Hannahspanner: I do think it was trying to gear up for it, but decided not to lol I think. I could be totally wrong about that. Keeping my fingers crossed for you that that was your surge!
Katy: Really glad that the femara seems to be doing something! Hope you see a positive OPK here soon. Sorry about your little guy
I'm glad he's doing better now that he's on antibiotics. It can be scary when they're sick
Oculi: Congrats!
I saw the faintest of lines in the first test you posted, but I'm glad you got a darker line to confirm! You don't sound silly at all. It can be really easy to worry about it especially if you're not sure about the kind of reaction you're going to get. If we manage, we're holding off as long as possible on telling anyone. I think my classmates and / or instructors may know before our family
(without much choice anyway)
jellybean: I'm sorry to hear about the negative
Post bc can be very frustrating. It's hard knowing that you won't really have much support and that family won't be happy about it.
I'm a bit worried about family not being pleased, myself. I feel like my husband and I are the disappointments in his family. We're the black sheep. His brother and SIL just had their first last January, but they are both in pretty stable carriers and are pretty successful and are very financially stable.
Both of my SILs are SAHMs with their husbands being engineers. Very financially stable and happy. The one has 3 and the other is due with her 3rd in Februrary.
We, on the other hand, seem to be the screw ups, I guess. At least that's how I feel like they view us. DH has been having difficulty finding a job. He previously worked for his aunt which was truly awful (and was always on the edge worrying about being out of a job as his aunt didn't know how to run a business - they were barely staying open). After 5 years of searching, he finally found something more stable and less stressful, but it was a $5 pay cut. So he's only making $10/hr with only 40 hrs a week.
I quit my job to go back to school. We were surprised with finding out we were pregnant early January 2014 with our son, only about 5 months after I quit my job, and then just a couple of months later I withdrew from my program to go to a different school.
We were hoping to get pregnant around now so that I could have the baby shortly after graduation next May and while I wait to take boards and find a job. I have a good general idea of where my starting pay will be. Once I get settled in my job, DH will most likely quit and be a SAHD (still up in the air), but bottom line is I feel like they think we have no business having any more kids (we and our kids seem to be treated differently than the others).
Even on my side of the family. My mom actually once told me (like last spring) that she would be disappointed and it would break her heart if we had any more.
Nobody knows we're ttc. We recently told my mom we had a surprise for her (it was just one of her favorite donuts), and she asked if there was a bun in the oven. About a week later both my mom and dad were visiting and it came up. My dad said it was way too for another bun in the oven (their terms, not mine lol).
DH and I agreed that if we do manage to conceive before we have to stop and wait a couple of years, we're not saying anything for as long as we possibly can to anyone. I joked that we'd be calling / texting people to say "btw...." after the baby was born
bailey: Yay for O! Keeping fingers crossed for you! Hopefully the irritability is a good sign. Hopefully it's not an infection, but if so, I hope it clears up quickly for you.
monkers: Hopefully you're just gearing up and didn't miss it. Though based on the others, it sounds promising that you haven't missed anything!
Gypsy: Hope you're feeling better. I wish I could just not get wrapped up in it all lol it feels draining to be wrapped up in it, but at the same time, it feels so difficult to not be.
Kelly: Welcome! Being irregular can be extremely frustrating. I haven't had issues with irregularity for a long time until recently. It all seemed to start when I got my IUD in (which was non hormonal to boot). Since then I've been all over the place. I got it out on, I think, CD 32 at the end of August and ended up having a 55 day cycle. I'm sure this one will be wonky still. I hope your body lets you know what's going on one way or another. Are you temping or anything?
when will you start testing?? Lots of baby dust for you!
hope you don't mind me lingering around and keeping up with you all!
so, all I keep thinking about is how I'm going to break the news to them and what their reaction might be. So silly, right?
