 11th (my 30th birthday – the heart beat is supposed to be heard them – and now I have these irrational thoughts that they made a mistake at the hospital, that we won’t be able to hear the heart beat, etc. – but I hope for the best!), I don’t know yet the EDD, but I did find a couple of web sites with due date calculators, and according to them it could be between Oct 4th to Oct 8th. As my 30th birthday is next Tuesday, my present is the pregnancy – and as DH’s birthday is on Oct 15th, his present will be the baby – if everything goes well! So please keep your fingers crossed for us!!! HOSPITAL FOOD – terrible, it was impossible to stick to the low carb WOL, but I managed to lose 4 lbs somehow – probably the reasons were: very small portions; 1 day without the food (it was prescribed); plenty of tea/water.  I will continue eating low carb during pregnancy, because the way I eat is very balanced anyway – plenty of fish, meat, dairy, veggies, fruit and whole wheat stuff instead of white stuff – only I will increase the daily intake of carbs. I need to talk to my GP to decide which daily intake of carbs will be healthy for me and the baby, but will not make me crave carbs. So far no cravings – I eat normally, even less than usual – I swear I used to eat more during PMS! – and the only thing I really crave is meat, probably because at the hospital we didn’t have a lot of meat. Breakfast was 2 small slices of white bread and butter/jam/margarine/pate with *sugar tea* (caramelised sugar & water over it makes *sugar tea*); lunch/dinner was soup with noodles, a VERY SMALL piece of meat (mostly chicken, with really fat skin!) and TONS OF POTATOES. One day we had lettuce, and I was over the Moon about it Twice a week the dessert was a piece of sweet bread with jam. As for the exercise, for 10 days I’m supposed to rest (due to the urinary tract infection), so I will take short walks daily. Afterwards, I have to talk to my gyn about what kind of physical activity I can engage in without endangering the baby. I checked out some web sites, and they say pregnant women should avoid horse riding, skiing, skin diving, backpacking, jogging, leg lifts and sit-ups, weight lifting, walking uphill, strenuous biking. I hope to find some home exercises I can do. I will do a lot of walking and swimming in the summer (sea, not pools), but I really want some exercises I can do at home. If someone can recommend some web sites, please do! This is all for now, I will now go to read all of your posts which I really missed! Elly 170.9/152 25 days pregnant with #1 Well, I’m off to read your posts that I missed!

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Elly 170.9/152 25 days pregnant with #1 Well, I’m off to read your posts that I missed!

Congrats! I’ve been trying for 7 years now, no luck yet, but the trying is the fun part Trina

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my preg wheel agrees with your edd- give or take a few days… congratulations! jonalisa

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Sorry I’m late but Congrats Elly!!!! Angie

Angie, you’re not late – I still have almost 8 months to go Thank you so much! Elly 170.9/152/140.8 – eventually Pregnancy weight: 152/? 27 gestational days

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- Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – Thank you, Michelle How did you adapt your LC eating during pregnancy? My nutrition is low carb, but well balanced anyway – I eat meat, fish, veggies, fruit and whole wheat stuff instead of white; I just avoid potatoes, bananas, corn and sugar. I talked to my GP and my OB/GYN about it, and they said that I can keep eating like this as long as I increase my daily intake of carbs to at least 100 grams of carbs a day (I still keep track of it in FitDay). The other thing was to switch from artificial sweeteners to honey (which I didn’t eat before). My appetite isn’t big at all – I think I eat less than before! It’not that I have aversions to food, I just don’t seem to be very hungry. My gyn told me this is ok, I don’t have to *stuff my face* just because I am pregnant. So I am eating a lot of small portions during the day, and snacking on fruit and almonds. Also, no cravings, no nausea yet. Anyway, I just wanted to hear about your experience! Wow, half way… I still can’t imagine it, although I already behave like it (talking to the baby, planning, etc.). Good luck for your check up! Elly 170.9/152/140.8 – eventually Pregnancy weight: 152/? 27 gestational days

Elly, Actually it turns out I made an error! I went for my appointment today and have actually lost 2lbs. The doctor didn’t seem too worried though. Your situation may be different from mine, because I have gestational diabetes, (and did with my son 10 years ago too,) so I began checking my sugar with a glucometer 4 times a day as soon as I found out I was pregnant. I spoke with a nutrition specialist I happen to know through my DH. (who incidentally was on the cover of a magazine last month.)She told me that I could go as low at 80g of carbs a day without harming the baby. I am taking the prenatal vitamins and eating well. However, I do not eat bread, rice, potatoes, anything with flour, in fact I eat very closely to how I did just before I found out. I do eat a lot more veggies and a lot more milk products, and occasionally cheat with no sugar added ice cream. I have not eaten much fruit and have found ways to get everything I need. You may have to question your OB for specific info, I did. I don’t think there is a legitimate reason for staying up to 100g/carb, unless it is to avoid ketosis, which probably wouldn’t be a problem anyway. There is very conflicting information about ketones and the effects on the unborn baby. My thought is that I have enough info and access to info and a pretty good brain and I can usually sort it all out. Find someone you trust and ask them lots of questions. I know my baby isn’t missing a thing because of what I eat. Fitday has been very helpful – stick with it. I couldn’t eat any more food if I had to. I really eat!! My husband is about to give me my insulin shot right this moment, he is impatient. I must go eat now! directly – I would be glad to help if I can. Michelle

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Congrats Elly!

Thank you, Tara! Elly 170.9/152/140.8 – eventually Pregnancy weight: 152/? 27 gestational days

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Congrats Elly !! Seems like a lot of us are pregnant suddenly. I know for me, my change in diet over the summer (to LC) is what helped me conceive, finally. I go for my check up tomorrow, and am just about 20 weeks along. Half way!!!! Waiting has never been one of my best things. I have finally gained 2 pounds. I am happy for you! I know what it is like to wait and wish and what a wonderful moment in time this is for you. Be happy and give yourself a little extra pampering. It is all going to be worth it. Congrats!

Thank you, Michelle How did you adapt your LC eating during pregnancy? My nutrition is low carb, but well balanced anyway – I eat meat, fish, veggies, fruit and whole wheat stuff instead of white; I just avoid potatoes, bananas, corn and sugar. I talked to my GP and my OB/GYN about it, and they said that I can keep eating like this as long as I increase my daily intake of carbs to at least 100 grams of carbs a day (I still keep track of it in FitDay). The other thing was to switch from artificial sweeteners to honey (which I didn’t eat before). My appetite isn’t big at all – I think I eat less than before! It’not that I have aversions to food, I just don’t seem to be very hungry. My gyn told me this is ok, I don’t have to *stuff my face* just because I am pregnant. So I am eating a lot of small portions during the day, and snacking on fruit and almonds. Also, no cravings, no nausea yet. Anyway, I just wanted to hear about your experience! Wow, half way… I still can’t imagine it, although I already behave like it (talking to the baby, planning, etc.). Good luck for your check up! Elly 170.9/152/140.8 – eventually Pregnancy weight: 152/? 27 gestational days

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Congratulations!!! ~Carol Ann www.lowcarblosers.com Have you joined the Challenge?

Thank you, Carol Ann! Elly 170.9/152/140.8 – eventually Low carb WOL during pregnancy, with 100 grams/carbs/day recommended by GP/GYN Pregnancy weight: 152/? 27 gestational days

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Elly, First of all, congrats!  Thats great news.  Im so glad you did not have an ectopic pregnnacy, I am dealing with one resolving as i type this. Emotionally and physically it is so hard.  Please listen to your OB when he says rest.  This can sometimes be the difference of having a baby or not. Not trying to scare you, just telling you how it is.  bedrest sucks like nothing else (believe me I know!) but it is so worth it if it works out in the end.  Cant wait to hear your update on hearing the heartbeat… I remember what that was like wiht my first pg, I cried!  :*) Big big congrats, -Tonya

Thank you so much, Tonya! I am resting, don’t worry – now it has more to do with the UTI than the pregnancy, but I am so sleepy anyway, it’s hard not to stay in bed It’s funny, once you realise you have a tiny creature living inside of you, you would do anything just to make it safe. I’ll stay on my back for 9 months, if they tell me to! Plus, I’ll do anything to avoid being admitted to hospital again!!! I will update now and then – as my GP and my OB/GYN recommeded low carb WOL (but well balanced, with all food groups and at least 100 grams of carbs/day) I will be around. Once again, thank you Elly 170.9/152/140.8 – eventually Pregnancy weight: 152/? 27 gestational days

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Elly 170.9/152/140.8 – eventually Pregnancy weight: 152/? 25 days pregnant Congratulations!!!! My two boys are the joys of my life! It’s a wonderful thing to be a mommy. Welcome to the club. Lori

Thank you, Lori! Elly 170.9/152/140.8 – eventually Pregnancy weight: 152/? low carb WOL, but 100 grams carbs/day  during pregnancy recommended by GP/GYN) 27 gestational days

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Congrats Elly! — Tara 264.5/161/154 Atkins since 10 July 2001 – New Zealand www.dazzled.com/lowcarb – my homepage

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Well, I’m off to read your posts that I missed! Im so Happy for you…SOrry you had to deal with the Horrid Doctor  BS so soon, but I geuss your forewarned and having experienced it will believe it…Keep your eyes on them…Chuckle…Take good care of yourself and Jr..Wishing you an easy uneventful Pregnanacy and a swift easy Labor and Delivery…Hag k

Thank you, Hag! I intend to stick around here because I am continuing with low carb WOE (only increasing my daily intake of carbs). It will be strange to GAIN weight instead of losing it, but it will be the 1st time in my life I’ll be happy about it Elly 170.9/152/140.8 – eventually Pregnancy weight: 152/? 26 days pregnant

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Congrats Elly!

Congrats Elly !! Seems like a lot of us are pregnant suddenly. I know for me, my change in diet over the summer (to LC) is what helped me conceive, finally. I go for my check up tomorrow, and am just about 20 weeks along. Half way!!!! Waiting has never been one of my best things. I have finally gained 2 pounds. I am happy for you! I know what it is like to wait and wish and what a wonderful moment in time this is for you. Be happy and give yourself a little extra pampering. It is all going to be worth it. Congrats!

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Sorry I’m late but Congrats Elly!!!! Angie

: We are happy to announce that we are pregnant! : : Tuesday (Jan 28th) I did the blood and urine work, which came back fine, : except the bacteria in the urine. I went to my gyn – she examined me : (regular and ultrasound) and did the pregnancy test – there was another : faint line – twice!! : : Now, I actually went to see her because of bad cramps (kept me up at night, : etc)., not because the period was late (Jan 28th AF was 4 days late), : especially because the HPT I did on Jan 26th was negative. I knew there was : a chance of conceiving because we *baby-danced* the right day, but I thought : that because of the bad cramps and the fact that HPT was negative, the UTI : messed up my period. : : Anyway, because she couldn’t see anything in the uterus during the u/s but : the pregnancy tests were positive, plus there were cramps, she sent me to : the county hospital (gynaecologic department – not the department for : pregnancies; another town) to do the beta hCG test and to be examined on the : colour Doppler. : She said that although she knew that this is still a very short pregnancy : (On Jan 28th, my period was late only 4 days, and I was pregnant only 18 : days – I know exactly when we conceived) and the foetus can’t be seen via : u/s before the 21st day, she is worried about cramps and that the ob/gyns at : that hospital can take care of me in case it’s the EU pregnancy. : No need to point out how worried I was – my mother had the EU pregnancy : before me, and she always told me it was the worst experience of her life – : plus we really wanted this baby and for everything to be ok!! : : At the hospital I was examined via u/s again – still nothing. Beta hCG was : positive – 199, so I was admitted to the hospital and had to wait for the : foetus to show up on the u/s which was scheduled for Friday Jan 31st, as : well as the Beta hCG test. : : On Thursday Jan 30th (period late 6 days/pregnant 20 days) my cramps were : really bad, I started sweating, so I was examined again – still nothing. : They cancelled the u/s for Friday and moved it to Monday Feb 3rd. : I have to point out that all that time I had a bad UTI, which they didn’t : treat at all – only the fact whether this is the EU pregnancy mattered for : them, everything else didn’t matter at all – and I am convinced that the : cramps were bad because of the UTI as well. : : About the cramps – they were ordinary uterine contractions, the same you get : during PMS – and sometimes they were bad (but not like at home!) and there : were times when I didn’t feel them at all, and then I felt perfectly : healthy – no fever, no nausea, nothing! : : Friday Jan 31st (period late 7 days/pregnant 21 days) – again beta hCG test : was done, and I had to wait 3 hours for the results. The chief ob/gyn at : that department did the usual round – when the doctor which examined me the : day before told him that nothing showed up on u/s, he scheduled me for the : laparoscopy : for Monday, wouldn’t even wait for the beta hCG results to come back! I kept : telling him that I’m only 3 weeks pregnant, that I feel fine and that I’d : like to wait a bit longer before laparoscopy. But no, as he was the chief of : the department (he didn’t examine me once, just read the charts and decided : according to those), there was no point in trying to talk to him…. : Beta hCG came back over 1000 – but he still didn’t know that (he does rounds : around 9 am), but the nurse which told me the beta hCG results told me that : she still had to prep me for surgery. I can’t even begin to explain how : upset I was – I called my gyn, she told me to tell them to wait; I talked to : the ob/gyn who examined me when I was admitted to the hospital – he told me : to tell them to wait (unfortunately he was just on duty, he wasn’t assigned : to gynaecology department so he wasn’t assigned for my case). Later on the : hospital’s ob/gyn which examined me on Thursday came to the room, told me : that bhCG is ok, and that they will do the beta hCG and u/s again on Monday : (the laparoscopy was delayed). : : Saturday Feb 1st (period late 8 days/pregnant 22 days) – one of my friends’ : friend, the ob/gyn at that hospital, was on duty, my friend called her and : asked her if she would examine me (so that I don’t have to wait for Monday). : She came, told me that since beta hCG is so high she thinks now the foetus : will show up on the colour Doppler, and examined me – and there it was! A : tiny bread crumb : She copied the photo, wrote her diagnosis in my chart, and talked to the : chief ob/gyn – and he confirmed the pregnancy and said I can go home on : Sunday! : The recommendation was to rest for 2 more weeks (so that the occasional : cramps would go away) and told me to come back (or to go to my regular : ob/gyn) for the follow up next Monday. But, he said that the cramps aren’t a : threat, they just mean that the uterus is stretching and preparing for the : pregnancy (they’d seen them as the threat only while the foetus didn’t show : up on the u/s because it could mean the EU pregnancy). : : Now I am at home, 25 days pregnant – and I feel fine! Still no nausea, just : feeling a bit sleepy, but since they told me to rest, that’s fine! : : Yesterday I did the urine culture again (since they didn’t give any UTI : antibiotics in the hospital) and the mass of bacteria showed up, so today : I’ve got the Ceporex for it, the urine culture will be sent to the county : hospital for the bacteriogram (to check if I’m taking the right antibiotic : for it) and I’m also drinking 1.5 litres/day of the tea blend we call : *urology tea*. : : As I’m due for my next ob/gyn appointment on Tuesday Feb 11th (my 30th : birthday – the heart beat is supposed to be heard them – and now I have : these irrational thoughts that they : made a mistake at the hospital, that we won’t be able to hear the heart : beat, etc. – but I hope for the best!), I don’t know yet the EDD, but I did : find a couple of web sites with due date calculators, and according to them : it could be between Oct 4th to Oct 8th. : As my 30th birthday is next Tuesday, my present is the pregnancy – and as : DH’s birthday is on Oct 15th, his present will be the baby – if everything : goes well! So please keep your fingers crossed for us!!! : : HOSPITAL FOOD – terrible, it was impossible to stick to the low carb WOL, : but I managed to lose 4 lbs somehow – probably the reasons were: very small : portions; 1 day without the food (it was prescribed); plenty of tea/water. : :  I will continue eating low carb during pregnancy, because the way I eat is : very balanced anyway – plenty of fish, meat, dairy, veggies, fruit and whole : wheat stuff instead of white stuff – only I will increase the daily intake : of carbs. I need to talk to my GP to decide which daily intake of carbs will : be healthy for me and the baby, but will not make me crave carbs. : So far no cravings – I eat normally, even less than usual – I swear I used : to eat more during PMS! – and the only thing I really crave is meat, : probably because at the hospital we didn’t have a lot of meat. Breakfast was : 2 small slices of white bread and butter/jam/margarine/pate with *sugar tea* : (caramelised sugar & water over it makes *sugar tea*); lunch/dinner was soup : with noodles, a VERY SMALL piece of meat (mostly chicken, with really fat : skin!) and TONS OF POTATOES. One day we had lettuce, and I was over the Moon : about it Twice a week the dessert was a piece of sweet bread with jam. : : As for the exercise, for 10 days I’m supposed to rest (due to the urinary : tract infection), so I will take short walks daily. Afterwards, I have to : talk to my gyn about what kind of physical activity I can engage in without : endangering the baby. : I checked out some web sites, and they say pregnant women should avoid horse : riding, skiing, skin diving, backpacking, jogging, leg lifts and sit-ups, : weight lifting, walking uphill, strenuous biking. : I hope to find some home exercises I can do. I will do a lot of walking and : swimming in the summer (sea, not pools), but I really want some exercises I : can do at home. If someone can recommend some web sites, please do! : : This is all for now, I will now go to read all of your posts which I really : missed! : : Elly : 170.9/152 : 25 days pregnant with #1 : : : : Well, I’m off to read your posts that I missed!

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Congratulations! Stay healthy and happy – what a great B-day present.

Thank you – wish me luck Elly 170.9/152/140.8 – eventually Pregnancy weight: 152/? 25 days pregnant

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Congratulations!! I’m very happy for you! Take good care of yourself and your baby! Laura

Thank you, Laura! Elly 170.9/152/140.8 – eventually Pregnancy weight: 152/? 25 days pregnant

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We are happy to announce that we are pregnant! Congratulations! I hope everything goes well for you. Lynne

Thank you, Lynne Elly 170.9/152/140.8 – eventually Pregnancy weight: 152-? 25 days pregnant

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Elly 170.9/152/140.8 – eventually Pregnancy weight: 152/? 25 days pregnant

Congratulations!!!! My two boys are the joys of my life! It’s a wonderful thing to be a mommy. Welcome to the club. Lori

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Elly, First of all, congrats!  Thats great news.  Im so glad you did not have an ectopic pregnnacy, I am dealing with one resolving as i type this. Emotionally and physically it is so hard.  Please listen to your OB when he says rest.  This can sometimes be the difference of having a baby or not. Not trying to scare you, just telling you how it is.  bedrest sucks like nothing else (believe me I know!) but it is so worth it if it works out in the end.  Cant wait to hear your update on hearing the heartbeat… I remember what that was like wiht my first pg, I cried!  :*) Big big congrats, -Tonya

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We are happy to announce that we are pregnant! Tuesday (Jan 28th) I did the blood and urine work, which came back fine, except the bacteria in the urine. I went to my gyn – she examined me (regular and ultrasound) and did the pregnancy test – there was another faint line – twice!! Snip Elly 170.9/152 25 days pregnant with #1 Well, I’m off to read your posts that I missed!

Im so Happy for you…SOrry you had to deal with the Horrid Doctor  BS so soon, but I geuss your forewarned and having experienced it will believe it…Keep your eyes on them…Chuckle…Take good care of yourself and Jr..Wishing you an easy uneventful Pregnanacy and a swift easy Labor and Delivery…Hag k As a beauty Im not a star, there are others more handsome by far, but my face I dont mind it because Im behind it, its the folks out front that I jar… Pull a loraine Bobbit (cut off waynespenis) to reply

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We are happy to announce that we are pregnant!

Great news!  Congratulations! Kathryn

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Congratulations!!! ~Carol Ann www.lowcarblosers.com Have you joined the Challenge?

– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – We are happy to announce that we are pregnant! Tuesday (Jan 28th) I did the blood and urine work, which came back fine, except the bacteria in the urine. I went to my gyn – she examined me (regular and ultrasound) and did the pregnancy test – there was another faint line – twice!! Now, I actually went to see her because of bad cramps (kept me up at night, etc)., not because the period was late (Jan 28th AF was 4 days late), especially because the HPT I did on Jan 26th was negative. I knew there was a chance of conceiving because we *baby-danced* the right day, but I thought that because of the bad cramps and the fact that HPT was negative, the UTI messed up my period. Anyway, because she couldn’t see anything in the uterus during the u/s but the pregnancy tests were positive, plus there were cramps, she sent me to the county hospital (gynaecologic department – not the department for pregnancies; another town) to do the beta hCG test and to be examined on the colour Doppler. She said that although she knew that this is still a very short pregnancy (On Jan 28th, my period was late only 4 days, and I was pregnant only 18 days – I know exactly when we conceived) and the foetus can’t be seen via u/s before the 21st day, she is worried about cramps and that the ob/gyns at that hospital can take care of me in case it’s the EU pregnancy. No need to point out how worried I was – my mother had the EU pregnancy before me, and she always told me it was the worst experience of her life – plus we really wanted this baby and for everything to be ok!! At the hospital I was examined via u/s again – still nothing. Beta hCG was positive – 199, so I was admitted to the hospital and had to wait for the foetus to show up on the u/s which was scheduled for Friday Jan 31st, as well as the Beta hCG test. On Thursday Jan 30th (period late 6 days/pregnant 20 days) my cramps were really bad, I started sweating, so I was examined again – still nothing. They cancelled the u/s for Friday and moved it to Monday Feb 3rd. I have to point out that all that time I had a bad UTI, which they didn’t treat at all – only the fact whether this is the EU pregnancy mattered for them, everything else didn’t matter at all – and I am convinced that the cramps were bad because of the UTI as well. About the cramps – they were ordinary uterine contractions, the same you get during PMS – and sometimes they were bad (but not like at home!) and there were times when I didn’t feel them at all, and then I felt perfectly healthy – no fever, no nausea, nothing! Friday Jan 31st (period late 7 days/pregnant 21 days) – again beta hCG test was done, and I had to wait 3 hours for the results. The chief ob/gyn at that department did the usual round – when the doctor which examined me the day before told him that nothing showed up on u/s, he scheduled me for the laparoscopy for Monday, wouldn’t even wait for the beta hCG results to come back! I kept telling him that I’m only 3 weeks pregnant, that I feel fine and that I’d like to wait a bit longer before laparoscopy. But no, as he was the chief of the department (he didn’t examine me once, just read the charts and decided according to those), there was no point in trying to talk to him…. Beta hCG came back over 1000 – but he still didn’t know that (he does rounds around 9 am), but the nurse which told me the beta hCG results told me that she still had to prep me for surgery. I can’t even begin to explain how upset I was – I called my gyn, she told me to tell them to wait; I talked to the ob/gyn who examined me when I was admitted to the hospital – he told me to tell them to wait (unfortunately he was just on duty, he wasn’t assigned to gynaecology department so he wasn’t assigned for my case). Later on the hospital’s ob/gyn which examined me on Thursday came to the room, told me that bhCG is ok, and that they will do the beta hCG and u/s again on Monday (the laparoscopy was delayed). Saturday Feb 1st (period late 8 days/pregnant 22 days) – one of my friends’ friend, the ob/gyn at that hospital, was on duty, my friend called her and asked her if she would examine me (so that I don’t have to wait for Monday). She came, told me that since beta hCG is so high she thinks now the foetus will show up on the colour Doppler, and examined me – and there it was! A tiny bread crumb She copied the photo, wrote her diagnosis in my chart, and talked to the chief ob/gyn – and he confirmed the pregnancy and said I can go home on Sunday! The recommendation was to rest for 2 more weeks (so that the occasional cramps would go away) and told me to come back (or to go to my regular ob/gyn) for the follow up next Monday. But, he said that the cramps aren’t a threat, they just mean that the uterus is stretching and preparing for the pregnancy (they’d seen them as the threat only while the foetus didn’t show up on the u/s because it could mean the EU pregnancy). Now I am at home, 25 days pregnant – and I feel fine! Still no nausea, just feeling a bit sleepy, but since they told me to rest, that’s fine! Yesterday I did the urine culture again (since they didn’t give any UTI antibiotics in the hospital) and the mass of bacteria showed up, so today I’ve got the Ceporex for it, the urine culture will be sent to the county hospital for the bacteriogram (to check if I’m taking the right antibiotic for it) and I’m also drinking 1.5 litres/day of the tea blend we call *urology tea*. As I’m due for my next ob/gyn appointment on Tuesday Feb 11th (my 30th birthday – the heart beat is supposed to be heard them – and now I have these irrational thoughts that they made a mistake at the hospital, that we won’t be able to hear the heart beat, etc. – but I hope for the best!), I don’t know yet the EDD, but I did find a couple of web sites with due date calculators, and according to them it could be between Oct 4th to Oct 8th. As my 30th birthday is next Tuesday, my present is the pregnancy – and as DH’s birthday is on Oct 15th, his present will be the baby – if everything goes well! So please keep your fingers crossed for us!!! HOSPITAL FOOD – terrible, it was impossible to stick to the low carb WOL, but I managed to lose 4 lbs somehow – probably the reasons were: very small portions; 1 day without the food (it was prescribed); plenty of tea/water.  I will continue eating low carb during pregnancy, because the way I eat is very balanced anyway – plenty of fish, meat, dairy, veggies, fruit and whole wheat stuff instead of white stuff – only I will increase the daily intake of carbs. I need to talk to my GP to decide which daily intake of carbs will be healthy for me and the baby, but will not make me crave carbs. So far no cravings – I eat normally, even less than usual – I swear I used to eat more during PMS! – and the only thing I really crave is meat, probably because at the hospital we didn’t have a lot of meat. Breakfast was 2 small slices of white bread and butter/jam/margarine/pate with *sugar tea* (caramelised sugar & water over it makes *sugar tea*); lunch/dinner was soup with noodles, a VERY SMALL piece of meat (mostly chicken, with really fat skin!) and TONS OF POTATOES. One day we had lettuce, and I was over the Moon about it Twice a week the dessert was a piece of sweet bread with jam. As for the exercise, for 10 days I’m supposed to rest (due to the urinary tract infection), so I will take short walks daily. Afterwards, I have to talk to my gyn about what kind of physical activity I can engage in without endangering the baby. I checked out some web sites, and they say pregnant women should avoid horse riding, skiing, skin diving, backpacking, jogging, leg lifts and sit-ups, weight lifting, walking uphill, strenuous biking. I hope to find some home exercises I can do. I will do a lot of walking and swimming in the summer (sea, not pools), but I really want some exercises I can do at home. If someone can recommend some web sites, please do! This is all for now, I will now go to read all of your posts which I really missed! Elly 170.9/152 25 days pregnant with #1 Well, I’m off to read your posts that I missed!

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We are happy to announce that we are pregnant!

Congratulations! I hope everything goes well for you. Lynne

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Congratulations! Stay healthy and happy – what a great B-day present.

– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – We are happy to announce that we are pregnant! Tuesday (Jan 28th) I did the blood and urine work, which came back fine, except the bacteria in the urine. I went to my gyn – she examined me (regular and ultrasound) and did the pregnancy test – there was another faint line – twice!! Now, I actually went to see her because of bad cramps (kept me up at night, etc)., not because the period was late (Jan 28th AF was 4 days late), especially because the HPT I did on Jan 26th was negative. I knew there was a chance of conceiving because we *baby-danced* the right day, but I thought that because of the bad cramps and the fact that HPT was negative, the UTI messed up my period. Anyway, because she couldn’t see anything in the uterus during the u/s but the pregnancy tests were positive, plus there were cramps, she sent me to the county hospital (gynaecologic department – not the department for pregnancies; another town) to do the beta hCG test and to be examined on the colour Doppler. She said that although she knew that this is still a very short pregnancy (On Jan 28th, my period was late only 4 days, and I was pregnant only 18 days – I know exactly when we conceived) and the foetus can’t be seen via u/s before the 21st day, she is worried about cramps and that the ob/gyns at that hospital can take care of me in case it’s the EU pregnancy. No need to point out how worried I was – my mother had the EU pregnancy before me, and she always told me it was the worst experience of her life – plus we really wanted this baby and for everything to be ok!! At the hospital I was examined via u/s again – still nothing. Beta hCG was positive – 199, so I was admitted to the hospital and had to wait for the foetus to show up on the u/s which was scheduled for Friday Jan 31st, as well as the Beta hCG test. On Thursday Jan 30th (period late 6 days/pregnant 20 days) my cramps were really bad, I started sweating, so I was examined again – still nothing. They cancelled the u/s for Friday and moved it to Monday Feb 3rd. I have to point out that all that time I had a bad UTI, which they didn’t treat at all – only the fact whether this is the EU pregnancy mattered for them, everything else didn’t matter at all – and I am convinced that the cramps were bad because of the UTI as well. About the cramps – they were ordinary uterine contractions, the same you get during PMS – and sometimes they were bad (but not like at home!) and there were times when I didn’t feel them at all, and then I felt perfectly healthy – no fever, no nausea, nothing! Friday Jan 31st (period late 7 days/pregnant 21 days) – again beta hCG test was done, and I had to wait 3 hours for the results. The chief ob/gyn at that department did the usual round – when the doctor which examined me the day before told him that nothing showed up on u/s, he scheduled me for the laparoscopy for Monday, wouldn’t even wait for the beta hCG results to come back! I kept telling him that I’m only 3 weeks pregnant, that I feel fine and that I’d like to wait a bit longer before laparoscopy. But no, as he was the chief of the department (he didn’t examine me once, just read the charts and decided according to those), there was no point in trying to talk to him…. Beta hCG came back over 1000 – but he still didn’t know that (he does rounds around 9 am), but the nurse which told me the beta hCG results told me that she still had to prep me for surgery. I can’t even begin to explain how upset I was – I called my gyn, she told me to tell them to wait; I talked to the ob/gyn who examined me when I was admitted to the hospital – he told me to tell them to wait (unfortunately he was just on duty, he wasn’t assigned to gynaecology department so he wasn’t assigned for my case). Later on the hospital’s ob/gyn which examined me on Thursday came to the room, told me that bhCG is ok, and that they will do the beta hCG and u/s again on Monday (the laparoscopy was delayed). Saturday Feb 1st (period late 8 days/pregnant 22 days) – one of my friends’ friend, the ob/gyn at that hospital, was on duty, my friend called her and asked her if she would examine me (so that I don’t have to wait for Monday). She came, told me that since beta hCG is so high she thinks now the foetus will show up on the colour Doppler, and examined me – and there it was! A tiny bread crumb She copied the photo, wrote her diagnosis in my chart, and talked to the chief ob/gyn – and he confirmed the pregnancy and said I can go home on Sunday! The recommendation was to rest for 2 more weeks (so that the occasional cramps would go away) and told me to come back (or to go to my regular ob/gyn) for the follow up next Monday. But, he said that the cramps aren’t a threat, they just mean that the uterus is stretching and preparing for the pregnancy (they’d seen them as the threat only while the foetus didn’t show up on the u/s because it could mean the EU pregnancy). Now I am at home, 25 days pregnant – and I feel fine! Still no nausea, just feeling a bit sleepy, but since they told me to rest, that’s fine! Yesterday I did the urine culture again (since they didn’t give any UTI antibiotics in the hospital) and the mass of bacteria showed up, so today I’ve got the Ceporex for it, the urine culture will be sent to the county hospital for the bacteriogram (to check if I’m taking the right antibiotic for it) and I’m also drinking 1.5 litres/day of the tea blend we call *urology tea*. As I’m due for my next ob/gyn appointment on Tuesday Feb 11th (my 30th birthday – the heart beat is supposed to be heard them – and now I have these irrational thoughts that they made a mistake at the hospital, that we won’t be able to hear the heart beat, etc. – but I hope for the best!), I don’t know yet the EDD, but I did find a couple of web sites with due date calculators, and according to them it could be between Oct 4th to Oct 8th. As my 30th birthday is next Tuesday, my present is the pregnancy – and as DH’s birthday is on Oct 15th, his present will be the baby – if everything goes well! So please keep your fingers crossed for us!!! HOSPITAL FOOD – terrible, it was impossible to stick to the low carb WOL, but I managed to lose 4 lbs somehow – probably the reasons were: very small portions; 1 day without the food (it was prescribed); plenty of tea/water.  I will continue eating low carb during pregnancy, because the way I eat is very balanced anyway – plenty of fish, meat, dairy, veggies, fruit and whole wheat stuff instead of white stuff – only I will increase the daily intake of carbs. I need to talk to my GP to decide which daily intake of carbs will be healthy for me and the baby, but will not make me crave carbs. So far no cravings – I eat normally, even less than usual – I swear I used to eat more during PMS! – and the only thing I really crave is meat, probably because at the hospital we didn’t have a lot of meat. Breakfast was 2 small slices of white bread and butter/jam/margarine/pate with *sugar tea* (caramelised sugar & water over it makes *sugar tea*); lunch/dinner was soup with noodles, a VERY SMALL piece of meat (mostly chicken, with really fat skin!) and TONS OF POTATOES. One day we had lettuce, and I was over the Moon about it Twice a week the dessert was a piece of sweet bread with jam. As for the exercise, for 10 days I’m supposed to rest (due to the urinary tract infection), so I will take short walks daily. Afterwards, I have to talk to my gyn about what kind of physical activity I can engage in without endangering the baby. I checked out some web sites, and they say pregnant women should avoid horse riding, skiing, skin diving, backpacking, jogging, leg lifts and sit-ups, weight lifting, walking uphill, strenuous biking. I hope to find some home exercises I can do. I will do a lot of walking and swimming in the summer (sea, not pools), but I really want some exercises I can do at home. If someone can recommend some web sites, please do! This is all for now, I will now go to read all of your posts which I really missed! Elly 170.9/152 25 days pregnant with #1 Well, I’m off to read your posts that I missed!

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We are happy to announce that we are pregnant! Tuesday (Jan 28th) I did the blood and urine work, which came back fine, except the bacteria in the urine. I went to my gyn – she examined me (regular and ultrasound) and did the pregnancy test – there was another faint line – twice!! Now, I actually went to see her because of bad cramps (kept me up at night, etc)., not because the period was late (Jan 28th AF was 4 days late), especially because the HPT I did on Jan 26th was negative. I knew there was a chance of conceiving because we *baby-danced* the right day, but I thought that because of the bad cramps and the fact that HPT was negative, the UTI messed up my period. Anyway, because she couldn’t see anything in the uterus during the u/s but the pregnancy tests were positive, plus there were cramps, she sent me to the county hospital (gynaecologic department – not the department for pregnancies; another town) to do the beta hCG test and to be examined on the colour Doppler. She said that although she knew that this is still a very short pregnancy (On Jan 28th, my period was late only 4 days, and I was pregnant only 18 days – I know exactly when we conceived) and the foetus can’t be seen via u/s before the 21st day, she is worried about cramps and that the ob/gyns at that hospital can take care of me in case it’s the EU pregnancy. No need to point out how worried I was – my mother had the EU pregnancy before me, and she always told me it was the worst experience of her life – plus we really wanted this baby and for everything to be ok!! At the hospital I was examined via u/s again – still nothing. Beta hCG was positive – 199, so I was admitted to the hospital and had to wait for the foetus to show up on the u/s which was scheduled for Friday Jan 31st, as well as the Beta hCG test. On Thursday Jan 30th (period late 6 days/pregnant 20 days) my cramps were really bad, I started sweating, so I was examined again – still nothing. They cancelled the u/s for Friday and moved it to Monday Feb 3rd. I have to point out that all that time I had a bad UTI, which they didn’t treat at all – only the fact whether this is the EU pregnancy mattered for them, everything else didn’t matter at all – and I am convinced that the cramps were bad because of the UTI as well. About the cramps – they were ordinary uterine contractions, the same you get during PMS – and sometimes they were bad (but not like at home!) and there were times when I didn’t feel them at all, and then I felt perfectly healthy – no fever, no nausea, nothing! Friday Jan 31st (period late 7 days/pregnant 21 days) – again beta hCG test was done, and I had to wait 3 hours for the results. The chief ob/gyn at that department did the usual round – when the doctor which examined me the day before told him that nothing showed up on u/s, he scheduled me for the laparoscopy for Monday, wouldn’t even wait for the beta hCG results to come back! I kept telling him that I’m only 3 weeks pregnant, that I feel fine and that I’d like to wait a bit longer before laparoscopy. But no, as he was the chief of the department (he didn’t examine me once, just read the charts and decided according to those), there was no point in trying to talk to him…. Beta hCG came back over 1000 – but he still didn’t know that (he does rounds around 9 am), but the nurse which told me the beta hCG results told me that she still had to prep me for surgery. I can’t even begin to explain how upset I was – I called my gyn, she told me to tell them to wait; I talked to the ob/gyn who examined me when I was admitted to the hospital – he told me to tell them to wait (unfortunately he was just on duty, he wasn’t assigned to gynaecology department so he wasn’t assigned for my case). Later on the hospital’s ob/gyn which examined me on Thursday came to the room, told me that bhCG is ok, and that they will do the beta hCG and u/s again on Monday (the laparoscopy was delayed). Saturday Feb 1st (period late 8 days/pregnant 22 days) – one of my friends’ friend, the ob/gyn at that hospital, was on duty, my friend called her and asked her if she would examine me (so that I don’t have to wait for Monday). She came, told me that since beta hCG is so high she thinks now the foetus will show up on the colour Doppler, and examined me – and there it was! A tiny bread crumb She copied the photo, wrote her diagnosis in my chart, and talked to the chief ob/gyn – and he confirmed the pregnancy and said I can go home on Sunday! The recommendation was to rest for 2 more weeks (so that the occasional cramps would go away) and told me to come back (or to go to my regular ob/gyn) for the follow up next Monday. But, he said that the cramps aren’t a threat, they just mean that the uterus is stretching and preparing for the pregnancy (they’d seen them as the threat only while the foetus didn’t show up on the u/s because it could mean the EU pregnancy). Now I am at home, 25 days pregnant – and I feel fine! Still no nausea, just feeling a bit sleepy, but since they told me to rest, that’s fine! Yesterday I did the urine culture again (since they didn’t give any UTI antibiotics in the hospital) and the mass of bacteria showed up, so today I’ve got the Ceporex for it, the urine culture will be sent to the county hospital for the bacteriogram (to check if I’m taking the right antibiotic for it) and I’m also drinking 1.5 litres/day of the tea blend we call *urology tea*. As I’m due for my next ob/gyn appointment on Tuesday Feb 11th (my 30th birthday – the heart beat is supposed to be heard them – and now I have these irrational thoughts that they made a mistake at the hospital, that we won’t be able to hear the heart beat, etc. – but I hope for the best!), I don’t know yet the EDD, but I did find a couple of web sites with due date calculators, and according to them it could be between Oct 4th to Oct 8th. As my 30th birthday is next Tuesday, my present is the pregnancy – and as DH’s birthday is on Oct 15th, his present will be the baby – if everything goes well! So please keep your fingers crossed for us!!! HOSPITAL FOOD – terrible, it was impossible to stick to the low carb WOL, but I managed to lose 4 lbs somehow – probably the reasons were: very small portions; 1 day without the food (it was prescribed); plenty of tea/water.  I will continue eating low carb during pregnancy, because the way I eat is very balanced anyway – plenty of fish, meat, dairy, veggies, fruit and whole wheat stuff instead of white stuff – only I will increase the daily intake of carbs. I need to talk to my GP to decide which daily intake of carbs will be healthy for me and the baby, but will not make me crave carbs. So far no cravings – I eat normally, even less than usual – I swear I used to eat more during PMS! – and the only thing I really crave is meat, probably because at the hospital we didn’t have a lot of meat. Breakfast was 2 small slices of white bread and butter/jam/margarine/pate with *sugar tea* (caramelised sugar & water over it makes *sugar tea*); lunch/dinner was soup with noodles, a VERY SMALL piece of meat (mostly chicken, with really fat skin!) and TONS OF POTATOES. One day we had lettuce, and I was over the Moon about it Twice a week the dessert was a piece of sweet bread with jam. As for the exercise, for 10 days I’m supposed to rest (due to the urinary tract infection), so I will take short walks daily. Afterwards, I have to talk to my gyn about what kind of physical activity I can engage in without endangering the baby. I checked out some web sites, and they say pregnant women should avoid horse riding, skiing, skin diving, backpacking, jogging, leg lifts and sit-ups, weight lifting, walking uphill, strenuous biking. I hope to find some home exercises I can do. I will do a lot of walking and swimming in the summer (sea, not pools), but I really want some exercises I can do at home. If someone can recommend some web sites, please do! This is all for now, I will now go to read all of your posts which I really missed! Elly 170.9/152 25 days pregnant with #1 Well, I’m off to read your posts that I missed!

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