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PCP/TTC Wednesday
It that time again ladies....
I've been officially bitten with the botb bug but dont have any significant updates to report this week....so distract me with yours! whats new in the land of pcp/ttc?
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Re: PCP/TTC Wednesday
ooo, and a poll:
Who (irl) will you share the BFP news with first? How long will you wait to tell them?
Andrea and I have decided to each pick 1 confidant to tell right away and to share our TTC journey with...hers is a super sweet co-worker who is having difficulty TTC currently and mine is my BFF by default. Everyone else (including all family) will have to wait until 2-3 months....at least thats the current plan
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In great news, Trav told me the other day that he's been thinking about it, and he would really love for me to be pregnant before our best friends have their baby the first week of February!! (He, like me, would love to have our kids be close in age to those of our best friends, who are married to each other and expecting their first.) So we are definitely moving up our start date then, which I'm so thrilled about!! Right now we are just concentrating on getting done with the room, but once that is finished I think he'll be pretty much ready. :-)
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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Ohh, this is a toughie! I know I want to wait for the most part until we are 12ish weeks. We will definitely share with our best friends (his best friend and one of my best friends are married, and I have another best friend from childhood who we'll tell right away)... and I'll probably share with my parents (because if anything would happen, I would need my mommy). I'll also tell one of my coworkers who is like a mom to me.
After we hear the heartbeat for the first time we'll probably share the news with his family and my uncles (who I'm very close to). And I'm sure we'll start letting it slip to a few close friends at that point.
Then we'll tell the world around 12 weeks, if I can wait that long!! :-)
Of course, you ladies will know the first time I'm on the computer after getting my BFP... there is no way I'll be able to hold it in!
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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Poll Answer:
I have no idea! Chances are, I'll tell here on the board right away. :-) In life, I know I will tell at least one friend we are trying, so she'll be fully in the know. I'm sure C will want to tell one or two of her bff's along the way as well. We'd like to wait until about 12 wks to share with all other friends/family, but if we can't contain ourselves, we'd only tell a select few - C's parents would be among the first to know because they are SOOO ready for grandkids :-)
sahm ~ toddler breastfeeder ~ cloth diaperer ~ baby wearer
I'll tell one of my bf's Lindsay because she is a product of IVF, so she'll be in the know the entire time. K might tell one or two of her sisters, but then that means the whole family will know. Ideally we'd like to wait until 12wks ish to tell family, co-workers, etc. But I think in the end it will all depend on where we are living, how long TTC takes, and how much support we need. I would really love to tell my parents in person so it might be longer than the 12 week point...idk....
I'm in my second real full cycle of temping, and I'm getting a little worried about the quality of my eggos, since it looks like I may ovulate, but really late (CD35 last month, and this month I'm already at CD21 with no sign of impending ovulation). That would explain the every-other-month period I had for a while, but wouldn't bode well for ttc.
But enough of my rambling update! On to the QOTD: Who (irl) will you share the BFP news with first? How long will you wait to tell them?
I think I will probably share BFP news with my favorite SIL (my younger brother's wife) first. She's been the most supportive so far, and also she's been dealing with infertility issues, so I feel like she would be a good person to talk to. I'd probably tell her pretty early-- I think she can keep a secret, and I'd like to have her support/have someone to talk to early in the process. I pray every day that she will get pregnant before me-- she and my bro really deserve it.
As for everyone else (family, friends), I'd want to wait until at least the first trimester is over. Maybe longer if we can stand it. I am terrified of the PCOS miscarriage rates.
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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no real news here, just nervously awaiting our appointment next week and blogging away about nothing in particular.
as far as who we'll tell first, i'm not sure. i'm guessing we'll tell my parents and our sisters, and probably our best friends. other than that we'll likely wait a few months before telling everyone. except for you all, of course. it's likely you'll know before my parents do! ;-)
oh! but our friends have a 2 1/2 month-old, and she laughed for the first time yesterday. they just happened to catch it on video so they posted it on their blog. omg, it was so cute! i had to watch it twice and send the link to c.
Am I still allowed to post here now that I'm no longer ttc? :-)
I just wanted to share that our first u/s on Monday went perfectly. I am pregnant with ONE baby that is measuring right on track and has a perfect heart rate of 126. We even got to hear it - so freaking amazing. We go back for one more u/s on August 5th and if everything still looks good, I'll be released to my OB and I'll become a normal pregnant lady! I can't wait! I'm still feeling okay, except for occasional nausea and the worst heartburn I've ever had in my whole life. I'm crazy bloated too, which is tons of fun. It's always nice to look 7 months pregnant instead of 7 weeks. ;-) I'm grateful for each and every symptom though because it took me a loooong time to get them!
QOTD: We only told a handful of IRL friends when we started TTC but as the process drug on, we slowly let more people trickle into the loop. By the time we got our BFP, we had about a dozen IRL friends and family that knew what was going on. I'm glad we kept it as relatively quiet as we did. As I make pregnancy announcements now, I'm totally open about how long it took, that we did IVF, and so on, but while we were in the thick of it, it was hard to have to tell people when things didn't work. It made it harder not to feel like a failure. That said, I think it's critical to have a few people you can talk to. TTC is way too emotional to go through completely on your own!
sahm ~ toddler breastfeeder ~ cloth diaperer ~ baby wearer
We did the first IUI this morning. I guess it went okay. We do a second tomorrow morning. Then it is just playing the waiting game.
We have a lot of people in our lives who know we are trying. I don't know who we will tell early. I will probably tell my mom and my best friend, I don't know who Carol will tell. I think her mom will be one of the last to know.
~Kennedy
I started POAS (OPKs) and doing morning saliva microscope for ferning this month. Just making sure that I'm ovulating ; ). If/when I'm not doing regular overnight shifts (shelter and then postpartum doula work) I'll start temping too.
C and I are should be paying off our last credit card balance in August (intro 0% interest ends) and then we will begin saving. As soon as we reach our goal, we're going to buy the sperm (12 vials=$$$). I'm hoping that it's within 6-8 months and the sooner the better. I obsess about the possibilty that the donor we want will sell out and we won't be able to find another perfect match to C.
QOTD Answer: We have been letting people (who ask) know that we'll start ttc next fall. Once it gets closer and esp once we start trying, we won't be specific until I am actually pregnant. We will most likely tell my mom and nana right after BFP and then after the 10-12 week mark we'll start telling other family and friends.