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[Grey Eyes]

Sorry i been MIA ladies.

AFM, im cd6 today already and im hoping AF ends tomorrow like it suppose to. Also, i think im going to ov like i did in march because the temps are similar to March's cycle. My toothache went away so im glad. Had a great Mother's day. Was with the family and my sister and i cooked for everyone. It was delicious and my sister talked to me about softcups becausr she use that so dh and i might try them this cycle. Well i got to go. Im with dh and he is taking the ASVAB practice test at the Army recruitment site. Now dh wants to go full time but he doesnt know what military branch yet. Wishing him luck.

Softcups.....Have heard about them....but are they safe???? I get scared thinking about inserting anything..............toothache gone...good.....did you give it a try????

Shradha- I agree with you, I am afraid to insert anything also! I had to use progesterone vaginal suppositories and that was no fun Not painful or even uncomfortable just a nuisance

 

[Grey Eyes]

Hi ladies!

Eeek, I am excited! I just got an email from an expert economist who has made me (in the infamous words of The Godfather) "an offer I cannot refuse" lol! I am waiting to hear back from my attorney in the morning, but this E.Econ. has fairly impressive credentials. He's offered at a price arrangement that is definately do-able, plus he's young (damn, younger than I am! lol)and recieved his doctorate through Harvard--so looks really awesome on paper, and to a judge-- which counts for a lot!

Anyway, this has relieved a little bit of stress, now just to wait and hear back from my attorney.

Where is everybody btw?

 

[shradha]

Hi coy....are you online? What's the time there here it's 10.53 am....

 

[shradha]

Yesterday I couldn't sleep ...... Dh was tired so he slept...... I thought of watching some movie to get sleep..... Around 3 am....finally felt sleepy....checked temp in the morning....96.5 f.....


Coy- that's great! So now you can hire him.......wish to see your attorney's face........about your new team...have you chosen them? Sometimes some instructors are like that....they have to say something and cut marks.....anyway now things will be different.....all the best for your new assignment...

 

[Steph32]

Ahhh I'm so burned!! Over the weekend I spent so much time outside (not really voluntarily) and I didn't think that I would get burned, maybe I was just in denial... I did put sunscreen on but only on my face and shoulders... which I figured were the only spots I'd burn... but I seriously got burned on my arms and legs. Last night they were so red and stinging so bad and I didn't have any aloe vera on hand. And my knees are so bad that when I bend them it pulls the skin and it hurts. I didn't know pregnancy burns would be so much worse, although I should have known because our skin is so much more sensitive. I hope it goes away soon. Why can't I get a break?? (throwing my arms up)...

Coy- Congrats on the offer! Hopefully you're getting one step closer to this thing being off your plate! And be careful with the tanning... I say that now, after the fact... I know you don't want to tan the natural way because you burn easily, but I don't know of any safe self-tanners?? Although some people believe that tanning beds are safe in moderation when pregnant. That is, if you really want to get tan.

Patrice- Glad to see you're back too. What are softcups?? Can't say in all my research I've heard of them!

Laura- I know it's hard right now, being the ann'y of your m/c. I went through mine recently (ann'y of my d&c was april 1st) and it was so weird to think it was a year ago, and to remember all the feelings, going through the surgery, etc. Blueberry is definitely looking out for you and Beanie and making sure you are both healthy and happy. Beanie wouldn't be here if it weren't for Blueberry!

Shradha- I'm having a hard time reading your FF, what dpo are you on? I'm used to looking at Patrice's, with the line graph. What's your plan this cycle, when will you dtd? I always ovulated at different times too, I only temped orally in the mornings but didn't really keep a chart. I found that temping was not very reliable and was dependent on so many factors. So I just used opk's and knew the general time I was ovulating and then would BD every other day starting with the first sign of a hint of coming up of positive and then throughout the next 5 days. It usually worked for me, I never really had a problem GETTING pregnant, just staying pregnant.

Oh and after reading all your posts about milk I had to buy a carton of fresh, organic, non-homogenized cream top milk at the store... even though I'm not supposed to do too much dairy, I couldn't help it! And I had the most delicious greek yogurt... I'm going to be in trouble in a few days!

 

[Steph32]

Shradha- You must be exactly 12 hours time difference! It's 10:45pm here! We got everyone on this thread 'round the clock in all time zones, huh?

 

[Steph32]

Oh, and I can't believe I'm 35 weeks now. I'm starting to feel really nervous about labor!

 

[Steph32]

Btw, is anyone having problems staying logged into the site? I used to always be logged in (never logged out) so when visiting the page it would just take me here, but now I have to log back in everytime. What gives??

 

[Grey Eyes]

Hi coy....are you online? What's the time there here it's 10.53 am....

It is 11:47 here...so I think that I am 11 hours different?

 

[Grey Eyes]

Steph- I haven't had any trouble staying logged in but there was a notice a few days ago that said if you experience any trouble witht he site to clear your cookie cache...anyway, just click tools, internet options, delete cookies,, etc...It helped a ton!

I feel bad about your sunburn...do you have any coco butter? Any lotion at all will help, you do need to put something on it. I have heard people say butter, but...? And I would like to tan, nothing serious, just enough that I don't see white spots after looking at my legs in the sun, lol!

 

[Steph32]

Coy and Shradha, we always post at the same times, everyone else is sleeping!

 

[Grey Eyes]

Shradha- are you still online? I'm gonna go check out your ff site - I didn't see it on your post until Steph mentioned it!

...Ok, I have looked at it. I am assuming that you just started entering your data the last 2 days? So we will see tomorrow where your temp is at. It should hold pretty steady in the 96-97 range until you ovulate, then you see a jump in temperature. Mine stayed at about 97.5-97.6 until the day after I ovulated then it jumped to 97.9 and continued to climb. Within 2-3 days it hit like 98.0 and then 98.1-98.2, etc. The day after my bfp it was 98.6... So let's see tomorrow I love following charts lol...

 

[Steph32]

I did try clearing my "cookies" (totally had to look up how to do that) but the only thing that came of that was a craving for cookies... And I did have some last night!

For the sunburn I did try shea butter and argan oil... also I read somewhere to bathe in apple cider vinegar?? So I took a washcloth and soaked it in diluted ACV and it might have helped but all it seemed to do was make me stink of vinegar! I think I'll just have to wait til it subsides, hopefully it'll go away soon...

 

[Grey Eyes]

Coy and Shradha, we always post at the same times, everyone else is sleeping!

Lol, I am a night-owl for sure! It is midnight here right now...Steph, what time do you have?

 

[Steph32]

Shradha- are you still online? I'm gonna go check out your ff site - I didn't see it on your post until Steph mentioned it!

...Ok, I have looked at it. I am assuming that you just started entering your data the last 2 days? So we will see tomorrow where your temp is at. It should hold pretty steady in the 96-97 range until you ovulate, then you see a jump in temperature. Mine stayed at about 97.5-97.6 until the day after I ovulated then it jumped to 97.9 and continued to climb. Within 2-3 days it hit like 98.0 and then 98.1-98.2, etc. The day after my bfp it was 98.6... So let's see tomorrow I love following charts lol...

Ahh I see it now. You must have just plotted your temp from today.

 

[Steph32]

Coy- 11pm... we are 1 hour difference! Yeah I always noticed you on around this time. I'm a night owl too... but I shouldn't be!

 

[Steph32]

And then Laura would usually be getting up soon... so sometimes she posts when it's like midnight or 1am here.

 

[Grey Eyes]

AFM- maybe I am just tired but I spent several hours on my school assignment tonight then went into the kitchen only to find that dh and dd had rearranged all my stuff I get tired of saying "Oh, okay, you were trying to be thoughtful, and oh look- you made it pretty." Nope, not this time. I told dh I liked the way I had it and wished they had left it alone. Tomorrow I will change it again...after all it's my kitchen, right?

I do have a sort of pet peeve and I have mentioned it to dh before in a small way...see he was married to a woman for several years and became accustomed to her likes and dislikes and just let her do her decorating thing. Well, she was a fru-fru and loved big flouncy lacy stuff and Victorian style things. All of which I hate. So dh is trying to be helpful and thoughtful sometimes by buying me stuff "women like" and it just ends up being stuff she would have liked which really steps on my toes. I know he is not doing it on purpose, and after a while I got tired of being quiet about it and I don't worry about hurting his feelings anymore So he had this big Victorian style wreath in the kitchen loaded down with victorian style dollies and such- yik, I hated it but I left it there fore a few years and the other day I ripped it out in a fit and told him I have always hated it and he shrugged and said "I never cared for it either" lol

Anyway I had these shelves and each chelf was dedicated to one simple item- I chose antique Japanese tea pot. Underneath it were the 5 matching cups. Under that another shelf dedicated to one antique Japanese tea pot--I love simplicites, simple lines, etc. So when I went in the kitchen they had gobbed up my shelves with tons of cups, old glasses, and a flowery VICTORIAN STYLE tea pot aaaarrgh!!! They said they thought it looked pretty Nope, tomorrow I am setting up my Japanese sake set ...ah, me and my pet peves...

(sorry ladies for the mini-rant!)

 

[Grey Eyes]

I did try clearing my "cookies" (totally had to look up how to do that) but the only thing that came of that was a craving for cookies... And I did have some last night!

For the sunburn I did try shea butter and argan oil... also I read somewhere to bathe in apple cider vinegar?? So I took a washcloth and soaked it in diluted ACV and it might have helped but all it seemed to do was make me stink of vinegar! I think I'll just have to wait til it subsides, hopefully it'll go away soon...

I have noticed that pregnancy has made my skin soo much more sensative also! I burn much much easier....I read somewhere that some self tanners just put a light stain on the skin and do not penetrate but I find that hard to imagine So I just try a few minutes of sun here and there. My crazy little girls! Aaargh! All they have to do is step out, look up for 5 seconds, and their skin begins to radiate this olive/golden glow lol!

 

[Grey Eyes]

Btw- cookies do sound good about now, lol, too bad I didn't buy any