October 2012 Weddings
mana8503
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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.
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TTC Tuesday
TTCers:
Cycle/Month:
CD/DPO:
W2O or 2WW?
Testing plans:
Chart stalks/rants/Thoughts:
Pregnant Girls:
How many weeks:
How are you feeling?
Rants/Thoughts/Bump pics?
Mommies:
How old are your LOs (Little Ones)?
How do you feel?
Any Milestones this week?
Rants/Thoughts/Baby pics?
Cycle/Month:
CD/DPO:
W2O or 2WW?
Testing plans:
Chart stalks/rants/Thoughts:
Pregnant Girls:
How many weeks:
How are you feeling?
Rants/Thoughts/Bump pics?
Mommies:
How old are your LOs (Little Ones)?
How do you feel?
Any Milestones this week?
Rants/Thoughts/Baby pics?
Re: TTC Tuesday
Pregnant Girls:
How many weeks: 7 weeks - size of a Blueberry
How are you feeling? Morning sickness hit me pretty hard end of last week into the weekend. I pretty much sleep the whole weekend - dry cereal, crackers and pasta were my only friends. I also spiked a low-grade fever, so now I think maybe it was a touch of the stomach bug. I feel better now, with manageable nausea.
Rants/Thoughts/Bump pics? Rant - my parents offered to watch LO when I got back to work. They live 12 miles away (20 mins) and are retired. We offered to pay them. Now my mom is planning on moving in during the week. WHAT?! I mean I am grateful for them offering to watch LO, but I also want family time at night... my dad thinks she's crazy too. She just doesn't want to get up at 530a and be at my house before 615. And there's no way I'm dropping off, that's an hour out of my way, I might as well pay for regular daycare on post.
I know this is WAY down the road, but she's like picking out her room, planning on bringing a TV, wanting a DVR, etc. It's stressing me out.
How many weeks: 25 weeks, 5 days
How are you feeling? Feeling OK, a bit sore.
Rants/Thoughts/Bump pics? So, I had an appointment yesterday to check the placement of my placenta, it was covering my cervix at my 20 week scan. Well, the good news is that it has moved out of the way so no more pelvic rest (H better watch out)! But, my cervix has shortened again and I was placed on modified bed rest. So, I will be spending most of my time at home. I am allowed to go into the office two days a week and work from home the other three. At this point, we are hoping that this pattern keeps for a while and I don't have to be put on full bed rest for quite a while! I have another scan next week.
CD/DPO: CD37
W2O or 2WW? waiting for AF, finished Provera yesterday
Testing plans: n/a
Chart stalks/rants/Thoughts: I have an appointment tomorrow morning with my RE. We will be discussing what will happen this next cycle because femara failed to make me ovulate on the second attempt. Most likely will be moving on to injects and IUI. Trying to be hopeful but having a very hard time with everything right now. Hoping tomorrow's appointment brings new positivity to all of this.
Cycle/Month:
In case anyone isn't already sick to freaking death of hearing about my cycle...thanks patient ladies
W2O or 2WW? not sure...le sigh
Testing plans: I'm lost!
Chart stalks/rants/Thoughts: SO i took two temps today just to see if they'd be vastly different an hour apart. At 6 am it was 97.5 and at 7 am it was 97.9. Normally I am up closer to 7 but I was restless last night and, since I was awake at 6, decided out of curiosity to take it. Since I tossed and turned after that I went ahead and recorded the early one. I had pretty bad cramps yesterday along with some slightly pink-tinged cm, and I have cramps again today. I truly have no idea what is happening, but I am prepared to accept anything at this point. I know that my over-thinking it is not helping, not to mention I started a new workout regimen 2 weeks ago and changed my eating habits to being healthier, so I've instituted a lot of new changes that my body is trying to deal with. I uploaded my updated chart, in case anyone is still interested (doubt it, lol!) Note that if I recorded my 7 am temp instead of my 6 am one, it would have been quite a jump from yesterday---but still below the coverline...??
How old are your LOs (Little Ones)? 204 days old (its Regents week at work and im bored, lol)
How do you feel? good, 7 lbs til pre-pregnancy weight....ahhhhhhh i will get there!
Any Milestones this week? she has found a new way to communicate, screaming! its cute, its not crying, its just screaming! i love her
Rants/Thoughts/Baby pics? Thoughts- i really hope the woman at work retires at the end of this school year so I can get my job back, its been 3 years so we can start planning for baby #2, my health insurance is better than H's and i would be able to take a legit maternity leave. When DD was set to be born in July i worried that if she came late i wouldnt have enough time with her at home bc i was and am currently in the middle of covering a maternity leave and had to be back to work on a certain date.
Evan - I always took my temp the first time I woke up, it was usually the most continuous sleep I got. H's job has him getting up anyway from 12pm-4am, but it's usually between 2-3. So even if he's not there (sometimes he leaves 8-9pm), I still get up between 2-3 to pee. I usually start tossing and turning until my alarms start around 430-5. I tried just taking it at 4am every morning, but my temps were all over the place, but once I started just taking it whenever I first wake up, it leveled off with a clear shift. I think you were right to take it at 6am and keep that temp.
Also thanks for validating how I felt. I told my friend who knows I'm pregnant and she thought I was being spoiled, which added to the stress. And that I should take LO to my parents house. What the what?! Like I said, I'd rather pay the same amount and drop the kid off on my way to work, than drive an extra hour so my mom doesn't have to get up.
TTCers:
CD/DPO: CD10
W2O or 2WW? W2O
Testing plans: None yet
Chart stalks/rants/Thoughts: I think I'm too lazy to chart. I did temp this morning, but I bet I'm not going to keep up it. This will probably take me a few months without success before I will become an obsessive nightmare.
@mana8503 Holy crap! I would be freaking out if I were you. This is one of my biggest fears with MIL after we have a LO. She likes to be really involved to a fault in everything. Good luck to you and I hope you get it resolved without too much stress. I guess if it were my mom I would just ask her, "How would you have felt if your mother would have offered that?"
How many weeks: 21w3d
How are you feeling? I'm so tired. I'm 4w into my semester and I don't know how I'm going to make through the next 8 with all my assignments and projects. Other than that I just feel fat.
Rants/Thoughts/Bump pics? No bump pic this week cuz I forgot to take one.
@mana8503 i would be stressed about that too and I think you need to have the conversation now before it gets out of control! I would NOT drive an hour out of my way in the morning, right now daycare is 20 min away but its on my way to work and until you have a kid and have been up every 2-3 hours, are sleep deprived and you just want to kill the next person that says hi to you, an hour is precious. I had to plan my mornings down to the second which consisted of showering, picking out clothes and packing my lunch the night before, so all i had to do was get up, get dressed, find time to pump, feed the baby, change her diaper, throw her in the carseat, with her pjs still on so i could get to work on time. But with babies things do not go as planned and an hour away for me wouldnt work.
As for her moving in, help in the beginning is nice so you can take a shower or a nap but its called personal space and family time like you said and i dont know if you are planning on breastfeeding but i didnt want to have to leave the room every time i whipped my boob out to feed or pump bc it was MY house.
Cycle/Month: officially been trying for 1 year
CD/DPO: crap just got a new phone
And didn't add that in yet!
W2O or 2WW? 2ww(even though I have a longer cycle so it's usually a3 week window and I am not living that)
Testing plans: after feb 1st that's when af is supposed to come( I actually tested last week I know too soon) a girl can dream can't she!
Rants - seriously I am getting really sad every time it get my period- why can't I get pregnant!
Thanks guys! I really thought I was crazy when my friend told me I was asking too much. I really didn't think I was. They offered knowing I work 7-430, and I leave by 615-620. H is usually home around noon (sometimes later, it really depends), but we kind of need them to stay while he naps.
I can never hide my facial expressions, sometimes it's really bad. So she knew right away I wasn't really going for it. I mentioned to her that I really would like nights to be family time. She said she'll just go to her "room". I backed off when she started acting like her feelings were hurt. Dad was like I'm fine being there at 6am! So he's backing me up on this. And they only have 1 car since my sister has the other. I don't mind if they take the guest room to nap and stuff, put a TV in there, whatever. I'll have to bring it up later if she doesn't. I mean, if roads were bad, they are more than welcome to stay, but I don't want a perminate Sun-Thurday night schedule set.
@seipel19 - My parents lived with my mom's parents when my sister was born, so I can't use that unfornuately! Then they lived with my dad's parents in NC for a while... they weren't very settled when my sister was younger.
@mpj1001 - I did the commute from parent's house to work for 2 years, IT SUCKS without a baby! I was gone from 6am-6pm (hour and change commute, 9 hour days). That's why I moved closer. driving 20 mins, to drop LO off and driving back down would be my hell and not even on the table. My friend brought that up because "what's the benefit to your parents to drive down"... um the money I'm giving them? Time with her gbaby.... THEY OFFERED!
How many weeks: 4 weeks 3 days!
How are you feeling? pretty ok. Feel Like I've been punched in the boobs, still, light nausea, and some cramping.
Rants/Thoughts/Bump pics? Not much, we're just really excited!!! Even though we were TTC, that positive result is still such a shock!!!
Cycle/Month: Cycle 3/ Month 11
CD/DPO: CD5
W2O or 2WW? Neither
Testing plans: Nope
Chart stalks/rants/Thoughts: Had an u/s yesterday to check for cysts from being overstimulated and of course I have them now. Awesome! We are going to be taking a break for at least a month and may just extend that break to save up for IVF. That way, if I become overstimulated again, we can just switch to IVF and not have the whole cycle be a waste. So, I am back on birth control for now and we'll reevaluate what we want to do in a month or two.
@islandmonkey8, good luck with the RE tomorrow!
TTC:
Cycle/month: 6/6
Cd/dpo: 28/13
Testing plans: this morning bfn, totally bummed.
Rants: I was convinced I was pregnant. I had weird symptoms unlike any of the last 5 months, including cramps and backache at 8 dpo. But the test doesn't lie. Onto the next cycle I suppose.
I have had ovarian cysts, and BCP made them go away completely for the entire time I was on BCP. They cleared right up. (until the last 6 months of course). So I hope they clear up soon!
@islandmonkey8 I hope your next step, whatever it may be, works for you. I've had you in my prayers.
@ystaalenburg I am sorry this cycle didn't work out.
@fank139 I know it's hard, but try to not obsess so much. It could be a myth, but I believe stressing over your period (or ovulating) pushes it back. Have you read Taking Charge of Your Fertility? I lurked a lot on Getting Pregnant and Trying to Get Pregnant on the Bump and googled if I needed more info. After our 2nd month trying, I bought the book and realized I was missing a lot just getting the info that people are posting on a message board. It was very helpful for TTC or TTA.
How many weeks: 12 weeks
How are you feeling? Tired, but good otherwise. My nausea is occurring less often. I am sleeping through the night too, which is so exciting because I hadn't for weeks!
Rants/Thoughts/Bump pics? I had my first trimester screening this morning. Obviously, the tech can't tell you if anything is wrong, but she did say we had a perfect baby. Our baby is stubborn though. She needed to see the face and it wouldn't turn. She kept poking and had my turn on my sides and the baby was like leave me alone. Every time she poked, the baby kicked at her or swatted it's hands. It was so adorable and made H and I so happy
Cycle/Month: 11
CD/DPO: 6
W2O or 2WW? W2O
Testing plans: none
Chart stalks/rants/Thoughts: I think this cycle will be a bust with H schedule but we will still try and then I will be making my appt with my doc since we will reach a year of trying in end of February.
Thanks. I suppose not, but being that AF should be here on thurs, I'd rather just prepare for it. I mean, if the cramping on 8 dpo was implantation, then I would think that 5 days later a test would turn.
How many weeks: 16 weeks tomorrow!!
How are you feeling? Pretty good for the most part! Occasionally some nausea returns and kicks my ass but not too often. Little heartburn has kicked in this week but but not too bad. Sleeping better and the headaches seem less too!
Rants/Thoughts/Bump pics? No pics yet. I sent one to my sisters last week and one wrote back " omg you are going to be soooooo huge!" I was like thanks asshole !
How many weeks: 6 weeks
How are you feeling? I'm feeling fine. I have had some mild ramping and sore/tender breasts, but really no nausea yet.
Rants/Thoughts/Bump pics? Way too early for bump pics. Just have bloat right now. I have my first appointment next Thursday. Can't wait!