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PCP/TTC/ATP Wednesday
How are things going this week? Let's hear your updates!
QOTD: Who will you/did you want in the delivery room with you as your child(ren) are/were being born? For those adopting, anyone special you'd want in the room with you when the adoption is being finalized?
married 03/08/08 -- ttc with PCOS (dx 2005) & DS
IUI #3 gave us the best 2nd anniv. gift ever: 2 babies! (born 03/09/10)
Peanut and Little Man are getting so big! 2 years old already!
finally blogging again at This Will Be: An Adventure
IUI #3 gave us the best 2nd anniv. gift ever: 2 babies! (born 03/09/10)
Peanut and Little Man are getting so big! 2 years old already!
finally blogging again at This Will Be: An Adventure
Re: PCP/TTC/ATP Wednesday
Try #3 is upon us: IUIs scheduled for today and tomorrow. I dont know if I love our timing, but we'll see how it works out!
QOTD:
Its up to Andrea who she wants in the room w/ us but if I were to guess, I'm thinking it'll only be us. There is a small chance she'll also have her long time friend (and MOH) be there as well - but i think that would be it. Unless her family (aunt and grandmother) guilt her into more....but i'll definitely go to bat with them to support whatever she's most comfortable with. If it were me giving birth, it would only be A in the room.
As for our adoption, i havent really given it much thought....we're fairly private people so I cant imagine having a whole crew, but maybe a friend or two.
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I can't believe Annie will be 7 weeks old tomorrow. She is growing like a weed. She laughs and smiles now which is great and makes a lot of baby babble.
Our hospital only allows two people into L and D with no exceptions. I originally didn't want anyone but Carol there, but on day 2 of being there I let my MIL come up for a while. If I had had a vaginal birth I would have only wanted Carol there for the actual birth, but with a C section that wasn't an issue cause she was the only one they would let in anyway.
~Kennedy
Update: We had our third IUI on the Fourth of July, so we're in another agonizing tww.
This whole ttc experience so far has definitely been a huge lesson in patience and letting go of things you can't control.
I think my on-my-own progesterone production is better this cycle than it has been in past cycles-- I got crosshairs on FF before I even started the prometrium this cycle (very excited about that). Also, my follies were bigger at trigger than they have been in past cycles (one at 19 and one at 17), which makes me happy. So now it's just the waiting...
QOTD: We were talking about this the other morning (hence the QOTD idea), and Sylvia said she doesn't want anyone but the two of us in the room. I dunno. I don't have any idea what my mom's reaction to us having a kid will be, but I could see it potentially being a bit of a bonding moment for S and my mom if they were both in the room (and, conversely, a sore spot with my mom if she weren't allowed in the room). It's definitely something we'll have to talk about more. We have plenty to do before we get to the point of needing to decide!
IUI #3 gave us the best 2nd anniv. gift ever: 2 babies! (born 03/09/10)
Peanut and Little Man are getting so big! 2 years old already!
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Lots of hospitals have limits, and even if they don't - most doctors are willing to say that they do, if you need them to
sahm ~ toddler breastfeeder ~ cloth diaperer ~ baby wearer
Nothing new on the kidlet front. They continue to crack us up, frustrate us to no end, smother us with hugs and kisses, stomp angrily when they get mad with us, and want to play endless games of pirates, Candyland (even though they cannot figure out the rules!) and Super Soakers.
QOTD: Well, we ended up with a c-section (breech baby a) and L was was the only one allowed. If we had a vaginal birth, it still would have been only L. My mom is disabled and we aren't THAT close and as much as I think L's mom, we just don't have that kind of relationship. Actually we didn't want anyone in the hospital when we delivered. We wanted some alone time with the kids before friends showed up. That first day we just had L's best friend and the boys godfather come to the hospital. The next day we invited other friends to stop by.
How are things going? I am anxious to get started! We have chosen our donor. I called the bank, and our provider is registered with them, so now C and I just have to register ourselves. The paperwork takes a little while to go back and forth, so we'll do that this week. We are just over a month away from our first try!!! I survived another post-bcp period, which wasn't bad at all - I am so relieved that I haven't been getting sick, and am crossing my fingers that I'll stay this way until we get our bfp.
QOTD: Just me and C, 100%. This could cause family drama, as my mother had both me and her mother in the room when my younger brother was born (I'm about a decade older than him), and I think she would really like to be there, but I feel strongly about her not being there.
sahm ~ toddler breastfeeder ~ cloth diaperer ~ baby wearer
Ultrasound is tonight. My fingers are crossed.
QOTD: Right now I'm thinking just Trav and I. I had thought about having my mom as well, but now I'm really liking the idea of it being just us and having some bonding time with the babe before anyone else joins us.
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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I am doing ok this week. I can say that I am not loving being pregnant right now. Don't get me wrong I love that we are having a baby I just don't feel all that great and it is getting to be a bit of a drag. I go to the Dr tomorrow morning and will be asking about what we can do and if a chiro will be ok to go to. My birth instructor gave us a name of someone who specializes in pregnant women. I am want to have some relief before we go to Ptown this weekend. I want to walk down commercial street and look in the shops one last time with just the two of us. I am excited to buy the baby some gay gear!
QQTD: Right now we will just be having just S and I in the delivery room. I actually would like my mil in the room but I think it would be dificult to have her and not my Mom. I don't know who will actually be at the hospital waiting for the baby to be born. I would say we are going to play it by ear but my guess it will be S and I only in the room when baby g arrives.
we're anxiously awaiting the high-risk ultrasound tomorrow, which will hopefully show that everything is fine. but as my wife says, right now he's in the safest place he can be, and other than that things are good. i got to feel him move for the first time last friday, which was so amazing, and she's really starting to actually show.
qotd: there is no way in hell she would want anyone in the room other than me and medical staff. she is intensely private, especially when it comes to things like this. i seriously doubt i would want anyone else, either. i think that moment is for us. we'll have enough people wanting to dote on him as soon as they can!
At home inseminations last night and the night before. I don't think I reported out on the HSG from last week - at first, no pooling...both tubes were blocked. Then after much pain and more trying, the procedure actually opened up both tubes! So...long story short, try #5 with OPEN tubes is now in the TWW.
QOTD: We are thinking just us two and maybe one of her best friends. I am torn between wanting to support by her head and wanting to catch the little pea when he or she enters the world.
That's great! What a relief to have done the hsg and now know things look good.
I had an HSG in which it was discovered that my tubes were "mechanical pencil lead thin" (per my OB who couldn't find instruments small enough). The pressure of the dye opened up my tubes. I conceived my daughter in the month after my HSG! Fingers crossed for you two that it will work out the same!!!
Big update for us this week:
I finally called about an RE appointment and they normally take 8 weeks to get in but they had a cancellation for next Thursday! I'm so happy that things will finally be back on track and we can start trying again with hopefully better success.
Married my best friend 5*15*2008 Trying to start our family 8*2011
unmedicated iui#3= bfp 10/20/11! beta#1=11, beta#2=85, beta#3=741,beta#4=1000,beta#5=2146,beta#6=7454 *please keep doubling*
Not much new here. Trying to decide if I should get an HSG done before we start (even if we have to pay OOP). This thread makes me think maybe we should. I had an endocrinologist appointment today and will go back in a month to get my levels checked before starting ttc.
AOTD: We're hoping for a home birth with me (obviously), C, a doula and a midwife (and most likely a midwifery student assistant). I think my mom would like to be there but (at this point) isn't super supportive of home birth/unmedicated birth and therefore would not be a great addition to the group. I think my mom, nana and sister would most likely come down the day after the birth.