TTC and Beyond!

[RobertRedford]

I'm in the same boat Sonia! I failed the one hour draw by 4 points and the 2sl hour by 16. Ugh. I have 28.5 weeks to deal with it though. Yuck! Don't blame you for asking about a retest!

Amanda, that cracked me up.

Afm, I am SO emotional today! I swear I have cried half a dozen times already. I'm so afraid they won't find a heartbeat Thursday. And I regret not holding my son while I had the chance. I was freaked out and scared. I can't now, but I wish so much I could.

hugs! everything will be fine! I can't wait to see scan pictures.

I'm glad you found it funny, He surely didn't think so!

 

[brunettebimbo]

So sorry about the tests girls

Amanda hope you feel better soon. I hate being emotional.

Katrina so glad the test went well

 

[Lotalaughs16]

So sorry about GD Sonia, like Amanda said, its manageable and as long as you stick to the gd diet, you and baby will be just fine

 

[clynn11]

Katrina- YAY so glad all went well and that you're getting a Clomid prescription!!! Your BFP is right around the corner!!!!

I love all of Rachel's/Ellie's pictures. They're so beautiful I hope she gets to come home soon.

ASH! Woot woot holy shit, 100 days left to go! Craziness!!!

Mirolee- Chinese gender predictor said BOY for me and was definitely wrong! But i'm feeling boy for you too for some reason.

Sonia- So sorry you've failed your test but you are not alone! Everything will be ok

Amanda- Be moody all you want! And OMG that story, LOL, definitely sounds like some increased hormones going on. 8dpo is WAY TOO EARLY. I got a BFN at 8dpo on a FRER. So don't lose hope!

AFM, had dinner with my fam last night! My sister's belly is huge already and makes me wonder how oblivious my mom was to have not noticed lmao. She's carrying soooooo much lower than I am and i'm wondering if the carrying wives tale may be right. She is convinced it's a boy. We'll find out March 26th! And apparently her baby was measuring 16 weeks 1 day with ALL measurements, which would put her due date at August 17th, but the doctor asked her her LMP (which she doesn't really remember) and dated her at 15 weeks with a due date of August 25th. I just told her to go with the 17th because she doesn't know her exact LMP or when she ovulated, etc. so to just go with what the baby is measuring spot on for lol. So even closer together! I'm really okay with it, was suffering with a little bit of jealousy but have come to terms and am just so excited for her to start this new chapter and for our babies to be so close together. Holidays are going to be SO fun.

Alexis' 16 week belly on the left in the pic, my 18 week belly on the right in the pic. I think it's funny her belly looks like it's pointing down, mine looks like it's pointing up lol.

 

[RobertRedford]

whoa Cass, those bellies! you guys are SO close together! She is def carrying lower than you. I'm voting boy as well. She must have been wearing lots of loose clothes!

I know 8dpo is way too early and I know that its stupid to get disappointed, given that I don't know how I feel about all of it, but hey, I obviously can't control my emotions right now hahaha. I'm feeling really normal pre-af, besides a little moody, so I'm really going to lean towards bfn. which is fine with me!

 

[Cowgirl07]

I have a follow up apt to discuss my options with my dr next Tuesday morning. I hope by options they mean clomid.
I think she is having a boy Cassidy.

 

[wavescrash]

Cassidy - How cute with the bellies and with how close in your pregnancies you guys are. My sister is 23 and my brother will be 22 next month and neither one are anywhere near ready to have kids. They make a great aunt & uncle but my sister wants to finish her bachelor's degree (she's almost done) and get a career in her field before her & her bf of 5 years even get married. THEN they'll consider kids. I mean obviously that's totally respectable and a good choice on her part. It just sucks that my girls are going to grow up without any cousins. Another reason I'm glad (even though it's going to be very hard for awhile) that Hannah & Leah will be so close in age. They may not have cousins but they'll have each other.


I just dumped all the pictures on my phone onto my computer to free up space for Leah's arrival I will have my DSLR camera with me but still. I'm sure we'll wind up taking a lot on our phones too. Less than 48 hours. I'm sure I'll start freaking out soon. This is also the longest I've ever been pregnant. I can't believe I'll be 39 weeks tomorrow.

 

[brunettebimbo]

Loving the picture Cassidy. How lovely
I'm gonna nosey at Tristans bump pictures. I'm not sure if I carried high or low but was as sick as a dog!

 

[brunettebimbo]

This was about 38 weeks with Tristan
https://i253.photobucket.com/albums/hh70/kjordanj/Pregnancy/34Weeks.jpg

 

[Cowgirl07]

Awe you were cute bb and I say low.

 

[morganwhite7]

Aw just one more! She must have gotten to hold her finally bc Daddy was doing Kangaroo care too!! Sweetest thing, look at those eyes!

 

[Kiamaria83]

Aww lovely bumps.
Rachel your little lady is so perfect.
Lol mirolee I had to re read, I was sure you wrote you were having a chinese girl.
Amanda 8dpo is very early. Try again in a few days.
Sonia sorry about the test.
Sandy hope all goes well on Thurs. Try not to get yourself in a panic.

House was perfect. I need this house. We need to sell ours before we can make an offer though. I would like to see it again as had to rush round due to feeling sick and I thought it was very rude to throw up in their loo.

Oh and happy pancake day girls

 

[HWPG]

my funny story of the day:
we have this statistics software called "JMP" - everyone calls it "jump". but we also use it as a verb - "did you JMP your data?" - "i JMP'd that data yesterday" - etc.
today, i was JMP-ing some data from an experiment that i did this morning. we (everyone in my group practically) was in the lab. a co-worker was asking me how i created a certain graph, so i showed her. i turned to my manager (male), thinking in my head either "boss, i JMP'd the data" or "boss, i have data for you" - what i said was:

"boss, i jumped (JMP'd) you"

i immediately turned as red as my car, and started laughing. laughing so hard i had tears running down my face, and you could feel the heat radiating off of my blush. and everyone else was laughing also. then my boss says, "i couldnt find my glasses this morning and i ended up looking under my bed behind the headboard and found them and wondered "what happened?" and now i know!" - omg, cue more embarrassment. it was a huge guffaw moment for everyone in the lab.

 

[RobertRedford]

LOL, Mirolee! I would have been BRIGHT RED!

 

[morganwhite7]

Lol too funny Mirolee.. I blush horribly too and hate it!! lol

 

[RobertRedford]

off topic rant:
my HR lady and I do not get along. I work in an area of law that is really deadline rich and they are firm deadlines. extensions do not exist and you can.not. be late otherwise you could easily lose your case. We have been INSANELY busy recently-- Last pay period I put in 25 hours of OT, just to get all of my work done. Its constant around here. Really nice cause the days go by quickly, but also LOTS of work. all the time.

That being said, My HR lady keeps bugging me about an insurance application. I deny insurance and waive all coverage. I don't need it, I don't want the insurance the firm has to offer, and I don't want to pay for it. She picked the wrong day to get on my case about an "urgent" insurance matter. I have 18,000 other truly urgent matters to deal with, and Insurance is not one of them. I finally went to my direct boss (the partner of the firm) and say that I don't know how to handle this, I have tons of court deadlines to meet and shes constantly on my case about something that doesn't really matter. He goes "welcome to the club. she picks the times that you are the absolute busiest to have a nonsensical "emergency" that needs your attention. you're new here but smart and attentive-- we're evaluating her performance, as this is one of many issues we are having with her" He tells me to ignore her, and if she has an issue with me not responding to her emails/phone calls, tell her to go directly to him. Ha. I win.

on topic: still feeling funny today. my coffee still tastes like crap.

 

[pdxmom]

Mirolee thts hilarious...you're boss came back gud too

Amanda sounds like hormones r all over the place....when next u gonna test girl???10 dpo??

 

[Ingodshand]

In regards to morning sickness, I really didn’t have any with either of my pregnancies and one was a girl and one a boy. So who knows!!

Ellie is just precious.. thanks for sharing!

Sonia- Sorry for failing your test. Hopefully you can pass the next one. You were so close!

Katrina- Yay for your results and that you can try clomid next month

Cassidy- Love the dual belly bump!

Amanda- Really crossing my fingers for a bfp for you. Would be complicated, but so cool. God has a funny way of playing with our lives sometimes…maybe he is getting ready to pull a fast one on ya!!

Mirolee- That is hilarious! I would have died!

AFM- Had my 36 week apt today along with my strep b test (piece of cake!) and everything is perfect. I am measuring right on track and Evan’s hb was 150. She did an internal and said that I am completely closed but she could feel his head. I have also dropped over the past few days so hoping that means I will see some progress at my next apt. The only bad thing is that I have another cold. I just feel like crap and want to feel better so I can get everything done for Evan’s arrival. Just feel like I am running all the time and making no progress. So frustrated

 

[RobertRedford]

Sonia, I'm going to try to hold out until 10dpo, even 12. But knowing me, I'll test again tomorrow.

 

[RobertRedford]

In regards to morning sickness, I really didn’t have any with either of my pregnancies and one was a girl and one a boy. So who knows!!

Amanda- Really crossing my fingers for a bfp for you. Would be complicated, but so cool. God has a funny way of playing with our lives sometimes…maybe he is getting ready to pull a fast one on ya!!

AFM- Had my 36 week apt today along with my strep b test (piece of cake!) and everything is perfect. I am measuring right on track and Evan’s hb was 150. She did an internal and said that I am completely closed but she could feel his head. I have also dropped over the past few days so hoping that means I will see some progress at my next apt. The only bad thing is that I have another cold. I just feel like crap and want to feel better so I can get everything done for Evan’s arrival. Just feel like I am running all the time and making no progress. So frustrated

Aaaaah you're super close to having your babe too! and soo lucky that you skipped out on MS both times. Were your symptoms different from boy to girl though? Energy levels different? Or cravings?

I agree. I have always said that everything happens for a reason, so somewhere, there must be a reason for this, regardless of how it turns out!