TTC and Beyond!

[frsttimemama]

I live in Indiana.

 

[RobertRedford]

Julie, I think that i have a starter set of bumgenius all-in-ones or maybe it was the gdiapers? I will have to check. If I do, they're all yours, don't pay me . I can't remember if I actually got them or just considered it. I went gender neutral, so they may work for both O & G! I'm pulling for a CA meet up!!

Thanks, Mirolee! fingers and toes crossed for your friend. no babies at 22 weeks, they need to cook some more!

 

[Cowgirl07]

Mirolee I hope she's ok.
Sandy I went to a cattle show in Indianapolis. I think it took us 8 hrs to get there with a trailer.

 

[RobertRedford]

Mirolee I hope she's ok.
Sandy I went to a cattle show in Indianapolis. I think it took us 8 hrs to get there with a trailer.

I'll travel to meet you all in indianapolis!

Ps. Katrina, I rarely drive my own trailer, but when i do, i have no problems. I can park it easily, back up like a pro, etc. I can even get it connected really easily (even in the rain and dark!) this past weekend i went to move my horse and ended up getting stuck in the drive through coffee lane at our local drive through, with the trailer. it was terrible. It took an hour to get it out and i held up the line forever. whoops. fail!

 

[Cowgirl07]

Lol I parked mine at a show once and some 40 year old dad backed into my grill guard. His daughter said hey dad even she can do it. He was not impressed but hey I was parked. It just takes longer to get through Chicago with a trailer.

 

[CantHrdlyWait]

I'm so sorry i've been absent ladies! I've been making up time at work at haven't been able to get on at all. I've been able to read along but not comment.

Cassidy- Love the names!!

Amanda- I am so sorry that you guys are going separate ways, but I think it will all work out for you. You are an amazing woman!

I would so meet up, but I don't think i'm near ANYONE! LOL. I live in Maryland about an hour from Washington D.C. And like Waves I have always wanted to move to the Carolina's. I'm obsessed. We vacation in Myrtle every year.

I've been feeling a lot better these days. yay!

 

[clynn11]

Britt, your gender scan is creeping closer and closer!!! Yay for feeling better!!

 

[CantHrdlyWait]

I know!!! 14 days tomorrow until the anatomy scan!! I feel like it will never be here. I am so flipping excited.

 

[RobertRedford]

https://www.sfgate.com/news/us/article/Judge-rules-Kan-sperm-donor-owes-child-support-5166189.php

I'm appauled!

 

[clynn11]

Wow. That's completely messed up that couple would take advantage of him wanting to help and turn it around and use the child against him!!! Ugh!!!! I guess some people are just so shady like that

 

[Cowgirl07]

Wow. That's nuts.

 

[asmcsm]

It looks like it's actually the state that's going after him, not the couple. From what I read it sounds like the couple received state aid to support the child so the state is going after him to pay what they've had to pay out to support the family plus future child support. It's kinda like how DH was ordered to pay child support by the state of NC because his ex was receiving Medicaid and food stamps. Weird though that a contract signing over his parental rights wasn't enough and that it wouldn't apply to at home insemination unless they had a licensed physician

 

[frsttimemama]

Wow, that's crazy.

Brit, glad you're feeling better! What do you think you're having? Have you done any of the old wive's tale type things?

Sonia, how are you doing? Have you found out what you're having yet??

Were any of your gut instincts accurate for gender? I'm feeling girl. I'm okay with that. I think it'd be easier to cope with, too. I'll take anything as long as baby is healthy. I was just curious if any of your feelings were accurate. Last time, I had a gut feeling I was having a boy, hubby thought girl and convinced me girl, and we were having a boy. Not only that, but we have everything for a boy and nothing for a girl. We figure little man will play tricks on us and we'll get a sister for him. We always think of him when it storms. The night he was born, there were AWFUL thunderstorms, and it just POURED rain.. so we always think of him when it rains and storms. On that note, it's not quite 9 and I think I'm going to go to bed shortly. I'm lame! Lol.

 

[jury3]

Julie, I think that i have a starter set of bumgenius all-in-ones or maybe it was the gdiapers? I will have to check. If I do, they're all yours, don't pay me . I can't remember if I actually got them or just considered it. I went gender neutral, so they may work for both O & G! I'm pulling for a CA meet up!!

That would be amazing! At least let me pay you for shipping if you do have them...

That's horrible about that article! I agree with Ashlee, I don't think it's the moms going after him I think it's the state. That's what happened in that case before we started trying last year too. They filed for gov assistance and the state decided to go after the sperm donor.
That's why I encourage everyone in this situation to deal with a lawyer before they ever begin! It cost a lot of money, but at least we feel secure in our decisions. We technically had a doctor involved bc we discussed everything and got her approval before we started. We have a contract drawn up by a lawyer. We also are having our donor give up parental rights as soon as the babies are born and DW will adopt. So, if we ever need gov assistance, the babies will legally have two parents to go after already lol

Mirolee-I hope your friend is ok! Hopefully, if she's anything like me, she's just having braxton hicks...I've had some really uncomfortable days/moments where my belly gets so hard (sometimes like contractions, sometimes just hard for a long time) and my back gets tight. It usually calms down if I pee, drink water and lay down.

Britt-Glad you are feeling better! Can't wait for your gender scan!

 

[jury3]

Sandy-I don't know if I actually had any major gender instincts or not...I guess I kind of did. We had that tarot card reading that predicted twin girls, but for some reason I really felt like it would be a boy and a girl. I don't know if I felt like that bc I just really wanted a boy and girl or if I actually had the instinct lol

 

[CantHrdlyWait]

I feel 100% that it's a girl and I really hope i'm not wrong! LOL I've convinced myself that it's a girl but here lately more and more people keep saying boy!

 

[asmcsm]

I keep saying that I think I willed myself to have a girl haha! I wasn't really sure about whether I had intuition or I just really really wanted a girl. But a ton of people were guessing boy for me.

 

[clynn11]

That was my bad!! I totally read the first paragraph or two and then got distracted at work and commented on it. Gonna have to go back and read it now. I still don't see how the eff the state can see that morally right?!?!?! So messed up! He signed over parental rights, that should be it, right??

 

[clynn11]

Sandy- my initial instinct was girl. Now i'm not really feeling a pull towards either gender. I've had two dreams about a boy (one u/s dream and one breastfeeding dream) and 2 dreams about a girl (one u/s dream and one breastfeeding dream) so i'm just CONFUSED. LOL.

Everyone in my family AND DH's fam is saying girl. We'll see soon!

 

[HWPG]

Most people are saying boy for me. I'd refer a girl, so it will prob be a boy.
My friend is ok, thank you for your thoughts. They thought maybe infection, but as soon as she laid down, most of the symptoms went away. So maybe stress or over doing it last night (she was moving some stuff around at home) or more hydration, but everything seems ok and they sent her home.