CBFM (thread/statistics) graduates TTC,BUMPS & BABIES 2011/2012

[StranjeGirl]

Hi Ladies!
Fingers crossed lilrojo!!

How exciting that conor and erin are starting to say words!! I can't wait!! Giada is 14 months today and still nothing in the word department I'm not sure if I was a late talker or not, but I know dh was very late. She's practically running now. It's so weird that a week ago she was mostly crawling and now she never crawls I feel like my little baby just grew up lol

Thanks for the advice on grapes! I had never thought about that due to choking. How do you give them? Cut them in half?

Sounds like Darcey is doing well Claire! It's so funny how they have their little stubborn personalities. It makes me laugh when I think about how such a little person can have such a personality already!

Giada was up half the night and a nightmare today. DH is trying to get her to sleep right now as I finally gave up. I was worried she was getting sick. I have been around a couple friends - one who's lo was coughing and giada was sucking on all his toys. Then the next day we saw someone who had been complaining about a earache so I was paranoid she was getting sick. She coughed a few times last night and sneezed a bit today. She has clear runny mucus after she sneezes. I do know she is teething as I felt two molars popping through today and she got her usual terrible face and diaper rash. I guess that is why she was up all night. Is a runny nose a sign of teething or do you think it is allergies. Unfortunately the wind was awful here yesterday. My allergies have kicked in too. I don't think it is a cold as it is totally clear and she doesn't seem sick at all. How would I know if she is sick? She ahs never been sick and I don't even know what to look for. Anyway I'm exhausted and i have a feeling it is going to be a bad week with 2 teeth coming in. For some reason she is just awake at night when teething. And we lose an hour tonight due to time change, boo.
Oh battery is dieing. Better send before I lose it. Hope everyone is well!!

 

[_dreamer_]

Sorry don't have time for a long message but just wanted to wish the UK mummies happy mothers day x

 

[trixie79]

i think its prob due to the teething stranje conor has ben the same the past week or so.

he asleep at the minute so need toget cleaning!!! im on day 11 and hogh on cbfm....lil have you tested yet??
i took soy isoflavones this month just to boost the ov, even if we dont dtd on the right day at least ill have given the ov a boost if you know wat i mean!!!

oh and i just half the grapes or peel an apple and let him hold it whole and he nibbles on it!!

 

[lilrojo]

Hey all sorry been mia...

Yeah trix i tested bfn.. after an evap.. started spotting at 9dpo.. so im on month 5 ttc.. taking clomid again days 3-7 instead of 5-9 and 100mgs instead of 50mg.. so im hopefull this month.. im on cd5 today so night 3 of clomid.. ready to be done and back to ttc.. im also giving temping a go this month.. wish me luck on that lol..

Im hopeful.. time will tell.. i hope to O earlier this month.. didnt get a pos till cd21/22 last month so wayyyy late..

 

[Hispirits]

Lil, why have you been given clomid?

I have a friend in here who had clomid for pcos, her cycles could go 75+ days.
She found this natural remedy after her clomid cycles ran out and although its not resulted in bfp after 3 cycles, its has made her cycles a regular 30 days with proper length luteal phase.

I'm not sure if it can be used for other things but it really has worked wonders for her and its all natural too

https://www.bonadeaworks.com/

 

[lilrojo]

Dr gave me clomid last month to help with my ovulation and lpd... same for this month.. uped the dose and were hopefull..

 

[StranjeGirl]

So sorry lilrojo Hope the clomid does its job this month. If you have a luteal phase defect, wouldn't you need progesterone rather than clomid? Obviously the dr must know what she is talking about, but I always thought short luteal phase was due to low progesterone.

How is everyone? I have a sore throat from stupid allergies ANd my blood sugar has been a bit high. Actually I think it goes kinda high when my allergies hit. I made the mistake of bying a glucose meter and now have been freaking out about my blood sugar, worried that I am going to get diabetes in the future. My dr thinks I'm crazy but I have always been paranoid of diabetes as it sounds so horrible to have to watch your diet so closely.

Giada is getting back to her normal self after teething, but I am still giving her the tablets at night. THe time change has messed up her schedule as she slept til after 8 today. I had to skip her morning nap so she ws not happy mid day. HOpefully tomorrow will be back to normal.

Hope everyone is well!! Happy mothers day to UK ladies!!!

 

[trixie79]

Conor is teething bad too Stranje but havent given him anything in ages... Mite buy some teetha again!! His sleep was shocking last nite...

Good luck lil.. Fx

 

[lilrojo]

Thanks ladies..

Stanje.. i believe sometimes an lpd is caused by things going wrong in the half of the cycle which is what clomid is supposed to help with.. if nothing happens this month were supplementing next month with prog suppositories.. im hopefull to get preg first.. cuz they are expensive and my insurance covers nothing..

 

[trixie79]

Hi all, Conor fell outta the cot the other nite!! He was ok but such a shock!! Omg... The only nite I didn't put a sleeping bag on him he climbs out!!!! I was a quivering mess!!!!

Teething is still bad but I'm using the teetha and calpol at not and he sleep well last nite... Going to try and get his last bottle off him tonight .... Need to but a new beaker just for nite time.... Any suggestions???

 

[trixie79]

Day 16 today.... Pink blood again after dtd!!!! High on monitor.. Still!

 

[StranjeGirl]

Trixie I am so sorry conor fell out of his cot!!!! I still remember when giada rolled off my breast pillow at 3 days old. I still get so worked up about what could have happened. I'm so glad he is ok! My friend had to switch to a toddler bed at 15 months bc her lo kept climbing out. I cant imagine not being able to keep giada contained! Is the pink blood from ovulating?? Good timing if it is!!! Fingers croseed!

HOw is everyone else? I've been super busy as I had 12 people over for dinner last night for my mom's bday. I meant to get everything prepared earlier in the week but I had a horrible allergy attack and giada's sleep has been on and off due to teething. I just had no energy. Oh well, it's over now. Just a bit to clean up.

Giada is still not saying any words!!! Argh!! When will she talk??? Sometimes she looks at dh and says "da" but she says da da da all the time so I'm not sure she is making the connection. She is getting a bit better at following my point. She is still not pointing herself though. And she won't clap either. SHe comes and claps my hands together but she won't do it herself. It's the only 3 things that are worrying me. Other than that she has progressed quite a bit. Running around now, always bring us thing etc. It's amazing how fast they grow!

Well I hope everyone is doing well and having a nice weekend!!!

 

[trixie79]

Well it's day 18 still high on monitor... I have never ovulated so late before... Don't have time in the mornings to temp but will Defo do that next month.... Desperate to know if I'm ovulating!! Just to know if I'm back to normal... I know I'm fertile if I conceived the triplets and Conor but I still worry that the pill messed me up! I'm off it since sept!

Conor only says dada and mama but not nessesarily to me!!!

 

[Hispirits]

Well it's day 18 still high on monitor... I have never ovulated so late before... Don't have time in the mornings to temp but will Defo do that next month.... Desperate to know if I'm ovulating!! Just to know if I'm back to normal... I know I'm fertile if I conceived the triplets and Conor but I still worry that the pill messed me up! I'm off it since sept!

Conor only says dada and mama but not nessesarily to me!!!

jeez,
perhaps you ovulated more than once? where your triplets identical or 3 separate sacks?

x

 

[lilrojo]

You could have missed your surge still giving you a high... just a though lol or maybe an annovulatory cycle.. they happen every once in awhile too..

Im cd13... waiting to o yet..

 

[Hispirits]

its gone ever so quiet on here!!

 

[_dreamer_]

Hi ladies! Yeah it has gone quiet, I'm struggling to find time to reply, I'll check in daily for a quick read but its really hard finding enough time to actually reply. I'm struggling a bit with being a working mummy if I'm honest, I feel I'm doing a half hearted job on each. I'm hoping that with more time and practice the juggling will get better. I feel that at work I can only get in and leave at certain times for Erins nursery so going in early or staying late is not an option, and I'm finding it stressful when I can't get everything done before I have to leave. I also think of Erin the whole time and find it hard to concentrate especially when I'm tired. I feel like my house is not how I like it, and I hate that. My oh is trying really hard now we're both working but his standards aren't exactly up to mine and I feel like I look at everything he's doing negatively (ie hes been doing washing but has managed to shrink my pajamas and a tshirt, he put Erins favourite pale pink blankie in a dark wash and dyed it a grey purple colour, and there's a load that's,been sat in the washer wet all day and now it smells and he's trying to hang it now saying its fine. When he cooks the kitchens a bombsite and he never cleans it back to how it was even though he tries. I feel like such a control freak but can't just think that's how he does it, and just accept it, it just drives me mad and all I can see is what he's not done or done wrong. I feel like I'm just tired all the time and in the evenings I want to spend time with Erin but also can't wait to get her to bed so I can eat, shower, do a few chores and go to bed. I feel like I have no motivation for sex or intimate time with oh as there's just so much other stuff to do. I really feel that I'm not doing a good job as a worker, mom, partner or housewife. I don't know how people go back to work at like 6 or 8 weeks. Sorry for the moan, just did not realize how hard it would be. How do you other working mummies cope? Erin hasn't been sleeping well the past few nights, I think she's getting a molar so I'm shattered after less than 5 hours sleep last night and driving 5 hours today think its just all getting to me.

Well after all that negativity lol, on a positive note, Erin is saying ta, dada, this, there it is (she says it all as one word like dereitis, god for gone. She is loving walking but will not wear shoes (anyone else have this issue?). She has become attached to a nala from lion king blankie/taggie and hugs and strokes it and plays with the tags which is super cute and nice she has something for comfort at nursery

What has everyone been up to? Hope mums and babies/ bumps are all well x

 

[Hispirits]

Dreamer,I really feel for you.
I'm all ready discussing my options going back to work.
I don't want to go, but can't afford to stay home all the time either. I will use all my mat leave, not in a hurry to go back. We don't qualify for any tax credits. So when maternity pay stops I haven't a lot of choice. Back to work I go!


What happened to the days when it was acceptable for woman to stay home and look after their own babies? Why are we pressured to go back to work and pay for child care, its almost like society look down their nose in you now for wanting to be a stay at home mum.

I've gone through all this trouble to have my baby, I didn't do it for someone else to bring him up. Or pay for him. My dh earns good money, but its still not enough.

Countries corrupt!

I'm off on one now! Lol

Dreamer, I'm sure you doing much better then you realise.

My plan, is to go back to work 2 days a week and get pregnant straight away again get another maternity leave hahahahaha

 

[_dreamer_]

Thanks hi I did the same, used all my mat leave and even the unpaid portion as we used our savings to cover that time. I also added holiday on to the beginning and end and was so fortunate to be able to have 14 months off altogether. But it wasn't enough for me. Good plan on doing 2 day weeks and getting preg again asap hehe. I'm doing 4 days now after 4 weeks of 3 days. I'd love to be a sahm, I think that's maybe the problem with me criticising everything my oh is doing, because I want to be at home taking care of all those things and doing it my way. I know I'm very particular and a perfectionist and like things dome a certain way so my poor oh hasn't got a chance lol. We want to sell our house and buy a bigger one, replenish our savings and go to south Africa later this year so had to go back to fund these things. My oh has said he wants to try sort it so that after number 2 I won't have to go back, considering doing childminding if we need the money. So need to wait a while to make sure we're all set up. So I need to use all that to motivate me I think!

 

[LadyL]

Hey girls!! Sorry I have been away for a while. Just been so busy lately. I keep up with reading posts daily, but find little time to be able to reply.

Will try to do a proper catch up this evening.

Just wanted to pop on and let you know I had my 16 week appt and had a scan....

We are... Team again!! We are very excited!!