Last day of 2016 .

[onesweetworld]

What are you leaving behind in 2016?

[mustloveerica]

Dec 31, 2016 9:03:01 GMT -5 onesweetworld said:

What are you leaving behind in 2016?

Good morning, pregnants!!!

I'm happy to be leaving infertility behind in 2016. I gathered up all of our bills/receipts/etc for our taxes and got emotional thinking how much of our lives and bank accounts were all consumed by infertility treatments. I'll happily pay the yearly storage fee for our 7 other embryos so that we (and hopefully another family or two) never have to do another round of IVF.

We are going to a party later. Until then I'm spending the day binging Netflix and washing baby clothes. I have 6 big tote bins of clothes to go thru. 4 of them are just newborn and 0-3 months. And that doesn't even include everything I've bought and my mom has bought. I feel like I need to get a move on sorting out what I want from the hand me down bins so I can pack the rest away. I hate that there's bins cluttering my nursery!!

[easilyunamused]

Happy new year ladies!

+1 to all of the infertility talk mustloveerica. I may cry when I add up all of the money we've spent. I'd like to leave the bitterness and jealousy that consumed me while dealing with IF.

I have to work today, boo. But going to a friends house for dinner later. No way will I stay up until midnight. Luckily I'm west coast, so I'll celebrate the east coasts midnight.

[mustloveerica]

Dec 31, 2016 9:24:54 GMT -5 easilyunamused said:

Happy new year ladies!

+1 to all of the infertility talk mustloveerica. I may cry when I add up all of the money we've spent. I'd like to leave the bitterness and jealousy that consumed me while dealing with IF.

I have to work today, boo. But going to a friends house for dinner later. No way will I stay up until midnight. Luckily I'm west coast, so I'll celebrate the east coasts midnight.

I was careful not to track the cost when we were doing treatments. Every bill and receipt just went in a folder. But when I added it up my heart broke a bit. The things we could have done with that money. I don't regret what we did at all of course. It just brought me back to the "it's not fair" feelings. Yuck.

[ladytiffany24]

Happy New Year pregnants!

This is almost more of a resolution, but I'm hoping to leave behind my negativity and making a big deal out of little things. It's something I've struggled with all my life but it was the worst of the worst in 2016.

[mustloveerica]

My mom got me really cool maternity leggings for Christmas but I don't have a matching butt covering shirt. So I'm breaking rules and wearing leggings as pants today. No shame.

[mustloveerica]

Dec 31, 2016 9:30:03 GMT -5 ladytiffany24 said:

Happy New Year pregnants!

This is almost more of a resolution, but I'm hoping to leave behind my negativity and making a big deal out of little things. It's something I've struggled with all my life but it was the worst of the worst in 2016.

We are twins! I get so worked up over little things. Something I definitely need to work on as a mother.

[easilyunamused]

Dec 31, 2016 9:30:01 GMT -5 mustloveerica said:

Dec 31, 2016 9:24:54 GMT -5 easilyunamused said:

Happy new year ladies!

+1 to all of the infertility talk mustloveerica. I may cry when I add up all of the money we've spent. I'd like to leave the bitterness and jealousy that consumed me while dealing with IF.

I have to work today, boo. But going to a friends house for dinner later. No way will I stay up until midnight. Luckily I'm west coast, so I'll celebrate the east coasts midnight.

I was careful not to track the cost when we were doing treatments. Every bill and receipt just went in a folder. But when I added it up my heart broke a bit. The things we could have done with that money. I don't regret what we did at all of course. It just brought me back to the "it's not fair" feelings. Yuck.

I have not yet added it up either. I'm not looking forward to it! But I don't regret it either and am fortunate to have 6 blasts on ice.

[Evelyn3]

Happy New Year everyone

I'm happy to be leaving the negativity of 2016 behind. I just was no longer myself with all the IF treatments and I had started to re evaluate not long before getting our BFP.

So I'm glad that part can be put behind us, and I'm grateful for this baby.

[thelittleredm]

I'm ready to leave work behind lol At least, for 12 weeks. Come on baby!

[icedtea]

Dec 31, 2016 9:30:03 GMT -5 ladytiffany24 said:

Happy New Year pregnants!

This is almost more of a resolution, but I'm hoping to leave behind my negativity and making a big deal out of little things. It's something I've struggled with all my life but it was the worst of the worst in 2016.

I'm stealing this one. My anxiety got pretty out of control last year and this year I'm committed to staying on top of it. I'm worried about 2017 because of the state of the world, but I can at least do what I can in my little part of it.

[onesweetworld]

I am happy to be leaving IF behind in 2016 and losing my Dad. While a few good things happened to me like my promotion and this baby, I'm going to forget this year existed.

[mustloveerica]

I need to go grocery shopping today. I need to stock up on healthier snacks. I feel like I eat constantly but lately it's been mostly junk because we haven't gone shopping in forever and I actually lost 2 pounds this week. I need to work on gaining healthier weight. So give me your favorite high protein snacks. Right now all I have is Greek yogurt, hard boiled eggs and cheese on my list of snacks. I'm not a big veggies person but I should force myself to eat more. I'll eat raw veggies dipped in hummus more than cooked veggies.

Help me make my grocery list.

[icedtea]

mustloveerica, hard boiled eggs are a good idea. I need to keep more on hand. They make a nice easy topping to a ready made salad too. I eat a lot of string cheese, and have recently introduced greek yogurt.

Other ideas:
Apples with peanut butter
Anything with peanut butter

Okay, I clearly am not good at this either. Will be looking at the replies, ha.

[akraus2015]

+1 million to leaving IF in 2016!! Both of my losses were in 2015, which was hard, but so was not getting pregnant at all, and all the awful Clomid and Letrizole and IUIs and whatnot. I'm very excited to be moving into 2017 as a family of 3!

[hpnegirl]

Dec 31, 2016 14:00:41 GMT -5 W said:

I get that I can only control like 5% of my birth plan, but the risk of having a c-section is higher with an induction. And statistics show that 20% more women get an epidural when they're induced.

Gah.

If you decide to get the epidural, have them sit you up while pushing, if you and baby are able to be elevated at that point. I've heard of multiple people having the baby get suck because they were on their backs pushing and were told they would probably need a c-section but were able to have a vaginal birth once they were sat up (you'll probably pull your knees by your ears).

I was sat up with my epidural when it came time. One nurse held a leg up by head and my H held the other.

[icedtea]

Dec 31, 2016 14:20:50 GMT -5 hpnegirl said:

Dec 31, 2016 14:00:41 GMT -5 W said:

I get that I can only control like 5% of my birth plan, but the risk of having a c-section is higher with an induction. And statistics show that 20% more women get an epidural when they're induced.

Gah.

If you decide to get the epidural, have them sit you up while pushing, if you and baby are able to be elevated at that point. I've heard of multiple people having the baby get suck because they were on their backs pushing and were told they would probably need a c-section but were able to have a vaginal birth once they were sat up (you'll probably pull your knees by your ears).

I was sat up with my epidural when it came time. One nurse held a leg up by head and my H held the other.

This is good to know!

[nic1231]

For me, the general craziness and sadness that the year brought. Both grandma's were lost this year and we had scares with this pregnancy. I'm ready to start fresh, hope everyone stays healthy and things fall in to place with the babies.
This morning started well, was surprised with pink roses and breakfast for my birthday. Haven't had to do a thing yet and still can sit around for a bit until we go out to dinner tonight =)

[hpnegirl]

Dec 31, 2016 15:28:07 GMT -5 W said:

Dec 31, 2016 14:20:50 GMT -5 hpnegirl said:

If you decide to get the epidural, have them sit you up while pushing, if you and baby are able to be elevated at that point. I've heard of multiple people having the baby get suck because they were on their backs pushing and were told they would probably need a c-section but were able to have a vaginal birth once they were sat up (you'll probably pull your knees by your ears).

I was sat up with my epidural when it came time. One nurse held a leg up by head and my H held the other.

good to know!!! Thank you!!

It's not a sure thing, obviously, but it doesn't hurt to ask to try it if things get to that point. Seeing as you said you are with MWs, they probably know to try that. I asked about it at my last app so I wouldn't forget to ask later on lol. I'm a wimp when it comes to long periods of pain

[hpnegirl]

I'm ready to say goodbye and good riddance to 2016. There was a lot more bad than good. I started the year in a position I hated, one I took solely so we could move back to NY. I landed an ideal job by pure luck mid-way and plan on sticking with this position for a while. I lost one of my best friends in October and that's left a permanent blotch on the year. Time to say goodbye to the shitty year that was 2016

[silvermelody]

mustloveerica nuts: love cashews and roasted almonds and pistachios. Nut butter with apple slices. Deli meat & cheese rollups. Nature Valley makes a 10g protein Granola bar that I love for on the go. The chocolate peanut butter is my favorite flavor.

I eat a lot of baby carrots, and we do 50/50 spring mix and baby spinach salads.

[silvermelody]

Dec 31, 2016 14:00:41 GMT -5 W said:

I get that I can only control like 5% of my birth plan, but the risk of having a c-section is higher with an induction. And statistics show that 20% more women get an epidural when they're induced.

Gah.

The odds are worse but not definitive. One of my friends has had to be induced with all four of her kids and she had them all vaginally with no epidural. It really depends on your biology and your body. You won't know the outcome until you try.

My doula has done a lot of successful induction vaginal births. They seem to work better if you are close or over your due date.

[silvermelody]

Happy birthday nic1231!

[onesweetworld]

We have friends coming over for pizza and wings. I can wear pjs right?

[silvermelody]

World news aside, 2016 was a good year for us. No deaths, no major trauma or bad news. We got married. We found out that we're pregnant with a second 'golden egg' baby (conceived with no fertility treatments after IF) and it's the girl I wanted so badly.

2017 will be challenging but we have a good foundation under our feet. Looking forward to seeing how we do with two kids, and how DS handles being a big brother.

[onesweetworld]

I look more than 6-7 months pregnant in this shirt.

[easilyunamused]

I just woke up from and nap, and willing myself to get up and shower.

But my beds too comfy and Harry Potter is on. Sometimes I really regret social engagements.

[ladytiffany24]

Dec 31, 2016 17:25:02 GMT -5 onesweetworld said:

I look more than 6-7 months pregnant in this shirt.

No you don't! Girrrrrlll, you look good!

[onesweetworld]

Dec 31, 2016 18:37:08 GMT -5 ladytiffany24 said:

Dec 31, 2016 17:25:02 GMT -5 onesweetworld said:

I look more than 6-7 months pregnant in this shirt.

No you don't! Girrrrrlll, you look good!

Bahahhahahahhaha

Thank you!

[onesweetworld]

Dec 31, 2016 18:35:05 GMT -5 easilyunamused said:

I just woke up from and nap, and willing myself to get up and shower.

But my beds too comfy and Harry Potter is on. Sometimes I really regret social engagements.

I'm glad we are not leaving the house tonight. Just pizza and wings with 2 friends. Not sure if they will stay for a movie or not, or even what movies are out to watch.