Mid-August Testers

[InHisHands]

YAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Happy Belated Birthday Ariana!!!!

Bea that sounds like a really long labor and i would love to hear your story when you get a chance. I'm absolutely thrilled!!!!

 

[CHDickey]

Congrats Bea--- SO EXCITING!! We would love to hear the details and see pics!!

 

[NotNic]

Happy Birthday Snow!! Hope you have a wonderful day! xxxx

Congratulations Bea. Any birth story is a good one honey because you got a baby out of it. Hope you are all settled in now. xxx

 

[NewbieLisette]

Bea a million congrats sweetie! Welcome Ariana can't wait to hear details & see pics too!

Snow happy birthday girl hope ur doing some fun stuff this weekend?

Hey to everyone else too :wave: whatcha all up to? I had an awesome packed day for our gender reveal cupcake party with family & friends that went amazing! Also we have agreed our LO will be Melina

 

[InHisHands]

so far we have Ariana, Dexter, and Melina...

Nic, Bex, CH, Snow... are you having any luck with names ?

I know it took us so long to concieve, we had names picked out before baby was even on his way. teehee

Nic ... i'm so used to your baby being called Pip... it will be hard to think of your baby as anything other than Pip lol

 

[NotNic]

I know what you mean Hands! I have to stop myself from saying Pip too often in real life in case people think that we have decided on a real life name! Boys names we really are still struggling. We will probably have Alex or James as a middle name (hubby's names) but no options for a first name yet. Girls names we have one we like - Felicity but we want a few options just in case. We are also considering doing two middle names - one family name and one we like so that Pip has it's own middle name too.

Lisette - Melina is a lovely choice. Glad to hear that the party went so well. How did your family react?

 

[snowflakes120]

Lisette - I really like the Melina. Very pretty! How fun to have a gender reveal party. Can you believe you are half way done already??!!

Hands - We have bunch of girls names that we like but not any boys names. I think we're gonna narrow it down to a few and see what he/she looks/acts like and decide on a name that way. But maybe not. Eh. I don't know. I need to get PG 1st.

Nic - Happy Belated Birthday! Hope you enjoyed your special day!! Would you guys ever consider Pippy or Pippa for a girl? Or any thing else that could be nicknamed Pip?

Bea - How's life adjusting to being a Mum? I bet you are just over the moon!

Hey Bex and CH!!

AFM, Hubby totally spoiled me for my Birthday yesterday. We went on a 2 hour sunset horseback ride with a nice meal after - which he made a surprise - I had no idea where or what we were going to to and he refused to tell me! Sneaky hubby! Also, our friends were in town from Atlanta so we met them at a wine bar after which was really nice. He also got me a fancy big new camera that I have been eyeing for like forever! I was beyond surprised! So I am offically 32 now. Ugh. But age is just a number right??

I go for my progesterone test tomorrow. And I have do my PG test on Saturday to know if I need to stop the Prometrium. I am hoping I get a BFP! I am symptom less at the moment but still holding out some hope!

 

[InHisHands]

Snow - i'm keeping my fingers crossed.

Nic - i like snow's suggestion teehee. How about Piper, Penelope, Patrick, or Phillip? Or if you are doing two middle names and don't like P first names.. you can make it one of their middle names example ..Phillip-James. -- I better stop before i get on a roll.

 

[Srbjbex]

Morning all!

Snow - sounds like you had a lovely birthday and you were thoroughly spoiled which you definitely deserve!

Nic - hope you had a wonderful birthday too!

Lisette - so whats our plan for your gender reveal party, how will it work? And are you going to let people know the name or are you keeping that to yourself? We have a few thoughts on names, but definitely nothing fixed yet. For a girl we both like Poppy, Elizabeth, Evelyn/Evie, for a boy we both like Elliot, William, Oliver.... I like lots of 'J' names....Jacob, Joshua, George, but not sure I like it with the surname Jones. but we are yet to set down and properly think about it. probably wont do that until after the gender scan. Who knows what other names we will come up with!

Bea - hope you are doing alright and enjoying being a mum!!

CH - what day is your appointement this week?

Hands - did you have a fun weekend?

I was at a hen party this weekend, which was lots of fun, but very tiring. There was 14 of us down in London, and we went to see Mamma Mia - which was ACE!! I'd not seen it before and I loved it. Then we went to a lebanese restaurant for dinner and ate way too much food, it was very yummy! Shame I couldn't join in on the drinking, but I had some lovely non-alcoholic cocktails!

 

[InHisHands]

Bex my weekend was alright. It was real busy. We have so much to do in the upcoming weeks. It's a little overwhelming.

It's great that you guys are able to come up with some names for both genders. We had a really hard time picking out a girls name and really could only settle on one. I'm really relieved that we didnt end up with girl twins.. or we would have been in trouble!!!

 

[CHDickey]

Hey ladies!!

All your name choices sound beautiful.

DH and I decided we are going to get away for a weekend and go to Vegas this summer. Super excited because neither of us have been!!

DH is going for SA either tomorrow or Thursday morning. He has to check work schedule but from then the doctor will call immediately with results and we will make the next step decision over the phone.

Names for us
David Andrew
Benjamin Edward
Nancy Layne
Tinley Marie

Yup we have it all figured out first boy and girl names are after DH and my late mother so no room for choice. It will be either of those. Second choices are if we have two of one sex.

Off to get ready for work!!

 

[InHisHands]

CH - Great names and Vacation plans!!

I woke up the scale says i've gained 22 lbs!!! I'm suppose to only have gained 20 by now. I guess i'm going to have to start eating rabbit food or something to slow down the weight gain. I so totally don't want to go over the recommended weight gain.


Oh and i received exciting news last night that my cousin's wife gave birth to the newest addition to our family. Only little Mya Marie ended up being BIG Damien Joseph. LOL They have had 3 ultrasounds and every single one of them they were told it's a girl. DOH!
DJ weighed in at 9lbs 10oz and born a week early. GASPS!

Their whole nursery and etc is PINK PINK PINK and everyone went overboard because this would have been the first girl in our family since i was born. Boys seem to run in the family as there have been 15 boys born (dexter will make 16) since the last girl (me) was born on my father's side.

I know my family won't be nearly as excited about dexter's arrival as i will be because to them it's just another boy... but i soooooo badly wanted this little guy and wouldn't trade him in for the world. I just hope Dexter is still a boy after what happened to my cousin. teeehee

 

[snowflakes120]

Oh my Hands. I can't believe the nursery is pink! OMG! It's funny to laugh at but I'm sure she was bit upset!

CH - Nice names! Sounds like you guys have a great trip planned!

Bex - Sounds like a wonderful weekend!

AFM, got some bad news for me. So even with the Clomid and Prometrium my Progesterone levels are still too low and not where they should be. I came back at 13.4 So not so great. OBGYN likes to see <15 on a medicated cycle and with all the meds I'm taking it should have come back wayyyy better than what I got. So I guess I'll see what he says when I go back next week.

 

[NotNic]

CH - Good luck for tomorrow / Thursday. Promise you'll let us know how he gets on?

Hands - You're only 2bs over so don't worry. Dexter could well have had a growth spurt. I have had weeks like that when weight seems to pile on and then no change for a fortnight.

Snow - Sorry to hear that. When do you go back? Also did you get them to re-classify this as a hormone problem? Loving the new mantra too!

 

[CHDickey]

Snow- hang in there chicky. We are in the same boat!! Hurrying to wait and then bam...another pitfall. Praying for you that all goes well. Ext week. Keep us posted!!

Hands- its only two pounds. Surely that means Dexter had a grow spurt like Noc said!

Afm I will fill y'all in. DH is going for sure first thing tomorrow morning for blood work and SA. Very interested to hear the results!!

 

[InHisHands]

Snow - awww... maybe things will turn around soon. There has to be an answer out there.

CH - Good luck tomorrow!! Keep us posted!

 

[snowflakes120]

Thinking of your hubs today CH!!

 

[Srbjbex]

Morning all - I have my 16-week midwife appointment this afternoon so I looking forward to that In other news, I think I have also started to feel the tiniest little bubbles popping, so I think that is that start of feeling bubs wriggling around in there

CH - hope your hubbys appointment goes well - things seem to be moving a lot quicker now so that is a good thing! And your name choices are lovely too

Hands - I did laugh when I read about your cousin, bless, that must have been such a shock! We had already decided we are having a gender neutral nusery, even though we are finding out the sex, I have heard too many stories like this!! My husband's cousin who was told she is expecting a girl at her last 3 scans, has now been told at her most recent scan that she is having a boy!! I think it happens more that you think!

Snow - I'm really sorry to hear about your news, I am still chart stalking you and wait to hear with anticipation what the doc says next week! Keep smiling hun!

Lisette - how did your gender reveal party go???

Nic - you and Pip feeling ok?

Bea - hope all is going well for you!!

 

[NotNic]

Good luck Bex and CH for the appointments today. Let us know how you're doing.

We're fine thanks Bex. Pip is increasingly fidgety and I feel huge but apart from that all the same here. I should be decorating this week but the electrician is slowing us down, so I've had a really lazy week of lie ins and mooching! Next week we have tons going on. I have an all day NCT session on Saturday, an evening one on Monday, Tuesday is my 34 week appointment and then Thursday is our final NCT session. Phew!

It's so exciting that you are starting to feel something. It's so weird to begin with because it feels like you're making it up! Fingers crossed you get to hear the heartbeat today too.

Lisette - Are you getting full on kicks yet?

Snow - Hang in there chick. You'll get there.

Bea - Hope you are doing okay. Can't wait to see some pics and to hear how you're getting on.

Hands - Anything new with you and Dexter?

Did I miss anyone? I get baby amnesia these days!

 

[InHisHands]

Bex - Yay for maybe kicks! Feeling kicks is so wonderful though at times baby over does it and you can't sleep! Good luck with your appointment.

Bea - I hope all is going well. I can't imagine how busy you must be... i'm nervous about it myself when it comes time.

CH - i hope you get results soon.

Snow - I'm keeping my fingers crossed.

Nic - I hope you can start nesting soon. Only a month and a half left for you! Are you getting excited/scared? I know i am.

Lisette - How are things going with you hon?

As for Dexter and I. I think the little guy is still breeched based off of hard spots... and as of yesterday he turned his back to me so i can't feel him very often I really hope he turns as i don't want a csection.