Tuesday TFAS Check In 11/3

[ellabee]

Hi ladies! The TFAS check-in is for those trying for a second, third, fourth sibling, etc. Feel free to post here even if you are waiting to TFAS. 


Age of LO(s):

Circumstances: 
Cycle/Month:
CD/DPO:

R/R/CS:

GTKY - How did you announce that you were expecting to your SO/family?

[penguin129]

Age Of LO: 2

Circumstances: waiting to TFAS until next cycle (trying to figure out some things insurance wise)

Cycle Day:7

R/R/CS: I really hate the way the Obamacare is written about "self only" coverage. I hate that I would be able to get subsidies if H's school didn't offer me coverage, but because they do (@ $740/month), I can't get them. The law needs to be changed. I am going to try and stop venting about all this. Sorry ladies, some of you see it twice. I got my TSH levels checked today and have an appointment next week.

GTKY: H wore a shirt to his brother's Haunted Walk. We just let his family read it as they saw it. It was dusk when we showed up and his mom didn't see it right away. It was fitting because he was a free lance photographer for a while.

[judyblume14]

Age of LO(s): Almost 14 months

Circumstances: TTC #2
Cycle/Month: 3/4
CD/DPO: CD14/Just started temping a week ago. FF estimated that O would be this past Sunday, but I can't tell.

R/R/CS: Random - as we went to bed last night, we were going to have sex, but the cat was on the bed, being adorable. We both fell asleep while playing with the cat/trying to get her to get off the bed.

GTKY - How did you announce that you were expecting to your SO/family? SO - called him into the bathroom after POAS and said "I think I'm pregnant!" really uneventful. MIL - gave her a "Happy Birthday, Grandma!" card. My dad - while looking at his pictures from vacation, I said, "speaking of pictures, look at this!" and handed him the U/S pic.

[rungirlrun]

Cool shirt penguin129!

Age of LO(s): 2

Circumstances: N/A

Cycle/Month: 6/6

CD/DPO: CD 10

R/R/CS: Ready to be pregnant!

GTKY - How did you announce that you were expecting to your SO/family? Eh nothing exciting. Showed H the pee stick and just called family on the phone and told them. Family doesn't live near us so the phone was easy.

[ellabee]

Age of LO(s): 19 months

Circumstances: TTC #2

Cycle/Month: 5

CD/DPO: 5/NA

R/R/CS: Having some regret this cycle that we didn't start TTC #2 earlier. I think I read/heard someone say recently that usually when you've decided it's the right time to TTC, you're really actually mentally ready to already be pregnant/have a baby. That's pretty much me and DH now. Also, when I was pregnant with DD, I was so happy that she was due in the Spring so I wouldn't have to be huge and pregnant in the dead of summer. Now I'd give anything for an Aug due date.

GTKY - How did you announce that you were expecting to your SO/family? I had been telling DH for a few days that I felt "off". I had a strong food aversion to protein around 9-10dpo, along with some spotting that didn't end up in CD1. I called him after POAS and let him know that it was confirmed. For our families, we got them cards with the ultrasound in them after we got out of the first tri.

[flojo973]

Age of LO(s): 17 months

Circumstances: TTC #2

Cycle/Month: 3 (1AL)

CD/DPO: 6

R/R/CS: I know I'll have a wonky cycle this cycle so I'm hoping I catch O.

GTKY - How did you announce that you were expecting to your SO/family? DH was with me when I tested. We told our families at Thanksgiving with cute baby-themed cookies.

ellabee, - could not agree more with your R/R/CS. I wish we had started sooner. When DH was finally ready it was like he wanted a baby right that second. I can't think about it or I get too upset!

[amandamh2]

Age of LO(s): 6 months

Circumstances: TTA until TFAS in January

R/R/CS: I'm having all the complicated thoughts about when to TTC. On the one hand, I really want another baby soon and would love them to be close in age to DS like my brother and I are. But then I worry about having enough time to take care of them both with DH sometimes not being able to help much and worry it's too soon. I'm spending way too much time thinking about it.

GTKY - How did you announce that you were expecting to your SO/family? I began to suspect I was pregnant right before DH had to leave for training. I didn't want to test before I was back with him, so by that point I was two weeks past my expected period. I wound up calling him at work because I couldn't wait anymore and surprised him with the news right before he had to direct a parade... way to make it hard to focus! His IC officer wound up being the first person to know since she heard him talking to me on the phone that day haha. We took a couple days to ourselves then phoned our parents and siblings who lived halfway across the country. Everyone was very surprised since they thought we were planning to wait a couple more years.

[Deleted]

Age of LO(s): 17, 15, 13, 12, 19months

Circumstances: ntnp just really wishing
Cycle/Month: we ttc for 12months
CD/DPO: cd1

R/R/CS: damnit (cd1)

GTKY - How did you announce that you were expecting to your SO/family? Actually my dh told me I was PG! I had a chemical pregnancy after 11 months of ttc a first with my dh so we moved to ntnp and 2nd cycle later a successful pregnancy occurred. I had some spotting so figured I'd start within a day or two; no blood. I was complaining about my breasts/nipples hurting and dh said. Your pregnant! I said; I might be. Tested and yes he was right! Told my boys after dating ultrasound at 7wks and my mom on the phone. She posted on fb about her 8th grandchild being on the way. (She now has 9, my 5 my brother's 4 and only 1 girl in the mix!).

[cheezee]

ellabee, I am having big regrets we didn't start trying sooner! I'm trying to not dwell on the fact that TTC isn't going as we had hoped but its so hard.

Age of LO(s): 4 in less than a week!

Circumstances: MFI

Cycle/Month: 6/8

CD/DPO: CD7

R/R/CS: Back to temping and anxious to see how this cycle goes. Just trying not to get my hopes up too high until we get DH's SA next month.

GTKY - How did you announce that you were expecting to your SO/family? We waited until we got our first sono. We gave all the grandparents a card with a sono pic and this poem. They were all surprised and had lots of tears!

I do not have a face to see, or put inside a frame.
I do not have soft cheeks to kiss; I don't yet have a name.
You cannot hold my tiny hands, nor whisper in my ear.
It's still too soon to sing a song, or cuddle me so near.
But all will change come November, when they say I'm due.
I'm your new grandson or granddaughter; I can't wait 'til I meet you.
All I ask between now and then is your patience while I grow.
I promise I'll be worth the wait, because of the love we'll know.
So as you're waiting patiently, please pray lots of prayers for me.
I cannot wait to be a part of this awesome family!

[littlelion]

cheezee that poem brought tears to my eyes. So sweet.

[jubilantsquirrel]

Age of LO(s): 19 months

Circumstances:
Cycle/Month: We start TTC this month!
CD/DPO: 17

R/R/CS:

GTKY - How did you announce that you were expecting to your SO/family?
Nothing special. It was a Saturday and the dog woke us up at 5am because he had to pee. H went to let him out and I had to pee also so I figured I would test. It came up positive almost immediately and when H came back I was just standing in the doorway. He asked if I was OK and I said "I think so, I just took a pregnancy test and it was positive." He said "Well, ok then" and we went back to bed. We were both much more excited a few hours later when had more sleep.

We gave our parents a baby picture from and I wrote "Coming March 2014" on it. They loved it.

[Deleted]

Age of LO(s): 3 year DS

Circumstances: hypothyroid
Cycle/Month: 2/3 tracking
CD/DPO: 46/13

R/R/CS: still trying to figure out this temping thing. My temp went up again on Sunday and has been up for 3 days.

GTKY - How did you announce that you were expecting to your SO/family?
I woke DH up at 6am on a Sunday jumping on the bed.
We waited until after a blood test to tell our families. We went over to visit DH'S parents and called mine.

[singingsea]

Age of LO(s): 3 in February

Circumstances: TTC

Cycle/Month: Cycle 12/2AL

CD/DPO: CD14

R/R/CS: Nothing.

GTKY - How did you announce that you were expecting to your SO/family? For DS I told H by getting him a Star Wars themed father's day card. H and I each got cards for our dads but crossed out fathers and wrote happy "grandfathers" day.

With my miscarriage I POAS first thing in the morning and woke H up with the news I was so excited. I only got around to telling my mom and dad before we lost the pregnancy. I bought a pacifier and put it in a nice gift bag and had them open it. That pacifier is somewhere in DS's closet because I can't really look at it.

[jense927]

Age of LO(s): 22 months

Circumstances:
Cycle/Month: 9/11
CD/DPO: 22 / got a pos OPK today and yesterday

R/R/CS: Really ready to be pregnant. I have good feelings about this cycle. Later O which is annoying...I wasted so many OPKs (smiley). But I think we will have great timing with O coming either tomorrow or thursday. Also have noticed fertile CM this cycle where I haven't in the past. So keeping my hopes up for now!

GTKY - How did you announce that you were expecting to your SO/family? Ran into the bedroom with the pee stick and asked DH if he saw the second line. He thought I was crazy at first but then saw it once he actually woke up. Told my sisters and in laws via frame with ultrasound pic with their name (Grandma/Auntie) written on it.

[sleepymonkey]

ellabee, I so agree with your R/R/CS. With DD, we started trying in the spring with the idea that I would be hugely pregnant in Winter or Spring because I had no interest in being 9 months pregnant in the Florida summer. It worked out with her. This time, not so much. And now I would be thrilled to be 9 months pregnant in August.

Age of LO(s): 22 months

Cycle/Month: 6

CD/DPO: 3

R/R/CS: I'm a bit concerned that my cycles have become a little irregular

GTKY - How did you announce that you were expecting to your SO/family? I woke up and POAS, MH woke up a little while later and I immediately showed it to him and said "Does this look like a second line to you?" He said yes and that was that. We told my parents the next weekend and then we invited my in-laws to come visit for the day the following day and told them. I was going to wait to tell my brother and his family but when I was 6 weeks we all went out for Mother's Day and I was already feeling really sick most of the time so I just told them then because it was obvious something was up.

[hurricanerek]

Age of LO: 14 months

Circumstances: Tfas in December

CD 20/5 dpo

R/R/CS : pretty sure FF just pulled a random O date out of hat since I didn't see any fertile cm before my temp started to rise. In other words, it's November and we start ttc next month!?

Gtky: when I tested, Dh was away at a conference but I couldn't keep it in so I just called him and told him over the phone. Dh's family guessed when I didn't drink at thanksgiving. We told family at chanukah. We wrapped 12 diapers (one for each person in my family) that each had a word written on it. Together it said, "someone here is eating for two. Baby lastname is due July 2014."

[caz1221]

Age of LO(s): 26.5 months

Circumstances: This is our second cycle TFAS.
Cycle/Month: 2/2
CD/DPO: CD11

R/R/CS: I know it's only cycle 2, but I'm so impatient. Once we decided to TFAS, I was 100% ready to be PG.

GTKY - How did you announce that you were expecting to your SO/family? I just told DH right after I took the HPT. We told my family by wrapping a cute baby outfit and giving it to them as a "late" Christmas present. We told DH's family over the phone since they are out of state.

[britta]

Age of LO(s): 2

Circumstances: None

Cycle/Month: 4/5

CD/DPO: CD8

R/R/CS: GKU related: Just started temping again this morning after breaking for AF. We've been busy and the first 8 days have gone by way fast, hoping the rest of WTO goes as quickly.
NonGKU related: I'm just getting over an upper respiratory thing that now it seems DS has. Poor kiddo, this was supposed to be his first week in his new DC class too.

GTKY - Were not "reveal" type people so we just told our families, "Hey, we're having a baby" Once all of our family knew (either in person or via phone) I checked in on FB at my OBGYN and tagged my H. Everyone caught on pretty quickly.

[catlady22]

Hi new here

Age of LO(s): 12 months

Circumstances: First cycle PP
Cycle/Month: 1/1
CD/DPO: ?/1

R/R/CS: Don't think we had great timing this month, but only the first one - so that's ok.

GTKY - How did you announce that you were expecting to your SO/family? I waited 3 days after I found out to tell DH (I was away for work - so hard to wait!). I just showed him the test when I got home.

[ellabee]

Welcome catlady22!

[rungirlrun]

Yep and another one who wished she had started TTC #2 sooner. I was always pretty set on having my kids 3 years apart, but the month we started trying, I decided I really wanted 2.5 years apart. We are still under the 3 year gap, but now I feel like it's too much. Ugh. Can't win!

Maybe I'm weird, but I was due with DS in early September and being pregnant in the summer was no big deal. In fact I liked it - I could just put on a dress and flip flops and be out the door. I didn't want to deal with winter and having to wear layers and layers. I'd love to have another summer/early fall baby!

[givemewine]

Age of LO(s):6 Yrs

Circumstances: Waiting to ovulate.... anytime now ovaries.
Cycle/Month:Month 21
CD/DPO:CD 73... Provera didn't work this time.

R/R/CS:So, from June until August I was having a period like clockwork....then September came and nothing...I was so upset. I had to stay away from here for a while, but now I am back.

GTKY - How did you announce that you were expecting to your SO/family? We had just experienced a loss with our first pregnancy so we were very apprehensive. We waited until 14 weeks to tell anyone and it was not a big thing. We just told people as we saw them.

[sammysam]

Age of LO : 21 months

Circumstances : TFAS in January. Still BFing DD.

R/R: I agree with many others that I'm finally ready to be pregnant...but really a fall due date would be great so I can enjoy the summer at the boat with DD and then so that by the next summer the new LO will be old enough to spend the summer there as well. I am actually hoping to be pretty pregnant this summer. But I'll be happy if we get pregnant again at all. We're getting old.

GTKY: I texted SO a picture of the pee stick while he was on his way to work. I told my sister and my mom later that day. We didn't actually announce to anyone else. When I started to show, people figured it out. If we get pg again we won't announce again either. It was kind of fun bumping in to people I hadn't seen in a while and seeing the look of confusion on their faces when they saw a baby strapped to me.

[dashook]

@kellbell, ((hugs)) sorry for CD1
cheezee, I love that poem!!
jubilantsquirrel, hooray for TTC!!
@zerozeroone, I have similar worries about how I'll handle two. But I'm the type to just say eff it, I'll figure it out when the time comes haha!
singingsea, ((hugs)). Nice siggy pic btw!
jense927, I love the optimism! FX for you!
hurricanerek, eee December is so soon!
britta, hope LO feels better soon!
catlady22, welcome! And good luck!
givemewine, I'm sorry you were feeling upset--welcome back!

[frodabaggins]

Age of LO(s): 14 months, almost 15!

Circumstances: Just started spotting, waiting for period to start in earnest...then waiting to O!
Cycle/Month: 1/1 of TFAS
CD/DPO: CD 30

R/R/CS: nothing just yet. Ready to really start trying.

GTKY - How did you announce that you were expecting to your SO/family? Well, I woke up on the morning of my office's Christmas party and knew that I wanted to get raging drunk, but didn't want to if I was pregnant. We had excellent timing that month so my hopes were high. I went into the bathroom at like 5 am to test and came out with a big dumb goofy grin on my face to tell my hubs I called my mom and dad pretty much right after my husband left for work, and he told his parents later that week. We told the rest of the family (brothers and sisters) around Christmas time. We didn't do anything special, just kinda came right out with it!

[dashook]

Age of LO(s): 10 months this weekend

Circumstances: I'm still BFing and we've been NTNP for several months while we wait for AF to return. Well, she finally came yesterday! So we're officially TFAS next month!!!

Cycle/Month: -1

CD/DPO: CD2!!

R/R/CS: I'm so excited, you guys. I ordered my BBT and it'll be here tomorrow, so I'm going to start temping as soon as my period is over. I'm totally new at this so I'm asking forgiveness in advance for all of the annoying questions and CS's I will be asking

GTKY - How did you announce that you were expecting to your SO/family? Warning: long, and loss mentioned**

It took us an entire year AL (18 months total) to conceive DS. DH and I were both painfully aware of the beginning and end of every cycle. The day we found out I was pregnant, it was because my OB asked me to come in for a blood test that morning. We both knew I'd be getting the results around 4 p.m. so spent the day on tenterhooks waiting. Basically, there was no element of surprise haha! What I did was, after receiving the news, I called him and when he answered, I said, "Hey, baby." He said, "hey" and I said, "I wasn't talking to you." Then he started to cry. It wasn't that creative but it was the best I could do at that moment.

We told our parents pretty early (like 6 weeks); with our loss we hadn't told anyone and that made it really difficult to cope with. It was on Mother's Day actually! We were going over to DH's parents' house for dinner. We called my parents (who live out of state) before we left to tell them the news. I actually think I said to them, "We're expecting." (Who says that??) DH had at least some plan for how he wanted to tell his folks. He has a whole bunch of younger siblings and I guess when he was a kid his parents used to sit him down on this one couch in their living room when they'd announce a pregnancy. So when we got to their house he asked them if they would sit on the couch and they figured it out right away and got so excited!

[penguin129]

Woo Hoo dashook!

[ameliabird]

Age of LO(s): 23 months

Circumstances: officially TFAS!
Cycle/Month: 1/1
CD/DPO: CD 10

R/R/CS: none today really. My first check-in here! I'm on WTO too.

GTKY - How did you announce that you were expecting to your SO/family? With my ILs, we gave them each an envelope with a picture of the ultrasound in it. With my family, it was at mom's 60th birthday party and I got everyone gathered for a picture and said "I'm pregnant!" When everyone said cheese. My sister was so mad at me for dragging her out to take the picture before she had finished doing her hair and makeup but she didnt stay mad for long

[catlady22]

dashook - woohoo, good luck!

[ellabee]

Yay for all those that are starting to TFAS this/next month!! Good luck, ladies.