Weekly Check-In (March 23rd)

[esquette]

*** Coming soon: TTC ***

I finally started temping this morning. I really am a zombie in the morning. I have dreamed about temping every morning for a week, and gotten out of bed convinced that I did temp, until I realized that no, I didn't have a fever of 104. It's been pretty surreal.

Sweetie and I agreed that April is the month we'll talk to our friends (re: possibly donating some sperm), so we need to really iron out our expectations for that conversation. This all feels like it is moving sooooo slooooooowly, mostly because I haven't wanted to ambush Sweetie with all the details all at once. We talked a few weeks ago, but she hasn't initiated any more baby-conversation since then. She's been busy and doesn't think about it as much as I do.

Role models: I think that, despite my current crankiness with my family of origin, they did a fantastic job of raising me. Sweetie's parents have been wonderful too.

[kona]

officerofthelaw- i hope you feel better!

Parenting a 7 month old

LO is getting into everything these days. She is SO busy! Our entire first floor is open so it's going to make containing her or making everything babyproof a challenge. We have a piece of a 2x4 that we use to block the sliding glass door and she was playing with it. Finally she pinched her fingers on it. I felt awful and had tried to redirect a number of times but they always want what they can't have! She's not crawling on hands/knees yet but getting close and definitely has no problem army crawling all over. We are still waiting on the 2 bottom front teeth. I think we are going to try the teething tablets. I hate giving her Tylenol and I don't think it helps much anyway.

DW scheduled her annual OB visit yesterday and they told her that she owed over $700. We have never received a bill for this. Apparently it's from all of the visits that she had just before Olivia was born. They haven't sent us a bill in nearly 8 months, not one. So irritated. I'm not really a fan of the office anyway (like the MDs just not the office staff). I can't pay a bill that I don't know I owe. We had saved a bunch of money before Olivia was born so we could pay bills like this with no problem but we have since used that money to pay off debt (since we thought we had paid all of the bills for her birth). I think there should be a statute of limitations on this stuff. If you can't get your sh*t together and bill me at the time of service, how long do I need to be on the hook for your incompetence? Ugh! I work in the medical field and I just can't stand medical professionals as a whole. Nothing about the system makes sense to me.

One more week till our RE appt for #2. I'm interested to see what they say. We only have 2 more vials for Olivia to have a bio sibling. We are just going to take it one step at a time.

[healz413]

**pregnancy-- 16 weeks*

I'm late to the check-in because we were in Chicago. I had a work event there this weekend and my family lives there so we made it a visit.

We are 16 weeks today. Everything seems to be going well. I've got quite the bump these days because my fat has redistributed to the front and Rocky is getting bigger and bigger and higher and higher.

We used the Doppler this weekend so that my parents and brothers could hear the heartbeat. That was a cool thing to share with them.

We have a midwife appointment tomorrow morning and an OB appointment on Thursday morning. It will be our first time meeting both and then we have to decide which we will use.

[karlamo]

Stringy, I hope this is the one for you. During my TTW, I was convinced it didn't work and spent the entire time crying about it. I had no symptoms either. Hang in there.

And sleep....yeah well that's a whole new thread.

[ionaerebor]

shemarie82 Sorry it's taking so long and that your sister in law is being weird about it.
2mrsks (mrs&mrsk) Enjoy your extra sleep!
kh826 I'm glad William is better and almost walking. That must be so exciting!
megd893 I hope you're well under 10 for your insurance!
calsurb I hope your glucose test goes well! I've had one of those before, they are a pain in the arse.
officerofthelaw I hope everything is okay with your migraines!
RM80 Good luck for Thursday!
wittyandwaiting Seeing his first 14A totally counts as a milestone. And so does passing 6 foot. I almost cried when my little brother outgrew me, and now he's 6'2.

**Pregnancy - 5 weeks**

I'm late this week because I wanted to get today's beta results before I updated. They were at 945, which means they are doubling icely still. It also means I'm done with my fertility clinic. My next appointment is at 9 weeks with my midwife, and we've not got the actually dates for that yet, so it's kind of a waiting game now. But it has finally sank in that I am actually pregnant, which is kind of amazing really. I've finally started to get really excited.

QOTW: My mum I think, really. She managed to raise me single handedly when she was working mental shifts and cleaning up after me when I was younger. And she taught me how to be confident and strong, even when she wasn't.

[ionaerebor]

Sorry, double post!

[wittyandwaiting]

ionaerebor - so happy that the news keeps getting better.

[Stringy]

BFN here. Just another month.

[RM80]

Mar 25, 2015 18:05:59 GMT -5 Stringy said:

BFN here. Just another month.

Sending hugs, that just sucks!

[wittyandwaiting]

Mar 25, 2015 18:05:59 GMT -5 Stringy said:

BFN here. Just another month.

I'm sorry. That totally sucks. <insert weirdo Internet hugging here>

[PiradicalMaid]

Mar 25, 2015 18:05:59 GMT -5 Stringy said:

BFN here. Just another month.

Boooooo. I'm so sorry

[officerofthelaw]

I'm sorry.  I know that is not a good feeling.

Mar 25, 2015 18:05:59 GMT -5 Stringy said:

BFN here. Just another month.

[healz413]

Mar 25, 2015 18:05:59 GMT -5 Stringy said:

BFN here. Just another month.

Fuck BFNs! You've paid your dues. It's time for your BFP!

[karlamo]

Stringy, I'm so sorry. In my experience a BFN hurts big when you've gone the extra mile to do treatment and triggers. TTC wears you down. Please take care of yourself and your family. I know the toll it can take.