Hellooooo ladies! Oh boy. I'm going to try to get myself up to speed a little. I started to go back to where I first kinda fell off the radar, but that was pretty far back at this point! So I went back a week-ish. I apologize in advance for whatever I miss.
About the Christmas discussion, I have done literally no shopping so far. Doesn't help that we'll be a little strapped this year. Excited for the season, but there were all these other big things that had to happen before Christmas, I'm just where I can even get my brain to go there. Since tomorrow is Thanksgiving in the US (edit: ok today by the time I could finish the post) and the unofficial kickoff to the Christmas season, hopefully that'll get me more in the spirit! I really need to start shopping though since DD1 is actually big enough to care what she gets now.... >_>
Also, FTR, I think a scooter sounds awesome.
I kinda want a mandolin. The instrument, not the kitchen tool. (I'd want the mandoline/kitchen tool, but I'm certain I'd kill myself on it
) I'll probably just ask for money to go toward a baby carrier. I have a toddler Tula, but I'd love a regular Tula.
LOL Wishie the Walgreens As Seen on TV things. Haha my DH would be totally the same. If not that then everyone would get an Amazon gift card in their email like a week before Christmas or something hehe. Sorry the Clomid makes you a bit "clomotional" (lol love that word though), but that's great that it makes you feel more like normal. I guess AF got you. Booo so sorry.
Hi Braven, hope you're doing ok. I'm gonna echo the other ladies...be proud of what you've accomplished! You are doing great.
Surely they would recognize your efforts. Plus I kinda think there's only so much you can do in a short period of time and be healthy about it ya know? Sorry that the insurance issue is adding to your stress.
Just keep doing the good things you're doing...I'm so hopeful for you.
Cali, my DD1 (I can't get used to typing that!) loves My Little Pony too. The others you mentioned she's not really into yet. The thing my DD sees on TV that she really wants is this Palace Pets dancing puppy thing. She's also been asking for some Doc McStuffins thing, but lucky for us my parents got it ages ago before she even saw it and wanted it.
tommy I agree it'd be fun to have everyone together sometime...shame we're all spread out. My daughter will be 4 in Feb. I keep forgetting your DS is just one week older than my DD. Always feels weird to be happy about one of you getting AF, but heeyyyyy bring on that successful IUI cycle!!! Oh and that massive pile of snow didn't affect me either, thank goodness!
Orchid, glad your test results came back good! Hope you're feeling better.
lanet, oh I hate that you've been unable to sleep. I had some insomnia in the first trimester mostly, and that was brutal, but I at least got 3-4 hours of sleep. Not being able to sleep is the worst so I really hope that improves for you VERY soon. Do you feel any different with the iron? I had to take iron too this time around. I would recommend adding a magnesium supplement too.
Hi mwb how are you doing? Ughhhhhh I hate those odd long cycles. Anyone would have gotten her hopes up! Sooo sorry about the BFN.
Anyhoo, AFM, I'm learning to juggle life with two kiddos! DD2 was 3 weeks old yesterday. I can hardly even believe it. She's a really good baby. We called DD1 our easy mode baby, but this one might take that title from her. I'm super tired, but she's starting to sleep for longer stretches every few nights, so I hope that's the start of something. DD1 really really adores her baby sister. She has been acting out some, but I really think it'll be a phase. Her attitude is really positive about having a sister, it's just an adjustment. Sometimes I feel really bad because I can't figure out how to split my time just right. And DD1 is quite articulate so she can really twist the knife sometimes. We'll get the hang of it though.
I go back to work on the Saturday after Christmas. I changed up my hours because I've been let go from my private practice. They called me up a couple of days after I got home from the hospital to let me know they're bringing in some friend of theirs who's moving in from out of state. I actually suspect it's their nephew, which I knew was a possibility at some point, but I didn't ask. I think if I really tried to pin them down for a reason (other than that they'd just rather have their friend/relative), they'd say I didn't seem interested in buying in, but I didn't really know how much I in my position should be driving that discussion (and it's not what I said last time we did discuss it), and I didn't want to do anything either until I knew what their nephew was going to do (which may have proved to be a wise move on my part). So anyway, that sort of sucks, and I'm stressed about money, but on the other hand, I'm kind of relieved and I'm considering it a blessing because I don't think they're bad people, but they're kind of unorganized and bad at communication. I'm not pinned down by a non-compete anymore, so IF anything actually comes up in this saturated town, my options are wide open. It's trickier because I don't want to expand my job search too far geographically because I'm not gonna move, and I'm eager to get home to my babies when I get off work...so not willing to have a long commute. So where I'm working now, maybe I didn't want to be there forever, and I still hope I'm not, but it's not super long hours, so maybe it's good for this season of life. As long as we can keep paying the bills.
LOTS of baby dust to you all.
I hope and pray you all get BFPs for Christmas!
Happy Thanksgiving to the US ladies!
Hope you had a great Thanksgiving!!
to everyone else!!
It won't be quite full time, but that office isn't really busy enough right now for it to be worth being there more hours. From a financial standpoint, I'd probably need to work more if I could, but I don't want to sit in my office with nothing to do when I could be with my girls. When I chose this career path, I thought I could make a decent living working part time, which was a definite perk/selling point. I'm just not sure if that will be the reality when I factor in student debt.
