This is so great! I don't know about anyone else, but I think subconsciously I've been taking the BFP's of others as a knock to my own success, when of course that's not the case. Thanks for pointing this out.

Thanks also for the advice about my SIL. She actually lives in the same city as me right now. It's my BIL who is visiting, which means SIL is in overdrive planning family activities. I have learned a lot of good things from her, but there are things I would do differently. The big one is worrying excessively about contamination of various kinds. She drove us all nuts over Christmas by wanting to control all aspects of food prep and serving because she was convinced she'd be served something that would hurt the fetus. It got so bad that her OH had to take her out for a walk and long talk. The other thing is her decision to try to save $$ by using special elastic bands to keep her regular pants going longer. When she finally switched to maternity wear, she was practically bursting out of her clothes and was very uncomfortable. I'm all for saving money, but I don't want to be so restricted! I'm sure there will be other things as time goes by. As for BIL's visit, I've been okay. When we last saw SIL, I think she had already talked BIL's ear off about her pregnancy, so we didn't get too much. She did tell us that preliminary labour can last a couple of weeks! A COUPLE OF WEEKS???!!! Oh my gosh. I don't know if I wanted to know that! LOL!

I'm glad you said in your journal that you're doing better today. I know it's tough-going now, but one day it WILL be you and we'll all be here cheering.

Good weekend over Easter, saw best friend with beautiful baby (I'm talking rediculously cute) and it was so good to talk about our friendship in the context of babies. Fully realizing that they completely take over your life, we talked about the role of friends in being supportive though the months of rough sleep and to remind each other of all the parts of one's life and one's personality that shouldn't get lost or pushed to the wayside despite the big life changing event. It was so nice to be Real!
Not to say that I wasn't jealous by the fact that they are planning on getting pregnant again even before I will start ttc, but I was able to take it in stride in terms of the support we were offering eachother about of various troubles!
Hope you ladies are doing well!

Hello ladies!! How is everyone doing this week staying positive?? I'll admit it was tough for a few days there but I've been back to my old cheerful self for awhile now! Anyone had any struggles or something that helped them be positive?

Yikes I'm struggling a bit. Think it's the bad weather getting to me. Ha ha or the biggest exam of my life I am writing in 2 weeks!!
I'm comitted to starting that journal to LO when my exam is over...

The bad weather always gets to me, too! I hope it clears up there soon- we've been having great weather, so maybe that has something to do with my upbeat mood for the last few days? Funny the things we don't notice that affect us!

Good luck on your exam, too! You'll do great!!

I like this thread. I don't know if it's fair for me to be here bc I have a son already...but I know the broodiness feeling well. I feel it for a second baby and I felt it before I got pregnant with my son.

I don't think it matters if you have children, already just that you want to use this forum to be positive!! Some days are harder than others, for sure and I loooove to get on here when I'm feeling down! I think that's what we all want- something to make the wait easier!

I agree! This whole site is about helping, sharing and supporting each other.

As I've said, my broodiness has been pretty positive these last few days! I've really been feeling good about our ttc date and having so much fun while we wait!

However

I had a friend give birth, a friend announce her pregnancy, and I saw a friend who is VERY pregnant to give her a shower gift (I can't make it). THIS WAS ALL YESTERDAY.

I was thinking to myself there is only so much a woman can take in a day!!!!!!

Sheesh. I'm feeling fine today, but yesterday was a blow! My favorite thing to do when I'm feeling broody is workout- it helps my mood and it reminds me that we're almost there- and I hurt my hip/thigh and couldn't even workout yesterday

Whew, sorry to rant so much ladies!!

Today, preparing for ttc, I: drank only green tea and water, took my vitamins and now I'm packing for this weekend- we're going out of town (mostly for a wedding, but we're staying at a hotel just for fun!!).

Fingers crossed it's not long before we can't just up and take off out of town just because we want to!!! Have a good weekend, ladies!!!