{CLOSED GROUP} Journey to BFP and Beyond!

[KTJ006]

I don't remember if I said my name - Kate! And I am jealous of all you people that get a heavy, snowy winter. I am originally from Connecticut so I'm used to bad winters. I miss them! We get snow where I am now (NC/VA), but definitely not as much as the north!

 

[kdmalk]

So I mentioned to DH that my body is being confusing and maybe I am Oing right now so we should bd simply because it has been a month since the d&c and surely I am fine.... and he looked at me like I was an alien that had touched down in our kitchen. lol. "but... but... but the doctor said you had to wait for your period." Ugh. He isn't even entertaining the idea. I am such a rule-follower that it cracks me up that I am trying to break the "rules" and he is like "NOOOO!!!!!!!" Rant of the evening.

 

[tcinks]

Haha. My husband is the exact same! We've had a few arguments over it.

So I guess you're waiting now?

 

[KTJ006]

Maybe if you seduce him he will give in?!?!

 

[jlw617]

Lol-that's so funny about your husbands completely following the rules on that subject, my dh wants to dtd way more than I do-he keeps asking me every night "are you still bleeding" The other night I had to ask him to stop making jokes about wanting to dtd, I've been trying to help him in other ways but I just have had zero drive for that with all that's going on.

 

[KTJ006]

I have insomnia. I slept fine last night, but the 3 nights before that were horrible and tonight is going to be as well

 

[NDH]

Argh men! Mine has been quite obliging lol

Kate I'm sorry you're struggling with insomnia. I suffered from it for years before I had kids.

Here are photos of our decorations.

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DD1 decorating the tree and DD2 playing with decorations.

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My Nativity scene - not that ever looks like this with two girls who think its a dollhouse

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Advent calender I made last year

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A bowl of ornaments actually keeps my kids from playing with the ones o the tree *too* much. Candles only out when the girls are asleep burning Christmas scents.

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We don't have any lights as we dont have any free outlets to plug them in to anyway.

 

[coucou11]

Natalie those decorations are beautiful! You guys are making me want to put our decorations up soon That is so sweet of your daughter to say that to you too, what a doll. We don't go to Disney too often, actually - I think we will more now, but our daughter is just turning 3 in January so she is only starting to appreciate it. I can't stand the lines, but if you do it right and don't put too much pressure on yourself to get to everything, it makes the visit better.

Jamie we live in LA! I have not been up to SLO except in passing on the way to Big Sur, but I have heard great things, I definitely have to get up there for a visit. I love that part of the state.

Kylee and Terrissa, your husbands are so funny! Good luck with the seduction

Kate what a bummer about insomnia! I have never had it but my husband gets it sometimes and it seems just awful, I would totally freak out. Good luck tonight!

It's 9:40 pm here and I'm just getting back to work, ugh! Probably will be up a little late But I am feeling better about things generally. The meds do seem to helping, my temp is slowly dropping, and I talked to my friend today and we made up. So I'll call that a success!

 

[Fleur828815]

Ladies, I'll NEVER be able to catch up, this thread is moving too fast It's nice to have such a supportive and active group, I'll try to keep up.

My DH wants to try again straight away (CD 12 after first AF today), while I'm scared it'll take forever or I'll miscarry again so I'm a bit hesitant.

NDH, lovely tree and decorations! Your little one sounds cute, hope you'll have another baby in your tummy soon. I've got arachnophobia so I'd be freaking out, I really hope it's not a serious bite.

coucou, are you from France? I lived there for over 10 years and I'm back in the southern hemisphere now, it's SO hot - makes me (almost) wish for some snow.

Hope everyone is doing as well as possible given the circumstances.

 

[NDH]

Fleur I have arachnaphobia too. I don't know how I had the presence of mind to actually stop and take a picture of the spider for identification purposes and not just freak out :/ I refused to set foot in our car for two weeks once when I found a dead huntsman in the door frame of my car and then spotted a good sized live one as well a few days later.

Where do you live? I'm Canadian but have lived on Australia for 6 1/2 years and I'm still not used to a hot Christmas.

 

[Fleur828815]

You took a picture, brave woman

So what they say about Australia is true, it's totally ridden with spiders! I refuse to visit my relatives who live there because of that. I really really wanted to go to Peru on honeymoon last year but read about those giant tarantulas and got scared, went to Mexico and USA instead. Actually the only place I saw a spider during that trip was in New Jersey

I live in Mauritius (an island in the Indian Ocean, close to the east coast of Africa).

 

[jlw617]

Oh yes, the spiders are too much for me too-I think inherited that from my mother lol-I still remember hearing her scream one day, and then literally break down into full blown sobbing because she was so startled by an ant spider (that's what we called them-they're super tiny) under her towel when she had gotten out of the shower!!! We don't have our tree up yet but here's a Christmas picture I took of our girls

 

[hanrh]

Woah this thread moves soooo fast! Damn being in the UK I can never keep up with all the conversation over night! Hehe!

My name is Hannah by the way (you can probably guess by my username)!

I can't remember who said about the program the missing? I have been watching it too. It's really good but quite upsetting.

I am loving all the decorations you ladies are putting up. I need to stop being so missable and get into the Xmas spirit!!

I am still waiting for af here. I thought is ovulated but have been temping and no rise yet so apparently no o. After years u ladies saying it wouldn't harm it to bd now, we have been teying to get back to our smep routine.

 

[KTJ006]

I ordered some cheap pregnancy tests off the internet. Not supposed to get here until 12/11. If I had any laying in the house before that, I would be testing sooner! I'm going to try and hold out until the week of 12/15. My luteal phase seems to be longer than the norm so the typical "two weeks" doesn't usually apply to me. Has anyone used the internet cheapies?? This will be my first time. I usually go for the more expensive ones, but knew I would be testing a lot so I didn't want to waste the money!

 

[KTJ006]

Oh...and spiders. Ewwww, ewww, ewww. I am not a fan. My DH is horrible at killing them. He tries to cup them in a paper towel and always misses them and then they scurry away. There was one on our bedroom wall, very high up, and he did this approach and the spider fell...never to be seen again! I had a hard time sleeping that night! My tactic is to squish so they are killed right away, then flush! But yes, ew. Not a fan at all...

 

[tcinks]

The internet ones work just as well for me as the expensive ones. You just have to be a bit more patient about the peeing into the cup

 

[KTJ006]

Oh yes, the spiders are too much for me too-I think inherited that from my mother lol-I still remember hearing her scream one day, and then literally break down into full blown sobbing because she was so startled by an ant spider (that's what we called them-they're super tiny) under her towel when she had gotten out of the shower!!! We don't have our tree up yet but here's a Christmas picture I took of our girls

Your girls are precious!!!

 

[KTJ006]

Terissa how's the bleeding today? Have you chatted with your doc?

 

[tcinks]

Yes Jamie, your daughters are so adorable!

Kate it's still going steady. My dcotor isn't in today, so I haven't called. But if it hasn't slowed down by tomorrow I definitely will. I've been drinking tons of water, taking lots of vitamins and even trying some home remedies I've found online! Haha. Just really hope it stops and I don't have to keep getting poked and prodded. I'm in much better spirits today, though. I just felt miserable yesterday. Now I'm trying to be more positive and optimistic.

Oh and good luck with waiting to test until next Friday! I know I'd end up caving and check early.

 

[NDH]

Fleur I don't know that there ate necessarily more spiders here than other places, but there are a lot of venomous ones and also big and ugly ones!

Kate I would have gone to a hotel
Good luck testing! I have only used ICs and just bought one digital to confirm my first pregnancy. We are poor and I can't justify $9+ for a test (cheapest shop option here we don't have a dollar tree or other discount shops that carry them) when I can buy 60 for that

Jamie your daughters are so precious

Terrissa I can't believe you're still having heavy bleeding! That is so unfair to have to deal with for do long