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Mommy and M2B Monday!
@LuckyAngel07 I hope you don't mind, I know you are busy awaiting your little girl's arrival, so I figured I would go ahead and post. 
For Mommies-to-be:
How many weeks are you?
When is your EDD?
How are you feeling?
What are you craving?
What is grossing you out?
Have you bought/received anything for the baby lately?
Ultrasounds? Betas? Appointments?
Have you / will you found out the sex?
Any names picked out?
How is the nursery coming along? PIPs? Themes?
Anything else you would like to add or PIP?
Already Mommies:
LOs Age(s):
Best part of your week?
Worst part of your week?
Milestones?
PIP those kiddos!
How many weeks are you?
When is your EDD?
How are you feeling?
What are you craving?
What is grossing you out?
Have you bought/received anything for the baby lately?
Ultrasounds? Betas? Appointments?
Have you / will you found out the sex?
Any names picked out?
How is the nursery coming along? PIPs? Themes?
Anything else you would like to add or PIP?
Already Mommies:
LOs Age(s):
Best part of your week?
Worst part of your week?
Milestones?
PIP those kiddos!
Re: Mommy and M2B Monday!
LOs Age(s): 4 days
Best part of your week? Meeting R!
Worst part of your week? Having to leave him in the NICU every day.
Milestones? Being born obviously and his IV was removed yesterday morning!
PIP those kiddos! There's a bunch in the birth story post but here's a couple more.
my read shelf:
How many weeks are you? Somewhere between 18w4d and 19w3d, will find out for sure at my next appointment.
When is your EDD? Somewhere between 1/30/15 and 2/5/15
How are you feeling? Good pregnancy wise, a little sad that DH left for his OOT business trip this morning (will be gone up to 3 weeks).
What are you craving? Chocolate
What is grossing you out? Nothing
Have you bought/received anything for the baby lately? Yes! I got two adorable onesies from Kohl's (one says Cool Little Bro) and a full bag of clothes from the thrift shop for $0.50 each! So now I have a start on baby boy's wardrobe.
Ultrasounds? Betas? Appointments? September 22nd, which is probably when I'll find out my a/s results.
Have you / will you found out the sex? BOY!!
Any names picked out? Thomas
How is the nursery coming along? PIPs? Themes? All the prep work is finished, and crib has been put in, so now it's time to decorate!
Anything else you would like to add or PIP?
Already Mommies:
LOs Age(s): 11 months
Best part of your week? Getting hugs from my baby girl and watching her really get the hang of walking.
Worst part of your week? Dropping DH off this morning. And losing my Papa.
Milestones? She can now carry items and turn while walking. It's amazing how different she walks from day to day. And she started saying "tickle tickle", so cute.
PIP those kiddos! Spaghetti face!!
Best part of week: we went to the toy lending library on Saturday, and my ball obsessed little boy happily carried around a basketball. He would throw it, too. It looked so big compared to him. Also, I got a higher than expected raise at work, with the potential for a promotion in six months!
Worst part of week: We've been dealing with logistics of H's accident. He won't have his car back till Friday at the earliest. Boo.
Milestones: Ben says please and this, now. His vocab really has taken off since he got tubes.
Here's my little alligator.
B Born 6.27.13
LOs Age(s): 8 months
Best part of your week? We got back from a girls vacation with my mom on Friday, and then DH managed to spend the whole weekend with us, even though it's the end of his busy season
Worst part of your week? For a few days, she has/had been incredibly fussy and waking up every few hours. We're thinking teeth.
Milestones? She has been getting up on her hands and knees and rocking... But in the mean time, she's really got the army crawl down. She can make it across the room. She also just started (sometimes) waving back if you wave
PIP those kiddos!
...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
@iwalktheline That sounds like teeth or growth spurt, hope it passes soon! Poor girl.
@mrads my SIL's sister had the same issue with vocab due to her ears. I'm glad it is getting better and helping!
How many weeks are you? 13 weeks 2 days!! 2nd Trimester!!!
When is your EDD? March 14
How are you feeling? I feel good, I am still fighting major headaches but I am trying to continue drinking tons of water and peeing every 8 minutes.
My energy is definitely coming back a little.
What are you craving? Nothing really
What is grossing you out? Chinese food meat, DH ordered it last night and I barely ate.
Have you bought/received anything for the baby lately? No but DH's cousin, I am really close with his wife, is letting us borrow their bassinet when the baby comes! SCORE!
Ultrasounds? Betas? Appointments? Nothing fun coming up at all.
Have you / will you found out the sex? Yes I can't wait!
Any names picked out? Rachel and maybe Christopher mayyybeee
How is the nursery coming along? PIPs? Themes? Don't ask
TTC 19 months ~Started RE in March 2014~
DH was not ready for IUI so we waited
~Started acupuncture in May 2014~
~~BFP 7/6/14~~~EDD 3/14/15~~It's a girl!!~~
With the vacation week last week, I forgot to post anything so I'm posting early today:
How many weeks are you? 16w6d (I think...)
When is your EDD? Feb. 17, 2015
How are you feeling? Really good lately, but tired a lot
What are you craving? I'm every advertiser's dream, if I see a commercial for something, I crave it.
What is grossing you out? I still do not like chocolate. I also realized I've lost my appetite entirely for broccoli and tomatoes.
Have you bought/received anything for the baby lately? A friend from work gave me some plain onesies with sleeves. They even fold over the baby's hands (to prevent scratching?).
Ultrasounds? Betas? Appointments? Next Wednesday! Definitely getting u/s
Have you / will you found out the sex? We will on Wednesday next week
Any names picked out? Short list.
How is the nursery coming along? PIPs? Themes? I'm thinking lime green on at least one of the walls. I know the trend now is soothing and pale colors, but I always liked the idea of something bright.
When is your EDD? 11.27
How are you feeling? Good. But tired today. AZ is getting major rain and we've been up pretty much since 2am because of it.
What are you craving? Raisins
What is grossing you out? Nothing!
Have you bought/received anything for the baby lately? I bought some letters this weekend. I want to do an alphabet wall in the nursery
Ultrasounds? Betas? Appointments? 10.2. Did my 3 hour glucose in Saturday. Hopefully I pass!
Have you / will you found out the sex? Baby boy!
Any names picked out? I think so
How is the nursery coming along? PIPs? Themes? H finished painting and put the crib together while I was shooting at the lab. It was a nice surprise
Anything else you would like to add or PIP?
Best Part of the Week: I swear he gets more and more fun every day. And he's so vocal. It's hilarious.
Worst Part of the Week: He's amidst cold #2 and it sucks.
Milestones: He's eating cereal like a champ. I know he did something this week, but I can't remember off the top of my head. Mother of the Year here.
Here he is in his stroller yesterday on a play date and another with his Great Gram and Great Pap.
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
Ours is Behr tart apple
When is your EDD? 2/17/15
How are you feeling? Not bad. Getting a little winded when I go up too many sets of steps.
What are you craving? Gummy things
What is grossing you out? The dog.......still.
Have you bought/received anything for the baby lately? Just stocked up on some diapers that were on a crazy sale and I had some coupons for.
Ultrasounds? Betas? Appointments? Not until the end of the month.
Have you / will you found out the sex? Nope.
Any names picked out? Just our running list. H is pushing to add Grace to the list, because it means "gift from God." Love the meaning, but don't care for the name.
How is the nursery coming along? PIPs? Themes? It's ready for texture, but H's car is broke. So he's been working on that all weekend instead. We did pick up the paint color though.
Anything else you would like to add or PIP?
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
www.5yearstonever.blogspot.com
Best part of your week? hearing him giggle
Worst part of your week? leaving him at daycare
Milestones? he's putting his binki back in his mouth himself. actually playing with toys..
The Rowdy Roberts
Best part of your week? Seeing her crawl to the end of her crib every morning, sit up and call for "dada" to come get her, and then seeing how quickly J jumps up to grab her, even though he's not a morning person.
Worst part of your week? A trying to move from two naps to one nap and it being pretty miserable since she went down for her morning nap at 10 and then refused to sleep for the rest of the day.
Milestones? She is pulling up on EVERYTHING. I know that she could walk on her own if she would just try, but she's still too afraid to try. That being said, she's cruising like crazy, so I don't think that it'll be very long now.
Team Green to Team Pink! Baby A born
Here comes 2u2! Team Green to Team Blue! Baby L born
How many weeks are you?
29+6
When is your EDD?
11/18 for dates/ 11/4 for realsies
How are you feeling?
Starting to feel myself slow down a bit.
What are you craving?
Nothing, but the babies really wanted sone twizzlers the other day.
What is grossing you out?
Nothing!
Have you bought/received anything for the baby lately?
Just a couple of odds and ends. A little table and book shelves for the nursery. I think we are in pretty good shape!
Ultrasounds? Betas? Appointments?
Last week I measured 36w and passed the 3 hr glucose. Next appt and next growth scan next week. Probably starting NSTs soon, too.
Have you / will you found out the sex?
Team purple
Any names picked out?
What are these names you speak of? I thought they were like cabbage patch kids, and they came with names?
How is the nursery coming along? PIPs? Themes?
Looming pretty good.
Anything else you would like to add or PIP?
Nope!
After 2 years of TTC, lots of tests, and a Hysteroscopy/Laparoscopy to remove several polyps,
Clomid/IUI #1 3/14: cancelled due to surprise BFP 3/8/14.
Beta 1 3/11: 398 Beta 2 3/13: 728 Beta 3 3/20: 11,482
Surprise BFP turns into Surprise Twins!
Zoey and Garrett born 10/24/14 at 36+3
LOs Age(s): He will be 4 months tomorrow!
Best part of your week? I finally caught him rolling over on video! I have seen him do it, but could never catch it to record it.
Worst part of your week? He was extremely fussy over the weekend, which was very hard. I don't know what's wrong :-(
Milestones? He's rolling over from tummy to back now, so I have seen him roll both ways. He is also playing with toys more.
PIP those kiddos! Here is a pic of him from last night just hanging out.
~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
When is your EDD? Last I heard, March 15
How are you feeling? I have been feeling a hell of a lot better! Whew! I have random throw ups in the early am. Glad its early though. Headaches, sometimes, but I have been drinking a ton of water and having a coke.
What are you craving? Nothing much. I was on a taco kick last few weeks. That was all that was sounding good. I'm kind of open now. But dessert sounds great! Chocolate cake. YUM
What is grossing you out? Still my dogs and my H... I wish he would stop smoking! Ugghh! I don't want him near me and it sucks.
Have you bought/received anything for the baby lately? I haven't actually.
Ultrasounds? Betas? Appointments? I go tomorrow for another appointment. I cannot wait to see the ultrasound! Those are so fun!! I never thought I would like going to the dr, but seeing my baby grow is absolutely incredible!!!
Have you / will you found out the sex? Yes we will..
Any names picked out? Not really
How is the nursery coming along? PIPs? Themes? On a stand still...
Anything else you would like to add or PIP? I made it to my 2nd trimester! So I am feeling so much better all around. Less stressed, morning sickness is pretty much gone. I have my appetite back! Woo hoo!!!
How many weeks are you? 27w tomorrow
When is your EDD? 12/09
How are you feeling? Good but tired. As in third tri is here, and naps are back when I can swing it, but such is pregnancy.
What are you craving? Burgers, pickles, butter tarts
What is grossing you out? Smells that no one else can smell
Have you bought/received anything for the baby lately? I bought a onesie for next summer at the GAP Factory, and my mom but a ton of stuff when she did some cross border shopping last week.
Ultrasounds? Betas? Appointments? 3D u/s last week - reconfirmed he is a boy still. Today I have a prenatal chiro appt, Thurs I have a midwife appointment (my last monthly) and then a prenatal massage right after.
Have you / will you found out the sex? He is all boy.
Any names picked out? Not yet. We really should get on that.
How is the nursery coming along? PIPs? Themes? It is not. It is job#3 on our list of priorities for the house this fall.
Already Mommies:
LOs Age(s): 2.5yrs
Best part of your week? Spent the day shopping with him, and he was a total angel for me. It was like a date because we shared a muffin and a drink at a bistro table at Starbucks while we overlooked the trucks working on the construction in the parking lot. Just me and my boy.
Worst part of your week? By last night I was pretty exhausted and lost my sh** when he intentionally soaked me at bath time and then proceeded to be intentionally naughty. Mommy needed a time out, and had to tap out with dad. I hate losing it and it totally isn't fair, but I find these hormones make it really difficult to keep my intense feelings in check.
Milestones? Well he cried when we were driving home because he had to potty and leaked a bit in his underware. Huge milestone because two weeks ago he was just letting it go. And he's been waking up in the morning dry so he is really doing great with potty training and today marks one month since daytime diapers.
TTC#1 July 2010 PCOS dx April 2011 DS born: February 21, 2012
TTC#2 June 2013 MMC Sept 2013 (partial molar), CP 02/2014 DS2 born: December 5, 2014
Best part of your week? She's been having a bit more happy alert time, and we've gotten some pretty great smiles
Worst part of your week? MIL was here all last week, which was rough. It got better by the end of the week though thankfully.
Milestones? Her umbilical cord finally came off/was taken off by the ped last Tuesday, so she got her first bath! It was a disaster of a melt down, but she smells so much better than she did after the sponge baths!
PIP those kiddos!
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!
TTC#1 July 2010 PCOS dx April 2011 DS born: February 21, 2012
TTC#2 June 2013 MMC Sept 2013 (partial molar), CP 02/2014 DS2 born: December 5, 2014
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!
The Rowdy Roberts
When is your EDD? Feb 13
How are you feeling? Pretty good
What are you craving? Not a lot. Just Kolaches which I can't get whaaa
What is grossing you out? Well apparently ribs. We were eating them sat and I was gagging with every bite which made me cry because I didn't want to go out and pay for food. I had DH (and I) laughing because it was all quite ridiculous.
Have you bought/received anything for the baby lately? Nothing unless a king sized bed for us counts.
Ultrasounds? Betas? Appointments? Not until Sept 30th
Have you / will you found out the sex? yep it's a girl
Any names picked out? A long list but not decisions
How is the nursery coming along? PIPs? Themes? Umm our nursery is full of a bunch of random stuff. We did buy the closet system I want in the room
Anything else you would like to add or PIP?
How many weeks are you? 12w2d
When is your EDD? 3.21.15
How are you feeling? Today pretty horrible. Had a killer migraine all night and day and took the day off of work to sleep it off but its still lingering. Tried caffeine, loads of water, sleep, ice, and finally gave in and took a Tylenol which is not sitting well with my pregnancy after loss brain. :-/
What are you craving? I want a stinking hot dog so badly but I don't trust the two restaurants I want them from to cook thoroughly (don't get me wrong, they're great restaurants) plus everything else the warnings tell you make me think it's not worth it.
What is grossing you out? Meat in general. And the dog smells today....though DH claims she doesn't.
Have you bought/received anything for the baby lately? I just bought myself some more Old Navy maternity tops since I've hit the stage of nothing fitting right but I bought larges the first time around and they're still too big.
Ultrasounds? Betas? Appointments? OB appointment on the 22nd. Then I think we'll be scheduling our a/s.
Have you / will you found out the sex? Absolutely!
Any names picked out? We will truly start this dicussion after the a/s though I'm starting to realize that DH's lack of American culture will make this part hard. He doesn't necessarily know what nns go with what true names. We had a long discussion about Elizabeth the other day.
How is the nursery coming along? PIPs? Themes? It's empty. That's the best I can do for now. Haha.
Anything else you would like to add or PIP? Negative except that we went public and I immediately had a dream of losing the baby and have found myself more anxious in the past few days because of it. I'm petrified of losing the baby and then having to untell people. Any pregnancy after loss mommas that can shed some light on when this feeling will subside? Or do they always linger?
TTC#1 July 2010 PCOS dx April 2011 DS born: February 21, 2012
TTC#2 June 2013 MMC Sept 2013 (partial molar), CP 02/2014 DS2 born: December 5, 2014