[[Closed]] Let's ring in 2014 and see those BFP's!!

[Cowgirl07]

They are doing well we made a barn shelter for the calves and fed them tons.

 

[brunettebimbo]

Amelia Nothing I can say will make you feel any better. I am here for you though. We all are.

 

[frsttimemama]

That stinks Amelia. Why are they doing that?

 

[VivianJean]

Why are who doing what? I in-laws? I don't have any idea. It was all good - the night we told them we were pregnant they got excited because they thought that we were about to tell them we bought a house... what has changed in the last two weeks? Your guess is as good as mine but I'll tell you this - next time we get pregnant they are going to be the last to know and when we buy a house I've re-considered inviting the MIL down to help me decorate the nursery.

Fuck that.

 

[frsttimemama]

I don't blame you!

 

[brunettebimbo]

I've just been kindly reminded that I should have been having my 12 week scan this week. That hurts

 

[VivianJean]

BB I'm so fucking sorry that some people can't be more sensitive. Are we happy that people are pregnant? Of course. Would we rather it not get shoved in our face while we are still healing from a MC... um yeah. Please.

I'm so so so so so so so so sorry BB. This shit's hard, not having to have people make it any harder would be optimal. In the mean time - go fucking hit something really hard.

 

[frsttimemama]

Sorry BB

 

[prgirl_11]

Sandy, we're testing on the same day! (My ticker says 7 but I'm testing in 6 days). Hoping for the best! TTC is wearing me out! Lol

 

[frsttimemama]

Fx for us Marie!! Are you symptom spotting?

 

[brunettebimbo]

I honestly thought 2014 would be better. Who the fuck was I kidding!?!?

 

[RobertRedford]

Sorry that you're having a hard time, BB!

I quit my job yesterday (eeeeeeks) and start a new one on Tuesday. Craziness. I couldn't be more excited though. I am really looking forward to new beginnings and getting away fro my very negative job now.

I'm now roughly 9dpo, and promised myself that I wouldn't symptom spot or any of it, yet here I am googling 9dpo symptoms. whoops. Promising myself that I won't test until I am late though.

 

[frsttimemama]

2014 WILL be better, BB! It's just getting started.

Yayyy Amanda! How exciting! Good luck! It's hard NOT to symptom spot. I'm only 5paying dpo and trying not to. Ha.

 

[brunettebimbo]

It's started with a bang! My childminder is kicking Tristan out from April! Nursery can't fit him in until July!

 

[VivianJean]

Well done Amanda! What's the new job??

My day just started looking up... you know LinkedIn? Well I'm connected to some fairly awesome people but I never thought this would happen... this guy just emailed me to ask how my move to Denver is going....

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Morgan_(producer)

He was the producer on TWILIGHT.... holy shit.

I'm now trying to draft a natty sophisticated email back that gently asks him if he knows anyone in Denver looking for someone like me... they just finished principle photography on a film with Leonardo DiCaprio in Niwot, just outside of Boulder and they shot the Lone Ranger there too... eeeeep.

 

[brunettebimbo]

That's amazing Amelia!! Good luck!

 

[frsttimemama]

Good luck Amelia!!

Bb, it will work out!!

 

[goldstns]

my story...feel free to skip if not interested...i know reading this can be hard when ttc, not trying to hurt anyone, but i believe a few of you were interested...
Labor-
Saturday night I was saying goodbye to some of our guests that were over around 10pm. After they left I bent down to kiss my dogs goodnight as I was headed to bed. Next thing I know I had “leaked” and was wet. I knew I didn’t pee myself, it was way more wet than a little sneeze and some leaks out. So I went to the bathroom to see if I just needed to pee… nothing more came out. I went to my mom (who lives with us) and asked her if this was my water breaking and to look at the pants I was wearing to tell me if that seemed like it. She said “in my experience it is a gush, but you are a bit wet.” So with that said I thought Id go to bed and see in the morning. DH said no you are calling the doc. So we did, they said come to L&D and put on a pad so we can test it when you come in (which was great advice). So here I am telling DH I think its time and pack the car. We headed off to L&D (got there around midnight, was at 2.5-3cm and 50%). We got there and they asked for my pad. They swiped it with a qtip thing, and it turned blue ASAP, so they said yes your water broke. At that point I also knew it broke because on the drive over there I kept leaking way more.
So here I am, knowing we have 24 hrs max until she is in our arms. Doc said to put me on petocin, nurse said can we give her a few hours to walk around to jump start the contractions instead of just starting meds. Doc said yes. At that point my monitor was saying I was having little contractions on a steady rate, but I really couldn’t feel them at all. So we walked the halls, what felt like 5 miles, for about 2 hours. At about 3am my contractions actually decreased frequency so they decided to start petocin. About 30 min later the petocin kicked in and contractions got worse, I could actually feel them. I got checked and was about 4 cm and I think 60% thinned. I said to DH I “think” I want and epi. He said I’ll get you one if you say “I WANT AN EPI”, not “think”. So I decided to wait. We called doula around 4am to bring her in and she was there at 5am. When she came I was hurting, but still trying to walk the halls. Maybe 1 hr after she was there, the doc asked for the petocin to be increased… so they did and that is where hell broke out. About 5 min after they upped it I was in crying pain begging for the epi. I couldn’t move!! Right away the anistezologist arrived, but felt like forever for me, the epi was about to be administered. They said to go to the bathroom one last time, so DH basically carried me to the bathroom (apparently I bit him during one of my contractions because it hurt so bad). Then they had me sit at the end of the bed and hunch my back over like a cat and chin to chest. I was crying, shaking (scared of the epi), having contractions… all at once and couldn’t stay still. So DH, doula, and a nurse held me down. DH ended up locking his knees and with all his strength holding me down ended up asking my doula to take over for him so he could sit for a second (he claims he wasn’t going to faint but he needed to sit). Epi was in and I felt like I went from the worst pain in my life to drinking a whole bottle of wine by myself. However, my funny side came out AFTER a tiny scare. We know this because it was a calm room to a room with the doc, 2 nurses, and the anistezologist coming back. Apparently my BP plummeted really low. They had to give me ephedin (basically caffeine) a few times. Once we got that stabilized, the nurse and my DH said they have never laughed so much because of me. I asked if my “therapy” dog could come visit me. Nurse said, let me find out, is he really a trained therapy dog. I said, he’s my therapy dog, while my DH was shaking his head “no”. Then apparently DH and the doula turned on the TV and the news was on. It was showing people using snowmobiles to drag around sleds (they were talking about all the snow people have been getting). The nurse goes “those snowmobilers are going to end up in the ER.” I said “what there are snowmobiles in the ER?” Apparently the story is that I sounded like a drunken mess. The epi was the best thing EVER! It was scary and I couldn’t stop shaking. DH was scared because of how uncontrollable my shakes were, but the nurse said it is normal because of the hormones running through me. So once he knew that, he could relax too because he knew I was more relaxed. For the next 2-3 hours I was so talkative and relaxed. Since my BP issues I was scared to increase my meds. So the 2 times I wanted to increase the meds I asked the nurse if it was ok. Apparently during this time my DH said they increased my petosin to speed up the process. DH was even able to catch an hour nap. So I got to a point that I needed more meds, I asked the nurse if I could increase my meds. She said what hurts, I said horrible pressure in my butt (like I need to poop). She said the epi won’t help pressure pain so there wasn’t a point, however that usually meant I was ready to push so she was bringing in the doc to check. Doc came in and said it was time to push. They woke DH up to say it was pushing time. He said he felt so out of it, like that he slept for 5 min and was so confused when woken up, but was excited! So nurse and doula coached me on how to push, there is a technique in pushing. When pushing with the contractions you no longer have the pain of the contractions, it is weird. The hard part of pushing is the effort of pushing, but you do get to rest between contractions. I have to say make sure at minimum have 2 people with you during birth so they can help each hold a leg when pushing and the nurse can focus on the medical side of what’s going on. The hell of birth is a 100000000x worth it!
Pushing out placenta is such a weird feeling… like jello coming out down there. I had 2 1 degree tears, she sowed them up while I was snuggling Alia. Honestly I didn’t even notice what she was doing… that part was NOTHING. Holding her for the first time was unbelievable! After about 45 min of skin-to-skin (my most fav thing now!!) They did a glucose test on here (because of my GD) and she was low. So they had to hurry off with her and did a more in-depth test. She was at 30 and they wanted her at 45+. So they gave her a bit of donor milk to jump start her liver to process the glucose in her blood. After that they monitored her for 24 hours and her bloods were perfect EVERY time. So we are happy and she is healthy!
Post pregnancy- you bleed NON stop after. For me it was all over the floor when trying to pee. It was a lot for 24 hours… now its like a med-heavy period. They gave me numbing spray for when I pee … helped a lot. They also gave me ice pack for down there… helped a bit. Lastly, spray your vag with warm water when peeing… helps a ton! Take the IB profane when offered even if you don’t think you need it. Also take the stool softener when offered. I still haven’t pooped, I feel like I need to but its stuck in there. It’s not constipation meds, just softener. Feeding hurts a bit but is getting better. I think we are lucky because of my high prolactin levels I am producing SOOOO much milk and it came fast… so she is happy.

Alia Makayla.. 7lbs 7oz 20" long....

 

[Lotalaughs16]

Amanda, yay for the new job and new beginnings!

Amelia, good luck with the contact in Denver!

BB, I hope everything works out with Tristan.

Sandy, when is testing day? even though its early, do you have any symptoms?

AFM, doc ordered bloodwork today so they can check for pregnancy and progesterone...if preg come back negative(which it will lol) and prog shows I didn't ovulate she will call in provera for me and I will expect AF by the 23rd and then I can start clomid after that. We haven't discussed days to take clomid yet but I'm sure she'll let me know when to take it once the script is filled right?

 

[frsttimemama]

Nikki, she's just beautiful. So glad all went well!!

Brittney, it will probably say on the instruction, but my doc did tell me when, too. Not much. Lots of creamy cm, and I am constipated, which is notemergency the usualonly for me.. i'm also tired, but I worked 12 hours till 11 last night then back at work at 7 am so there's that explanation. I'm trying not to get my hopes up. Im gonna test at 11 dpo on Tuesday.