TFAS Check-in 8/30

[BabyStandish]

This check-in is for those of us who are trying for a sibling, or will be trying for a sibling soon.


Age of LO(s):


Cycle/Month:


CD/DPO:


RRCS:


GTKY: What's one thing that you said you'd never do before you had a kid that you ended up doing?

[agm04]

Age of LO(s): 18 months

Cycle/Month: 3

CD/DPO: 16, waiting on O

RRCS: My former colleague and I were pregnant at the same time with baby #1. She texted me a pic of 2 positive pregnancy tests yesterday, and said they'd only had sex once in two months. I'm genuinely happy for her, but I'm also envious and that makes me feel shitty.

GTKY: Letting her eat sugar/refined carbs. I used to be so crazy about food, and thankfully my attitude has changed hugely since having DD. I'd be on my way to raising a kid with an eating disorder if I hadn't lightened up! We eat those things in moderation, but I'm not nearly as rigid as I thought I'd be. The change has been good for me, too.

[saltandvinegar]

Hi Everyone. Thought I would intro here. I've lurked a little but figured I may as well jump in. DH and I have been NTNP since last summer but AF just returned about 5 months ago and I would like to start getting more serious about charting. My cycles have been pretty irregular still but this month was finally normal. 


Age of LO(s): 17 months


Cycle/Month: 5


CD/DPO: Not sure exactly. I am somewhere in the TWW though. 


RRCS: Everyone around me is either having babies or will be soon & I keep getting questioned about when our next one will be coming along. 


GTKY: What's one thing that you said you'd never do before you had a kid that you ended up doing?  I let him snack a lot more than I thought I would. He's a pretty good eater though so it hasn't affected mealtimes greatly. 

[BabyStandish]

agm04 she didn't say that on social media, right? Those comments always sting though. We had a similar situation a few months back. My friend who was pregnant at the same time told us they were KU and they weren't even trying. Like we are happy for them, but I wish they'd keep the specifics out.

saltandvinegar welcome! I'm in a similar boat. My cycle returned 6 months ago and is finally regulating. FX your stay is short.

[BabyStandish]

Age of LO(s): 19 months

Cycle/Month: 5/6

CD/DPO: 12

RRCS: My husband told me about his dream the other night that made me sad. He said in the dream one of our friends who are pregnant with #2, announced that they were pregnant with #3 and he started crying and broke down later in the dream too because of it.

I'm just so ready to be pregnant.

GTKY: bedsharing and extended breastfeeding. We want to kick him out of our bed soon, but that requires buying him a bed since we pretty much skipped the crib so we keep putting it off. Definitely want him out by age 2 though.

[agm04]

BabyStandish oh no, definitely not on social media - just private texts. she had just taken the tests and hadn't even told her husband yet. but yeah...it would be nice to get the announcement without hearing how easy it was!

[cheezee]

Age of LO(s): Almost 5

Cycle/Month: 15/16

CD/DPO: 2dpo

RRCS: Just beginning what will probably be the longest TWW in history. We'll be doing clomid and IUIs next cycle if we don't get lucky this month.

GTKY: What's one thing that you said you'd never do before you had a kid that you ended up doing?
Ha! Everything?! iPad, food, sleeping in our bed, not having "that kid" or being "those parents" out in public. There's just so much!!

[jlincoln]

Age of LO(s): 21 months

Cycle/Month: 3/3 after loss, about 9/9 TFAS

CD/DPO: 30/17

RRCS: **possible loss mentioned**

Pretty sure I had a CP after this IUI turned TI cycle. I tested yesterday and there was the faintest of faintest lines. I knew that if it were to be positive, it would have to be a lot darker than than at 16dpo. I tested again this morning and the faintest of faintest lines was even fainter (are you following me . So, I'm stopping my vaginal progesterone. We will be starting our fourth and final IVF cycle asap.

GTKY: What's one thing that you said you'd never do before you had a kid that you ended up doing? Watch closely what she would eat (no refined sugars, etc.). I do watch what she eats, but I'm not as crazy as I thought I would be.

[bunnyfungo]

Age of LO(s): Four, two, and seven months

Cycle/Month: Still waiting for cycle 1

CD/DPO: N/A

RRCS: I'm just hanging out. We've got a few months before we'll be able to actively try. I'm still trying to decide if I want to bother temping before I get my first PPAF or not. I mean, on the one hand, it would give me a better indicator of when I can expect CD1. On the other hand, lazy. So there's that. Even if I decide to temp early, I won't start for another 2-3 months anyway.

GTKY: What's one thing that you said you'd never do before you had a kid that you ended up doing? Bedsharing. If DH had his way, the kids would stay in our bed forever. I only really want them in there until they STTN. Because breastfeeding and bedsharing are a match made in heaven.

[irish14]

Age of LO(s): 20mos

Cycle/Month: 5/8

CD/DPO: 16/either just O'd or imminent.

RRCS: DH and I were going to TTA for another month or two, but decided to go ahead and try this cycle. We decided this in the beginning/middle of FW so cue a good weekend, ha. Actually I think the timing has been pretty decent so we'll see how that goes.

GTKY: What's one thing that you said you'd never do before you had a kid that you ended up doing? Screen time < age 2. The iPad has been a freaking lifesaver at long family dinners and during travel. Kid loooooves that thing. Also extended breastfeeding - I'm a huge fan, which I never expected, and DS still nurses about once a day. Before DS I'm sure I would have thought nursing a 2yo was odd - now I'm sad this is the cultural norm in the US.

[irish14]

bunnyfungo have you ever read Professor McKenna's articles on cosleeping? He calls it "breastsleeping" and finds it's how we were biologically designed. Very cool mother/child research out of Notre Dame.

[bunnyfungo]

Aug 30, 2016 11:26:54 GMT -5 irish14 said:

bunnyfungo have you ever read Professor McKenna's articles on cosleeping? He calls it "breastsleeping" and finds it's how we were biologically designed. Very cool mother/child research out of Notre Dame.

I haven't! But I'll look into it. That makes total sense to me. Because I'm over here sleeping through the night while my kid has free range access to the bewbs. Sounds much preferable to waking up and walking to a nursery. Bunny is incredibly lazy.

[irish14]

Aug 30, 2016 11:31:13 GMT -5 bunnyfungo said:

Aug 30, 2016 11:26:54 GMT -5 irish14 said:

bunnyfungo have you ever read Professor McKenna's articles on cosleeping? He calls it "breastsleeping" and finds it's how we were biologically designed. Very cool mother/child research out of Notre Dame.

I haven't! But I'll look into it. That makes total sense to me. Because I'm over here sleeping through the night while my kid has free range access to the bewbs. Sounds much preferable to waking up and walking to a nursery. Bunny is incredibly lazy.

we tried cosleeping but I think started too late. Everybody just tossed and woke each other up a bunch, and DS got too excited about boob and would chill for an hour then refuse to sleep any more. He didn't STTN till 1yr+ so I wonder if cosleeping from the beginning would have helped or made it worse. Unfortunately now DH is on the sleep train earlier bus, which may be a source of conflict - I really don't like pushing sleep development before they're ready to do it on their own, as tough as it is. I do love the lazy morning snuggles too

[BabyStandish]

jlincoln I'm sorry for your possible loss. Hugs.

[BabyStandish]

Aug 30, 2016 11:31:13 GMT -5 bunnyfungo said:

Aug 30, 2016 11:26:54 GMT -5 irish14 said:

bunnyfungo have you ever read Professor McKenna's articles on cosleeping? He calls it "breastsleeping" and finds it's how we were biologically designed. Very cool mother/child research out of Notre Dame.

I haven't! But I'll look into it. That makes total sense to me. Because I'm over here sleeping through the night while my kid has free range access to the bewbs. Sounds much preferable to waking up and walking to a nursery. Bunny is incredibly lazy.

Yep. That's my primary reason for bedsharing. Sleep is just too good to give up.

[bunnyfungo]

Aug 30, 2016 11:44:06 GMT -5 irish14 said:

Aug 30, 2016 11:31:13 GMT -5 bunnyfungo said:

I haven't! But I'll look into it. That makes total sense to me. Because I'm over here sleeping through the night while my kid has free range access to the bewbs. Sounds much preferable to waking up and walking to a nursery. Bunny is incredibly lazy.

we tried cosleeping but I think started too late. Everybody just tossed and woke each other up a bunch, and DS got too excited about boob and would chill for an hour then refuse to sleep any more. He didn't STTN till 1yr+ so I wonder if cosleeping from the beginning would have helped or made it worse. Unfortunately now DH is on the sleep train earlier bus, which may be a source of conflict - I really don't like pushing sleep development before they're ready to do it on their own, as tough as it is. I do love the lazy morning snuggles too

We cosleep from day 1. Which is mostly a luxury of having had multiple children and being confident in my ability to breastfeed. She sleeps with my boob in her mouth and we're tummy to tummy. Then, occasionally I'll hug and roll her to the other side and switch boobs lol.

[irish14]

Aug 30, 2016 11:48:42 GMT -5 bunnyfungo said:

Aug 30, 2016 11:44:06 GMT -5 irish14 said:

we tried cosleeping but I think started too late. Everybody just tossed and woke each other up a bunch, and DS got too excited about boob and would chill for an hour then refuse to sleep any more. He didn't STTN till 1yr+ so I wonder if cosleeping from the beginning would have helped or made it worse. Unfortunately now DH is on the sleep train earlier bus, which may be a source of conflict - I really don't like pushing sleep development before they're ready to do it on their own, as tough as it is. I do love the lazy morning snuggles too

We cosleep from day 1. Which is mostly a luxury of having had multiple children and being confident in my ability to breastfeed. She sleeps with my boob in her mouth and we're tummy to tummy. Then, occasionally I'll hug and roll her to the other side and switch boobs lol.

Nice. I had some bf'ing troubles - never made enough, though I persevered through 50/50 bf/formula, and we're still going. Might try it to boost supply if the same happens with the next one.

Do you use a side rail for the bed or anything like that?

[bunnyfungo]

Aug 30, 2016 11:56:04 GMT -5 irish14 said:

Aug 30, 2016 11:48:42 GMT -5 bunnyfungo said:

We cosleep from day 1. Which is mostly a luxury of having had multiple children and being confident in my ability to breastfeed. She sleeps with my boob in her mouth and we're tummy to tummy. Then, occasionally I'll hug and roll her to the other side and switch boobs lol.

Nice. I had some bf'ing troubles - never made enough, though I persevered through 50/50 bf/formula, and we're still going. Might try it to boost supply if the same happens with the next one.

Do you use a side rail for the bed or anything like that?

We have this:

[irish14]

Aug 30, 2016 12:02:04 GMT -5 bunnyfungo said:

Aug 30, 2016 11:56:04 GMT -5 irish14 said:

Nice. I had some bf'ing troubles - never made enough, though I persevered through 50/50 bf/formula, and we're still going. Might try it to boost supply if the same happens with the next one.

Do you use a side rail for the bed or anything like that?

We have this:

omg I need this

[obscurereference]

Age of LO(s): 4, 2, 8 months


Cycle/Month: 2


CD/DPO: 19


RRCS: I'm not charting yet but I'm assuming that I've O'd based on previous charting. We managed eod during my FW. I think. Might add OPKs next cycle.


GTKY: What's one thing that you said you'd never do before you had a kid that you ended up doing? Ummm, all the things! Pretty sure I've done everything I said I wouldn't do. Pacifiers and formula are the two that stick out. Man I was an idiot before my first!

[obscurereference]

jlincoln I'm sorry for your possible CP.

agm04 I have a SIL that gets pregnant easily, too. Had sex once in a 3 month period and got pregnant. Annoys me even though I have three kids because it takes me awhile to get pregnant, definitely not as easy for us. So I get it!

[bunnyfungo]

Aug 30, 2016 12:52:18 GMT -5 obscurereference said:

Age of LO(s): 4, 2, 8 months


Cycle/Month: 2


CD/DPO: 19


RRCS: I'm not charting yet but I'm assuming that I've O'd based on previous charting. We managed eod during my FW. I think. Might add OPKs next cycle.


GTKY: What's one thing that you said you'd never do before you had a kid that you ended up doing? Ummm, all the things! Pretty sure I've done everything I said I wouldn't do. Pacifiers and formula are the two that stick out. Man I was an idiot before my first!

Are we the same person?

[agm04]

jlincoln i'm so sorry.

[arimaythea]

Hi! This is my first time posting on GKU, though back when I was trying for my first I was around the old TTGP.

Age of LO(s): 13 months

Cycle/Month: 1/1

CD/DPO: CD 20

RRCS: I don't know what this stands for and didn't see it in the newbie blog - so I'll add some random GTKY. I got my first PPAF this month (on vacation no less, thanks AF). I reactivated my FF account but I'm not temping this cycle, just tracking AF and BD for the moment. It took us a year to conceive our first because I had months of anovulatory cycles after going off BCP, so I am really curious to see what my cycles end up doing now since I'm still actively BFing.

GTKY: What's one thing that you said you'd never do before you had a kid that you ended up doing? I was pretty good about not saying "never" to anything, but looking at it now I don't think I would have anticipated that I'd be bedsharing. (I use a foam semi-circle bumper under the sheets to prevent LO from rolling off the side.) I've also done a lot more screen time with my LO than I would have expected to this early. You do what you can to survive though, I guess!

[obscurereference]

bunnyfungo Apparently yes. Yes we are.

[agm04]

arimaythea RRCS = rants/raves/chart stalks. so basically just say what's on your mind!

[jax1182014]

Hi everyone! Glad to see so many people returning!
Age of LO: 21 months
Cycle/Month:10
CD/DPO: 19
RRCS: just wondering what going to happen this month and trying to stay positive. I think if a get my period next week I'm just going to call my ob to see if they would run some basic tests. It will be my 11th month and they probably won't have an appt till later anyway so I figure I might as well call sooner rather than later.
GTKY: I totally was not expecting how much I'd bedshare. We bedshared still 10 months and I started having shoulder pain(which I still have) so we needed to stop. DD also rolled off the bed multiple times so we got one of those bed gates that was posted earlier from Amazon. Super helpful!

[ldubhawksfan]

I'm going to stop being a creeper and just handing out LTs, and start to dip my toes back in GKU. We aren't trying yet, but I'm temping to avoid. We have talked about starting to try around her first birthday. I never thought of wanting kids so close in age, but it took awhile and an IUI for DD, so we are starting earlier.

Age of LO(s): 9 months


Cycle/Month: 3 PP/TTA


CD/DPO: 14]

RRCS: I wish DD would STTN. Luckily I haven't seen any problems on my chart even with waking.


GTKY: What's one thing that you said you'd never do before you had a kid that you ended up doing? cosleeping. We don't do it often, and it actually makes me sleep terribly because I'm paranoid, but sleep is needed and sometimes when she just won't sleep, it's worth it even to close my eyes and nod off a bit.

[ldubhawksfan]

jlincoln I'm so sorry. ((Hugs))

[Rama]

Aug 30, 2016 15:26:03 GMT -5 ldubhawksfan said:

I'm going to stop being a creeper and just handing out LTs, and start to dip my toes back in GKU. We aren't trying yet, but I'm temping to avoid. We have talked about starting to try around her first birthday. I never thought of wanting kids so close in age, but it took awhile and an IUI for DD, so we are starting earlier.

Age of LO(s): 9 months


Cycle/Month: 3 PP/TTA


CD/DPO: 14]

RRCS: I wish DD would STTN. Luckily I haven't seen any problems on my chart even with waking.


GTKY: What's one thing that you said you'd never do before you had a kid that you ended up doing? cosleeping. We don't do it often, and it actually makes me sleep terribly because I'm paranoid, but sleep is needed and sometimes when she just won't sleep, it's worth it even to close my eyes and nod off a bit.

*screeches from the bushes*