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Re: PCP/TTC/ATP
I have a QOTD suggestion...
If you are planning to have more than one (or two
) and are using donor sperm, do you want your kids to be full siblings? If so, how many extra vials will you/did you buy*?
*maybe that should be "per additional child desired"...
I don't have an adoption corollary to the question, though, so someone else feel free to jump in on that front if you'd like.
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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We didn't bank up on sperm (ha ha) we just bought what we needed per month (worked better for us since we switched several times.) I don't know what we'd of done if we had gotten pregnant with a singleton - but since we found out that we were having multiples pretty quickly - and we knew we only wanted 2 - it never came back up.
Update: I dropped the paperwork and check off at the daycare this morning. They start on Tuesday. Full time. Gulp. I am so nervous.
QOTD: We just started discussing this. We purchased 3 vials to start, so we have 2 hanging out at the midwives' right now. We are going wait until the 2nd trimester and then ship them back to the sperm bank. The part we are not sure about yet is if we will pay to store them at the bank, or return them for a refund. Our donor has a LOT of vials available, so I would feel relatively comfortable returning the vials and checking back periodically to make sure that he wasn't getting low on supply. It would just be nice to get the cash back and save on the cost of storage for a little while - especially with us buying a house and adjusting to our new baby-budget. But yes, I would like to use the same donor again for baby #2.
Update: I am tired and hungry. And so happy about it!
We are both really on cloud 9. I'm still surprised by my major lower belly bloat - I couldn't wear most of my pants without the Be Band - at this rate, I'll be in maternity pants before I know it! We're counting down to our first midwife appointment and thinking lots of good thoughts for a sticky baby! I've had some nausea, but it's been pretty mild, and I'm able to keep it at bay (for now) by munching on crackers. Okay, is it nap time now???
sahm ~ toddler breastfeeder ~ cloth diaperer ~ baby wearer
QOTD: We would like any bio kids we have to be from the same donor...although at this point I'm not sure how many bio children we'll have, and its entirely possible we'll go straight to IVF for the next...so, thats a lot of unknowns...we've discussed storing 3 vials and I think thats pretty reasonable. We're lucky b/c the midwives will store indefinitely for free.
Update: We may have a baby by my birthday
Full update in blog, but the condensed version is: new SW seems to be really on the ball and want us licensed and placed, stat.
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They will???????? I had no idea!
sahm ~ toddler breastfeeder ~ cloth diaperer ~ baby wearer
our goal is for each of us to carry once, so regardless of what we do our kids won't be full siblings. we do plan to use the same donor, so we'll probably buy 6 vials to store. i'm not sure if we'll do that right away or hold off and watch since he's not limited availability. if it takes more than 6 tries there's a very good possibility that we would switch donors anyway.
other than that, we're just nesting away. the electrician is coming next week to do some stuff in the nursery. once that's finished we can paint in there, and then we'll be able to get the crib out of our dining room and into his! hooray!
thats what we were told!
I was surprised to read you were planning on shipping yours back, but hey, i dont judge
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LOL well we're not sending anything back if we can store it for free! That's amazing! I'll have to call them. I thought they only stored while ttc - very cool! Also, after I read your post I ran (yes, ran through the internet) to the blog for the full update - I commented there, but just wanted to say again how thrilled I am that you got some good news!!!
sahm ~ toddler breastfeeder ~ cloth diaperer ~ baby wearer
Our plan is to each carry one. I'd like to store w/ the doc b/c its cheaper (figure we'll buy 3 upfront and 3-6 more after BFP) but we're eventually going to change docs when we move so not sure how that works...
That does go away some before baby belly starts to show up... so you might be okay for longer then you think.
That said, I bought some maternity pants and have been wearing them starting this week... and dude are they comfortable!!
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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sahm ~ toddler breastfeeder ~ cloth diaperer ~ baby wearer
Sam - so sorry about Ella. I'm thinking about you and hoping things start improving again.
Your whole family is in my thoughts and prayers!
(((HUGS!)))
Sam- Sorry to hear about the backslide. hope things turn back around soon.
~Kennedy
Sam - Lots of good wishes to all three of you. I am so sorry for the discouraging news. ((Hugs)) to the whole family, and extra T&P for your wonderful little girl.
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