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Re: Mom and Mommy to be Monday
...hello out there!
dx with anovulatory PCOS 2005
off bcp 11/11
a few rounds of clomid and femara... no response.
injectables/IUI 12/12... BFN
Feb 13 IVF cycle converted down to IUI due to low follicle response... BFFN
one last IVF attempt April/May 2013: 19 retrieved. 10 fertilized. 2 transferred in a 3dt. 4 frosties... BFP!!
EDD: 1/21/14... Induced early at 36+6. Our LO was born 12/30/13
When is your EDD? January 19
How are you feeling? Stressed. Our daycare fell through (our conditioner broke a little while ago and the down payment to hold the spot went there instead of the daycare. We explained the situation and asked them to give us a few weeks and she said fine - she lied). DH has an appt with a new daycare tomorrow. It is $40/wk more expensive - ugh.
What are you craving? FOOD! I'm just now getting to lunch.
What is grossing you out? Nothing.
Have you bought/received anything for the baby lately? Crib and dresser arrive tomorrow. Stuff is flying on the registry. We haven't bought anything yet though
Ultrasounds? Betas? Appointments? I take my GD test this week. Considering I've had a major sweet tooth this trimester I'm nervous. Growth ultrasound is November 4
Have you / will you found out the sex? boy
Any names picked out? None we 100 percent agree on. It changes every week.
How is the nursery coming along? PIPs? Themes? It is almost cleared out (I feel like I've been saying that forever). We buy the paint this week and are going to paint before setting up the furniture. I'm ordering the decal on Friday
Anything else you would like to add or PIP?
QOTW-Halloween is next week. What do you have planned? Any traditions you are keeping and hoping to start? Our neighborhood doesn't get a lot of kids. Although, I cannot wait to dress up LO for Halloween! We may take him trick or treating in ILs neighborhood.
How many weeks are you? 13 weeks!
When is your EDD? April 22nd
How are you feeling? Great! Nothing much in terms of pregnancy symptoms
What are you craving? Tacos and brie. Not together
What is grossing you out? Sweets. How unlike me!!
Have you bought/received anything for the baby lately? Nope. Having a hard time justifying buying too much for a third
Ultrasounds? Betas? Appointments? Early anatomy scan booked for Nov. 7th!!
Have you / will you found out the sex? Soon!
Any names picked out? Nothing yet.
How is the nursery coming along? PIPs? Themes? Waiting to find out the sex.
Anything else you would like to add or PIP? Not just yet
QOTW-Halloween is next week. What do you have planned? Any traditions you are keeping and hoping to start? My three year old is going as a pterodactyl and my 10 month old is going to be Sully from Monster's Inc.
Already Mommies:
Best part of your week?
Worst part of your week?
Milestones?
PIP those kiddos!
QOTW-Halloween is next week. Is LO dressing up? Trick or Treating? Any traditions you are keeping or hoping to start?
My Goodreads Read Shelf
* After 22 months and 2 failed IUIs, we finally got our BFP *
DS delivered naturally at 41w6d on 4/18/14
Guess I will join this week!
For Mommies-to-be:
How many weeks are you? Somewhere between 4 and 5 weeks (very early, I know!)
When is your EDD? I'm estimating it will be around late June 2014
How are you feeling? A little tired and my nipples are a bit sore. Occasional heartburn too.
What are you craving? Nothing
What is grossing you out? Nothing yet
Have you bought/received anything for the baby lately? I haven't bought anything since finding out last week but we've started to talk about being intentional about saving money for future expenses
Ultrasounds? Betas? Appointments? Confirmation appointment on Wednesday the 23rd and then hopefully I will find out when my first real appointment will be!
Have you / will you found out the sex? We will!
Any names picked out? Yes, two for a boy and two for a girl. We will not tell anyone though with SIL being pregnant and due at the beginning/mid June. She would be the type of person that would steal one of our names...that's the way she is unfortunately.
How is the nursery coming along? PIPs? Themes? Haven't even thought much about it.
Anything else you would like to add or PIP? Nope
QOTW-Halloween is next week. What do you have planned? Any traditions you are keeping and hoping to start? We really have nothing planned for Halloween. When LO arrives we will hope to find some place to trick or treat (our street doesn't currently do anything for Halloween). We will also carve pumpkins and find leaves to jump in and all that good fall stuff.
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
How many weeks are you? 17w0d
When is your EDD? 3/31/14
How are you feeling? Not as tired (except right now), but the headaches are KILLING me.
What are you craving? Still melted cheese. I can eat it every day of the week.
What is grossing you out? Meat. Except for pepperoni. Get the rest of the meat away from me. Maybe it's only the meat my DH cooks, though...
Have you bought/received anything for the baby lately? Many offers to buy things once we register, but nothing anything real yet.
Ultrasounds? Betas? Appointments? 17w appt today. Hoping to get more confirmation on the sex!
Have you / will you found out the sex? We did - a girl - waiting on another scan or two before we tell the world.
Any names picked out? Yes. But - we spell it two different ways!
How is the nursery coming along? PIPs? Themes? Lavender and gray and white.
Anything else you would like to add or PIP? I was at a baby shower this weekend. It wasn't mine. No less than 4 different people touched my belly (wtf? my MIL, who has NEVER done that before, did it 3 times!!), and apparently I was looking very bumpy in the dress I was wearing, because when asked how far along I was and I said "four months," the reply I got was "Are you sure there aren't two in there?!?!" Yes, I am showing. Yes, I am carrying high. But I don't know you and that was rude.
QOTW-Halloween is next week. What do you have planned? Any traditions you are keeping and hoping to start? I will be handing out candy. I wear skeleton earrings each year. For the first time, DH wants to carve pumpkins with me! He was so cute yesterday. I was too behind to go to the pumpkin patch with him, so he went alone. My ILs had brought us one small one, so he picked out two more and set them up on the front stoop. He brought me outside and pointed and said, "See? That one's me, and there's you, and there's our little girl!" I melted.
RIP Dr. Irving Fishman - 10/1/19-7/25/10 - thank you for holding on for me.
You made my wedding day complete.
28 tomorrow.
When is your EDD?
January 14
How are you feeling?
Okay, super achey and I'm always cold.
What are you craving?
Orange juice.
What is grossing you out?
Eggs and the smell of beer
Have you bought/received anything for the baby lately?
Nope
Ultrasounds? Betas? Appointments?
I go for bloodwork tomorrow and I have an appointment on the 30th
Have you / will you found out the sex?
Team green
Any names picked out?
Just a boy one
How is the nursery coming along? PIPs? Themes?
It's going to be yellow and green, I'm working on emptying and painting this weekend.
Anything else you would like to add or PIP?
Nah
QOTW-Halloween is next week. What do you have planned? Any traditions you are keeping and hoping to start?
Nothing, really... H won't be home the night of a party we were invited to. I doubt I'll get dressed up to go alone. When LO arrives we may go trick or treating .. I'm not a fan of Halloween at all.
How many weeks are you? 13w5d by my calculations & initial scan and I guess 14w6d according to the NT scan
When is your EDD? 4/23/14 or 4/15/14 depending on above (I'm still having a hard time giving up my initial EDD.. lol)
How are you feeling? Tired, but mostly because I spent all weekend on my feet and DS woke up at 1am last night and slept like crap the rest of the night because he's either having allergies or getting a cold.
What are you craving? Cool crisp salads or fresh vegi's like zucchini
What is grossing you out? Still can't eat anything dry. Meat still not much on my appetizing list
Have you bought/received anything for the baby lately? Nothing yet.
Ultrasounds? Betas? Appointments? NT scan last week, next PN appointment is next Tuesday
Have you / will you found out the sex? I'm leaning more toward not finding out, but DH is of course saying he is finding out. Not sure how he will do this without us being on the same page. He can't know and me not. It just won't work. He's so annoying about this.
Any names picked out? I like a couple names. We haven't really talked about it yet though
How is the nursery coming along? PIPs? Themes? same as previous weeks
QOTW-Halloween is next week. What do you have planned? Any traditions you are keeping and hoping to start? DD has decided she wants her and DS to dress up like Nerds, so since I've bought nothing, this will likely be it.
Already Mommies:
Best part of your week? DS had his 18m well baby this morning and he is continuing to be at the top of the charts. We also switched doctor's and I feel so good about our new Pediatrician. She is very attentive and thorough. Makes you feel like you matter and not just another appointment.
Worst part of your week? Along the same lines, while I love our new Pedi, the downfall is she has a full panel, so she was running 40 minutes late. Oh well, the price to pay to have a good doctor! Other worst part, DS's dairy protein allergy I was advised today since he still has a bad reaction every time he has it we need to wait a year before we try to re-introduce. And, she said that if by then he can't tolerate it, he may never grow out of it. So sad.
Milestones? DS is still asking to go pee pee in the potty. Now if only he's STTN
Speak sweetly so that if you ever have to eat your words, they don't taste bad.
~Unknown~
Lesson learned!!
Best part of your week? Every day with my baby girl has been awesome. I am loving watching her grow. She changes a little each day and its been awesome.
Worst part of your week? I had a panic attack over the weekend (see separate post). It wasn't fun.
Milestones? She is starting to follow voices with her head, and her grip strength is getting crazy.
PIP those kiddos!
QOTW-Halloween is next week. Is LO dressing up? Trick or Treating? Any traditions you are keeping or hoping to start? I have a halloween onesie I will be putting her in, but we have no plans to go anywhere. We will probably just stay and home and watch a movie. In the future, we will be dressing her up and taking her trick-or-treating. Next year she will probably be walking, so it'll be fun to take her to a few houses or a halloween carnival/event.
Already Mommies:
Best part of your week?
My sister and 2 nieces coming home to meet Arthur.
Worst part of your week?
Getting Mastitis. Seriously sucks. Still have lots of pain and plugged duct in left breast. Only pumping right now and going to be weaning off if pumping as soon as possible. I am just ready to be done with it. Any advise on how to wean with a plugged duct/mastitis????
Milestones?
Smiles! I know it's early but Arthur is smiling! I can definitely tell the difference between a gas smile and a real smile now. Love it!!!
PIP those kiddos!
I tried a few but it's taking a long time uploading from my phone!
QOTW-Halloween is next week. Is LO dressing up? Trick or Treating? Any traditions you are keeping or hoping to start?
Not this year. I have a little halloween onsie I will put on him while we hand out candy and will probably stop over at my moms but other than that, pretty laid back this year.
After awhile, you just want to be with the one who makes you laugh. - Mr. Big
Best part of your week? B is talking and cooing so much. And I'm pretty sure I got played for the first time by him. He cried when I put him down and then looked so proud of himself when I picked him back up. It was adorable.
Worst part of your week? Waking up for work this morning. This weekend was hectic and I was not a happy camper at 5:45.
Milestones? Babbling more. So cute!
PIP those kiddos!
QOTW-Halloween is next week. Is LO dressing up? Trick or Treating? Any traditions you are keeping or hoping to start? We have a hand me down cow costume and I want to go somewhere with his cousins who are older, since he doesn't care.
B Born 6.27.13
To make you feel my love.
How many weeks are you? 9 wk 4 d
When is your EDD? May 23
How are you feeling? Yesterday I felt like I got hit by a truck. My body is really responding to stress lately. Today I still have some cramping and nausea and heartburn and I'm tired. LOL. DH doesn't know what to do with me. lol
What are you craving? Asian Pears, strawberries, bananas and Macaroni and Cheese
What is grossing you out? Meat. All of it.
Have you bought/received anything for the baby lately? Not for the baby. Just maternity underwear for me. I'm not liking anything constricting on my abdomen lately.
Ultrasounds? Betas? Appointments? I have a U/S tomorrow with my RE. My Betas in the ER on Oct 13 were 106,417
Have you / will you found out the sex? Still too early but we totally will
Any names picked out? We are narrowing it down.
How is the nursery coming along? PIPs? Themes? We have ideas for themes. For a girl we are thinking a beach theme or an enchanted garden. For a boy either the Batman Batcave or a Malibu Surf shop
Anything else you would like to add or PIP?
Nope. Just sorry I've been MIA. I have been working a lot then kinda taking it easy on my time off.
BFP 2: 7/7/2014 Beta 7/8: 115, Beta 7/12: 638, Beta 7/16: 3793, Beta 7/21: 21,625
I'm late to this, but whateva... I do what I want.
Already Mommies:
Best part of your week? My kid has started leaning in for kisses now. Cutest thing ever.
Worst part of your week? I tore a tendon in my finger and might need surgery. I go to the orthopedist next week.
Milestones?
PIP those kiddos!
QOTW-Halloween is next week. Is LO dressing up? Trick or Treating? Any traditions you are keeping or hoping to start? We have a lion costume for him, but not sure what we're going to do yet. He's too young for trick or treating, but we'll at least get pictures of him in his costume
Our Little Raspberry-Born 3/27/12
We Said I Do 09/06/09