Mid-August Testers

[InHisHands]

I'm happy to announce that i kept my toast!!! Yay!!!! I think the virus has ran its nasty course. I'm so excited that i can feed Dex again.

 

[NewbieLisette]

YAY Hands! Sooo happy to hear this update! Must have been very worrisome for you The nusery is just lovely! How man more days of work for you?

Nic congrats on officially being a lady of leisure I LOVE it! Sorry to hear about the mix of emotions leaving work...definately understandable love!

Snow stalking u lots girlie! Loving the new mantra as well...aaahhh Carrie soo wise

Bex how ya been sweetie? We need some new bump pics & nursery progress?

AFM its been a long week so just trying to re-charge this weekend! We got the LO's furniture yesterday! Very offical My mom is back in town next weekend so we can officially start paintng together & placing things in there for her! Sooo exciting!

CH & Bea if ur checking in, hope you're both doing great

 

[InHisHands]

6 more days of work for me... which won't be soon enough for me. I have so much to do before Dex gets here and i feel like im running out of time. Today i worked on his baby books. I'm making two that are almost identical so when he moves out, he can take one with him and i can keep mine. I'm using a photobook soo i can add and remove photos at will, but im using scrapbooking materials to make it spiffy.

Lisette - How exciting. Getting a nursery together was a lot more work than i thought it would be. First clearing out a room, then picking out everything, then putting everything together, and then organizing it to fit your needs. I'm so glad we got an early start on it. We've been slowly working on it for months. Good luck and be sure to keep us posted on its progress. I want pics when its done

Nic - How bad is your swelling? Mine is getting worse... i cant bend my toes at the end of the day, my ankles, calfs, and thights are now swelling up at night and my thighs are starting to get stretch marks from the stretching.

 

[Srbjbex]

Morning ladies - I hope that everyone had a nice weekend.

OH and I both decided to take Friday off work so we went out for a lovely lunch to celebrate bubs reaching the halfway point. The hubby was on a stag party for the rest of the weekend which meant I had the house to myself which was quite nice!

Nic - Happy Maternity Leave!! enjoy this time you have got now, because you will never get it again!!

Hands - lovely idea for creating the baby book! and only 6 days at work left for you! Jealous!

Lisette - evry exciting about the furniture. I agree it does make it all feel real. I'll post a pic update of our nursey once we have had our furniture delivered in June as thats when it will alll start to come together. At the moment the room is just like a empty box - new flooring going down in the next couple of weeks though

Snow - I am so so hopeful for you this month. I have all crossable crossed and so does bubs.

 

[NotNic]

Hands - that's sounds painful. I have cankles and fat feet, but that's about it. Your sweeling sounds so extreme I think you should see your doctor again.

First full day of mat leave has been completed - but gosh it was dull! I have so many chores that need doing. At least I can squeeze in some lie ins! Work is still going ahead on the house. The two bedrooms are pretty much done and will look good once carpets are in. We're tackling the landing tomorrow and hope to have finished that off, plus the kitchen and living room by Monday. We've enlisted some help in the shape of my sisters and my MIL.

Hope everyone else is doing well. Snow, Bea and CH how are you guys doing right now? It's not the same without regular updates from you guys xx

 

[InHisHands]

I agree nic, i feel like we've lost half our group. It's just not the same. Mid August ladies... Please feel free to speak up, rant, give updates, speak off topic, or whatever else that may be on your mind.

With the swelling, i keep mentioning it but my midwife keeps telling me to just drink more water and call in if my face swells, but that since my glucos test came back normal, that the swelling is normal. *sighs*

 

[Srbjbex]

I'm so excited about my scan tomorrow....I can't wait!

 

[NotNic]

Yay for tomorrow's scan hun!

 

[Srbjbex]

Nic - I love the fact that even though you are not at work any more, you still post on here at the same time

 

[NotNic]

I know!! It's a habit that will be hard to shake. Morning coffee, emails then BnB! To be honest it's almost like I am still at work. I'm logged into my work emails because all the house confirmations and quotes all came into my work account so it's just easier to log on and run everything from here. I will be popping out shortly though for tile shopping and then a Tescos run. I am living the dream right now

 

[InHisHands]

Bex.. yay!!! The 16th is almost here. I hope all goes well and im still predicting team blue. Can't wait for an update

 

[snowflakes120]

Hey girls. Sorry I've been a bad Mid-August Tester friend. I just really don't want to bore you guys with my TTC issues. It's just the same stuff over and over again. I had a bad day yesterday and just tried to get through the day.

Bex - Excited for your scan tomorrow. I'm not sure what to guess.

Hands - Glad you feel better! Hope the swelling gets better soon.

Nic - I would love to be a free woman of leisure! My co-workers are really annoying me. I need a new job - I can't handle them anymore!

Lisette - Hooray for furniture. You'll have to post a nursery pic soon!

Not much going on with me. I go for my Progesterone test today to see how my body responded to the raised Clomid dose. I'm honestly not feeling all that confident. My temps are crappy and lower than what they were last cycle. But we'll see in a few days what the levels are. Not really feeling that this is our month. I am 100% symptom less. Not a single one. And I have no clue what my Dr. is even going to recommend at this point... I might start asking about me getting a HSG or Hubby getting tested. Or the recommendation for the RE Specialist. I'm really confused on what to do next. It's making me stressed out bc I am a huge planner. I like to know what's going to be happening next and having a plan set in place.

Good news is that we go to the beach in less than 2 weeks and we go to NYC in a little less than a month. So I suppose we got some things to look forward to. Oh yea, and Hubby's 30th B-day (Yes, I am over 2 years older than him!) is on Thursday.

 

[NotNic]

Snow - we're here to be bored! Let's face it I don't have much more to do with my time now

I have to be honest, I looked at your chart and I was a little confused. Do you think they would give you clomid without the progesterone? It does seem like your temps were higher without it. From reading other ladies threads who have gone down the clomid route, it looks like they get them to take clomid for 3-6mths before trying something else. I think the doctors like to give your body time to react to the hormones first. Have you looked at the vitamin B / blueberry route too? Bex and I both had a good result with supplementing / eating a lot of blueberries and you're putting so much effort in, that increasing your fruit intake surely couldn't hurt.

I'm so jealous of your holiday plans. Since our water company announced a house pipe ban, we have pretty much had terrible weather every single day. It's been hailing at home and the lawn is growing out of control. I'm not having the lovely May weather I was anticipating!

 

[snowflakes120]

Nic - Thanks hun!

My charts are really hard to read, I must admit. Here's the thing, I hope I can explain this good. My temps themselves have been higher throughout my entire cycle with the Clomid - My LP just doesn't look like it because my coverline is higher up currently. So the months without Clomid my coverline was around 97.2 bc my Follicular Phase Temps were lower. Now with Clomid my Follicular Phase temps are higher so my coverline is higher and around 97.5 I hope this makes sense. But in reality my LP temps are about .20 higher than without the meds... I'm not sure about going off the Progesterone - from what I've read that is one of the best treatments for someone with Luteal Phase Defect...

I eat a good amount of fruit each day. At least 2 pieces of fresh fruit a day. Last night, I made a huge fresh fruit salad that should last the next 2 days or so. I cut up strawberries, kiwi, and a fresh pineapple. I also threw in a small container of blueberries. Maybe I need more blueberries. I eat at least a banana every day and then something else. I went through a Mango phase about a month ago where I ate a Mango a day for like 3 weeks!

When I went on the Progesterone supps - I went off the B6. I started it back up about a week ago. I'll prolly continue with it. I figure it can't hurt right?

I looked up what a house pipe ban is..... Ha! We have had those as well. They suck! And then the stupid water company raised our rates because no one was using the water like they told us to do - they were losing too much money so up the prices went.

 

[InHisHands]

Snow - you would never bore us. We are all in this together! I'm hopelessly optimistic and im hoping this latest temp dip is an implantation dip. *shrugs* It's a fault of mine. Be sure to update us on what the doctor has to say.

Nic, you don't have to tell us the names if you don't want.. but are you and hubby any closer to coming up with some? Can you believe you are just about 3 weeks from your due date?!

 

[NotNic]

Thanks for explaining Snow. That definitely makes much more sense now. I really can't see any harm in trying anything right now. If nothing else all that B6 and fruit will make your skin and nails all lovely. I ate around a punnet every two days of blueberries those last two proper cycles and my last AF was actually the closest to what mine was like before TTC. It was the only one I had the whole time I was trying that wasn't so light that it was more like spotting than anything else. It might be just a coincidence, but I definitely feel like it helped me.

Our water company is the biggest rip off ever. All the London main pipes are Victorian and cracked. W have leaks and burst pipes all the time, and during the 80's they sold off a heap of their resevoirs so we don't have the supply like we should. Considering we are an island and it rains so much (though apparently not in the last two years - yeah okay!) it seems pretty damn silly to me that we could run low! I swear when we were little we were in the paddling pool every day in the summer because 1) it was actually hot enough and 2) there was no ban stopping us from filling it!

Hands I'm scared that I only have 3 and a bit weeks to go. We're so not ready!! We still have no boys names that we agree on and I've told hubby that he needs to give me a sensible shortlist in the next week, otherwise we'll have to choose from my list. Obviously I still want us to choose a name we both like, but I'm hoping my kick up the b'hind migh be just what he needs to start taking things seriously! Girls names we have just the one - Felicity, though we are not 100% set on it. Hubby thinks Pip is a boy, so won't really consider any other options right now, though there are tons of names we think are pretty like Isobel and Imogen, so if Pip is pink we might not decide on a name immediately but we'd expect to make a decision fairly easily once we know what Pip looks like.

Bex - Do you have any names yet? Are you excited about the scan?

 

[InHisHands]

Nic - I have less things than you to do, and I'm already freaking out... i can't imagine the state that you are in. I keep thinking that i have 3 to 7 weeks till dex is born and that scares me! I hope he comes closer to his due date... two or three days before or after it. All i can say is just try to take it one day at a time and get as much done as possible.

Bex - How did the scan go?

AFM - 4 more days of work... yay!!!! I can't wait to get started on my list and get some of the over hanging stress off of me.

 

[Srbjbex]

Scan not until 4pm (1pm here now) so still got a few more hours to wait!! Will let you know the flavour tonight.

Not got time for a long post just not but I just wanted to say:

Snow - do not EVER feel like you bore us - we are here until you get your little bean (which I am sure is sooner than you think it will be) and I am always interested to hear all your moans. Sending loads of cyber love your way and even more babydust!!!!!!

 

[snowflakes120]

Whooo Hooo Bex for knowing the sex tonight!! Let me tune into your body around the Big Pond...... Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm....... GIRL! I have been wrong this entire thread so far!

Thanks girls. xoxo

My temp raised today but I forgot to insert my Prometrium at 11pm when I go to bed. I awoke to horrible thunderstorms and rain at 2am and did it then when I remembered. I am wondering if that has anything to do with it - we'll see with tomorrow's temp. I should hear from OBGYN's office today about my Progesterone level. Praying and FX for >15. Also, had bleeding gums this AM which I remember Nic having... So maybeeeeeeeee... But most likely just coincidental or something.

 

[snowflakes120]

Well, my progesterone came back at 21!!!!! I am soooooooo happy!! He likes >15.... So my body did it.... I can trust the meds now!! xoxoxo

P.S. I'm eating blueberries right now!!