'Fab'ulous testers and supporters; 58 bfps

[OnErth&InHvn]

today I will have my baby!

well good luck!! My induction went well and I know yours will too!!!

 

[FLArmyWife]

oh lenora yay. one way or another you'll have your precious LO today. I hope your delivery goes quickly, with zero complications. You are a strong mama.


August- oh sounds promising. hopefully she makes her appearance soon

 

[OnErth&InHvn]

massive temp spike today at 1dpo. ( which is better than my crazy non O Oct cycle, so im already starting off better)

My Ovulation Chart

Fl, how have you been lately? I need to catch up on your blog again.

 

[FLArmyWife]

onerth- yay for a temp spike. hope this means your body will cooperate this cycle

I'm doing good. Just keeping busy as Sweets is a pro walker now and keeps me on my toes. DH leaves tomorrow and won't be back until Sunday night so just trying to prep everything to make the next 4 days without help go as smoothly as possible.

 

[FLArmyWife]

cupcakes- anxiously awaiting your next test

drjo- how are you?

 

[PinkCupcakes]

BFN today..... go figure.... Yesterdays must have been a faulty test.

 

[drjo718]

Cupcake, sorry to hear that.

Lenora, can't wait for an update, good luck!

FL, thanks for asking! I had labs done yesterday. They checked my thyroid, prolactin, and what would be my 21 day progesterone (but was day 25 bc I ovulate late). Everything came back normal and good today. My progesterone was 28, so I should have ovulated. The midwife seemed to think that number was promising and I should take a pregnancy test soon, but my progesterone was 29 2 years ago when I had 3 follicles and I didn't get pregnant. I also had a fibroid then preventing implantation, so who knows. I had a 24 hour stomach flu Sunday night and Monday and still feel a little off, so no symptom spotting for me.

 

[Mrs. MB]

Lenora - Happy Birthday girl and happy baby birthday. Wish you a smooth and reasonably quick birth. Can't wait to meet your baby!

 

[FLArmyWife]

BFN today..... go figure.... Yesterdays must have been a faulty test.

oh I'm sorry. it's still early so don't rule yourself out

Cupcake, sorry to hear that.

Lenora, can't wait for an update, good luck!

FL, thanks for asking! I had labs done yesterday. They checked my thyroid, prolactin, and what would be my 21 day progesterone (but was day 25 bc I ovulate late). Everything came back normal and good today. My progesterone was 28, so I should have ovulated. The midwife seemed to think that number was promising and I should take a pregnancy test soon, but my progesterone was 29 2 years ago when I had 3 follicles and I didn't get pregnant. I also had a fibroid then preventing implantation, so who knows. I had a 24 hour stomach flu Sunday night and Monday and still feel a little off, so no symptom spotting for me.

sounds promising though. During my assisted cycles my progesterone was only ever 14 which they said indicated ovulation but not pregnancy. fx and

 

[BethMaassen]

Cupcakes: Aww. Sorry to hear that!

Lenora: I can't wait for an update!

 

[AugustAngel15]

Cupcakes- Still early! It can vary so much right now!

I did char briefly with Lenora on Facebook earlier. She did get induced today. So far everything was going good. Idk if baby is here yet or not.

AFM- Still passing brown/red mucus. I've been using the ball today. Still a lot of pressure. No regular contractions.

 

[Disneymom1129]

I hope baby Lenora is here by now! I think I made my guess on her Facebook that she'd have her baby on the 9th so if she hasn't then I guess she can wait until tomorrow

Edit: nevermind, just saw that baby is here. Congrats mama!!

August hope things start happening for you soon! Only 9 days left at least!

Ellie's sick with a bad bug right now. Usually she just gets a runny nose and that's it. This time she's been running a low grade fever, coughing, sneezing... awful. She tested negative for the flu so that's a relief. Hoping it passes quickly.

 

[Mrs. MB]

Disney - I can't believe you're going to have a one year old, where does the time go? Your profile pic is absolutely amazing! I'm so sorry Ellie is sick - that's awful but I'm glad it's not the flu!

Lenora - according to Disney baby is her! Whoo!!! Damn, I miss Facebook.

August - Almost there! I hope she's here sooner than later considering your discomfort.

 

[BethMaassen]

I have been super excited to hear how things are going. Wish I had added Lenora to my Friends on FB.

Lenora - CONGRATULATIONS! I hope you and baby are well! I am so excited to hear how you are!

Disney - Sorry about Ellie being ill. It always sucks when the babies get sick. My eldest spent most of her infancy ill.

August - You are getting so close!

 

[lenorajoy]

Our baby is here and it's a GIRL!! Such a beautiful surprise! Sylvie Rose arrived 2/8/2017 at 9:39 pm and weighed in at 8 lbs 11 oz and 20 inches long.

After some regular contractions the day before that fizzled out right before bed and picked up again in the morning, we were at the hospital at 6 am to induce due to polyhydramnios. I wasn't induced until around 8 am after some blood draws, placement of IV, and then shift changes. They started me out with a Foley catheter to help dilate me since I was still 1-2 cm, but was about 80% effaced and super stretchy. They also started me on pitocin to get the contractions started. My goal was to go unmediated despite being induced, and thanks to so much help from my mother, my husband, my mother- and sister-in-law, I made it! There were definitely a few times I wasn't sure I could, but I'm so glad I stuck it out. I can't say I'd have made it without all of the support, so I'm HUGELY grateful. We had a lot of family and friends there to support us in the waiting room and they stuck around until 1 am to meet the new addition!

I did have a good 2nd degree tear after what I'm told was about an hour of pushing, but that will heal and so far hasn't been too bad. Loving the ice packs and witch hazel pads they give me at the hospital, though! Sylvie is a natural with breastfeeding, though both of us still have a lot to learn.

Here's a picture of our big girl! She's so adorable, but I might be biased. I'll have to post more when I have some that are landscape oriented since profile oriented photos don't upload right with mobile. And maybe upload a few others when I get them on a computer!

 

[BethMaassen]

Oh my Gosh!
She is beautiful!

Your birth experience sounds amazing! I am so happy for you! Congratulations again!!!

 

[PinkCupcakes]

Lenora - congrats!!!!! She's beautiful!!

AFM: Pretty sure today's test is BFN too I think it's safe to say I'm out this cycle. AF is due Monday. I took photos of tests but I don't have time to post right now so I'll post them later.

 

[FLArmyWife]

cupcakes

august- hope you're progressing nicely and/or have a beautiful baby girl in your arms now

lenora- she's gorgeous. Congrats!

 

[Mrs. MB]

Lenora - she's so beautiful! Congratulations mama!!! Great job and OMG 8lbs 11oz with no meds??? You're crazy

 

[AugustAngel15]

She is beautiful! Congrats! Love her name!