MAY we all be blessed with baby! May 2013 and beyond (BFFs Seeking BFPs)

[ProfWife]

I subbed at my old school yesterday. One of the kids who I taught for 6 weeks while the teacher was on maternity leave (it was my old course...worked out perfectly I could cover the class) walked up to me in the hallway and told me congratulations, that he'd just heard I was pregnant ...

I was already CLEARLY pregnant when I was teaching them (22 weeks - 29 weeks). 15-year-olds are so oblivious - lol.

(Here's the comparison shot from Week 22-28...)

 

[ClandestineTX]

I'm a bigger girl, so my baseline is like your picture on the left - haha! But at almost 17 weeks I'm still in my normal clothes, which is OK by me!

What did they think if not a pregnancy? You can tell you are carrying it in the baby way and not anywhere else (arms or face) - these are confused men, yes?

 

[ProfWife]

They're teenagers...can't expect too much from them when it comes to being aware of things like that...

Plus the teacher I was stepping in for was carrying a 10+ lb child and she was - - - well, carrying the extra weight everywhere. We just carried differently.

 

[newbie2013]

You look great! Kids are so oblivious, aren't they?

 

[ClandestineTX]

Ah, teenagers, gotta love them!

 

[newbie2013]

The days are dragging on this week. I'm only 5dp5dt. According to the doctor, I have another 7 days before testing. I doubt I'll wait that long! I will probably do a beta on Monday as I'm off work and can easily go to the lab in the morning, if they're open...

 

[kksy9b]

Hope the days Dont drag too much for you. How are you feeling so far?

AFM, bfn at 10dpo. Still plenty of time!

 

[newbie2013]

I'm Ok . Had bad insomnia for two nights, which hasn't helped. Slept ok last night but still tired. Thank goodness we have another 4 day weekend!

 

[ClandestineTX]

I was the opposite, preferred to stay as busy as possible while waiting! I hope they will do your test Monday, we are impatiently waiting with you for your results!

 

[newbie2013]

My mum, dh and I all had feelings this week, on the same day, that it would be twins. Mine was a dream about ultrasounds, where they only saw one gestational sack, but two heart beats. My mum and dh had less specific feelings...

 

[ProfWife]

I hope you get some rest soon. So essential to well-being (which is why I'm staying OUT of the public eye as much as possible today...was so restless that my sleep tracker didn't even log me as sleeping until around 4 this morning - - - thankfully no work today, so I was able to rest until about 9:30/10).

I hope they agree to the beta...and I'd be going through pregnancy tests so fast right now. You're much stronger than I am!

Like Clande - I had to stay busy in the waiting...helped the days move for me. But when you're exhausted, it's excruciating.

Fingers crossed for results soon!!

 

[athena87]

Thanks pathos- ds is 19 months and I'm due 3 days before his birthday, I'm suspecting this lo will be early though since big brother was 3 weeks early and this little guy is a little bigger at a week behind when we had ds anatomy scan.

Prowife you look great!

Newbie can't wait for results!

I'm actually smaller size wise than I was with ds1, but my belly started showing way earlier

This a comparison around the same time.

 

[ProfWife]

You look great! (And I love the blonde hair!)

 

[athena87]

Thanks, me too. My dh has never been a fan, til this shade of blonde. I go back and forth a lot between colors, my hair is naturally dark, but I've always been blonde at heart lol.

 

[melann13]

9 weeks today and I managed to get the HB on my at home Doppler! Good thing too because I committed a pregnancy hiding fail today- the shirt I wore today was too short and I realized that the elastic waistband on my maternity jeans was showing every time I bent over while teaching labs all day. Got several strange looks from my students. Whoops!

 

[ClandestineTX]

You ladies all look adorable. I'm so terrified this kid is going to show before I'm ready for it to! I did tell one more person at work, who I needed help from in my crazy ass mid-pregnancy job search. We are having a meeting in a "few weeks" and I need it to be "clandestine" at that time, if at all possible. I've never been so happy to be fat in my life, ROFL! There are a few people I'm starting to feel pretty guilty about not having told yet. I think after my scan next Thursday, I may tell a few more people in confidence.

NEWBIE!!! How are you doing lady???

 

[newbie2013]

I'm doing ok. Out at the moment with dh, mil and sils. I was enjoying it but now I'm ready to go home and have a nap! We've agreed for an early beta on Monday and a second on Thursday (otd) before dh leaves on his work trip on Friday. At least then we'll know if it positive before he leaves and if the number is doubling appropriately. I may poas on Monday morning before the beta... I've got one left at home. On my failed cycle, I started spotting 8dp5dt, which on this cycle will be Sunday. Fingers crossed that doesn't repeat.

 

[ClandestineTX]

FX for a BFP, very seriously FX!

 

[melann13]

My not-so hidden 9wk1day
Students were so excited. They all clapped. I told two of my nursing students from last semester and they legit started crying in my office. It was adorable.

 

[kksy9b]

looking great ladies!!

best of luck to you newbie!

11 dpo today and temp dropped to just above cover. I'm having all my typical pre AF symptoms (emotional, watery/ew mucus). Following my usual timeline, she should have showed last night or this morning. So far nothing and CM has turned a little thicker and creamy. Still stretchy but definitely not EW. Who knows...in 2 years I have yet to have 2 consistent cycles in a row so I have no idea what to expect this one. AF should be due tomorrow but maybe this will be the one my LP goes back to normal and isn't until tuesday. Sigh...just wish there was a flashing neon sign that would tell me one way or the other!