Yep. This post is about sex. Feel free not to read if it makes you uncomfortable. It needs to be blogged about because it's kind of what's NOT been going on around here. I won't be offended if you don't read or comment. It's all good. :)
So the night before my first beta (the disappointing 31) DH and I BDed. It had been so long and we were getting "snappy" toward one another which tends to happen when we go so long without the sexy time. I believe it had been since a few days before ER, so we were going on sixteen days - 16 DAYS, peeps! (I didn't get married to be celebate, you know!) So, we BDed and were feeling quite happy with ourselves and excited for the next day's awesome beta and all the happiness which was to follow.
Then the next day's beta stunk (by fertility clinic's standards) and the following morning, I started to bleed. The bleeding continued for a week and so did all the uncertainty around what the heck was going on and we were emotionally, as well as physically, D.O.N.E. However, my numbers were doubling as they were expected and the bleeding, although heavy, was never painful with large clots, so technically, everything was going along as it was supposed to. Still, we refrained from any form of boudoir fun.
It stuck in the back of both of our minds that maybe if we hadn't BDed that one night, the bleeding may never had happened. (Of course, this is ridiculous, but we were grasping for reasons and causes for what we felt was a pretty unnatural occurence in pregnancy.) Last night, the subject of it all came up and DH said that although he wanted nothing more than to BD, he didn't want to be the cause of any problem that might compromise a pretty fragile condition. We decided to wait until after the u/s to make sure that we weren't up against anything that would make Dr. Awesome RE use the term "pelvic rest". It seemed like the most logical thing to do and although we knew it would be diffcult, we were committed to making sure everything was A-okay first.
It's going to be a loooong 9 days.....
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I think I would feel the same way. I would be too scared that I'd start bleeding again. Our RE will have us wait until 7 weeks for intercourse if we do get pregnant, but I'm thinking there's more to love-making than actual intercourse, right? Hang in there girl!
ReplyDeleteI feel the same too! Been stalking your site and twoweekwait to hear great news on the 18th!! Sending tons of sticky vibes your way!! Congrats!
ReplyDeleteI think it's good to hold off for now, at least. I know it's probably hard for both of you! I would be scared, too though! Hopefully it won't be much longer :-)
ReplyDeleteI would feel the same one. It's so hard to hold out though I know. If I get pregnant after IVF this month; I think I may be scared the whole pregnancy!
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