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TTC: On what cycle day do you usually start testing?
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TTC: On what cycle day do you usually start testing?
1st trimester: On what cycle day did you get a BFP?
2nd trimester: What the Chinese birth calendar accurate for you? Did you try to influence the gender of your child through diet or other methods?
3rd trimester: Did you experience a return of morning sickness in the 3rd trimester?
L&D: Did you notice a nesting instinct kick in before you went into labor?
First days: Did you bank the cord blood?
Updates:
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My list got fouled... if you're up in the next 30 days, let us know 
Re: botb
Married August 22, 2009-TTC #1 since 1/11
Dx PCOS and Hypothyroidism in 2004, SA 5/11-Excellent!
Cycle #1-6-Anovulatory:(
Cycle #7-metformin+clomid+acupuncture-BFP!!!
Beta#1(16dpo)-101, Beta#2(18dpo)-240, Beta#3(22dpo)-1,255
EDD 10-28-12
1st trimester: On what cycle day did you get a BFP? CD29. I had one BFN the week before that, but my temps stayed high (was charting), so I waited until the day I thought I would for sure have a temp dip and start my period...
2nd trimester: What the Chinese birth calendar accurate for you? Did you try to influence the gender of your child through diet or other methods? Don't know, still team green...haven't tried to influence sex of the baby. It's also hard for me to know what those predictors all really would predict since I'm 100% positive that we got PG from sex 11/30 am, but that was CD12, so I don't know if I o'd and actually conceived right away, in November, or a day or two later in December and a lot of those things are based on month of conception.
3rd trimester: Did you experience a return of morning sickness in the 3rd trimester? No, but I never had really bad sickness the first tri. The exhaustion and (a little bit of) nausea is back though.
L&D: Did you notice a nesting instinct kick in before you went into labor? I've had nesting feelings off and on for weeks. Lately, I'm toooooo tired to do anything around the house though. I will for sure notice if/when I get a surge of do-stuff energy...
First days: Did you bank the cord blood? Absolutely will not do this.
Updates: Had my 38 week appt yesterday and am getting super eager. If I can stop feeling so dang exhausted, maybe I could pack our hospital bag today. I'm really starting to feel the "could be any time" pressure. At my appt yesterday, my doctor was surprised by how low the baby's head is (which...yeah, ouch, I can tell) and I'm 2 cm dilated, soooo....anytime between now and 28 days from now baby will be here!!
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my EDD is 8/25
TTC: On what cycle day do you usually start testing? I would wait until my period was at least a day late. I think that was 14 DPO?
2nd trimester: What the Chinese birth calendar accurate for you? Did you try to influence the gender of your child through diet or other methods? Yep, it was accurate. I didn't do anything in particular, but I did want a girl.
3rd trimester: Did you experience a return of morning sickness in the 3rd trimester? No, thankfully.
L&D: Did you notice a nesting instinct kick in before you went into labor? I was off of work for a full month before delivering, so I spent the entire month nesting. But I didn't do anything crazy like paint my house or remodel or any of those things that people have impulses to do!
First days: Did you bank the cord blood? No. We never researched it, and knew we wouldn't have the money anyway.
Updates: Lately I've been wondering when we should have #2. I don't want them *this* close together, so it's not time yet! But I've been thinking about 2 years vs. 3 years a lot lately. *shrug*
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Haley Beth ~ March 3rd, 2011
My cycles were way off because I was still nursing, so it was something like 50
2nd trimester: What the Chinese birth calendar accurate for you? Did you try to influence the gender of your child through diet or other methods?
No, T was predicted to be a DD, and upcoming DD was predicted to be a boy. I didn't do anything to try and influence the gender, but my husband thought he was. He's sure that certain positions influence the sex of the baby. Guess he was wrong this time :-P
3rd trimester: Did you experience a return of morning sickness in the 3rd trimester?
Luckily, no, but then I didn't have it in the first trimester either.
L&D: Did you notice a nesting instinct kick in before you went into labor?
I've been in heavy nesting mode for the last 2 weeks or so... I sure hope she comes soon!
First days: Did you bank the cord blood?
No with DS, and no plans to this time either.
Updates:
I'm due on the 24th :0)
2nd trimester: What the Chinese birth calendar accurate for you? Did you try to influence the gender of your child through diet or other methods? Wrong, here. We didn't try to influence at all, just went for it.
3rd trimester: Did you experience a return of morning sickness in the 3rd trimester? Not really and I had bad all day sickness my first tri. The 3rd tri my worst symptoms were swelling and exhaustion.
L&D: Did you notice a nesting instinct kick in before you went into labor? No, I was to tired and big to do much besides laundry, lol.
First days: Did you bank the cord blood? No. We looked into donating it, but unfortunately they make it so complicated that we didn't do it.
1st trimester: On what cycle day did you get a BFP? I got a + on an OPK at like 11 dpo, I don't know why I tested then, and I always heard a + OPK could mean you are pg. I didn't believe it though and spent the weekend drinking with a friend. Got a + for sure on a pg test at 13 dpo
2nd trimester: What the Chinese birth calendar accurate for you? Did you try to influence the gender of your child through diet or other methods? Like Stef, I have no idea bc not only did I ovulate around the end of a month, my birthday was sometime in there too and its based on mother's age and month, so who knows!?!?
3rd trimester: Did you experience a return of morning sickness in the 3rd trimester? No
L&D: Did you notice a nesting instinct kick in before you went into labor? I was major nesting the day before I was induced, scrubbed the floors, tied up some lose ends with work (even though I was no longer working). But, I purposefully left some stuff for the next day, it never got done!
First days: Did you bank the cord blood? No, we tried to donate but our hospital doesn't do it. My OB group says they are working on it.
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TTC: On what cycle day do you usually start testing? I didn't chart. I only tested because I was feeling different than my normal pms symptoms.
1st trimester: On what cycle day did you get a BFP? If I go by my due date, it was 13 days after I ovulated.
2nd trimester: What the Chinese birth calendar accurate for you? Did you try to influence the gender of your child through diet or other methods? The bump's chart was correct, but another website I looked at said I was having a boy. We did not do anything to influence the sex of our child.
3rd trimester: Did you experience a return of morning sickness in the 3rd trimester? I felt a little queasy when I ate certain foods and brushing my teeth in the morning became a little challenging again around week 27.
L&D: Did you notice a nesting instinct kick in before you went into labor? I kept waiting for it, but I never got the cleaning bug. I did get the urge to get her room in order during the beginning of my maternity leave since it seemed like everyone else on my month board was done with their nurseries by the beginning of the third trimester. I am glad I waited until my due date to assemble her crib because it was so hard to walk by it without a baby in there during the week I was overdue.
First days: Did you bank the cord blood? We did not because of the costs. I wanted to donate it, but having to switch obs at 35 weeks along put donating the cord blood on the back burner.
Updates: I have begun working on a freezer stash of breast milk because I am returning to work soon. I cannot believe how fast this time has gone by but I need to return to work because paid family is ending soon. Rosie is a pro at rolling over and gets really frustrated when she is on her tummy because she wants to get moving already. I think we may need to begin baby proofing soon!
1st trimester: On what cycle day did you get a BFP? 14-15, I think
2nd trimester: What the Chinese birth calendar accurate for you? Did you try to influence the gender of your child through diet or other methods? Don't know yet. According to the calendar, we're having a girl but I've always felt that it's going to be a boy.
TTC: On what cycle day do you usually start testing?10 DPO or later
1st trimester: On what cycle day did you get a BFP? I got pregnant on the cycle I didn't chart
2nd trimester: What the Chinese birth calendar accurate for you? Yes! Did you try to influence the gender of your child through diet or other methods? No
3rd trimester: Did you experience a return of morning sickness in the 3rd trimester? No, thank God!
L&D: Did you notice a nesting instinct kick in before you went into labor? Not sure if this counts but we did clean the house up a bit before we left for the hospital, after my water broke.
First days: Did you bank the cord blood? We talked to my OB about it, he didn't necessarily recommend it so we chose not to.