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LuckyAngel07
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Our tech team has launched updates to The Nest today. As a result of these updates, members of the Nest Community will need to change their password in order to continue participating in the community. In addition, The Nest community member's avatars will be replaced with generic default avatars. If you wish to revert to your original avatar, you will need to re-upload it via The Nest.
If you have questions about this, please email help@theknot.com.
Thank you.
Note: This only affects The Nest's community members and will not affect members on The Bump or The Knot.
NGPR - Night From Hell
After the last 2 weeks, I officially hate Tuesdays.
Last Tuesday was our 5-hour night at the clinic/ER for DH's illness.
Last night...I had a really effing long day yesterday. I got to work at 7 am. I had to be at my Absolut training at 7 pm, so there wasn't time for me to get home after work and back down into the city in time for training. So I didn't get home until about 10 pm.
I went to scoop the litter boxes before going to bed, and Zoey asked to go outside (she rings a bell). I let her out and went to scoop. I heard her bark to come back in as I was scooping the second box; I pitched the bag in the trash can and turned to let her in the back slider. I noticed she was seriously foaming around her mouth and agitated. I slid the door open and started to bend over, trying to figure out what she'd gotten into.
And then the smell hit me. Like a freaking invisible wall, it threw me back. "Oh God! Oh my GOOOOOOD!!!!" I yelled. DH came around the corner to the kitchen and said, "Zoey got hit by a skunk, didn't she?" He must have gotten a slight skunky whiff through the open office window. And he was dead on.
@Amandaf6383, @seahorse01, and @lilliesandvino: that whiff of skunk you get driving down the road that you like the smell of? That is but a minor layer of the overpoweringly noxious reek of concentrated skunk spray. It was a permeating cloud of burning chemicals and rubber underlayed with the familiar and far more tolerable skunk scent. And Zoey had been struck full on in the face. Almost exclusively.
I spent close to 45 minutes trying to detox her, the go-to solution being hydrogen peroxide, baking soda, and Dawn. It was hard to clean her with this though, since I couldn't get it in her eyes or mouth, and it was her head/face that needed it the most. I aimed the shower sprayer straight into her face to try and irrigate her eyes. I rubbed a cotton ball soaked in vinegar all over her head. And finally, I applied some of my own homemade body butter to try and counteract the harshness of the wash solution on her poor skin. She was given liberal spoonfuls of PB for being so unbelievably good during the cleaning ordeal. And then the poor baby, for the first time in a very long time, was put in her crate for the night, at which point she pathetically vocalized her unhappiness at the situation for several long, heart-wrenching minutes.
Thankfully, upon letting her out this morning, the skunky smell is almost entirely gone. She'll get a bath with her moisturizing shampoo this evening, and probably another rub-down with either more body butter or just straight coconut oil.
And Pepe had better run far, far away and never return, or DH will shoot his little striped ass off.
TTC since July 2012
BFP #1: 11/9/13; spontaneous m/c at 6w2d, 11/25/13
BFP #2: 12/31/13. B/w 12/31: betas >1000, progesterone 13.6; B/w 1/2: betas 3065, progesterone 10.2
B/w 1/8: betas 17,345, progesterone 25.6
B/w 1/8: betas 17,345, progesterone 25.6
Progesterone suppositories started 1/2. Please stick, baby!!
Fiona Elise born 9/9/14 - welcome beautiful girl!Badge Unicorn
Re: NGPR - Night From Hell
Baby E born: 2/16/2014 at 12:56pm. 5lb 15oz
Your description of the smell made me laugh though - it's like you were writing an ad for a really bad cologne.
I'm glad the smell is dissipating, though. Sorry you had to go through that.
~TTC Buddies with akcrrr and amandaf6383~
Natural Cycle (8/7/13)- BFP! Beta #1 (9/10/13): 509 Progesterone: 18.64 Beta #2 (9/12/13): 1118
B/w 1/8: betas 17,345, progesterone 25.6
Luckyangel, the modern-day Peggy Olson.
Ohno! Poor baby and poor you!
Once a skunk must have sprayed our house during the night, DH and I both woke up thinking there was a fire because it travelled up 3 stories and burned our eyes and throats. It is seriously so much stronger than you think!
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TTC Since January 2011 - We have bad spermB/w 1/8: betas 17,345, progesterone 25.6
The Rowdy Roberts
B/w 1/8: betas 17,345, progesterone 25.6
"I DO NOT love that you think so many things revolve around you. I know you're bitter. I get it. But I'm over your feelings." The best person on the internet ever!
TTC #1 since July 2012
Cycles 1-9: BFN
Cycle 10: Surprise BFP on 10/17/2013!
EDD: June 25, 2014
Baby Girl born via induction June 26, 2014
My TTC Journey Blog
"You know you're in love when you don't want to fall asleep because reality is finally better than your dreams." - Dr. SeussFET - transferred two embryos (boy and girl) - Nov 2014 - BFP!
My new bff Gayle Forman!
“You can have your wishes, your plans, but at the end of the day, it's out of your control"
- Gayle Forman
"People talk about escapism as if it's a bad thing... Once you've escaped, once you come back, the world is not the same as when you left it. You come back to it with skills, weapons, knowledge you didn't have before. Then you are better equipped to deal with your current reality."
- Neil Gaiman
Married Bio
TTC since 1/13 DX:PCOS 5/13 (long, anovulatory cycles)
Clomid 50mg 9/13 = BFP! EDD 6/7/14 M/C 5w6d Found 11/4/13
1/14 PCOS / Gluten Free Diet to hopefully regulate my system.
Chemical Pregnancy 03/14
Surprise BFP 6/14, Beta #1: 126 Beta #2: 340 Stick baby, stick! EDD 2/17/15
Riley Elaine born 2/16/15
TTC 2.0 6/15
Chemical Pregnancy 9/15
Chemical Pregnancy 6/16
BFP 9/16 EDD 6/3/17
Beta #1: 145 Beta #2: 376 Beta #3: 2,225 Beta #4: 4,548
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The Rowdy Roberts
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Cycle 8,9,10 - 50mg Clomid - BFN