Mid-August Testers

[InHisHands]

Congrats Bea!!!!!!! I'm so happy for you. A healthy beautiful baby girl!!! I know for my hubby and i... we had a really hard time coming up with a girl's name. To be honest i love Hannah.. but im not in love with the name.

My favorites are Morgan Bailey, Rachel Wren, and Viola Madeline right now... but hubby doesn't like them. It can be tough. Hannah Grace is on the top of my list and i do love it, just not IN LOVE with it right now. Good Luck and let us know when you and hubby come up with something you both like

 

[NotNic]

Congrats Mrs Bea. There are some beautiful italian girls names out there. Are there any family names you might like? xx

 

[Srbjbex]

Congrats to you Bea! A lovely healthy little girl.

Names I like are Poppy, Evelyn and Lily

 

[InHisHands]

Congrats Nic on your peach!!! You are soooo totally in 2nd tri YAY!!

 

[NotNic]

Thank you. And you're almost a lime! Yipee! Not long for you now. xxx

 

[snowflakes120]

Congrats on the GIRL Bea!!! Hooray!! I am so happy for you!!

Hubby and I have the opposite problem - we have so many girl names we agree on but not really any boy names. He likes the more traditional boy names and I like the more modern ones. It will hard to come up with something we both like!

Nic - You are totally right. Right now, FF says that I should OV right on Christmas Day. I'm not too sure if I like that as we will up in NY for Holidays and staying with family.... I do like my privacy!! But I am sure AF or OV will be late or early meaning it won't happen on Christmas Day but it sure will be close!!

Anyways, AF is potentially due 12/11. I'm going to try and hold out on testing til 12/14... As that would be 5 weeks since my miscarriage. Don't tell anyone but I am kinda secretly hoping AF doesn't show... A girls gotta have some PMA in the light of everything that happened right??!!

 

[NotNic]

Absolutely! Looking back I don't know why I had so much pma during my long cycle but it kept me calm and I'm sure it helped me get the bfp. Yay for pma and if not here's hoping hubby gives you a very good Christmas present!

 

[CHDickey]

Yay!!! A girl!!! So exciting

Snow I will be secretly praying for you!!

Came home with an awful migraine today. Oh how I hate AF!!

 

[Srbjbex]

CH - sorry to hear you arent feeling well Is it the AF that gives you migranes?

Snow - you keep that PMA. When I was in your position, my attitude was, if AF comes, then it is good news because you can start trying again, if it doesn't come then also good news - win win.

 

[MrsBea23]

How is everyone today? Friday woo hoo so pleased it is the weekend, is anyone doing anything exciting?

Hands - So pleased your appointment went well. A lime today woo hoo.

Nic -So sweet of your dad. There are some lovely Italian names (I am actually a Lisa, not that that is lovely lol) but my sister has named her daughter Isabella so it might be a bit cliché if we both do it lol. Have you got names picked?

Bex - I really like Floral names, not sure if you ever watched it but there was an American show called Privileged and the girls where called Rose and Sage and I really like those. I wanted to go Scottish and had picked Isla for a girl but I told one of DH's friends wives and she used it grrr. When are you due to O?

Snow - As bex said it is a win win really, although I would love to see you get that BFP before Christmas.

CH - I hope you are feeling better today, I used to get really bad migraines from when I was about 12 but they actually stopped when I went off the pill bizarrely. I hope you have a nice relaxing weekend planned.

 

[Srbjbex]

I am hoping that I will ov on CD 16 again as I did last cycle which would put me on 13th December...which doesnt seem to far away! Much prefer these 29 day cycles than the 35 ones I had before!!! I dont think I'm going to do anything too different this month.

I really want to enjoy December and all the Christmas build up, so I am going to drink what I want, eat what I want (although still stick to decaff coffee seeing as I have made the switch) and just generally relax, and have a whole heap of sex!!! Ha ha

If still no BFP then I will plan somehting more structured for new year, but for now, my plan is just it just old fashioned sex!

 

[MrsBea23]

Ha ha sounds like a good plan. Lots of dust coming your way.

 

[CHDickey]

Hey ladies!! Ready for the weekend and it's going to be a test for the DH and me. We are keeping my two nieces (4and7) and my 8 month old nephew!!! My sister and her DH are going out of town for their 10 year wedding anniversary. So happy for them!

Yeah migraines have been an AF symptom for me. In college they were regular but since then they have come and gone. Yesterday was a dozie. AF should be arriving shortly. I am expecting her this weekend to arrive in full force

 

[InHisHands]

Hey girls... I went to a ball last night. The food was cold and gross and left baby and i very unhappy. Hubby and i ended up leaving during the meal service and went to get fries at mcdonalds ROTFL

But i am thankful that i still was able to fit into my dress that i bought this summer for it!!!! It was tight, but i bought it slightly big this summer.. hoping i would be preggers by the ball.

The one thing i did notice though is that my belly button itched last night while out. Not sure if it was the panty hose or what.. but when i got home it was pink on the inside and out and itched to the touch. I put some anti itch cream on it and woke up this morning and its less pink.. and only on the inside now... but still itches. No fever, no warm to the touch, no ozzing or puss... Not sure what to think of it.. but i dont like that its in my belly button. I'm worried about baby.

BTW thanks nic and bea.. im so glad im a lime!!! Just a little bit more to go and i'll be in second tri.

Snow - If it doesnt happen this month.. how exciting it happening so close to christmas!!!

CH, Bex - Fresh new beginnings... though i understand you don't want to try this month CH.

Bea - Question for you? I know you said you would like to have a girl.. so i know you are excited about it... but how are you coping with the thought that you feel like you were carrying a boy... but your baby ended up being a girl.. contradicting your thought process this whole time? Any tips?

I still feel like im carrying a boy... but i'll even admit my ultrasound pics looked more girlish to me than boy (though its too early to tell)... and im really frustrated on how the baby could be girl when i feel like its a boy.

 

[MrsBea23]

Hands - it took a bit of getting used to probably a full day. Last night when I was doing the grocery shopping I got her a little hungry caterpillar outfit and it is so cute. Girls clothes are so much more fun he he.

 

[snowflakes120]

Hey girls! It's Friday!

Thanks for all the well wishes!

Bea - I am a Lisa too! Bizarre! We have some plans for the weekend - tonight we are going out to eat with a bunch of friends and then going back to a friends house to meet their baby girl that was born last week! I can't wait to meet her. We have a going away party for a friend that is moving back to Germany tomorrow night. I also am going to do some more Christmas shopping prolly Sunday. Also, wanted to tell you that UD dropped the Naked 2 palette here in the US yesterday. I was one of the lucky 5,000 to get one! I can't wait for it come in the mail! I'll let ya know if I like it as much as the 1st.

Bex - If AF arrives, I plan to do the same and just be very relaxed about my Baby Making!! Just basically live life as usual. I love your win win analogy - It is so perfect!

CH - I totally have faith in y'all - going from 0 to 3 in no time! You'll do great!

Hands - The food is always supposed to be the best part of a ball! Glad you had fun otherwise and I'm sure you were beautiful in your dress! I hope your belly button feels better today!

Nic- I love Italian names as well!

AFM, I have been shopping too much. I have been blowing through money like crazy! My husband is going to kill me esp with his tuition due right after the Holidays! The other day, I did some Christmas shopping and baby shopping for our friends and wedding shopping for another friend. And I managed to pick up some way too expensive jeans and sweaters for myself. Last week, I bought these gorgeous suede boots and a bunch of other things. Yesterday I bought that make up set and I have more shopping to do this weekend. Eeekkkk!!

 

[NewbieLisette]

Hey girlies :wave:

I've missed you all lots over the last few months! I found bex in the TTCAL section and she gave me a quick update on everyone! I clearly have lots of catching up to do but i just wanted to pop over and say Happy Friday to everyone. Big congrats to those who are PG! Lots of Dust to those of us still TTC and my heart goes out to you who have had losses...its been a huge change to my heart and life...I hope to have good news to share with you all soon and I will have my FX crossed for you all too!

So happy to have found this thread again

 

[Srbjbex]

Hooray for Friday!!

Tonight I have my girlfriends from uni coming for a visit. They are coming up on the train and we are going to spend the evening at the german market here in Birmingham - so it definitely feels like Christmas now Plus we are going to get our Christmas tree on Sunday so we will spend all day decorating the house!!! So exciting.

CH - good luck with all the little ones!! It will be very good practice for when you have a brood of your own!

Snow - sounds like you have a great weekend lined up! It made me giggle when I heard about all your shopping, sometimes us girls just have to do it! it's really lovely to hear you sounding so bright and chirpy!

Hands - strange about the itchy belly button, never heard that one before, i hope it calms down soon it doesnt sound very nice. Oh, and when I went to my accountants ball recently the food there was awful too. The whole plate of food tasted of absolutely nothing! I am a big big foodie - I love going out for nice meals

 

[NotNic]

Hiya everyone! Just had a lovely afternoon / evening out with my mum. We went christmas shopping at the new Westfield Centre, in Stratford (near where the Olympics will be) and had a lovely christmassy day out. I managed to buy a couple of presents, a birthday present for my dad, and my mum bought me my first pair of maternity jeans which we are putting away for christmas. Snow - if you ever come over to the UK I will take you shopping! I think we'd make a great team!

We finished the evening with a glass of champagne (luckily baby agreed that it was christmas and I could have a glass and actually enjoy it!), some antipasti and listened to christmas music. Soo nice! I am almost there on presents now. I have 5 presents left to get and some stocking fillers and then I'm done. Though I still have to write all my christmas cards

Hands - the itching could be a number of things. Our skin becomes more sensitive during pregnancy because of our hormone levels - so you may need to swap detergents. Also as your skins stretches to fit baby in, the stretching makes your skin itch. They call that PEP https://www.babycentre.co.uk/pregnancy/antenatalhealth/stretchmarkitchexpert/ There is also another more serious complaint which tends to occur in 2nd or 3rd trimester, which if the itching continues you should advise your mw about so they can rule it out or treat it. It's extremely unlikely at the moment though. I'd guess it's probably a combination of the first two. If your dress was a little tight then your pantyhose was probably rubbing your belly button. I have noticed that I can see into my belly button hole properly now. Perhaps yours is the same and the pantyhose scratched a bit of your bellybutton that isn't normally touched?

Bea - We love Isabella but hubby's friend has just named their baby that. We're not ruling it out, but we are considering other options. We love Felicity and Imogen. I also really like Amerie. Boys names we dont have a single name we both love. I really like Luca but hubby isn't convinced.

Lisette - Lovely to hear from you. How are you doing? Do you have any great Christmas plans?

CH - Good luck with all those kiddies. If you are stuck for ideas you should definitely see Arthur Christmas. My 4 yo niece loved it!

Bex - Hope you've had a great evening. I love christmas markets. I hope you had at least one Gluwein for me!

 

[CHDickey]

All the holiday festivities sound lovely. We are up at 5 with lil' man. Now he is asleep on my chest. He's so stinkin cute and chubby. I could eat him up!! Plan on doing some landscaping...damn home owners association we just planted and lost half of it because of the droughts here in Texas. Ugh!!! Then some Arthur Christmas!!!