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sahm ~ toddler breastfeeder ~ cloth diaperer ~ baby wearer

Re: PCP/TTC/ATP Wednesday
I actually have an update! This week I will be finishing my last bcp prescription! I had originally planned on taking it through May, but I don't have any more refills anyway, and now we are pretty solid on our first insem being August, so this will give me 3 months to get it out of my system and start tracking my ovulation.
I made the decision this morning and told C. I'm not sure that I can describe the look on her face, haha! I think it made it very real for both of us. We're both feeling really excited about getting started, but also a little nervous about how bad my periods will be for me off the bcp.
It's funny how this small first step all ready caused a chain reaction in my mind - What if we get pregnant really fast and then in the spring can't find a house before the baby arrives?? So I stood in the office/guest room for a minute and came up with a way we could re-do it to accommodate the bare bones needed for a baby. Then I felt better
Looks like I'll be buying OPKs in a couple weeks!
sahm ~ toddler breastfeeder ~ cloth diaperer ~ baby wearer
awesome update brit! i think you'll be glad to have the 3 months of tracking - i know we are. my fingers will be crossed for not-too-horrendous periods. Just remember how worth it it'll be
We're waiting for CD1 to arrive (today? tomorrow?) and I cant even tell you how excited we are to get this party started!! All attempts at keeping our cool and not getting too hopeful have gone out the window. ::sigh:: at least i know you girls will be here to pick me up if/when we see a BFN.
And speakign of getting overly excited and hopeful, Andrea had to go and put the idea in my head that the unexpected rush for our paperwork (see blog, or let me know if you need a recap) means they have someone in mind for us. I mean, why else would the deadline go from May 23rd to tomorrow?? crap. i'm letting my imagination run away with me.
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For the first time in my life AF is f_cking with me and it's pissing me off. Yesterday should have been CD1 for me...actually Monday could have been too. Now I'm just hoping today officially counts as CD1 so I can have my CD3 appointment on Friday. The really crappy thing I'm trying not to think about is that now that I'm later than I expected my ovulation might fall on the weekend that K is out of town. How much would that completely suck?
Oh and our DS is in the air and should arrive at the RE sometime today. I don't know why but this makes me happy. For one split second I got the really crazy thought that I should be at the RE to welcome the DS home....like I said crazy
okay, i dont know why my update just quoted in a new post, but i apologize! I tried to delete it but got an error about expired time
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when i started to read this sentence, i was thinking "DS?!? what son??"....but then it became clear, lmao.
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Not much new on our front. Other than my front being much rounder this week. I feel pretty pregnant now. I am looking forward to school being out so that I can get done with things on the list. But once school gets out it seems like we are so much closer to having the baby. Summer has seemed really far away but now it seems really close and we have so much to do.
I know that my sister in law and one of S's friends are starting to plan a shower (although I am not supposed to know about it). I am very excited! I also would like to register at some point soon. We will see how it goes.
I also wanted to get some of the nursery bedding but now with S's job in flux I feel like I need to hold off on it. I need to have it to pick out a paint color. Oh well I have time just a little anxious and thinking about paint color helps not think about S's job situation.
Glad to hear about the progress Brit and Elise!
TwoTrue and CTbride - How exciting! Sounds like we will be trying at a similar time...for us around the 12th-14th. Mother's Day conception sounds awesome.
we are excited to try again - hoping the third time is the charm. We have a dr appointment on the 7th with some questions. We are also happy that my wife's last cycle that just ended was a little longer - since we are worried about LP length.
we have met another couple here in our city that is trying at the same time as us and are setting up a date to talk about OPKs with them since they are similarly frustrated with the is it/isn't it thing like we have been.
we have nursery paint. I think we have finally decided it is ok to paint before being pregnant - from a jinx perspective - and plan to do that Saturday.
hey has anyone heard from jessica?
I know you didn't ask for advice, but is there a store locally that has the bedding in stock? I would take a bunch of paint samples from Home Depot to the store with the bedding to get an idea, and then register for the bedding (people love you and want to buy you things!)
Or maybe just buy a small accessory from the bedding/nursery set so you can bring it home and obsess over how it looks with the paint samples in the morning and afternoon light 
sahm ~ toddler breastfeeder ~ cloth diaperer ~ baby wearer
Brit
know. That sounds like a good idea about just getting one piece. We saw the quilt on sunday and didn't pick it up. That was at a baby depot in NH. There is one in Natick so maybe we can go this weekend and see if they have something. It is now on sale at JC penny so I am nervous that it will disapear. Paranoid I know. But I really love it. It is the Elephant Stich that I posted on the blog a while ago. I will try to be patient...I just wish the nursery was done, it makes me feel like the baby will be that much closer to being here.
I can imagine how hard it is to be patient - I'll be going to Home Depot for paint chips the second we get a bfp! hahaha! Just because it's on sale at JCP doesn't mean it will go away! I think that's a relatively new design, isn't it? Plus there are so many different online retailers, that I think you'll be able to get it somehow - and maybe even at a discount
sahm ~ toddler breastfeeder ~ cloth diaperer ~ baby wearer
Nothing here at all, but I do like reading all of you updates! It's just nice to be back to work, and putting some $$ back into savings for plans in the future. Julie has decided to get her masters, so that will put us out even further for TTC, but that's okay. We have no timeline set up for it now anyways. We are just living life.
Duchess read below. :-)
I remember that last week you were talking about your foster daughters tatrums, and the like. Well Julie's aunt also fosters, and one of them is fairly young, I'm thinking 2, and she bought this chart for them http://www.mypreciouskid.com/chore-chart-kit.html. It has chores listed, but is also TONS of other things listed as well, like 'be nice to others', 'tell your parents thank you', there are also blank ones to write your own, etc etc. and they are magnetic so you can move them around depending on her behavior that week. Then each day, she gets to put up a smiley face or a sad face accordingly. J's aunt said that she rewards the child weekly based on a total of smileys on the board. Something like 1-3 smileys a piece of candy, etc. I just thought it might be helpful for you and your family adjusting. J's aunt swears by it. I HTH! :-D
Maybe I don't have a heightened sense of smell, but I've never smelled any vagina on my pants. -- TSD
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School and student teaching are keeping me busy, but I still read posts, especially on Wednesday.
This month I had my thyroid hormone supplement increased (I have hypothyroidism, underactive thyroid). The normal range for TSH, the indicator of thyroid function is 0-3, but most REs these days think between 1-2 is ideal for ttc. For awhile I was closer to 3, so we increased it to the next dose up. I just got the new level checked and now I'm at .005, barely any, so this new level is way too much. That probably explains why I didn't ovulate this month and have a really long cycle. (Of course this is also the month I've been charting bbt etc very diligently. LOL) I was worried that it could be a sign of PCOS, now that seems doubtful. So I need to go get my old dosage filled and take a combo of both and recheck the level in a month.
Since we're starting in September, this still gives me time to try this new dose for a month, and make any necessary changes, before attempting to get 3 months of charts by then.
Last night C and I discussed vaccination. It seems like we're on the same page. We also discussed concerns about foster parenting. It was a good talk.
I'm so excited that some of our group are parenting, some are pregnant, some are starting ttc soon and some are are going to be starting this fall (when we are)!
i'm late! i've had a crazy week...
my update is that we're now under 200 days until the due date. not that it means anything, i just think it's cool. we had our first appointment with the ob and both really liked her which is great, and we got to hear the heartbeat again which is just too cool. we have another appointment three weeks from today, and on saturday we'll be at 12 weeks. just a little over a week to go and she'll be into the 2nd trimester!
she's decided she doesn't want to eat raw broccoli heads. not the whole thing, just the heads. the other day i was helping her pack her lunch and she asked me to just put the stems in, which i though was weird but didn't really think too much about. seems like this particular aversion is sticking, which is kind of funny, but it's the only one she's noticed so far.