TTC A Rainbow Sibling Check-In 3/11/15

[kateitho]

6 or 7 DPO

I'm waiting until 10 DPO to test. In the past, that's been my earliest +hpt.

I haven't had much time to dwell on TTC yet. My bff had a death in her family, and I had her 2 littles (3 & 8yrs) and my DS from Thursday until yesterday, so she could fly home and handle funeral arrangements. The weekend before, I had another friends 3 littles for the weekend so their parents could go out of town for their anniversary, and my bff's 8 yr old ended up staying that weekend too to "help".

I realized this month how much I enjoy the chaos of a houseful. I thrive on it. My house is cleaner; I finished a quilt topper for my niece; I made my nephew's smash cake for his first bday, and I scheduled a few team meetings to try to cement my work from home status. I really am glad that we're trying for another, but I'm trying not to set my hopes too high. I told DH if we're not carrying a healthy pregnancy before DS is 2, we'll quit trying. I don't need to dwell on maybes when already have a beautifully full life.

[starmile]

Hi DoesItComeInPink, thanks for the check in!
No signs of AF. I did have some period like cramps on Friday afternoon, but we had sex that morning (a rare occurrence these days) so it was probably from that.
As for the weight loss I'm eating a mostly paleo/primal diet and I'm also doing a bit of running (5ks, not half marathons.) It's amazing to me how the weight just seems to melt off when I'm eating 90% paleo.

Eleanor's sleep has always been awful, but it's even worse right now. I really don't want to let her CIO but I'm getting close to the end of my rope. And honestly it's at the point where if it continues on like this I don't think I could TTC right now anyway. I feel like a zombie. Something has got to give but I don't know what to do.

[chknma]

Thanks DoesItComeInPink

No AF. DD2 might be dropping some night feeds so maybe AF will make an appearance Soon. My OPKs are arriving today so I guess I'll start using them. I might even POAS when the pack arrives just because I can. I feel kind of lost using he OPKs without an AF to base them on.

[mrsbutton]

@mattsgirl2004 I've had one (So far) abnormal pap + colposcopy, no fun... hope today's pap results are good and there's no need for more colposcopies!

starmile I hope Eleanor starts sleeping a little better, and so lets you get some much needed rest...


OPKs were positive last/over the weekend. At this point, I'm trying to purposefully not count the CDs and DPOs so I don't drive myself crazy symptom spotting and such... I've declared this week FertilityFriend-free!

AW: I got my tattoo last night! and am so so in love with it:

(I haven't gotten used to BBcode - hopefully that img link worked...)

(here's pic for location-reference)


I really am in love with the birds - three silhouettes and the 4th colorful one flying away, which symbolize being the 1:4 women who faces miscarriage...

(ETA - holy WHOA LARGE pic - resized and added 2nd)

[ls2012]

mrsbutton, Beautiful!

@mattsgirl2004, FX for a great normal pap.

I'm CD 28/ 9 DPO

I'm really trying to hold off on testing. I got carried away last month and all those negatives hit me hard. I'm hoping to be able to reign in the anxiety and wait until 13 dpo. I thought maybe to wait until the 17th and pray for some "luck of the Irish" to come my way, but I almost feel that would be jinxing it. Clearly, I'm over-thinking.

Something random? I'm starting to hate our house, and we just bought it and moved in 2 months ago. In that time a water pipe burst and flooded the basement, the brand-new furnace stopped working, the refrigerator broke and we bought a new one, the dryer broke but was serviceable, we had a massive evacuate the house and cordon off the street level gas leak, the upstairs shower stopped working because the water is so hard it corroded the pipes, the dishwasher is broken and needs to be replaced, AND we have a bat problem that will need to be fixed by May. My homeowner stress level is maxed out. We had a plan to renovate one room a month and we haven't even finished the living room because all this stuff keeps happening.

And if one more person tells me "welcome to the joys of home-ownership" I will throat punch them.

<end rant>

[linzeeh80]

Hey ladies!

CD/DPO? CD 24

Testing Plans? Not as of now

How are you doing with TTC again? Things are going good. I'm thinking about it a lot, but I don't feel like I'm obsessing or becoming overwhelmed...

Any questions or other things to share? I normally start spotting tomorrow or the next day so we shall see. I'm feeling a little crampy so not feeling  too good about this month. I'm actually not feeling very confident about getting pregnant again. I'm having a really hard time believing it could happen again...:/

Zaiden had his first stomach bug today. He projectile vomited after every meal he ate and every time he drank milk. I would have never thought so much could come out of such a small person! OMG lol Things have calmed down as of now. He kept a good amount of water down and ate some toast, apple sauce and cheerios and he is peacefully sleeping on me right now

[wifey]

Greetings lovelies~

Currently on CD34ish. The RE will do some bloodwork on Monday, then prescribe Provera. I just opened the box of meds that arrived today and the main medication is missing, so, good thing I don't immediately need it. :::: eye roll::::

Feeling impatient and a little anxious. My parents are staying with us for a couple of weeks, so we plan on being discreet with everything and not share what we are doing. They are both in their 70's and don't seem to hear anything the first time, so I'm not overly concerned they will overhear anything, lol!

ls2012, Sorry to hear about all the maintenance. A year after I built my house (9 years ago), I had to hire a bee keeper! Something chewed an opening in my attic, and the bees came in and set up shop. Hundreds.....

[wifey]

@mattsgirl2004, Hoping for normal results!

linzeeh80, Aww, ((((Zaiden))))

[starmile]

Mar 11, 2015 15:55:57 GMT -5 DoesItComeInPink said:

starmile - that's great that you are seeing good results with paleo! Is Eleanor teething? DS has been teething on and off for about a week and a half and he cries when I try to put him to bed or if he wakes up in the early morning hours. Also, someone on my bmb mentioned that their LO was crying a lot and it turned out they had an ear infection, but no other sign... Hope whatever it is resolves soon!

Well she's definitely teething, but I feel like she's been teething for ages. They really seem to bother her. She got her bottom front two in the 2nd week of Feb and she's working hard on the top two.
She just had her 6mo ped appointment and her ears were fine, so thankfully that's not the issue.

[muirmaid]

Sorry for being late, everyone! I stayed home with an awful headache yesterday, so my computer didn't see the light of day.

CD/DPO? CD 38, still no ovulation.

Testing Plans?

How are you doing with TTC again? I've actually been in a good place since Monday or Tuesday, which is a nice change.

Any questions or other things to share? My loss anniversary was this past weekend (and thank you, BTW, for all your kind, supportive words in last week's thread. I couldn't bring myself to post, but I really appreciated them). DH and I have been thinking for the past year about how we'd like to memorialize our loss. We don't own a home yet, so I thought planting a tree--my favorite idea--wasn't an option. We went to the garden store over the weekend because we're planning out this summer's garden, and I asked an employee if there were any options. She said it's perfectly fine to buy a slow-growing tree and leave it in a pot outside for a few years until we buy a house, as long as we put it out of the wind and insulate the roots in the winter. I had no idea! DH and I spent hours over the weekend thinking about what we'd like to plant, and we've narrowed it down to something deciduous: possibly a cherry or apricot tree, or maybe some sort of willow. We'll go back to the garden store this weekend to decide. I feel so, so good about having something tangible and living to represent our lost LO.

[muirmaid]

Hugs, unringthebell. Good luck working through that decision.

@mattsgirl2004, hope your pap went okay yesterday!

starmile, I'm sorry sleep is so hard right now. I had (have) a horrible sleeper too, and I know how unhinged that amount of exhaustion can make you feel. Hopefully those teeth cut through soon and you'll get some relief.

mrsbutton, seeing your tattoo brought tears to my eyes. It is so, so beautiful. I love it.

ls2012, that sounds like a nightmare! It's stories like this that make me terrified to buy a house one day... FX you'll be able to get back to work on the living room soon.

I hope Zaiden's feeling better today, linzeeh80.

All the loud sex for you, wifey! Sorry about the meds screw-up--what a PITA.

[docamy]

docamy - how goes the to-do list? Still on track for May or have you added more things?

Had my dental apt yesterday and no cavities!! YAY! So no extra work needs to be done there. We are still a go for May at this point. Main things we are waiting on are to hear back from Disability Insurance, the weight loss program that ends in April me and DH are a part of, and getting my girls(pups) teeth cleaned. I have several more things I want to do but that can be done later and won't hold me back from NTNP! I'm so grateful for this check in cause I feel like it keeps me on track cause I know I have ladies supporting me and encouraging me!!

[mrsbutton]

linzeeh80 I hope Zaiden is feeling better!

=) Thanks muirmaid

[linzeeh80]

Thanks ladies! Zaiden is doing better today. He has kept everything down, but doesn't have much of an appetite. He drank a good amount of.milk and water though, so I'm good with that :)eta: no spotting yet

[madameovary]

No cycle, baby up every 2 hours, sleeoing in separate rooms = 0.0000000000000000000% of pregnancy

[kateitho]

Mar 11, 2015 15:55:57 GMT -5 DoesItComeInPink said:

unringthebell - Yay! I'm glad you've found a Dr you feel comfortable with! That's excellent!

@mattsgirl2004 - FX for testing this week! I hope the pap results come back normal!

kateitho - how old is your LO now? FX for a BFP for you when you test in the coming days.

starmile - that's great that you are seeing good results with paleo! Is Eleanor teething? DS has been teething on and off for about a week and a half and he cries when I try to put him to bed or if he wakes up in the early morning hours. Also, someone on my bmb mentioned that their LO was crying a lot and it turned out they had an ear infection, but no other sign... Hope whatever it is resolves soon!

chknma - FX for AF coming soon as you cutting some feeding sessions!

mrsbutton - Such willpower you have to go a week with FF! I don't think I could do that!

ls2012 - I hope you can hold off until 13 DPO, lots of BFN can be really hard! Home ownership has it's days! some days it's wonderful, other days you wonder what the heck you got yourself into! Sound like you've had a lot going on, hopefully you are reaching the end of things breaking and not working and you can start enjoying your new home more soon!

DS is 6 1/2 months now.  He'll be 7mo on the 26th.  I have to actually go buy tests before I can POAS... I thought I had some Wondfos, but they were all OPKs.  lame I don't want anyone IRL to know we're TTC, so I'll probably head to Walmart since we know everyone at our little grocery store...

@mattsgirl2004 I hope your results come back clear!

[linzeeh80]

Question: just curious about what we do if we get a bfp? Can we announce here or? I didn't get o e just curious.

[linzeeh80]

Question: just curious about what we do if we get a bfp? Can we announce here or? I didn't get one just curious.

[ls2012]

Mar 13, 2015 6:46:50 GMT -5 linzeeh80 said:

Question: just curious about what we do if we get a bfp? Can we announce here or? I didn't get one just curious.

Good question. Would we post to the kupgal? Is that still a thing? Or go to the pgal board or whatever birth month board?

[madameovary]

We want to hear about it in this thread! No warning needed.

[muirmaid]

Mar 14, 2015 9:01:04 GMT -5 @mattsgirl2004 said:

Thank you all so much for the well wishes with my pap. The physical part was a breeze, but won't hear back until this coming week about the results. I really hope the results are normal because I'm KU! Eek! I got a positive FRER this morning at 9dpo! I'm cautious because of my loss history, but trying to remain hopeful.

Congratulations! I hope that LO snuggles in for the long haul!

[linzeeh80]

Mar 14, 2015 9:01:04 GMT -5 @mattsgirl2004 said:

Thank you all so much for the well wishes with my pap. The physical part was a breeze, but won't hear back until this coming week about the results. I really hope the results are normal because I'm KU! Eek! I got a positive FRER this morning at 9dpo! I'm cautious because of my loss history, but trying to remain hopeful.

Congratulations! 

[madameovary]

Mar 14, 2015 9:01:04 GMT -5 @mattsgirl2004 said:

Thank you all so much for the well wishes with my pap. The physical part was a breeze, but won't hear back until this coming week about the results. I really hope the results are normal because I'm KU! Eek! I got a positive FRER this morning at 9dpo! I'm cautious because of my loss history, but trying to remain hopeful.

Sending alllllll the good vibes for results and this bfp! !!! Yeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeaaaaaaaah!

[wifey]

Mar 14, 2015 11:37:04 GMT -5 madameovary said:

Mar 14, 2015 9:01:04 GMT -5 @mattsgirl2004 said:

Thank you all so much for the well wishes with my pap. The physical part was a breeze, but won't hear back until this coming week about the results. I really hope the results are normal because I'm KU! Eek! I got a positive FRER this morning at 9dpo! I'm cautious because of my loss history, but trying to remain hopeful.

Sending alllllll the good vibes for results and this bfp! !!! Yeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeaaaaaaaah!

What madameovary, said, and one more yay! T&P's your way.

[ls2012]

@mattsgirl2004, CONGRATULATIONS!!!!!!! Sending you all the good growing vibes


As it turns out, I tested last night @ 11 dpo and am due November 23rd. I'm so, so, so very nervous and trying not to flip out. I'll be keeping everything crossed for us both!

[linzeeh80]

Mar 14, 2015 15:27:37 GMT -5 ls2012 said:

@mattsgirl2004, CONGRATULATIONS!!!!!!! Sending you all the good growing vibes


As it turns out, I tested last night @ 11 dpo and am due November 23rd. I'm so, so, so very nervous and trying not to flip out. I'll be keeping everything crossed for us both!

Congratulations to you, too! If I'm KU I will have the same due date! AF was due today and normally I would be spotting the past couple days, but nothing yet! FX! 

[linzeeh80]

Mar 14, 2015 16:51:11 GMT -5 @mattsgirl2004 said:

Mar 14, 2015 15:32:15 GMT -5 linzeeh80 said:

Congratulations to you, too! If I'm KU I will have the same due date! AF was due today and normally I would be spotting the past couple days, but nothing yet! FX! 

Congratulations ls2012!! FX linzeeh80!!

Thanks MG! I had an itsy bitsy bit of brown once when I swiped this afternoon, but nothing since. Idk what's going on. I plan on testing in the morning if AF hasn't arrived by then. 

[chknma]

So exciting and congrats MG and ls2012! fx linzeeh80!!

[lilmizsunshine68]

Dirty lurker here!

Yay!! congrats mattsgirl and ls2012! And FX for my former labor buddy linzeeh!

[linzeeh80]

Thanks for the FX ladies! Still no sign of af, but I took a frer and it was negative :/