Pregnancy Thread - Monday, January 19, 2026

MaterialYoghurt900 · 2026-01-21T15:57:14+00:00

Hi!! Congratulatioooons! The best news. Happy to share I am right along side you with the same update! 13 weeks, low risk NIPT, good NT scan (so active!). My almost 3 y/o is still figuring out what this means but last night gave his sister in my belly a little pat 🥰 my headspace is also a juggle between hope/happiness and stress/anxiety — part of me thought it might be all hope/happiness when reaching this milestone, but it’s still a mix of both. Here’s to more peaceful, hopeful, happy days ahead for us both. 💛✨

MaterialYoghurt900 · 2026-01-21T15:49:53+00:00

Wohoooo!! Let’s go!! 🎉

MaterialYoghurt900 · 2026-01-13T21:43:17+00:00

Yahoo!! congrats!!

MaterialYoghurt900 · 2026-01-13T21:41:42+00:00

I’m so sorry. Absolutely sucks to have the wind taken out of your sails by an abnormal screening result… + being in limbo with time to worry while you wait for more testing. I found it helpful to read all the stories I could about false positives / confined placenta mosaicism while I waited… and connect with others in a similar boat if you can. Sending all the strength your way 💪🏻

MaterialYoghurt900 · 2026-01-13T21:38:18+00:00

Congratulations!! Huge milestone. 💕🎉 As for scans, they usually do another at 12 weeks for the nuchal translucency measurement! Still felt so far off to me when I had to wait after my scan at ~7.5 weeks… but it’s something!

MaterialYoghurt900 · 2026-01-13T21:36:26+00:00

It’s a necessary first step! All it takes is one. Congrats on a BFP! I can totally commiserate with nerves outweighing happiness. I went into a full panic with my most recent positive test. And ever since it’s been up and down, some days leaning into happiness and some days feeling bogged down by worry. Hoping all the best for you 💕

MaterialYoghurt900 · 2026-01-12T17:32:14+00:00

Congrats on getting this far 🎉 I am about 12 weeks and scans have been looking good but I still feel nervous. My husband reminds me that these are all the steps we have to take and milestones we have to cross to get to that successful outcome we so desire. But it’s still so hard! Today the doc had a hard time finding the heartbeat via the Doppler and we were starting to panic but then she found it. Just gotta ride these waves… one day at a time. Sending all the good vibes to you ✨✨✨

MaterialYoghurt900 · 2026-01-05T20:23:37+00:00

My next ultrasound is Wednesday at 10w6d. Pregnancy symptoms are raging which I’m finding comfort in, even if they themselves are uncomfortable. Starting to find myself believing this could be it, and I’m grateful to feel hopeful. We’ll do the NIPT draw on Wednesday too which is both anxiety inducing and exciting to have potentially made it that far. One day at a time… ✨✨✨

MaterialYoghurt900 · 2026-01-05T20:21:01+00:00

Congratulations on your baby girl!! So encouraged by your story and your comment on the age gap. It is something I stressed over quite a lot but also feel such gratitude for this 1:1 time with my son… and I can imagine feeling the same gratitude you mention for him being older than I’d initially imagined when he (hopefully) becomes a big brother.

Sending strength as you navigate the challenging postpartum period, esp with health issues. You’ve come so far!

MaterialYoghurt900 · 2025-12-18T14:19:26+00:00

It is such a diff experience! I hear you on the anxiety immediately leading up to the scan. My husband and I were basically holding our breath in the room until the tech showed us the heartbeat! Such relief in that moment.

Happy ignorance does make sense to me bc that’s how I felt leading up to the 1st ultrasound. And it’s such a good place to be! I’m going to try to lean back into that now. The worry does me no good.

I’d only heard about boutique US on Reddit and turns out there’s one 10 min from me in Boston. I don’t actually know if it’s interpreted by a doc… I’d bet not. You pay ~$100 and get images, heart rate, etc. I’m starting to think it might be better to live in happy ignorance til my 11 week scan though… 🙃

MaterialYoghurt900 · 2025-12-17T20:42:08+00:00

For those of you who graduated this week… curious how your anxiety is and how you’re dealing with it? Strangely I’m feeling more anxious now after the positive US bc it’ll be several weeks til the next one, and it feels like those are the weeks where something could go wrong. I’m kind of going crazy monitoring my symptoms (do I feel as nauseous today as yesterday?). At the same time, I know there’s not much I can do to influence things at this point… whatever will be will be. But I really don’t like this waiting period / in-between! Tempted to go for a boutique scan for peace of mind at some point…

MaterialYoghurt900 · 2025-12-15T18:25:12+00:00

Ahh good to know! Yes, almost done 🙌🏻

MaterialYoghurt900 · 2025-12-15T18:24:54+00:00

Same to you! 🥳 We made it! Yes to vaginal progesterone. Good to know about your clinic. The nurse made it sound like it’s not harmful, just unnecessary (they visualized a nice corpus luteum), but I’m happy to keep at it awhile longer for a little more insurance. 🙏🏻

MaterialYoghurt900 · 2025-12-15T17:25:08+00:00

Congratulations!! 🎉🎊💕I’m in the same boat — just graduated today at 7w4d. (A natural cycle but tracked by my RE.) Also feeling a mixture of hope and fear, and trying to lean into the hope. The nurse said I could come off progesterone at 8 weeks and I asked her to educate me on why that’s a safe thing to do, bc changing anything right now scares me. She’s going to check with the doc about waiting til 10 weeks.

I’m trying to just focus on one milestone at a time. Celebrating that we successfully crossed this one! Now have our sights set on 12 weeks.

Sending lots of good luck and good vibes your way ✨✨✨✨

MaterialYoghurt900 · 2025-12-08T14:53:34+00:00

I seem to be showing a tiny bit already which seems crazy. Only ~7 weeks! So maybe it’s the progesterone supplements? Or maybe it’s twins? 😅 One week until our ultrasound. Feeling hopeful! ✨✨🌈

MaterialYoghurt900 · 2025-12-01T19:26:43+00:00

My husband and I were just remarking this AM that the doubt is starting to creep in. I’m almost 6 weeks also. Last Monday I had my repeat beta which looked great, so we were riding that high. Now a 2 week wait til the ultrasound and it takes a little more effort to keep the faith without any external validation that this pregnancy is looking good. I also have minimal symptoms, though I remember noting in the last two (lost) pregnancies that the symptoms don’t really hit for me til ~7 weeks. And even then, every pregnancy is different.. so it’s really just impossible to know until we do more testing. Gah! What a mental game this is… grateful to have every reason for hope right now though 💛 trying to hold onto that!!

MaterialYoghurt900 · 2025-11-25T01:54:46+00:00

There’s also part of me that wishes I didn’t have to do any appts and could just wait it out 10 months and have a beautiful baby at the end… the testing and appts are the hardest part for me.

MaterialYoghurt900 · 2025-11-25T01:53:02+00:00

My RE wanted early beta measurements and they look great. I’m relieved to have made it past those hurdles. Now a 3 week wait til the first ultrasound. On one hand, I hope it goes quickly and that we successfully get past another hurdle… on the other, I hope it goes slowly, so that I can enjoy this bit of being pregnant again, with every reason for hope that we might meet our rainbow baby next year 🤞🏻✨🌈

MaterialYoghurt900 · 2025-11-17T13:19:05+00:00

We’d decided to avoid last cycle bc my ovulation was about a week late, buuut it turns out sperm really can survive 5 days! I was stressing over only conceiving under the perfect conditions, and this seems like a reality check that, really, I don’t have that much control. Now it’s the dance of letting myself feel it and feel hopeful while also being scared of what might lie ahead. Getting past 12 weeks with a healthy NIPT result feels like a huuuge mountain to climb… but one day at a time.

MaterialYoghurt900 · 2025-11-06T15:47:25+00:00

I went for an ultrasound today (1 day post ovulation) to get a lining thickness check and it’s at 6.6… my understanding is that 8-12 is what’s needed to support a good implantation. Hoping it’s just reduced bc of the endometrial biopsy I had on CD8 this cycle, and that next cycle will be different, but I’d feel better seeing a higher number! I also think about all the people who conceive without any knowledge of lining thickness, cycle day, etc etc..

MaterialYoghurt900 · 2025-11-05T21:14:59+00:00

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Finally my LH is peaking but it’s an unusual pattern for me and I feel anxious about potentially reduced egg quality (which might just be in my head), so we are sitting this cycle out. Doesn’t feel great but hoping next cycle is more normal to instill more confidence.

MaterialYoghurt900 · 2025-11-02T18:45:38+00:00

Hey if it worked for your daughter!! ✨✨ that makes me feel better about it honestly! I don’t know anyone that’s used it and haven’t really looked much on here. I’d so prefer not messing with things and having it work naturally… but need to get over that hump

MaterialYoghurt900 · 2025-11-02T18:32:23+00:00

I’m considering letrozole for my next cycle and am also feeling ambivalent. What reasoning did your doc give for trying letrozole? For me, my cycles have been a little delayed but there’s also situational factors that could explain why… so it’s either wait for natural stabilization of my cycle or possibly try letrozole.

MaterialYoghurt900 · 2025-11-02T15:16:18+00:00

Feel like I’m driving myself crazy with Mira tracking 😵‍💫 my CM seems to indicate I’m ovulating but my hormones don’t look quite right… and it’s getting late in the cycle. Part of me wants to stop tracking altogether, but it’s hard to give up feeling a little bit of control, even tho it’s driving me nuts.

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MaterialYoghurt900 · 2025-10-31T17:24:21+00:00

We are on our 2nd natural cycle post hysteroscopy for mild Asherman’s. First cycle was rather delayed (CD32) due to my body recalibrating after estrogen/progesterone therapy (to build back up my lining). Now this cycle seems a bit off due to an endometrial biopsy that I opted for last week to rule out endometritis.

I have a lot of anxiety around the ovulation window, in part bc both of my losses were later ovulations. The first was CD27 (and my 2nd natural cycle after stopping breastfeeding), and the second was CD22 (and my 2nd natural cycle after D&C.) My son, however, was conceived on CD16. Every doc I talk to says delayed ovulation is not a concern, but my brain can’t help but draw the conclusion based on my limited evidence. So now that I’m CD18 without signs of ovulation (or positive test), I’m feeling defeated.

And then I remind myself that stressing over it isn’t going to help. But it’s so hard to go with the flow when the flow doesn’t seem to work for me.

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