TTC and Beyond!

[asmcsm]

Just had a postpartum apt so she could check my stitches and uterus size. Only one of the stitches is left and almost all healed up. Uterus has gone down a lot too which is great. And most exciting of all, I'm back at my pre-baby weight already! Super stoked on that!

 

[Cowgirl07]

Awesome Ashlee! That didn't take long

 

[asmcsm]

I know! I don't think it would take long because I had only gained 17 and she was about 7.5 lbs of that but I definitely did NOT think that it would be that quick!

 

[wavescrash]

Ashlee - yeah unfortunately with kids, the longer they stay awake, the harder it is for them to sleep well at night. Even at 2 years old it's that way with Hannah still.

 

[TTCaWee1]

Also Ashlee try to keep it dark at night, don't talk...just give her the boob and get her back to sleep. I found that really helped Ellie in the beginning.

Anyone heard from Britt since this am???

 

[Cowgirl07]

Nope I hope she is just enjoying her time with Harper.

 

[Disneybaby26]

Rachel- she posted on Facebook!

Kay all of a sudden thinks its really fun to practice rolling over as soon as I put her down for the night, which leads to frustrating crying bc she can only get on her side, good times! Eventually she gives up and ends up sleeping on her side, now I'm going to have to try to get her to at least alternate sides, ugh!

 

[clynn11]

Sandy, have you decided on a name for your baby boy?? I can't remember.. sorry!

And Colette- how are you?? Did you end up finding out gender??

Morgan- I went through and typed up the information to update the front page. You can copy and paste when you get the chance.. no rush

THE GIRLS- (over halfway there!) Due Date:
*Bubs- Emily.....................BORN 10/31/13! Gabriel James
*Goldstns- Nikki................. BORN 1/05/14! Alia Makayla
*TTC- Rachel....................... BORN 3/03/14! Eliana Rae
*Waves- Amanda................ BORN 3/06/14! Leah Katherine
*Ingodshand- Sarah............. BORN 4/08/14! Evan Allan
*Disney- Kara........................ BORN 4/14/14! Makayla May
**Jury- Julie............................ BORN 4/14/14! Olivia Lynne/Grayson Lucas
*mwhite7- Morgan................... BORN 4/24/14! Marley Jaye
*MrsAMK- Molly........................ BORN 4/26/14! Gabriel Silas
*Pdx- Sonia.............................. BORN 6/07/14! Sara
*asmcsm- Ashlee...................... BORN 6/12/14! Lux Adele
*CantHrdlyWait- Britt................ BORN 6/23/14! Harper Grace
*Clynn11- Cassidy.......................... 8/01/14 Zuri Lynn
*HWPG- Mirolee............................... 8/04/14 Aleksandr Julian
*KirbyT16- Kayla.............................. 8/14/14
*frsttimemama- Sandy..................... 9/26/14
*STG- STG! ................................. 10/13/14
* brunettebimbo- BB .................... 1/17/15
* Prgirl_11- Marie ...................... ?/??/15
RobertRedford- Amanda
Cowgirl07-Katrina
Lotalaughs16- Brittney
NDT- Nichole

 

[morganwhite7]

Page is updated!

 

[Cowgirl07]

Wow look at all those babies.

 

[brunettebimbo]

Ashlee that's great news

Baby Harper is beautiful

 

[frsttimemama]

Awesome Ash!!

I must have missed something because I didn't even know Britt was in labor! Hope all went well.

Nikki, glad Alia loved camping!

Any tips for sleeping better, having more energy and motivation? It's gonna be a long 12time weeks if I can't get energy and motivation. Lol

 

[goldstns]

I didn't know about harper either.

 

[Kiamaria83]

Congrats Britt . She's lovely.
No cass I didn't find out so it will be a nice surprise.
Is Marie pregnant ?

 

[clynn11]

Britt posted on the fb page about 4.30aam yesterday that she was a at the hospital with pretty consistent contractions. Announced harper was here about 16 hours later!

And yes, Marie is pregnant! Got another BFP but this time lines are progressing and hcg tripled when she's only had her blood tests show hcg leaving her system. Rainbow babe! Her first scan is July 5th.

 

[Disneybaby26]

Looking for some input from you ladies!

We are planning a HUGE family Disney trip for the end of Sept. 2015 (25+ people). Makayla will be about 18 months old. DH and I are having a hard time kind of "family planning". Like I've said before, we really want to have the kids close in age and were planning on trying by Christmastime. BUT, this trip is creating a hitch in the plan bc i'll have to be very careful about being pregnant/not being able to fly/having a newborn.

SO...We can either try basically immediately July/August (if my cycles even come back), and then I would be going on this trip with an 18 month old and a ~4-5 month old. (13 month gap):OR we can wait until next July/August and ill be newly pregnant (maybe sick) on vacation with a 18 month old (~24 month gap): OR we can wait until after our vacation (26+ month gap).

What option do you think any why? Obviously this is all contingent on my cycle returning and me actually getting pregnant! LOL I guess I've always just pictured back to back pregnancies but now am starting to consider waiting a little. BUT - we would have all hands on deck family wise if I was traveling with an 18 month old and 4 month old (could have DHs parents stay in our timeshare with us).

Is it silly to "family plan" around a vacation? LOL - I clearly have too much time on my hands!!

 

[Disneybaby26]

I'll add that I have a huge (possibly irrational) fear of miscarrying again in between pregnancies and that putting of any plan for 6+ months like last time...

 

[Kiamaria83]

Great news about Marie .
Kara that's a hard one. I'd be tempted to try now and take Kay and baby. You would have enough family there to help out and you and hubby could go off for a day knowing babies are safe

 

[Lotalaughs16]

I don't think its silly to "family plan" around a vacation...personally (although I've never been pregnant or had to take care of an infant/toddler) the 18 month old and 4 month old with lots of help on vacation sounds better to me...especially with you being scared to miscarry again I think if it were me I would start trying sooner instead of waiting.

That's kind of what shifted my plans...I've been planning around a due date that works with my family reunion @ end of July/beginning of August so I would still be on maternity leave but obviously that didn't happen last year when we tried so now I've just kind of thrown my hands up for now and said why should we wait a couple months just because the baby would be born at the beginning of the year...you know what I mean? sorry I just started rambling about myself lol

 

[Lotalaughs16]

...also I don't think your fear is irrational AT ALL