{CLOSED GROUP} Journey to BFP and Beyond!

[jlw617]

Kylee-major bummer on having to work extra because you miscalculated on your hours/vacation days! I hate bad surprises-I actually miscalculated our finances a bit this last paycheck so we are being super cheapskates right now so we don't overdraft!
Yay for the healthy food-I love to eat healthy and yes it's quite disgusting the way we eat and feed our children-it's actually quite sad and I know atleast for me, even as a stay at home mom-though I more often than not prepare healthy meals, when we do eat bad-it is almost always in the name of convenience-I just feel like we are just so busy as a society now...anyways I could go on and on...
Katie-glad you're back on board, though I know what you mean about taking a break, sometimes I just want to block it out of my mind for a while.
Natalie-I hope you had a nice time minus the bad food and reminders of being pregnant I know what you mean about the food, I literally feel yucky inside when we eat processed food. I normally don't have a hard time with other pregnant ladies and try my best to stay positive but I can't help but feel a little sad when I see this lady at my church who was just a few weeks ahead of me, she completely has a small but definitely there baby bump and it just makes me feel awful I would be finding out what we were having at the end of January, now if I'm blessed enough to get a bfp this cycle, I won't be finding out until April if I'm doing my math right. Make that avocado chicken salad soon! I love avocado! And be sure to post pics of your daughters Christmas dress! I finally sewed some stockings for everyone in my family-my husband has been asking me to make them since last year!

 

[zaycain]

Hi all! I am officially in my two week wait.

Hubs and I had a romantic weekend and it happened to be around ovulation time with positive OPKs and twingy ovaries.

I already feel a little crampy, but that could be me just being crazy and wishful thinking. I felt crampy two days after I conceived the last time, then major sleepiness. Going to try to keep myself busy so I don't think about it. I can be really good and making up fake pregnancy symptoms!


Anyone else remember their early pregnancy symptoms?

 

[jlw617]

Hi Zay-congrats on being in the 2ww! I hope you your bfp! My tummy sounded like there was a war going on in there (constant gurgling lol) I was crampy, I swore that AF was coming because I was so crampy and my boobs seriously grew a cup size and they were ridiculously sensitive! When will you start testing?!

 

[NDH]

I sewed Christmas stockings for my family this year too. They're really Dodgy though - serves me right for not using any tutorial or pattern or anything lol. Nearly finished the dress - just half the ruffle to sew on I didn't get to the shoes yet either. Chloes feet finally had a growthspurt from size 3-4 (now at 18 mos has the feet of 9-12 month olds in otherwords lol) and the shoes I bought her at a market a couple weeks ago are too small. Since they're a one time Eeee shoe I decided to unpick the back seam, and will edge the ends in bias tape and sew an elastic across the top . If I fail at least she has a pair of white sandals to wear like her sister's lol. But these are red and white chevron shoes tied up with a big red ribbon which look so cute with the nappy I made as her Christmas outfit .

Zay good luck with the tww! I hope the romantic getaway has done the job. But either way I'm sure it was some much needed time for you and your partner. We need to start seeing some sticky bfps in this group.

 

[zaycain]

Thanks ladies!

I'm going to try to stay busy until then. Keep working out and eating right. Probably test after new year.

Jlw - Yes! My nipples got super dark, that's how I was sure I was pregnant. The problem with that, is that they kept super dark, so now I'm not sure if they will change the second time around.

NDH - Thanks! I think the homemade look gives it character. It's what stands it a part from the department stores!

 

[tcinks]

Hey girls. I'm trying to keep up with everyone, I've just been so busy. I put off buying gifts and everything until the very last minute....I'll learn one day. : haha: Anyway, I've been baking a ton lately, wanting to give some to neighbors and friends. So far I've got peppermint, sugar, ginger spice and Russian tea cake cookies (the latter being my favorite, mmmm). And I have another batch of gingerbread chilling in the fridge right now, and later I'm making red and green m&m blondies, and eggnog quick bread (I'm really excited for this!) The hardest part is trying not to eat everything before I give them out. Oh and my appointment with the specialist tomorrow morning, hoping to get good news. I'm on day two of the new antibiotics and I think these are actually helping (the others just made me sick).


Natalie, your trip sounds like fun, minus the junk food (although I've been in junk food mode lately...hopefully will get back on track soon) glad af had has come and gone!

Kylee , this was a ways back, but joining a local symphony sounds so fun! I used to be in band middle school and really wish I had stuck with it now.

Zaycain, I hope you get your bfp this cycle. keep us posted

Sorry for anyone I missed. Thinking of you all, just probably will be mia for a while, as I'm sure most of you will be. Celebrating with my family tomorrow, husband's mom's side Christmas day and dad's side the day after. A little down time Saturday, then going away for two days for our anniversary!! So excited for that

Merry merry Christmas to all of you!

 

[kdmalk]

I plan to respond to everyone later (after I calm myself down).

None of these look positive to me, but tonight's seems much much lighter! What do you guys think? Anybody? I'm freaking out thinking I might not O or something. idk. So frustrated.

Bottom two are both from tonight, same urine (5.5 hour hold), because I thought maybe I was crazy. But they really do seem lighter, right? Or is it just me?

 

[KTJ006]

They do seem lighter Kylee to me. Try again in the morning and compare it to the others to see. I seriously hate those darn sticks. I've never used them and I don't think I ever will because they would just drive me batty.

I forget: the AF you just had, was that your first one after your MC? They say your cycles can be out of whack the first 2-3 times, so maybe that's happening to you? My first AF after the MC, I didn't O until CD20 which was way late for me. Not sure what it's going to do this time, but it just proved that my cycles were whacky.

 

[kdmalk]

I feel super stupid now. Once they are dry, they look fine (I ended up dipping 3 before it was all said and done). I took the picture when both of the others had been sitting there for more than 10 minutes... so I am not sure why it took them so long to darken.

What do you think? They look okay now?

 

[NDH]

Id say you havent missed the surge. But it depends what your post O opks look like. Some are nearly invisible lines and others are quite dark normally if they have larger amounts of LH still. Mine go nearly negative after I surge and don't have much build up either. They can be nearly white one day and nearly white two days later and blaring positive in between.

So fixing the shoes was so not worth it. Lesson to self - next time at least attempt to exchange or buy a bigger size before spending hours winging a fix. It worked, but looks super ugly on the inside and was a super stressful hour or two lol. The dress on the other hand was a smashing success. I'll share pics of them both when I get a chance.

Terrissa I love how productive you are! I wanted to do a lot of baking this year but my girls are still to young to be much help and its just more stress than its worth.

 

[kdmalk]

Zay- yay for tww!!!! Hope you get your bfp. I totally understand about the nipples! I got this weird darker ring around one of them when I was pregnant that never went away.... So not sure if I should be looking for something like that next time or not!

Natalie- bravo for your creativity on the shoes and your sewing projects. I am soooo not creative in that department, so I think you deserve an award. Lol. As far as my post-O opks... This is my first month to use them, so I have no idea what they will look like after O. At least I will know after this cycle and know what to look for next time. This has been quite a learning experience for me!

Terrissa- holy cow, that is a lot of baking. I don't bake, but I can sure eat some serious baked goods! Unfortunately I love sweets. Lol

Merry Christmas, Natalie!

And I hope everyone else has a nice Christmas eve!

 

[tcinks]

Merry Christmas everyone!

Just wanted to let you know how my appointment. She wants to check my fibroids again but doesn't exactly think they are the problem. It's possible I just may be prone to preterm labor. But there is medication you can take at the onset of it that can help the contractions stop (if I had known I was having contractions, maybe this all child have been prevented in the first place...but I just didn't know ) Anyway I really liked her, she went into detail about everything and took the time to answer all our questions and ease our concerns. The only thing I didn't like it's that she wants us to wait 6 months from the miscarriage to try again! That's around March or April! I might not even be pregnant again before my previous due date, which I was really hoping for I'm not sure we'll wait that long, but I probably won't be trying next cycle like I'd planned. :/ Oh well.
Oh also at a previous appointment they found that I have bacterial vaginosis and I've been on medication for that since Monday. It really seems to be helping because all the spotting and weird discharge I've been having is pretty much gone. I wish they had checked for this a month ago!


In other news, we were with my family yesterday and are going to my in laws today. And to grandparents tomorrow. I love family, but sometimes they can just be so exhausting! I'm looking forward to some down time.

I hope everyone is having a great day!

 

[NDH]

bnb is being weird and just ate my long post saying I'm not logged in but I am

 

[NDH]

Argh I should have just logged in when I got that message and it would have posted anyway as I just did that when I got the same message for the above post.

 

[NDH]

Anyway I had just been going to say I hope everyone managed to have a nice christmas despite the circumstances. My family had a lovely Christmas and my girls gave me a rare sleep in on Christmas morning. Normally they're up about 6/6:30 but Christmas morning I woke up feeling refreshed at 7:20 and they both kept sleeping til I turned the Christmas music on at 8. Any longer and we wouldn't have had time for stockings and breakfast before 9:00 church!

Afterwards we spent the rest of the day at my parent's with my brother and SIL and their dogs. The girls didn't nap and I had planned on a 6:30 bedtime but we didn't get home til 7:30 so they didn't really get to bed any earlier than usual, but did fall right asleep when usually it takes them an hour or so to wind down.

some pics (all I have available to me atm)
My girls with a random girl from Church at the Christmas Eve nativity play
https://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a175/Roshinda/nativitygirls2_zps5981c692.jpg
Here's me and my girls on Christmas day. Sadly you can't see their outfits I made them.
https://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a175/Roshinda/christmasgirls_zps393afd4a.jpg
Chloe and my brother's dog Boags
https://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a175/Roshinda/chloeboags_zps09861d38.jpg

Today is my 30th birthday! Hubby spoiled me with a sleep in and breakfast in bed, and when it was too wet to go to the park for a picnic this morning at 10 which I had suggested yesterday mom invited us over for a bbq and we arrived to a house full of people for a surprise party! Apparently my mom had pre arranged a surprise party for the park at 10 and moved it to their house when it was raining. I had no idea whatsoever but we were apparently on the same wavelength! I got spoiled with contributions to a spa day and other pamper items.

 

[kdmalk]

Terrissa- glad you liked the dr and that your fibroids aren't the issue. She seems like she really took the time to understand your situation. Did she give a reason for saying to wait 6 months? That seems like such a long time! And obviously not YAY for vaginosis, but yay for the medication making all the weird spotting and stuff stop!!!! And I feel you on the down time. That is EXACTLY why we stayed home this year! It was very relaxing and we actually spent an hour with the lights off chasing each other around the house with dart guns. It was a blast! I really feel like this loss has brought us much closer together. We are a better couple for it (although the poor guy is about bd'ed out with this every other day crap)

AFM- Opk was just a HAIR from positive today. I have asked for a lot of opinions on it and have decided to wait until tomorrow for our 3 days of BDing because it will likely be a bit darker. If we started tonight and then it got darker tomorrow, we would end up doing 5 days in a row, and honestly DH doesn't want to do that. Lol. Plus, on the off chance his sperm count is even the teeniest bit low, the later days are more important, so I want to give him tonight off just in case. Worst case scenario, I end up dropping the egg early tomorrow... We BD late last night with preseed, so I hope there are some swimmers still hanging out up there, and the egg will live 12-24 hours anyway, so if we Bd early tomorrow evening, we can still catch it. And if I O in a day or so, he will be recharged from having tonight off. That was long and rambly.... Sorry. I'm really just trying to convince myself here. Lol

Hope everyone had a nice Christmas!!!

 

[kdmalk]

Happy birthday, Natalie!!!! Your party sounds like a wonderful surprise!

 

[kdmalk]

Ahhhh! And I forgot to mention! I did end up buying myself a new viola yesterday! Hopefully it will come next week! I have been playing my old tiny one all evening (we went and bought some new music today) and I am just so excited to be doing something I love again.

I'll post a pic when it comes in!!!! Hopefully it will distract me during the tww!

 

[jlw617]

Im glad I didnt miss as much as I thought Id miss, I feel like I havent logged on forever haha! Hope everyone had a nice Christmas! We had a nice christmas despite our whole family being sick! My hubby was the worst and got up to 103.2, thankfully it broke the next morning. AF is done as of today so if everything stays on track like it has been, I should O on the 5th of Jan, but I think Ill start doing some opks starting on the 1st to see what they're doing just to be on the safe side.

Natalie-Happy Birthday! 30 was a hard birthday for me lol but I got over it haha! You and your girls are beautiful! Yay for being spoiled and pampered!

Terissa-Glad you like your new OB and the medicine seems to be helping you! Remember to start ttc when you and dh feel comfortable, you know how all of us ladies on here feel about that-I think 6 months is a bit too long as long as there are no major physical problems

Kylee-Yay, sounds like youll be in the tww soon! keep us updated!

 

[coucou11]

Hi all! Back from Mexico. We had a wonderful trip, very relaxing. My daughter stayed in the pool for literally hours on end - we just took shifts in there with her, it was hilarious. Had some great food, got a massage, and it was nice to catch up with my parents too. All good. Had my period most of the trip, it was a little longer than normal and did had a stop and restart in the middle, but otherwise it was fine, nothing too painful and bleeding was not excessive. Internet was terrible at the hotel so I checked in here once but could only read, not post.

Glad everyone had a great holiday!! Natalie your pics are adorable! Funny, I was looking at them and I thought the captions were underneath, so I thought the first pic was you and your daughters, and I was like WOW she is SO YOUNG, how is that even possible?!?! LOL.

Kylee TWW coming up! Can't wait to hear how it goes!

Zay how are the two weeks going for you?

Terrissa great news about the doctor but bummer about having to wait! Did she give you and reason for that? I'm really glad at least that they got the spotting etc. figured out, because I'm sure that was all so frustrating.

Jamie so sorry to hear everyone got sick over the holidays! 103, that sounds pretty bad. What a bummer. But glad everyone is feeling better now.

I'm at CD7 now, usually O is around CD18 for me so I have a bit to go but I'll be monitoring in case this one is weird for any reason. Great to catch up with you all! Sorry if I missed anyone, have to get back to unpacking