1. The thing I miss about being at work is that I was on a computer all day so kept up with this board much better now I'm only ever on my phone and usually one handed
****loss and living child discussed***** We're queer. I'm 34, have severe stage 4 endo, and both fallopian tubes are gone. My love ("Manada" 33) was diagnosed with diminished ovarian reserve. We did Partner IVF (my eggs, her uterus). We lost our twins Tav.in and Ca.sey at 21 weeks gestation.
1. The thing I miss about being at work is that I was on a computer all day so kept up with this board much better now I'm only ever on my phone and usually one handed
2. Yay for the recent BFPs!! So excited
ETA: the rest of the list!
3. Ellis is 7 weeks today!
4. We are going to meet up with 3 other babies and their parents this morning at the morning drop in at the gay and lesbian community center. We all met at a queer prenatal class held there this summer.
5. I love our new rocker recliner that was a very generous baby gift
6. Ellis has lots of hair on the back of her head and almost none on the front.
7. I wish we had more and better Tex Mex food in toronto.
8. manada is off work today and decided to go start the laundry this morning at 7am while I'm feeding the baby. I'm impressed! (It's a building laundry room not in unit)
9. I wonder what we will have for breakfast. I want something delicious.
****loss and living child discussed***** We're queer. I'm 34, have severe stage 4 endo, and both fallopian tubes are gone. My love ("Manada" 33) was diagnosed with diminished ovarian reserve. We did Partner IVF (my eggs, her uterus). We lost our twins Tav.in and Ca.sey at 21 weeks gestation.
1. Yesterday I got an awesome reprieve for morning sickness and I was ravenous all day. YAY FOOD!
2. Babies were craving salad (of all things), so I got C to take me to Ruby Tuesday and I had two big salads from the salad bar. It totally hit the spot.
3. Apparently, one day's reprieve sounded like enough - not feeling too sporty today.
4. I think I'm growing! At 8w2d, my clothes are beginning to rebel. They've all shrunk.
5. Going to an Apple Festival with my mom, bff, her mom, and her little this weekend. It's an annual thing for all of us, and I can't wait!
6. My BIL left on Saturday after spending 10 days with us. He came to help us put in a bathroom. The stay was painful, the bathroom is unfinished, and I'm very relieved he's gone. Why are in-laws so hard sometimes?
7. I have a meeting in 45 minutes that I'm not prepared for.
8. Oh how I wish it was warm out.
9. I will not turn on the heat at home. Heating with fuel oil is outrageously expensive.
10. I'm going to buy a pile of Honeycrisp apples. And then I'm going to eat them. Please, babies, let me eat them.
1. I need to figure out a better breakfast. I have been drinking a banana and PB smoothie every morning en route to work at 7am, but by the time I am here, I am hungry again.
2. I am excited for my trip to NYC with friends. Even though I shouldn't have spent the money, it will be fun.
3. I just counted. I have spent 10 nights away from the boys in 9.5 years. This trip will make 12.
4. We need to win the lottery. I guess we would have to play the lottery.
5. L has pink eye in both eyes. I have every appendage crossed that the rest of us don't get it.
6. I need some new clothes for my NY trip. And new shoes.
7. My father is coming to visit in 2 weeks. Sigh. It is always so painful. I wish it wasn't.
8. I am babysitting my friend's plant at work. It is trying to take over my office!
9. I have leftover Chipotle for lunch. I am so excited!
10. I am meeting a friend tonight for a fundraiser dinner. Beer and a burger.
1. crazyaunt84 - I had a honey crisp apple with my breakfast today. It was huge and delicious! I hope you get to enjoy one ASAP! Also, J forced me to turn on the heat on Sunday. I really didn't want to. She guilted me by saying that the boy was chilly. We did not get much of a break between the AC and the heat this year. Bah humbug!
2. 2brides - I too need to hit the lotto, and I also never play. Imagine that?!?!
3. healz413!! Hi!! We miss you around here. Hope you are enjoying the newborn days! Thanks for checking in. That is all!
4. J has a rotten cold and is fairly miserable.
5. I didn't sleep hardly at all last night (shocker!). William was up having a party in his crib at 1am, and due to J's congestion she was snoring like a freight train. Add those two things to my typical crappy pregnancy sleep, and well, it was a $#*! show!
6. I am already looking forward to lunch. I made salmon, roasted green beans and butternut squash (one of my fave meals) last night, and J just felt gross and couldn't eat it. So I packed up her portion and brought it for lunch today. I'm looking forward to it!
7. My company's family picnic is this weekend, and my coworker who had a baby at the end of July is supposed to be coming with her family (she is still out on leave). I can't wait to meet her newest little guy!
8. I just banged out a ton of work in the last 3 hours. I feel like that is enough productivity for a while. HAHA
9. I am really starting to look forward to the holidays (minus stress over supposedly traveling to Boston for Thanksgiving while 32 weeks pregnant!)....
10. I LOVE Fall weather, but I don't currently have an "in between" jacket that fits me. I have two maternity winter coats, but it isn't cold enough for those yet. I refuse to buy a new Fall jacket that I will only wear for a month. Sooo... it remains unclear what I will be doing about that.
1. This was the first morning that my wife wasn't at home when R woke up. He ran into our bedroom looking for her. I was sad for him.
2. I'm calling the dr about L not pooping. It's been 6 days already.
3. I'm sitting at the car dealership for oil change. The service writer asked if Lwas 6 months? WTF?
4. Ok Dr. is not worried about no poop. Apparently breast milk is so nutrious that there is very little waste in it. She said his body is absorbing almost all the milk he gets. I still want him to poop.
5. I need more coffee.
6. I'm in denial my wife leaves next week for 3 days.
7. We are enrolling R in gymnastics class in Oct. he's going to love it.
8. The cleaners are coming today. I love this day! I'm going to be sad to have them stop. They're expensive.
9. Kh826, I traveled at 33 weeks to Long Island and it was fine. Well not fine per say, R screamed in the car and my wife got drunk for the first time in 3 years, but the being prego and making the 4 hour drive was NBD. 10. We pre-made all our meals for the week and it has made a huge difference in our evening routine. We'll be doing this every week!
1. Mom was back in the hospital last night for another little surgery bc of the infection from her tumor removal earlier this year. Luckily she seems to be doing well, but I just want her to feel better already.
2. Holy shit progesterone test finally came back and it's 19.1! I guess the Femara worked! Now let's just hope one of those eggs met one of the 30mil sperm.
3. Honeycrisp apples are the best, I'm so happy it's fall again.
4. We pulled down the Halloween decorations last night and will hopefully get those out today.
5. I started Weight Watchers again last week. Even if I get pregnant this month I can stand to loose at least 10 pounds and still be on track for a healthy pregnancy.
6. I went over to my BFFs yesterday to see her and baby outside of the hospital. I got to hold him for 90 minutes while he just slept in my arms. I was dying of the cuteness.
7. J only has two weeks left at her current job. She needs to make a decision about where she'll go next, but I'm secretly hoping she'll take an extra few weeks off and we can get a last minute trip in to somewhere close, BC would be amazing.
8. I turned on the heat this morning.
9. There are so many movies I want to see out now, and about to come out, and so little time!
Me: 31 Wife: 30. Legally married 2008, thanks CA! TTC #1 since 11/14 using donor sperm. IUIs Jan-Aug 2015 BFN Sept & OCT 2015 added Femara. BFN Saw RE December 2015. IUI with Clomid & Trigger Jan 2016 BFN IUI #13 with Follistim April 2016 BFFN IVF #1 July 2016. 14R, 10F, 6 Day 5 embryos. 4 PGS normal embabies!
Post by rikkiandjulie on Oct 6, 2015 12:36:50 GMT -5
1. Getting my hair done at the salon right now. I'm sitting under the heat lamp, for the first time ever. Feels weird. I'm so excited though.
2. My sister will be here right as I am done.
3. Blake Shelton tickets go on sale tomorrow, I want to go so bad, but the tickets are pretty expensive and they will no doubt sell out tomorrow.
4. The TWW is going well, haven't thought about it much.
5. I need a manicure
6. The weather here is amazing today.
7. My SIL is 18weeks now, and has EVERYTHING she needs for the baby, seriously EVERYTHING. The nursery is even put together 100%. It's adorable but at the same time I keep thinking "what are people going to gift you". I also VERY selfishly decided that I hope we don't get all of their hand me downs, is really like to get some of our own baby items.
8. Insurance is resolved. It's because the codes are switching from version 9 to version 10, and all places in the U.S. Are transitioning, and I am just the unfortunate soul stuck in the middle.
9. I need to start eating better. I'm fat and as much as I am okay with that and have no current health issues I wonder how long that will be the case.
10. DW has started tracking her temp and it's incredibly frustrating bc I have no idea what we are looking for. Oh well, hopefully this is the last month.
1) we've had the heat on off and on the last few weeks and we live in the lower Midwest.
2) I feel sort of bad about it but C gets cold at night and although she uses a blanket now, she doesn't seem to wrap herself up in it thoroughly.
3). I went to the gym this morning. Woohoo. I went 3 times last week. I'm hoping to keep it up. I don't expect myself to lose any weight the first tri but if I can keep myself from gaining a little that would be fantastic!
4). My hairdresser has a 2 year old and C plays with all his toys while I get my hair done. It works out pretty well except C's favorite thing to do is chase the cat.
5) she is trying to be so nice to the cat. She waves frantically and yells "hi kitty" while walking fast towards him. She is used to my over zealous dog for sure and doesn't get cats like it quiet.
6) the cat generally ran the other way but did let her pet him once.
7) I am obsessed with Legos right now, ever since I bought some duplo sets for C. I even bought a holiday set for myself and I'm justifying it as a Christmas decoration purchase.
8). I also bought a nice camera recently. I'm hoping to take better pics of C.
9) I really need to read up on photography more though! I am not very good.
1) we've had the heat on off and on the last few weeks and we live in the lower Midwest.
2) I feel sort of bad about it but C gets cold at night and although she uses a blanket now, she doesn't seem to wrap herself up in it thoroughly.
3). I went to the gym this morning. Woohoo. I went 3 times last week. I'm hoping to keep it up. I don't expect myself to lose any weight the first tri but if I can keep myself from gaining a little that would be fantastic!
4). My hairdresser has a 2 year old and C plays with all his toys while I get my hair done. It works out pretty well except C's favorite thing to do is chase the cat.
5) she is trying to be so nice to the cat. She waves frantically and yells "hi kitty" while walking fast towards him. She is used to my over zealous dog for sure and doesn't get cats like it quiet.
6) the cat generally ran the other way but did let her pet him once.
7) I am obsessed with Legos right now, ever since I bought some duplo sets for C. I even bought a holiday set for myself and I'm justifying it as a Christmas decoration purchase.
8). I also bought a nice camera recently. I'm hoping to take better pics of C.
9) I really need to read up on photography more though! I am not very good.
10) hope everyone has a wonderful day!
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I have an awesome book on photography that is super easy to read. I can send it to you, it's just collecting dust
Post by 2mrsks (mrs&mrsk) on Oct 6, 2015 14:01:06 GMT -5
1. i wish i could go w/ R to baby classes! i went 1x on a random day off. it was so much fun! 2. i am amazed how quickly R's hair grows now. every day its a different color/shade and seems fuller. 3. i am going to the Dr today for the neverending, spreading poison ivy. i hope they have a miracle drug 4. We still have our AC in, we took R's out. Boy did the weather change quickly! 5. 2brides & @ kh826 ditto on the lottery but not playing! 6. we (meaning M while i napped off a hangover from the wedding saturday) decorated for halloween and made a nice fall dinner sunday 7. 4 hrs later hello... 8. ugh no time for personal stuff today at work..wth ! 9. i have NOT had enough water today 10. that's all for now!
1) we've had the heat on off and on the last few weeks and we live in the lower Midwest.
2) I feel sort of bad about it but C gets cold at night and although she uses a blanket now, she doesn't seem to wrap herself up in it thoroughly.
3). I went to the gym this morning. Woohoo. I went 3 times last week. I'm hoping to keep it up. I don't expect myself to lose any weight the first tri but if I can keep myself from gaining a little that would be fantastic!
4). My hairdresser has a 2 year old and C plays with all his toys while I get my hair done. It works out pretty well except C's favorite thing to do is chase the cat.
5) she is trying to be so nice to the cat. She waves frantically and yells "hi kitty" while walking fast towards him. She is used to my over zealous dog for sure and doesn't get cats like it quiet.
6) the cat generally ran the other way but did let her pet him once.
7) I am obsessed with Legos right now, ever since I bought some duplo sets for C. I even bought a holiday set for myself and I'm justifying it as a Christmas decoration purchase.
8). I also bought a nice camera recently. I'm hoping to take better pics of C.
9) I really need to read up on photography more though! I am not very good.
10) hope everyone has a wonderful day!
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I have an awesome book on photography that is super easy to read. I can send it to you, it's just collecting dust
1. The question of the last week has been to take or not to take a new job at 25 weeks pregnant. It would totally change our current lifestyle. I work from home now which gives me some flexibility. I would make more money initially, but not much more once you factor in childcare and commute expenses and my current position has more potential for growth and higher pay in the long term. I would be gone 12 hours a day, the commute would be around 1hr 15min each way and when we conceived we never were thinking about full time infant childcare. The new position is in the field of my master's but I keep questioning if I really want to work in that field but wonder if I should try it out and see. I should also say CET already works long hours and at times, travels fairly frequently. But we live in a fairly expensive area. There has been a lot of stress in our household lately over what to do. I'm so indecisive. It can drive you crazy.
2. We're going up to Seattle this weekend, looking forward to some cooler temperatures! Maybe we can find some apples and gourds to bring back to hot dry So Cal.
3. It's Mountain Day at our undergrad college today. A group of alums are meeting for ice cream this evening to celebrate. We'll definitely be going. CET has been really curious about the place, it's liquid nitrogen ice cream.
4. So far this pregnancy, I crave potatoes and cereal/oatmeal. Having a salad for lunch, hoping to influence my cravings. But seriously, potatoes.
5. I started decorating for fall. I got a free basket so I'm going to pick up a mum to put in it with some pumpkins nearby. I will totally admit, fall decorations look so silly next to a palm tree.
CET's
6. Just got back from a trip to Philly. Was there 17 hours total, 3-4 of which were meetings.
7. Luckily, I got back in time to go to our OB appointment this morning. I went in to work late after. It was so nice to hear the baby's heartbeat again!
8. I have a new assistant starting on Monday, and things are really hectic here. Hope she's ready to hit the ground running.
9. We got new phones last week. They're great so far, but I really need to order a case for mine. I usually have a wallet case, so I keep forgetting to take my ID and credit cards places.
10. We found an amazing deal on a used crib from Room & Board on Craigslist which was exactly the model and color CAR had originally wanted. The family had 3 babies in 22 months- a boy who's now 7 yrs, and then a set of g/b twins who are now 5 yrs. They had both the twins' cribs for sale and they're in amazing shape. We honestly almost went back to buy the second crib in case we ever had a toddler and a baby....
CET & CAR - both 30, married Aug, 2013, together 12+ yrs.
TTC #1: CAR carrying IUI #1 & 2 - Clomid, trigger = BFN IUI #3 - Switched to Gonal 150iu. Overstim led to 'surprise' IVF. Retrieved 21, 14 mature, 13 fertilized, all 13 made it to day 5, 9 PGS normal. Transferred 1 AA hatched blast 5/1/15 Baby Girl M born 1-21-16
cetcar, to give you a little perspective on the potential job. My wife has a 3 hour daily commute which makes her gone 11 hours a day. She started working from home 1 day a week after R was born so she could spend more time with him. Now with L here she is miserable being away from them so long. 11 hour days are long days to be away from your babies. She gets home at 5:30, we eat dinner right away, play for maybe 30 min if we're lucky, then it's bath and bed for the kids. She hardly gets to see them Mon-Thurs. To top it off she travels too. It sucks big time. She would love to be a SAHM. If she could work from home 5 days a week, we'd love that. I'd rather have her home with me or a nanny.
2. I was cramping super bad yesterday and off and on today. Felt like AF was here, but she hasn't shown up, so I don't know what this means
3. I POAS again this morning. Negatives all around. I'm not getting discouraged. I will keep testing till I see a BFP or AF shows up.. lol
4. I'm going back on Weight Watchers when Jo leaves. And if I'm not pregnant I plan to go crazy with it and try to lose a bunch of weight. If I do happen to get pregnant, I plan to maintain or maybe lose a couple pounds
5. I'm trying to figure out what's going on for Christmas, I really don't want to be here alone
Post by bexincanada on Oct 6, 2015 18:34:10 GMT -5
1. I'm simultaneously nauseous and hungry. I'm trying to do a good job of having little snacks ready throughout the day, but it's difficult when things are busy at work.
2. Tomorrow night I start facilitating a ten week group, it'll be tiring but I'm looking forward to it.
3. H. is away until tomorrow night or Thursday, so I'm having a Mad About You marathon.
4. Speaking of turning the heat on, had to give in this past weekend... it got down to 5 degrees celcius (about 40) at night.
5. Is it the weekend yet?
6. No, really.
7. I've been super tired, yet not sleeping easily due to having to get up and pee, then not falling back asleep.
1.I got an email this weekend from my father explaining that he and my mother got a divorce September 1st and that he plans to marry their live-in girlfriend/partner before the end of the year. So that was great. 2. Positive OPK today! I thought I was broken when I didn't get one last month. I'm sensitive. 3. But... no ICI this cycle because I have a sinus infection and I'm on antibiotics. Bummer. 4. Parent teacher conferences are tomorrow and Thursday. Teach all day, then 4 hours of conferences. At least I get to do mine by appointment. 5. I bought a sweet little road bike on Craigslist and I bike commuted to work these last two days! It was awesome. I hate driving, but this is actually fun! 6. I love my kitties. 7. I have a bunch of itchy bites on my left side. I'm now afraid I have bed bugs. 8. Around the time I ovulate, I get more attracted to boys. This happen to anyone else? 9. I'm hungry. 10. And tired. I can't believe its only 7:30.
1. I finally feel like I'm "home again" after being in moving limbo for a couple of months. Today I hung some of our last major decor and art pieces and I feel like I can focus on things other than unpacking.
2. I shoveled 364 days worth of dog poop from the unofficial dog run area alongside the house. Who can live in a place and not pick up after their pet?!?! Disgusting EV and I decided if we ever rent the house again it will be pet free. I feel bad since I have pets but dealing with carpet stains and a gross yard is too much.
3. The plumber today recognize my son and I from an HGTV show we filmed years ago. He remembered my wife's employment and details about the house. So funny! We need a new faucet, so hopefully we'll be getting that installed in the next day or so.
4. Owen has receive his first couple of time outs which don't even last a minute to match his 17 month old age. He loves climbing the dining table and playing in the toilet. Baby-proofing is on this weeks "to do" list too.
5. EV is travelling for work again this week. But she's back for nearly a week an a half with only 2 overnights locally in SF for a work conference. We've taken to eating dinner together via Skype. The boys love it.
6. I am thirsty.
7. Kaden is going on his first field trip with his preschool. He's only just 3 but he is communicating his ideas so well, counting, figuring out some basic math, and just seeming all grown up.
8. Nothing, Nada, Zilch happening on the TTC front. I think EV will be attending IVF orientation next week in the city, and hopefully we can get a follow up appointment scheduled. It is so hard to maintain momentum with our hands full already. I feel so bad, even my own enthusiasm waffles between utter excitement and apathy.
9. This evening Sienna hijacked the boys bath. She just leapt in and started swimming around. Labs!! I pulled her out on 3 occasions, and eventually had to put her in the crate to keep her out. When EV gets back we might try a doggy/kid bath in our garden tub - but I want extra parent arms on deck.
10. I am SOOOOOOOO excited about all the pregnancies and BFPs!! Sending those in the TWW good thoughts.
1. healz413 how awesome to enjoy all the baby snuggles. I hope your meet up went well.
2. crazyaunt84 I hope you got to eat all of the Honey crisp apples!
3. 2brides I hope you have an awesome trip to NYC!
4. kh826 I hope you enjoyed your lunch, that salmon sounds amazing.
5. JustJudy wishing a speedy recovery for your mom.
6. rikkiandjulie I'm glad you got your insurance issues resolved. Fingers crossed for you!
7. cetcar thinking of you with your new job struggle. It would be a no brainer for me, I can't do commutes like that. Having a kiddo now, it wouldn't be an option for me. I drove from Palm Springs to Huntington Beach once for 6 months on a daily basis and I will never commute like that again.
9. esquette I love riding my bike to work too. I just wish it was safer here.
10. Ok one about me, our known donor is in town this weekend and I think we are going to go ahead with his donation. A lot of feels about this but I think it's all good in the end.
karlamo Thanks for your insight. Hearing about real life experiences is helpful. Sorry your wife is gone so much. I can imagine how exhausting/frustrating it must be at times. I am worried about hopefully becoming parents for the first time and balancing two schedules where we both would be away from the house for so long. But it's so hard and seems so silly to walk away from an opportunity, especially since they are hard to come by. I do wonder if almost 26 weeks pregnant is the best time to start a new job or do I just try it for 3 months and see how it is? So many feelings/conflicting opinions.
kona, Thanks for your thoughts and sharing your experience. I had a long commute a couple years ago where I was in rush hour traffic both ways and it really negatively impacted different areas of my life. It was my first semester of grad school, so that's another factor, but I was grumpy a lot of the time.
CET & CAR - both 30, married Aug, 2013, together 12+ yrs.
TTC #1: CAR carrying IUI #1 & 2 - Clomid, trigger = BFN IUI #3 - Switched to Gonal 150iu. Overstim led to 'surprise' IVF. Retrieved 21, 14 mature, 13 fertilized, all 13 made it to day 5, 9 PGS normal. Transferred 1 AA hatched blast 5/1/15 Baby Girl M born 1-21-16
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