u/outandabout91

Technically we have been trying for 3 years for a 2nd! 1 year in i got pregnant spontaneously but that pregnancy ended in a miscarriage and ectopic rupture simultaneously (heterotopic pregnancy). That was Dec 2024. Almost 2 years later, 3 IUI and 1 IVF egg retrieval later, it looks like its just not in the cards for us to have a 2nd.

We are from Canada and went to Czech to do IVF. I am turning 35 this week and my husband is 37. Unexplained infertility. Egg retrieval really went as bad as it could. They retrieved 6 eggs only 3 mature and out of those 3, one made it to blast. Now we wait 3 weeks to find out pgt results.

I honestly am in disbelief that this is my life. I pictured having two back to back and my 1st born is almost 4 now. How cruel life can be.

My SIL and I got pregnant with our 2nd the same time and she had an uneventful pregnancy and has a beautiful son. I love my nephew but everytime I see him it reminds me of what I lost out on.

Unfortunately if this one doesn't work out we will just be OAD. I am just done with all of this. I can't do this anymore but I am having a really hard time coming to terms with a one child life. My husband seems to be completely content and happy with just one. Its not that I am not fulfilled but I do have this ache in my heart about the family I envisioned and can't have. I think I need therapy.

They were only able to retrieve 6 eggs and only 3 of them were mature. On day 3 all 3 were progressing well, on Day 5, 2 of them arrested and only 1 made it to blast. Now I have to wait 2 weeks to get PGT results to see if it is eupoloid.

I am really heartbroken. I knew this could have been a possibility but unfortunately we can't afford to continue with IVF. We have a living child already and financially we just can't take it on.

Anyone else had results like mine and the 1 blast made it to the end? I guess I am just looking for some hope.

Canadian Embassy here is closed till Monday so I want to ask here. We lost our backpack today in Prague which had our passports (me, my husband and our 3 yr old). We are flying out of Vienna on Sept 24th so we have just under two weeks. Currently we are in Czech till the 19th and the rest of the time will be in Austria.

What is our best course of action right now? Will we get passports within this time or should we apply for temporary travel document to get back to Canada? And if so should we apply with the embassy in Prague or Vienna?

This totally put a dent in our plans and we feel absolutely awful and we are not careless people specially with passports. We know we should have left our passports in the hotel and not walking around with them on us but what's done is done and now our passports are gone. There's still a chance someone might return it to the police and they have been notified but we need to get our ducks in a row to make sure we can leave Vienna on the 24th. We don't have any transfers and it will be a direct flight to Toronto.

Any and all tips appreciated!!

I gave birth 3 years ago and had a really big abdominal surgery 1.5 years ago. Since then my belly is completely botched. I've always had an apron belly but this is a whole being on its own and I feel like it doesn't belong. I am extremely self conscious about my belly now as I genuinely loom like im 6 or 7 months pregnant. I have been living in dresses and skirts for these past few years but I want to get back to wearing cute pants and tops.

Yesterday I found two cute pants and they fit so well EXCEPT for my belly area. It just protrudes out and I HATE how It looks. Almost had a breakdown in the change room as I wanted to purchase those pants so badly.

Please tell me how I can wear pants and hide my extreme apron belly. What pant and top combination would work best for me. Are peplum tops my only option? I want to look well put together and not frumpy.

Also if it helps, I'm 34 years old. I've always been a big girl (230lbs 5'5) but my proportions worked. I've never been insecure about my body until now. And I feel horrible to feel this way but I just do I just want to dress cute and not worry about looking 7 months pregnant.

Our daughter has been sleep trained from 4 months and I say sleep trained very loosly because she essentially sleep trained her self. We did always have a good sleep schedule and good sleep hygene going but we never had to do cry it out with her. Anyway, from 10 months this girl has been sleeping through the night 12 hrs straight with naps and all. Only time she would want us is when she is sick which is understandable. Also she sleeps on a double sized floor bed.

Anyway this month there has been a shift in her. She has dropped her nap at daycare for a couple months now and everything was going fine did not impact her night sleep at al. Her bedtime is between 8:30 pm to 9pm and up for the day around 7am.

However this entire month after sleeping for a few hours at night she will wake up crying saying mom I need you, I want you. I go over to her and try to get her back to sleep but if I try to leave she wakes up scared and crying again so to save all of us from sleep deprevation I have started sleeping with her every night but I feel like we are going down a really bad path and now she has developed a habit of me just coming and sleeping with her.

She ususally sleeps in pitch darkness and I have tried to have a night light on but nothing changed. The night light actually made things worse and she refused to fall asleep because of the light and kept asking me to turn up or down the brightness. So that did not work. Getting her to do even more activities after daycare and tiring her out even more did not help either. Pushed bed time to 10pm a coupld days still did not work.

What else do I do? I absolutely hate hearing her crying for me and saying I need you I need you with me don't leave me. I don't want to traumatize my child.

During day time there is absolutely no change in her behaviour. She is the same happy cheerful child at home and at daycare. There has been no life events or changes at all in her schedule. Nothing has changed really at all other than her dropper he nap earlier this year.

I don't know what to do. PLEASE HELP!!!

Hello, My husband and I will be in Brno next month for 10 days doing IVF. We will be staying at the city but all our appointments are in the morning and after that we are free. Are there any places you would recommend we could do day trips for some sightseeing. So far we have plans to go to Prauge and Vienna but are there any other underrated places we should hit up?

Edit: I just want to thank you all for being so kind and sharing beautiful spots. I cant wait to visit to take our mind off of the ivf! Thank you so so much!