u/Blond3bunny

Heyo! I had a FDL about 6 years ago due to major weight loss, I lost over 180 pounds with my gastric sleeve. I'm now 6 weeks 4 days pregnant with my first successful IVF baby. My question is how are you relieving the pain? Everything feels so tight in my stomach right now, I can't have anything touching my stomach, I'm walking around with everything sitting below my waist. If I have to wear pants I have to keep my hand on the waist band to stop so much pressure. Plz help LOL

thank you!!

Hello all! I just want your opinions and what you've done in a situation like mine. I am 2 weeks pregnant currently, I went through IVF with a fresh transfer so no PGT-A testing. I am really contemplating NIPT testing but also just a blood test for the gender. My husband has a half uncle (different father) who has a child with a who has autism and my mother has a sister who is also a half sister with autism (different father). Other than that our family traits are really normal. Nothing crazy or abnormal that would raise an eyebrow.

I also have very, very, very bad anxiety I should be medicated but with Gastric Sleeve medications are extremely difficult. So it is worth the stress that I know it would put me through? My husband has made it known before we started IVF that he would prefer to move to termination if abnormal results, but I've heard stories like PGT-A testing that the results could possibly be wrong. I also grew up very religious, while I'm not really now the thoughts still run through my head and make the decision difficult.

Could you handle this? Would you handle this if you had similar situation to mine?

Btw, our insurance does cover it, so I am not worried about that part. Knowing the gender would be an extreme plus but I could just get a blood test possibly as well.