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[puppycat]

I can't believe she's 2 months already Tracie! It's crazy how time flies!

Pretty - We have low beds for camping which are quite comfy, I think we have a blow up bed somewhere but they smell funny (yes I'm odd!) lol. the bed's are like this

I won't be getting my bump on a bike for anyone! It's not worth the risk.

 

[x_Rainbow_x]

Tell me about it she changes so much everyday. Its like everyday a new switch gets turned on. she babbles away to me now. and her smiles are huge!!!

 

[Mom2mmcjg]

Here's the photos from my baptism if anyone's interested

Congratulations! Baptism is such a special time, your pictures are great!

 

[hopeful23456]

morning girls!

puppy - lutheran is christian and not as strict/many rules as catholics (most people where i'm from are either lutheran or catholic so that's all i have to compare it against). we have baptisms very young, have communion and sunday school, etc when younger too. the religion goes by the bible and celebrates christmas/easter/etc. i'm not too religious so that's about it for my description! lol but I do believe in God/higher power and the other side, spirits, fate and stuff like that.

i'm ultra paranoid right now, going in for a doppler and really wishing i had my own....again...i know i'm fine but i just need to hear the heartbeats as my scan isn't until thurs and we are supposed to get over a foot of snow tomorrow and wed so we will be snowed in. and the reason i'm paranoid is because i had bad round ligament pains last night, had me up alot of the night and just freaking me out. i know it's round ligament as it's right on my bikini line and when i massage them, they feel better. it's still freaky though! guess i'm growing bigger. i keep feeling something to the left of my belly button but would a baby be that far up already? could be just a muscle spasm from time to time.

tracie - bump just keeps growing but i'm not gaining weight as fast as i was. i'm sure due to being off steriods and i think we get less hungry second tri anyway?

heart- davies - croy - sweet potatoes this week!

 

[x_Rainbow_x]

Maybe it was just me that ate like a horse then ( hence the nearly 3 stone weight gain lol ) oopps

 

[hopeful23456]

i've gained 15 lbs per weight this morning (but goes up a few lbs at night). it's funny because i'm getting used to it and i wake up feeling skinny. dh said i'm all bump and boobs. i will be gaining about 50 lbs by the time of delivery.
my bff gained 70 lbs with her first!

 

[Mom2mmcjg]

Ladies, I've had this simple, yet wonderful song stuck in my head for weeks. Its from Cinderella, but its very encouraging for us PALs.

A dream is a wish your heart makes
When you're fast asleep
In dreams you lose your heartaches
Whatever you wish for, you keep

Have faith in your dreams and someday
Your rainbow will come smiling thru
No matter how your heart is grieving
If you keep on believing
the dream that you wish will come true

If I have a girl, I plan on writing the last 3 lines on her nursery wall.

 

[hopeful23456]

that's sweet mom2!

I was in a play when i was little and sang the song "some day my prince will come"

i actually got an ultrasound today! they are doing perfect and i found out that it is A's foot tapping me (feels like a muscle twitching) to the left of my belly button and up a little bit.
both heartbeats 160 and both moving around alot (I had some m & m's before I went) and A is still a girl and B still a boy from the looks of it. and I still get another ultrasound on my regular thursday appt.

still getting ligament pain/twitches but at least now i know for sure all is good. cervix is closed up tight and almost 4 cm.

 

[filipenko32]

Aww hopeful a boy and a girl!!! That is just perfect!!! so many congratulations to you! X x x
We saw our fertility specialist today and he recommends ivf with pgd now so my eggs alone will be screened before fertilisation. This is what we are going to do now. But I'm petrified all my eggs will be abnormal! We can start it in a few months after the testing. Scared!

 

[filipenko32]

Aww hopeful a boy and a girl!!! That is just perfect!!! so many congratulations to you! X x x
We saw our fertility specialist today and he recommends ivf with pgd now so my eggs alone will be screened before fertilisation. This is what we are going to do now. But I'm petrified all my eggs will be abnormal! We can start it in a few months after the testing. Scared!

 

[x_Rainbow_x]

I was worried that would be the outcome for me fili as my problem was the cause of all 6 m/cs.. or so they assumed...

 

[hopeful23456]

tracie - i had forgotten, you have balanced translocation right? a girl on babycenter has that, had 25 eggs retrieved, 19 fertilized and only 1 was good, but she's preg now with a baby girl from that 1 egg (they can tell the sex even with PGD)!

fili - you are going to have good eggs

 

[jenny25]

That's brill news hopefull xxx

 

[heart tree]

So much work to do, so little time to spend on B&B today!

Hopeful, you sneaky girl getting all these scans! Great news! So happy for you! I can't wait for my scan on Wednesday. I've had some "muscle spasm" feelings. It doesn't hurt at all, and they are a little higher up. Now I'm thinking it's the baby.

Fili, your eggs are going to be perfect.

Gotta go. Have a great day everyone!

 

[Pretty Please]

hopefully congratulations ! bet you are delighted ! best of two worlds too get to enjoy both a girl and boy ) are you going to invest in a doppler now?

Fil - bet you are happy ! who you going to be doing that with? have you got a date already or do you have to wait and have another consultation?

 

[Embo78]

Muscle spasms = baby hearty! Is it like vibrations? That's why they call those first movements quickening! I think it describes it perfectly

 

[filipenko32]

Pretty we don't have to wait, we just go for testing at the beginning of my second cycle then they go from there. I will be on a 'short protocol' whatever that means. We are doing it with the London Bridge Fertility clinic. He said this would be diagnostic too in the sense that we will know if I have a higher proportion of bad eggs or not which he said is the cause of most chromo abnormal miscarriages not the !! was a bit upset and shocked about that tbh. However we also don't know if my others were abnormal so this is almost like a test too. Me and hubby very amicably reached a decision and quickly too today.

 

[filipenko32]

Did you hear about the stem cell research that has just come to light? If not turn on the news and open those newspapers!! Basically, scientists take a sample of the ovary (harmlessly) and grow, yes grow new eggs from there. These eggs are fresh and new and fertilise and make babies!! They are convinced they can apply this to humans and trials are underway. They have dubbed it the "mouseopause" because this might put an end to women running out of eggs!! Theye done the using the mouse ovary thing with human eggs and it worked!!!! can you imagine!!! I'd wait another few years and have more Hols with hubby!

 

[Pretty Please]

Fil - yeah did hear on the news today about stem cells think it's good.
So if they do the procedure and put a perfect egg in with sperm will u do steroids stuff too ? Or just go with what they say and do? What are success rates? So in around 2 months u will have perfect egg and sperm in u ? Bet u are relieved and excited to be doing a new route and at least u will know u have a perfect egg in u !!!! I really hope it works for u xxxx

 

[heart tree]

Embo, yes, it feels like vibrations. I also learned that you can hear baby's movement with the doppler too. I googled it and watched some videos. Sure enough, if I held the doppler there long enough, I would hear little movements too. I couldn't feel them when I heard them, but that little one is definitely active in there.

Fili, that is such an interesting research study. Wow! I wonder how long until it is a common practice. I'm guessing not in my fertile lifetime. But wonderful news for women down the road.

I keep hearing about this "short protocol". I need to look it up. I'm glad to hear you and hubby have made a decision. That's half the battle in my opinion. Once you've made a decision, you can start following that path. It gives you more hope and something to look forward too.

It's been almost 2 weeks since I've been off the progesterone and can I just say how much nicer it is not to have that stuff oozing out of me?

Thanks to all with your stories about money issues. Glad to know we're not the only ones who have this conversation. I know things will all work out. My husband is the type of guy who gets anxious about change. But once the change happens, he's awesome at handling it. It will all be good, I have faith.

Going to go eat some lunch now. Ciao for now.