TTC and Beyond!

[Disneybaby26]

Ashlee-definitely getting close mama!! Keep walking, and have some sex!!

Rachel- boo for going back to work, I'm not looking forward to that either! That's awesome you have people you know well watching her though, that would give me tremendous peace of mind!

Nikki-so sorry Aila has pink eye!! I dread the first time Makaylas sick! I hope she feels better soon, poor baby!

AFM- I've made the executive decision to start weaning myself. I'm tired of being tied to the every 3 hour schedule and having sore nipples! By the time I wean she'll be 10 weeks and my goal was only ever 12 weeks. With two formula feeds a day and what I have frozen, ill be able to feed her with mostly BM to 17-20 weeks. I'm okay with that and proud of it! Plan is to be dry by our vacation for the 4th of July and to really enjoy the last weeks of my maternity leave with baby girl!

 

[Disneybaby26]

Sorry about your dad, Julie!! I hope he gets better soon! And a tan/day in the sun sounds amazing!! Enjoy it!!

 

[goldstns]

Nice work Kara!! Just note by 3 months Alia was doing 6oz bottles about 6x a day. Which might b more then makayla is taking now.

rachel- my plan was to do avocado and then banana soon, but the doc said she is definitely allergic to fruit, so she said I either have to by processed baby food for fruit or cook my fruit before feeding it to her. Alia is allergic to an enzyme in uncooked or un pasteurized fruit. So with that said I decided to do a few more veggies and then go to apples and pairs (things I can cook) and then maybe premade others. I don't know how to cook avocado or banana...so I'm holding off for now. Hopefully she grows out of this.

afm, sounds like dh and Alia are having a great day!! I'm going this afternoon to pick up moms dog with her and get the ultrasound results. She seems to be doing a bit better....so hoping for good news. Bad news is a shattered my phone screen when I dropped it on tile.... Good news is its insured...so for $50 I'll get a new on of the exact phone.

 

[frsttimemama]

Will the avocado turn brown when you freeze it? It does if you refrigerate it. Just curious.

Kara, you have done awesome!!

 

[CantHrdlyWait]

Rachel - So sorry you have to leave your girl and go back to work!!! I alread dread it, and i'm still pregnant. Plus a nice 10 week break from work will be pretty awesome too.

Nikki- Glad the pink eye already looks better!

I miss Morgan and Amanda too!

Afm- going to try to get a short walk in tonight assuming the weather cooperates. I need to start walking. This baby hasn't dropped yet and maybe it will encourage her to engage? Did you ladies feel a noticeable difference when the baby dropped, or is this an urban myth? LOL

 

[TTCaWee1]

I had a lot of pressure once she dropped.

Kara - you are lucky that you have so much stored up. I'm hoping I can keep up with pumping at work. I hate pumping. I wonder why you are so sore though? Mine doesn't hurt. Are your flanges too small?

 

[Cowgirl07]

Well my Dr called me back, she doesn't feel comfortable renewing my femara without seeing a fertility specialist. So she is referring me to the Dr who did my hsg, about future blood work and options.

 

[asmcsm]

Britt I definitely have been getting more pressure especially since I started walking and bouncing on the ball.

Dr office called. My levels were normal so it's just PUPPPs for me!

 

[TTCaWee1]

Oh no Katrina! What are you going to do?

Ash glad that it's nothing more serious

 

[Disneybaby26]

Rachel- I dunno if it's "sore", it's just like-they don't feel good to touch or when I get out of the shower and wrap myself in a towel. Lol! Flanges might be too small or maybe an EPing thing? I dunno-its more so because I don't want to be tied to the pump-or a 3 hour schedule. For example-all my girlfriends are going out on a boat this weekend to a local island-like what would I do, bring a breast pump and plug it into the boat? Two weekends in a row now I've had to take a time out from picnics to go pump. I just hate planning around my boobs! Haha-it might sound silly or selfish and I might sound like bad-momma but it's time to have my life back! I was only aiming for 12 weeks and ill far exceed that, so I'm cool with it!

 

[Disneybaby26]

What a relief it's not the other thing Ashlee!! I know the itchiness must suck but the other option def sucked worse! Hang in there!!

 

[Cowgirl07]

Go see her. I respect my drs opinion, she isn't a fertility Dr, and I liked the Dr who did my hsg. Really there isn't much more I can do, I'm guessing she will request 3 day bloods and maybe up my dose. If she doesn't consider upping my dose or Clomid, I guess that's it.
Ashlee I'm glad it's nothing worse and hopefully that little lady will come soon so they go away.

 

[TTCaWee1]

Sandy - I'll let you know when I make it!

 

[asmcsm]

Yes, definitely relieved that it's not cholestasis and I won't have to be induced even if I am still itchy. I think I will ask for my membranes to be stripped tomorrow though. I'm shooting for her to be here by Friday or Saturday lol

 

[Disneybaby26]

Do any of you bfing mommas give the babies vitamin D supplement? My sister just told me they usually do-no one ever said anything to me!

 

[pdxmom]

So quick update on me... Went in to c the dr today as I wasn't feeling baby move too much... They plugged me onto the monitors and there she was kicking up a storm... Monitors also picked up contractions tht I cudnt really feel but they were there... Dr checked n I'm 3cm dilated and 80% effaced so he's scheduled me to b induced on Friday morning... This is happening now ladies 😀

 

[Cowgirl07]

Yay great news Sonia

 

[asmcsm]

Yay Sonia!!

Today I've had my first stop-you-in-your-tracks contractions. They haven't been consistent or anything but getting me excited that maybe something will happen soon! Up until now my contractions have all been barely noticeable.

 

[HWPG]

K, i'm not sure where you stand on this, but i wanted to give you my perspective: i had very irregular cycles, so my doctor gave me the clomid. it was designed not only to make better, stronger eggs, but in a more timely fashion. i dont think you have a cycle problem, but maybe you need a heartier egg. that being said...... they (doctors) tell you that if it hasnt happend within the first 6 cycles of clomid, your chances go back down (so "normal, fertile" couples have a 20-25% chance each cycle, for those of us with ovulation issues, it bumps us up to those odds (barring any other hurdles), but if it doesnt work, you go back to whatever your odds were before (different for different people)). ANYwho.... after my 6 cycles were up, the dr said he wouldnt give me more clomid (either in cycles or increase in dose for risk of OHSS). thats when i switched to femara - and my reasoning was i'd rather have more chances per year - say 9 or 10 - versus what i was having - say 4-5 (because my cycles were so long).
whats my point? (seriously, M, why are you rambling?) - my point is that if *you* want to do femara longer, or switch to clomid, you should. maybe you like how your thermal shifts have been bigger and more stable. or maybe you tell the dr "i know the stats are against me, but it gives us more of a chance than less of a chance". clomid and femara do the same thing - block estrogen receptors - but they react differently in different peoples bodies. just my two cents.... (well, more like 99 cents )

 

[Cowgirl07]

I would like to up my dosage, but I understand my Dr reasoning. She is not a fertility Dr and was going by what the Dr who did the hsg and what I wanted. I just am dreading the new Dr, I hate new doctors and explaining it all over again.