Cycle 1 day 1. Who's with me? *update* It's a girl! Congrats baby_bray!!!

[baby_bray]

Private scan in 7 hours, not that I'm counting down, LOL
Brought "civilian" clothes (my week-by-week clothes) to change into for my appointment, and on the way home we're gonna pick up something pink or blue (outfit, balloons, something) and take our 17wk photo! So excited!

 

[Twinkie210]

Twinkie.... With my daughter the weight thing was how I found out I had no milk so when the evil la leche league came in when I had said I would be bottle feeding ds to torment me I decided to try again. This time I had to pump because he was in nicu. 2weeks into bf and I was getting a single tear from one breast and gave up because he had been on formula for a week. Lol that's why I am going straight to formula this time. And will be telling my dr that the first person to make me feel bad about that is getting physically tossed from my room. I guess the moral is... You're the mom do what you think is best andit will be. Will hope his weight is up at next apt. Are you getting a decent amount of milk or mainly feeding formula? I am kinda nervous about starting formula as I started with the breast both times. This will be new.

Colta... Congrats all around. If its any help all the many times I conceived we dtd every other day until fertile week and then dtd every day. Never missed an egg. And you best get your happy butt to the dr as soon as a bfp is there to get your progesterone checked. Please, I really think it would be beneficial. We are all so ready for your bfp! Make sure to keep us posted daily.

Moter... Where you at girl? Been way too quiet.

Sorry for the late reply. I am able to pump about 4 oz every 3 hrs or so. Right now he is getting one formula bottle a day. But I think he is about ready to move up to 5 oz (I told you he was a pig ), so unless my milk supply increases I will have to start giving him more formula. I am OK with giving him formula, I am like you, the most important thing to me is that he is healthy and is gaining weight.

 

[Twinkie210]

Mail- I feel you on the ribs thing. Since he was breech for so long, this little guy's head was wedged up under my ribs. It made breathing a chore (and he was only 21in long!). DS #1 was always sticking his feet up under my ribs. I think he liked to stretch out.

Moter- So glad everything seems to be going well!

Bray- Excited to hear the news

TV- Glad your scan went well, I love the pic. I am impressed at your will power to stay team yellow. If my Dr. wouldn't tell me I would be making an appt for a private scan asap!

 

[mailcmm]

Bray... Can't wait to hear the news! So exciting. Great idea on the announcement. We bout a onsie that said frog and snails and puppy dog tails that what little boys are made of and put the ultrasound pic next to it for our announcement photo.

Twinkie... Just read the news on fb. Congrats on the weight gain. He's gonna be a big boy.


Afm.... I am a kinda superstitious/sign finding idiot. Lol for awhile we have been posting on fb pics of our black cat named black 13. We have had him for several years and he is completely feral. He used to live in our walls behind the built in entertainment center until we closed off his access point because it was creepy. Anyway since I have been pregnant he spends every night in my bed staring at my belly with his glowing green eyes. Freakier right. You can't pet him or move or speak because he runs off. Anyway our joke has been that Finn is a wizard and black is his familiar. Ridiculous right? So my mom comes over today to take us to lunch and over lunch tells us that in going thru my grandfather who passed recently paperwork found info about our Scottish heritage and that the castle in Scotland that was once our great ancestors is for sale. I said that's awesome what's the name of the castle. She says the only part that's left is called "goblin ha" so I googled it and was blown away. The goblin ha or hobgoblin hall was where our great ancestor Hugo de giffard was said to practice magic. He was known in the 1200s as a necromancer and powerful warlock. Ledgend has it that he could summon and army of the dead (hobgoblins) and that it was these hobgoblins that built the ha. There are even more crazy stories about this guy. Totally wierd. So as I am reading this dh nearly chokes because his family is Scottish as well and is from a titled line as well and now believes that because he made a baby that Finn will for sure be a warlock. Lol ok so we don't really believe at but talk about some crazy shit. If he starts walking and that damn cat follows him everywhere I will be convinced though. Lol

 

[colta]

hey all! It's been a bit quiet around here the past few days.... how is everyone doing?

Just thought I'd drop in and say.. I've Ovulated! LOL...
Dh and I were only able to bd the two nights before ovulation, not the actual day of... but there is still hope!
I'm not too worried though, we'll be trying for sure next cycle... so I'm sure we'll get another chance to be parents soon enough. Just thought I'd let ya'll know that I'm in the tww.
Now just to try and not symptom spot.

 

[mailcmm]

Good luck colta!!! Hope you get your bfp.

Bray how did your scan go?

 

[television]

Private scan in 7 hours, not that I'm counting down, LOL
Brought "civilian" clothes (my week-by-week clothes) to change into for my appointment, and on the way home we're gonna pick up something pink or blue (outfit, balloons, something) and take our 17wk photo! So excited!

hope everything is ok?

 

[mailcmm]

Really worried about bray now. Lets all hope and pray that everything went well at her scan.

 

[xx_akl_xx]

I am on CD1 today too.. I miscarried 4 weeks ago at 7 weeks so just wondering is this a proper cycle? So I should start counting from today to Ovulate in roughly 14 days? Any advice would be appreciated! Thank you xxxxx

 

[colta]

Starting to worry about Bray too... it's been a while since we've heard from her. I hope things went alright.

xx_akl_xx - So sorry for your loss... It can be hard to say for sure. Depending on your hormones and how quickly they've gone down, you may ovulate, you may not. I know with myself it took a few weeks for my cycle to return and then subsequently level out. But given that this is cd1... you should be good to go. Have you considered temping or using ovulation kits to give you a general idea of when you're ovulating?
And thanks for popping in, we can keep each other company with the whole 'ttc'ing' thang.

Mail - lol... thanks! DH was asking me today if I thought I was pregnant... I told him no! It's way to early to tell... he just shrugged his shoulders and said... "Well, you might be... I am awesome afterall." What a goof!

 

[baby_bray]

It's been a crazy weekend!! Sorry for any worry I may have caused, but everything went perfectly, no bad news here! Hubby stayed home Friday and tore half our rooms apart so we can start painting and flooring. !e had our scan late Friday and almost immediately left the area to visit friends in Biloxi Mississippi. I've been without a scanner to boot, since my computer room is torn apart!
Hope this helps make it up to you ladies for any palpitations I may have brought on!
Introducing...
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Abigail Kathleen!
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Precious little profile
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She was certainly not shy at all, she flashed us quite a few times, even when the lady was trying to get little feet shots, haha

It wasn't a formal ultrasound, it was a local lady, she's a registered sonographer but since there's not a radiologist or anything to view the photos there's no "diagnostics", it's purely for photos.

 

[television]

It's been a crazy weekend!! Sorry for any worry I may have caused, but everything went perfectly, no bad news here! Hubby stayed home Friday and tore half our rooms apart so we can start painting and flooring. !e had our scan late Friday and almost immediately left the area to visit friends in Biloxi Mississippi. I've been without a scanner to boot, since my computer room is torn apart!
Hope this helps make it up to you ladies for any palpitations I may have brought on!
Introducing...
https://img.photobucket.com/albums/v131/neyozeka/photo1.jpg
Abigail Kathleen!
https://img.photobucket.com/albums/v131/neyozeka/photo2.jpg
Precious little profile
https://img.photobucket.com/albums/v131/neyozeka/photo3.jpg
She was certainly not shy at all, she flashed us quite a few times, even when the lady was trying to get little feet shots, haha

It wasn't a formal ultrasound, it was a local lady, she's a registered sonographer but since there's not a radiologist or anything to view the photos there's no "diagnostics", it's purely for photos.

Yay thats lovely big congrats

 

[mailcmm]

Bray.... Big congrats! A little girl! Did you do the photo bit with balloons?

Colta... That's hysterical. So glad he has his head in the game. It's gonna be easier to conceive with him on board.

akl... Cd1 would start the first day of you period and spotting counts. Because you mc only 4 weeks ago (so very sorry for your loss) it may not be a normal cycle. So don't be upset if you don't conceive this go round. My dr told me with all my mc to wait at least 2 full cycles so my body could get back to normal. I wanted to try right away but listened. Many women do try right away and have lots of luck. You are welcome to join our little group. Colta could use someone who's ttc. And we would love to cheer you on and be here for advice.

 

[baby_bray]

No balloons, but I bought a couple little onesies right after we found out.
18wk "picture day" is this Wednesday, so I figured I'd incorporate one of 'em. I'll cross out my 18wk spot on my shirt with some pink fabric paint as opposed to my usual red
I shared the news on Facebook with a the most "stereotypical" baby pink one

 

[xx_akl_xx]

thank you! that would be nice its hard dealing with these things on your own.. I havent used temping or ov kits yet as my fiancee is in the army so we can only really ttc every other weekend so its harder I am so hoping I ovulate next weekend thouigh as that is the weekend he is home! where is everyone else in their cycles? this is my 2nd day and my first af since losing my angel xxxxxxx

 

[colta]

thank you! that would be nice its hard dealing with these things on your own.. I havent used temping or ov kits yet as my fiancee is in the army so we can only really ttc every other weekend so its harder I am so hoping I ovulate next weekend thouigh as that is the weekend he is home! where is everyone else in their cycles? this is my 2nd day and my first af since losing my angel xxxxxxx

Well... you've come to the right place. As you can probably tell, we've had a lot of success and a lot of ladies who have beat the odds and have munchkins, so you're very welcome to join us.
Right now it's just me and you ttc'ing... everyone else has a munckin on the way. I'm 4dpo right now... so the tww for me. Not terribly concerned about whether or not I've conceived this month. Either way we'll be ttc'ing heavy duty soon and restarting the adoption process in the spring if we don't concieve.... so I have a munchkin on the way one way or another.

Mail - DH cracks me up sometimes. Especially now... It seems like he needed a year of crappiness to realize how much he wants this. He's so into expanding our family in every way that right now he's trying to talk me into another puppy.

 

[xx_akl_xx]

I hope I do ovulate after this af visit I so want to be pregnant again! yes thank you I would like some people to hear some success stories and to help me feel like im not alone its so nice! xxx

 

[mailcmm]

Akl... You are definitely not alone. I had 3 mc since August of 2011 before finally concieving this one. I have safely made it to 28 weeks (on Friday!). Been quite a journey for me. We have been 7 girls since before Christmas last year and recently picked two more and now you. We have had 3 girls give birth and 4 more pregnant and you and colta are tcc. I will add you to the first post cause we like to keep track for anyone else coming along. It's been pretty much just us since the beginning. I was coming off my 1nd mc and needed some friends and I really found some. These girls have seen me through a wide range of emotions and all sorts of different problems. You've found a very supportive group so let it all out. That's what we're here for.

Colta... It's so funny to see the change in them. When me and dh were dating he told me up front he never wanted to bring a child into this world then one day it was let's have a baby. Then I wanted to give up and he's all I can't believe we love each other this much and aren't meant to have a baby and then we were pregnant. I love that man so much. Can't wait for you to be testing. So exciting that you are in the tww,

 

[mailcmm]

Oh and stay away from puppies! Take it from someone with 74 animals. You'll get the puppy and won't have time for it because you will wind up preggers. I don't know how our farm will fair after Finn is born. Gonna be insane.

 

[moter98]

we got a puppy just before i got pregnant with #1! i was pregnant and still training her. shes a great dog. never would have had the time though had we not got her before ds was born