**New & Crazy** friendly group thread ((5 BFPs))

[liz_legend]

Elliot, you need to shop more!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I want to get into 2nd trimester & once I know everything is okay with this "bleed", I will go buck-wild registering all over the place!

 

[elliot]

I'm sure everything will be just fine Liz -- you just take it easy, rub that belly, and send that little baby all the positive vibes you can. I'll send some too!

I searched around a bit and found it does look like OH and I can do an online registry that is open to many different stores. Including a few links here in case anybody else is interested:

https://www.myregistry.com/default.aspx
https://www.wishpot.com/
https://www.thebump.com/registry/home.aspx

 

[tl682]

TL

I was stalking your chart. Where are your temps? You said you have already ov ed but i dont see the cross hairs yet???

You are back!! The temping was making me crazy and overly stressed about being ttc, so I stopped...

 

[tl682]

I'm sure everything will be just fine Liz -- you just take it easy, rub that belly, and send that little baby all the positive vibes you can. I'll send some too!

I searched around a bit and found it does look like OH and I can do an online registry that is open to many different stores. Including a few links here in case anybody else is interested:

https://www.myregistry.com/default.aspx
https://www.wishpot.com/
https://www.thebump.com/registry/home.aspx

Elliot, I want to see some of the things you are registering for!!

 

[sherylb]

Hi everybody! Boy a lot has happened with you ladies since I was last here!

Sheryl - Glad to hear your appointment went okay. Any results yet? Are you cleared to officially TTC yet?

TL - Glad to hear you're feeling better hun. I know how worrying it gets when you've been trying 6 months or more. Keeping my fingers and toes crossed you get your lucky BFP soon!

Liz - Hope you had a happy 30th celebration with hubby. The cake looked rockin! And congrats on your 1st ultrasound showing baby healthy and well. Were you guys blown away by the image on the screen? It totally rocked our worlds! Too bad about the no sex, but really it's a small price to pay in the big scheme, right? And since you're not supposed to do anything strenuous or lift anything I guess hubby will have to take care of everything and pamper you!

Anne - Howdy Anne! Long time no chat. Hope things are going well for you and that the busyness you're having isn't stressful busyness!

Heather - Sorry to hear about the fight with DH, but good to know you guys patched it up. I imagine it must be really hard when one person is ready and the other just isn't yet, but hopefully he'll come around if you can be patient with him. He does want kids eventually it sounds like, so that's good news! Maybe it wil just be later than you'd planned?

Things are fine here. I'm feeling great for the most part, just headaches, but otherwise sliding smoothly into 2nd Tri. We've had a bunch of snow and cold temps here lately, so I got to go snowshoeing with my dog a few times over the long holiday weekend... super fun, even though I get winded so easily now. My appetite has suddenly kicked into overdrive, so I've been having to eat more, but luckily my queasy belly and hate of all froot & veg went away about the same time, so I've been able to eat a lot of healthy stuff.

DH and I finally bought our 1st baby item over the weekend. You'll laugh, but it was a children's book, and it felt like a big deal to us. We also went to Babies R Us to start looking at the gear we'll need. Holy overwhelming batman! Our families really want us to register, but we don't want to register there because some of their stuff like cribs are just way more money than we would want and much too fancy for our tastes. Does anybody know of a way you can set up an online registry with items from different stores so people can just check stuff off when they buy it but you aren't stuck picking all your items from one shop?

Sorry... rambling... must get to work now!

I am expecting results back Friday at the earliest but probably next week. We are ttcing this month regardless. Gosh I am glad to hear you don't hate fruits and veggies anymore. I am going to need that to happen to me too. I love that your first item was a book. I really want to get those recordable storybooks so that my voice will read stories to them whether I am there or not and grandparents can read too.

The most important advice is probably to create your registry on Amazon.com. I have already started one there because there you can add items from any Site including toysrus.com/babiesrus.com. Some things that I wanted were a better deal there so I linked that page. A lot of the things they have you can get on Amazon for cheaper. I didn't do it as a baby registry though. I set it up as another wish list so that I can hide it until I am ready. But the "Add to Universal Wish List" button is genious!

 

[elliot]

The most important advice is probably to create your registry on Amazon.com. I have already started one there because there you can add items from any Site including toysrus.com/babiesrus.com. Some things that I wanted were a better deal there so I linked that page. A lot of the things they have you can get on Amazon for cheaper. I didn't do it as a baby registry though. I set it up as another wish list so that I can hide it until I am ready. But the "Add to Universal Wish List" button is genious!

Wow Sheryl! You just rocked my world! I had no idea Amazon had a Universal Wish List area, and you are right... it is genious! Much better than the other sites I'd found I think! Thanks so much!

 

[elliot]

The temping was making me crazy and overly stressed about being ttc, so I stopped...

I know what you mean, TL. I tried temping for a few days and it stressed me out too Works for some I guess, but I must be too easily stressed!

I'll let you know some of the stuff I'm registered for once I start to pick stuff. But fair warning... it probably won't be very thrilling because I'm pretty much no-frills and like very basic, plain stuff.

 

[sherylb]

I would recommend adding the bookmark to your favorites bar. It makes it much easier and you can choose which list to add it to.

 

[fizzfactory]

Hi ladies,

Sorry been MIA...work is really crazy!!!

So HCG on has been rising from 2 to 3...any ideas? My OB is not that great any recommendations, I don't want to use her cuz she is not attentive. Didn't even call me to give me the results.

 

[liz_legend]

well, the ultra sensitive tests I have appear positive at 10 miu/ml (or some such denomination)...

so I don't think you'd test positive... but you need to find another doc asap!
I have a fabulous one in Arlington.

 

[sherylb]

I wanted a new door for Christmas because this one is POS. The paint job is awful, the color is too bright and the hardware needs to be refinished. However, a new door and new finish is not in the budget now so I am hoping to have it repainted a different color and for us to do something to the hardware. We have a very red house so I am not sure what color I would want the door to be. I am thinking brown. What do you think?

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[liz_legend]

Chocolate or Red

 

[sherylb]

I am not sure about a red on red door. At least immediately around the door it's not red. It is going to be a pain to repaint this door and I am not sure what we can do with the hardware but he is not willing to get the locks rekeyed to get new hardware.

 

[elliot]

Fizz - That's wretched about your doc! I'd definitely look for a new one right away. Sorry, but I don't know anything about HCG levels, so I'm no help there.

Sheryl - I'm terribly boring about colors, but here's my opinion nonetheless... If it were me I'd paint the door either the same color as the siding (kind of dark tan?) or else the same color as the house's major trim (a lighter tan or maybe off-white from the looks of the pictures).

 

[liz_legend]

Is it time to go home yet??????

 

[sherylb]

Haha. That depends on what you do all day. I am home. DH got a speeding ticket last night so defensive driving is on the to do list for today/tomorrow. I also need it for my insurance discount so I have to take it anyway.

 

[fizzfactory]

Sherylb,

If the siding is brown/tan -- then the door needs color as an accent. I would go red IMHO unless you are repainting the siding.

 

[sherylb]

Maybe. I wouldn't be so against the green if they hadn't done such a terrible paint job. And the hardware really needs to be replaced or painted or something.

 

[elliot]

Is it time to go home yet??????

Don't I wish. I feel just yuck today and think I could for hours.

 

[tl682]

Sheryl, I would go for red, but I would make it a brick red and not bright.