CPW - Christmas Shopping

Re: CPW - Christmas Shopping

• lb1117 member

  

  October 2013

  I haven't started but I am not a December 24th shopper either. I usually start mid November.

  Congrats to my TTC buddy Madeline! Cheering for all the strong 3T ladies! 

  
  

  TTC since March 2012; DX: PCOS 4/2013 

  BFP 7/6/2013; EDD 3/6/2014 

  Diagnosed with Pre-E: 2/15/201
  

  Emergency induction: 2/16/2014
  Baby E born: 2/16/2014 at 12:56pm. 5lb 15oz
  

  
  
  

  
  

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• sparklingdiamond member

  

  October 2013

  I haven't started, but really should.  I usually don't start until after Thanksgiving.

   
  
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  ~Knottie/Nestie Besties with *ecinereb* - Congratulations!~

  TTC since June 2011 dx: PCOS

  Clomid+IUI: Cancelled b/c didn't respond (June 2012)
  

  Femara+Trigger+IUI #1: BFN :-( (July 2013)
  Natural Cycle (8/7/13)- BFP!  Beta #1 (9/10/13): 509 Progesterone: 18.64  Beta #2 (9/12/13): 1118
  

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• LooneyLife member

  

  October 2013

  I haven't started but I don't wait til the last second either. I usually start immediately after thanksgiving.

  
  
  
  
  dx:  Unexplained IF (mild MFI)

   TTC since May 2011, 1 year trying, and then 3 TI, 2 IUI = BFN

  IVF #1 (May 2013):  Antagonist Protocol: 
  24R, 18M, 15F w/ICSI; 5dt of 2 early blasts, no frosties = BFN
  IVF #2 (August 2013):  Lupron Stop Protocol: 
  28R, 23M, 15F w/ICSI; 5dt of 1 partially hatched blast, 7 frosties = BFP
  EDD 5/23/14, blighted ovum (6w6d), D&C (8w6d)
  FET #1 (April 2014):  transferred 2 5d blasts = BFP
  
  C.J. born 01/09/15

  
  

  
  

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• nfp147 member

  

  October 2013

  I've bought a couple things, but I've got a list of what most people are getting.

  

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  TTC Since January 2011 - We have bad sperm 

  February 2013: IUI #1 = BFN 

  October 2013: We made the decision to stop TTC and live without children.

  
  

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• Xan921 member

  

  October 2013

  I usually don't start until after Thanksgiving. I'm not that much of a fan of Christmas so gift shopping seems to take a back burner.

  

  
  

  TTC since March 2012 w/irregular and anovulatory cycles.  

  Moved to an RE October 2013  HSG- All clear , S/A- Normal , Bloodwork -Normal

  Uterine polyp found-  Hysteroscopy and D&C 12/6/13  DX w/complex endometrial hyperplasia

  Endometrial Biopsy 3/21/14 - Hyperplasia still present  Endometrial Biopsy #2 6/24/14 - All clear!

  IUI #1  w/stims and trigger - Started stims 7/7/14 - IUI 7/24/14 = BFP 8/7/14

  Beta #1 8/8 - 47  Beta#2 -137  Beta#3 - 96 Beta#4 -287 Beta#5 -519 Beta#6 121 = early miscarriage 5w4d

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• PandPMeant2B member

  

  October 2013

  Ditto PP's - I haven't started yet, but I don't wait til last minute either. I don't celebrate Christmas, but H does, so that limits the amount of people I/we have to buy for to H, his son, his siblings, and his parents.

  
  

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• GoodWolf member

  

  October 2013

  I make gifts (I kind of hate the obligation of gift giving. I know, I'm a cheap scrooge). I usually will have started making at least a few by now, but I'm really behind this year and haven't even decided what to make. Crapola.

  

  TTC September 2013 | BFP 11/21/13 | Chart | EDD 8/3/14 | It's a girl! 

  DD born at 42 weeks 1 day | 8/18/14 5:33am | 8lbs 4oz 20.25in of perfection!

  
  

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• Sewilson33 member

  

  October 2013

  I don't start until November but I have a few ideas brewing.
  

  
  
   
  TTC 19 months ~Started RE in March 2014~
  DH was not ready for IUI so we waited
  ~Started acupuncture in  May 2014~
  
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• LuckyAngel07 member

  

  October 2013

  I'm horrible at coming up with gift ideas unless people give me lists. Needless to say, we don't start shopping until November, and mostly after Thanksgiving.

  
  

  It doesn't help my motivation that a lot of my bonus goes to buying Christmas gifts, and we don't get those until end of October.

  
  
  

  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

  Progesterone suppositories started 1/2. Please stick, baby!!

  Fiona Elise born 9/9/14 - welcome beautiful girl!

  
  

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• brij2006 member

  

  October 2013

  I don't usually start until Black Friday. Then I try to be done by the week before Christmas.

  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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• DangerMuffin23 member

  

  October 2013

  I'm that jerk who celebrates xmas, but not the gift giving part. I've been anti-gifts for probably 8 years now. I don't give them or receive them. I think christmas is about spending time with each other, not buying you some useless trinket or something that's going to sit on a shelf or exchanging gifts of equal value blah blah blah. This just works better for me. DH does do gifts for his family though.  That's on him, haha. :-)  But I do love christmas and all it's decorating and awesomeness.

  
  

  

         Me: All Normal DH: .5% Morph

  Cycles 1-14 (Natural) all BFN

                                Starting IUI#1 procedures Nov '13

                        IUI Cxl'd due to surprise natural BFP 11/1/13

          Calvin born on June 19th, 2014 via emergency c-section at 3lbs7oz

       

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• transponster member

  

  October 2013

  I start after Thanksgiving unless I find a good deal on something I like beforehand.
  

  
  

  
  

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• BruinsBabe33 member

  

  October 2013

  Usually I am done by the summer, but this year I'm slacking. I have to figure out how well my fudge freezes so I can try to make it earlier. I hate having to wait to do it.

  
  

  
  
  
  

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  TTC#2 4/14
  A Parachute in an Oak Tree: A World of Love

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• MadeOfAwesome member

  

  October 2013

  I'm a last minute shopper

  

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• LuckyAngel07 member

  

  October 2013 edited October 2013

  BruinsBabe33 said:

  Usually I am done by the summer, but this year I'm slacking. I have to figure out how well my fudge freezes so I can try to make it earlier. I hate having to wait to do it.

  If your fudge recipe is anything near as simple as my great-grandmother's, it'll freeze great. I should start making small batches now and save myself the insanity of churning out 4 double-batches in a weekend (which is what I did last year)!

  
  
  

  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

  Progesterone suppositories started 1/2. Please stick, baby!!

  Fiona Elise born 9/9/14 - welcome beautiful girl!

  
  

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• ecinereb member

  

  October 2013

  I haven't started yet but I don't wait until the last minute either. 
  With DH's extended and immediate family we do gift exchanges so we have to wait until they draw names.
  
  I usually have ideas in my head or have started making some gifts by now but I haven't done anything yet.

  
  
  

  TTC since August 2011
  Cycle 8,9,10 - 50mg Clomid - BFN

  Cycle 11, 100 mg Clomid & IUI#1- BFP 2/23/13 - m/c 4/2/13 @ 9w2d
  

  Cycle 13, 100 mg Clomid & IUI#2 - BFP 6/27/13 - CP
  

  Met with an awesome new RE in September 2013 new plan: 5mg Femera & IUI #3

  Surprise Natural BFP 9/9/13 - Welcomed our baby boy 5/25/14

  
  

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• GoodWolf member

  

  October 2013

  DangerMuffin23 said:

  I'm that jerk who celebrates xmas, but not the gift giving part. I've been anti-gifts for probably 8 years now. I don't give them or receive them. I think christmas is about spending time with each other, not buying you some useless trinket or something that's going to sit on a shelf or exchanging gifts of equal value blah blah blah. This just works better for me. DH does do gifts for his family though.  That's on him, haha. :-)  But I do love christmas and all it's decorating and awesomeness.

  I want to do this. I'm not a huge gift giver either, I would always prefer to just spend time with family. And sometimes the stress of gifts really overshadows that. But, I do love to knit and it can be affordable so... there it is

  

  TTC September 2013 | BFP 11/21/13 | Chart | EDD 8/3/14 | It's a girl! 

  DD born at 42 weeks 1 day | 8/18/14 5:33am | 8lbs 4oz 20.25in of perfection!

  
  

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• DangerMuffin23 member

  

  October 2013

  GoodWolf said:

  DangerMuffin23 said:

  I'm that jerk who celebrates xmas, but not the gift giving part. I've been anti-gifts for probably 8 years now. I don't give them or receive them. I think christmas is about spending time with each other, not buying you some useless trinket or something that's going to sit on a shelf or exchanging gifts of equal value blah blah blah. This just works better for me. DH does do gifts for his family though.  That's on him, haha. :-)  But I do love christmas and all it's decorating and awesomeness.

  I want to do this. I'm not a huge gift giver either, I would always prefer to just spend time with family. And sometimes the stress of gifts really overshadows that. But, I do love to knit and it can be affordable so... there it is

  This is definitely a part of it.  It was hard the first 2-3 years bc everyone wanted an explanation and would still want to give a gift even if they weren't receiving. Now, no one attempts anything other than my parents. And, well, there's nothing I can do about that, lol.

  
  

  

         Me: All Normal DH: .5% Morph

  Cycles 1-14 (Natural) all BFN

                                Starting IUI#1 procedures Nov '13

                        IUI Cxl'd due to surprise natural BFP 11/1/13

          Calvin born on June 19th, 2014 via emergency c-section at 3lbs7oz

       

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• BruinsBabe33 member

  

  October 2013

  LuckyAngel07 said:

  
  

  BruinsBabe33 said:

  
  

  Usually I am done by the summer, but this year I'm slacking. I have to figure out how well my fudge freezes so I can try to make it earlier. I hate having to wait to do it.

  
  

  If your fudge recipe is anything near as simple as my great-grandmother's, it'll freeze great. I should start making small batches now and save myself the insanity of churning out 4 double-batches in a weekend (which is what I did last year)!
  
  Ha! That's what I usually do! I get so sick of fudge in that weekend that I can't even deal. I bet my standard just chocolate fudge would freeze fine, but I'm unsure about the more complex flavors. I might try that!

  
  

  
  
  
  

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  TTC#2 4/14
  A Parachute in an Oak Tree: A World of Love

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• amandaf6383 member

  

  October 2013

  I haven't started quite yet but around Thanksgiving I go into crazy mode and get all the shopping done within 2 weeks. 

  
  

  Cheering on all of my 3T ladies!  DX with PCOS - 11/2012 DH S/A & HSG - Normal - Too many rounds of Clomid = BFNs - New RE 5/2014 - Repeat Testing - Losing 40lbs before injects/IUI

  
  

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• GoodWolf member

  

  October 2013

  @BruinsBabe33 - Do you do like a variety pack of homemade fudge every year? If so, you win Christmas. 

  

  TTC September 2013 | BFP 11/21/13 | Chart | EDD 8/3/14 | It's a girl! 

  DD born at 42 weeks 1 day | 8/18/14 5:33am | 8lbs 4oz 20.25in of perfection!

  
  

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• BioGirl21 member

  

  October 2013

  The only person I really shop for is MH. The past few years we(I) just make cookies for family because they always give the old "You don't have to buy me anything" line and I just don't have the patience or creativity to think of anything. I don't know what I'll get H, probably something cheap since we're trying to save money.

  
  

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• arj14 member

  

  October 2013

  I know what I'm / we're getting for our nerd friend circle, but I haven't bought any of it yet.  Ditto a few silly gifts for DH.
  

  
  
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• BruinsBabe33 member

  

  October 2013

  GoodWolf said:

  @BruinsBabe33 - Do you do like a variety pack of homemade fudge every year? If so, you win Christmas. 

  Yes, I do! I also do sea glass candy and truffles. We have a huge family, and it would just be impossible to buy for everyone so we try to bring a gourmet candy tray to each side of the family and a smaller version to friends of the families. I do candy cane white chocolate fudge, chocolate, chocolate peanut butter, chocolate white chocolate raspberry, and usually a new type I want to try. This year I might do pumpkin. For truffles I do raspberry jam, mocha, dark chocolate, cookie dough, and peanut butter.

  
  

  
  
  
  

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  TTC#2 4/14
  A Parachute in an Oak Tree: A World of Love

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• DangerMuffin23 member

  

  October 2013

  Oh yeah. And we're hosting the annual "friends Christmas party" this year. Prob 50+ peeps. So I WILL do stockings for the kids, we'll have a Santa (parents buy the kids a gift and secretly put it in santos bag) and we might do a gift exchange for the adults. I'll start planning all THAT stuff very soon

  
  

  

         Me: All Normal DH: .5% Morph

  Cycles 1-14 (Natural) all BFN

                                Starting IUI#1 procedures Nov '13

                        IUI Cxl'd due to surprise natural BFP 11/1/13

          Calvin born on June 19th, 2014 via emergency c-section at 3lbs7oz

       

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• sgautschi member

  

  October 2013

  I usually start around mid-October. I have quite a few people I buy for, so I like to spread it out. Plus I like to find good deals, so I browse clearance racks and watch weekly sales until I find what I want to get each person. I like to feel like I really searched for the perfect gifts for each person. I love Christmas.

  
  

  

  
  

  
  

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• islandmonkey8 member

  

  October 2013

  I have a couple things purchased. I try to be done by mid-December because I hate shopping during the last minute rush.

  
  

  I buy Christmas cards as soon as they are on the shelf because I want the best ones.

  
  

  I love Christmas baking. I make a tons of different candy, cookies, and other baked goodies to bring to everywhere we go. I hate going empty handed.

  
  

  Christmas is my FAVORITE time of year. Everything about it makes me happy. So, this post, just made my day and I needed it! Thanks for posting this @nfp147!

  

  TTC 24 months, IUI #3 BFP 6/4/14 Beta 6/5 58, 6/9 508, 6/11 1227 TWINS! EDD 2/15/15

  With heavy hearts, we said goodbye to our precious angels on 8/12 at 13 weeks 2 days.

  
  

  IVF #1 Lup/Brav/Meno, ER 11/28 10R/10F, ET "Rudolph" 4AA embryo 12/3, 7 frosties.

  BFP! Betas: 12/12 225, 12/15 706, 12/17 1512. EDD 8.21.15

  12/29 hb 120. 1/5 perfect, GRAD DAY! 1/15 perfect at OB. NT 2/6 PERFECT, HB 158!

  
  

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• GoodWolf member

  

  October 2013

  BruinsBabe33 said:

  @BruinsBabe33 - Do you do like a variety pack of homemade fudge every year? If so, you win Christmas. 

  Yes, I do! I also do sea glass candy and truffles. We have a huge family, and it would just be impossible to buy for everyone so we try to bring a gourmet candy tray to each side of the family and a smaller version to friends of the families. I do candy cane white chocolate fudge, chocolate, chocolate peanut butter, chocolate white chocolate raspberry, and usually a new type I want to try. This year I might do pumpkin. For truffles I do raspberry jam, mocha, dark chocolate, cookie dough, and peanut butter.

  Aaand I just gained five pounds reading that. YUM. 

  

  TTC September 2013 | BFP 11/21/13 | Chart | EDD 8/3/14 | It's a girl! 

  DD born at 42 weeks 1 day | 8/18/14 5:33am | 8lbs 4oz 20.25in of perfection!

  
  

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• spin25 member

  

  October 2013

  BruinsBabe33 said:

  @BruinsBabe33 - Do you do like a variety pack of homemade fudge every year? If so, you win Christmas. 

  Yes, I do! I also do sea glass candy and truffles. We have a huge family, and it would just be impossible to buy for everyone so we try to bring a gourmet candy tray to each side of the family and a smaller version to friends of the families. I do candy cane white chocolate fudge, chocolate, chocolate peanut butter, chocolate white chocolate raspberry, and usually a new type I want to try. This year I might do pumpkin. For truffles I do raspberry jam, mocha, dark chocolate, cookie dough, and peanut butter.

  I am seriously considering spending Christmas in Boston this year.
  

  
  

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• BeeLu member

  

  October 2013

  I love Christmas! I've started shopping, but don't have much. We do presents for immediate family and one set of my cousins, who spend Christmas day at my parent's house. For extended family, we usually make something small. This year is going to be painted mini-loaf pans that I picked up from Michael's on Christmas clearance last year, with mini-cookies inside.
  

  
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