We are all here for the loss of our children. Some of us are begining again, and some of us are trying, some of us are just trying to cope. We support eachother through every moment of life now, maybe with a little help from Sandwaby ( stands for Sad and wanting a baby) or the rest of us in SANDHABY ( sick and having a baby) . And now we even have a STANDHABY ( second trimester and having a baby) . All os us have come a long way !!! We have become more then support....we have become friends. So either way, come on in and join us...everyone is welcome!!!! ? ↓
Here we are....25....I pray it brings us all healthy babies...and new life to those who are praying for it....precious beans to those waiting.....and May we all have good doctors and finally some good solid answers !!!!! ↑
Hi girlies! Happy Thursday to all.... ERIN: How discouraging! I tried the OPK's way back when I started this journey and they never worked for me. Its so hard to read those darn things and I was getting so frustrated. So I started temping and I was preggers within 2 or 3 months after that. (I had been ttc for about 11 cycles - talk about frustrating, my DS (with my ex hubby) was conceived on the very first try! Although that was 10 years ago....) anyway, if you haven't tried it I highly recommend it. It really is amazing to see how the temps show you exactly when you O. I didn't temp this month, but I plan on getting back into next month as I want to be sure I am ovulating. It hasn't ever been a problem for me, but I have been dieting alot since my last m/c and I heard that can effect your cycle. ( I have lost 30lbs since May 1!!!)So I just want to be sure. So come on here and vent to us as we all understand how you feel, and then you get it out and still keep the right frame of mind. Somehow, it will work out for you, i really believe that. So keep that chin up girl, when your baby finally gets here it will be worth all of this, I promise.... Gosh I am obnoxious with my "cheerleader" attitude! Sorry girls, that book I read has me being ms. positive .. i am sure it can get annoying, I will try to take it down a notch! SMMOM: petitary gland??? Never had it tested and never heard it mentioned by my Dr. What is the jist? Should I talk to my dr. about it???? I am having a hard time getting my dr. to do much more testing on me. Because I already have a living child, they aren't that concerned about my fertility... they only ran all those other tests for my piece of mind but told me typically someone in my position wouldn't get the testing. I digress..... Hope you all have a wonderful day! xoxo<<HUGS>> Lisa ↑
Morning, Ladies! Lisa, you've lost 30 pounds in the last 6 weeks? that is incredible and good for you! I'll adopt your cheerleader attitude for that! Oh, and don't apologize for being too positive, you goof! That is exactly what this site needs...positivity. I'm glad to hear you are doing well and get to temping this next time, lady! We want more babies! Erin, I know it's hard to stay positive. I tried those dumb OPK's and Jourdan had to keep me from wanting to burn down the house everytime they didn't work for me. I hated them...they just didn't work for me. I tried them for three months before I caved and bought my fertility monitor. I was spending so much on those sticks anyway I though the monitor was worth a try...and boy was it ever. First month for me! I know it doesn't work that way for everyone but I fully intend to used it for all future kiddos. It took all the guessing (is that a line? is it darker than the other? is it darker than yesterday? etc...) out of the process for me and that was what I needed. I think the fact that the monitor tests for two hormones instead of just progesterone was what worked for me. I am so greatful for that little monitor. Give it some though if those sticks start to drive you insane. I got mine in a "kit" that came with test sticks and preg tests and pre-seed all for $200. I know, I know...but it is something you can always use and in retrospect I would have paid double, triple that to have this baby. And of course much more! I'm diverting...I got this kit off of early pregnancy tests dot com. I am not sure if they still have the same special running but just FYI cause I feel your pain with trying to interpret those dang sticks. Okay...moving on! Oh, and my toes are still crossed so don't give up yet. I ended up ovulating on my cd18 so you are still totally in the running. Shelly, I thought about you and your family the other day. Hang in there. Wow...you are almost to 9 weeks and something days...that single digits, baby! Whoo-hoo! So, excited for you and Carson Dancing Pants! Bryandi, Shana...how you guys doing? MissP, and new news? New news...nice. I am off to Vegas today where it will be a lovely 106 degrees everyday. I am hitting the strip! It'll be just like in Knocked Up where she can't get in the club because the bouncer says, "I can't have no pregnant b**ches runnin' around my club!" Hee hee... We actually won't even get close to the strip. People in who live in Vegas I guess rarely go there. It's like me. I grew up in Colorado Springs and just visited Pikes Peak for the first time a few years ago. Guess it's not that exciting when you live there. Anyway, we will be hitting up the pool with the kiddos and just hanging out. She is taking me to some great maternity store and I might buy my first official maternity clothes. Oh, boy. Hey, quick question...any of you find yourself
spacier" lately? I ramble like you would not believe lately, totally getting off point and stuff, and I have never been like that. The kicker is I know I'm doing it but I can't stop! It's the craziest thing... I'd better go before I get stated again. I'll talk to you gals next week and have a nice weekend! Stay cool where ever you are. Jourdan, if you ever pop in I miss you. ↑
JSTALEY: Yes 30lbs in about 6 weeks, I had put on about 5lbs with each pregnancy so I had about 10 to lose then it just kept coming off. Seriously, its a control thing with me, I couldn't control what was happening to my babies, but I could control my weight and that extra I was carrying around was just making me more miserable, so it was my first step in getting back to the old me. I missed her and I am glad she is back. But I would gladly give up my skinny jeans for maternity ones! ↑
Hey ladies, I am back. My trip to NY was good and the training was good.
I am super glad to be back, not to mention exhausted! MissP sorry things just aren't moving
fast enough and it seems like you are not getting the treatment you deserve. It is amazing how
procedural they are there.... I hope you have finally gotten in to see someone by now! Smmom glad to hear you
got your yard done finally. I too enjoy working in the yard. This weekend dh and I need to get back down in the basement
and get our bedroom finished. lisa, I hope your MRI goes well and nothing has progressed. Then you will be all set to start ttc! yay~
Erin, don't give up yet. I hate those OPK's I had an awful time with them too! Maybe they just aren't working like they should or maybe they
just don't work on your body! Keep positive! Jstay, congrats on the bump! LOL I do not have a LITTLE bump....I have an
"there's no way you are hiding you are pregnant" bump. I finally let the word out at work and soo many people came up to me and said they knew it. They could
tell I was pg because of my belly, but were waiting for me to spill the beans. My weight has continued to creep up in the same fashion as before. 1 pound behind the number of weeks along
I am. So I am 14 weeks and have gained 13 pounds. It really is all in my belly, though. The other day I definately thought I felt some movement. I know it is early, but I have already had two
kids and know what to look for and what it feels like even when it is weak. So tomorrow night DH and I are officially packing away all the pacifiers. Tonight was Rory's last night with one. I am afraid I am going
to have a very long and tiresome weekend! Sometime next week I am going to be getting my "raise review" at work. I am hoping and praying that it is a good one! With the baby coming we really could use the extra cash to
get ready for christmas and other things for the baby. If it is a boy we will be ok since Rory was born in the winter so we have winter clothing for a baby boy. If we have a girl we will need to do some shopping as Tabby was born
in the middle of the summer. Only 4 weeks or so till we know what we are having! gotta run ladies I am exhausted. ↑
Hey gals! Lisa, 30 lbs is awsome. I just hit the 200lbs mark. OY! I'm really feeling big. lol. It's all for a good cause though. I am looking forward to exercising again. I am gonna be starting the walking soon. My goal is to get back to being about 130lbs before getting pregnant again. Jill, I remember rambling on and on about irrelevant stuff. I still do. Wait till you start forgetting things... And then you can't concentrate long enough to get anything done. It's all wonderful. But all worth it. Bryandi, good luck with the pacifier withdrawal. I know my mom had a hard time with me. She actually threw them out the balcony of the 6th floor apartment. lol. Erin, I always temped. even if I dont always wake up at the same time... I would reach for the thermometer and temp first thing when I opened my eyes. I would get a pretty steady curve and was able to pinpoint ovulation. Maybe it would be something to try. I think as long as you get 3+ hours of sleep you are good. Anyways ladies I have to feed myself before i pass out. Take good care. ↑
Hello ladies......LISA...you keep that positive attiitude...it is great !!! It is the pituitary glad...it is actually in your brain...and produces the necessary hormone for releasing the egg....the one that makes you pg. So....yes I would ask your doc about it...and no matter if you have a child or not I think your doc should give you testing. My doc would have had I had another m/c....and I have 2 healthy kids. My m/c was with my third child. Anyways...I had a friend who had it...she stopped having af and didnt know why. hey found a tumor on her pituitary gland...all she had to do was take b/c for a couple months. She did have a m/c ( she got pg first cycle after going off b/c) and then got pg first cycle after that...and now has 2 healthy kids. JILL....Vegas...FUN !! I hope you enjoy your vacay !!! I loved that movie Knocked up....it was so funny !!! As for the brain thing...it is called pregnancy brain...and it doesnt go away until baby is a few months old. Seriously !!! It makes you do the dumest things....say the dumest things and forget everything !!!! It is funny how your mind turns to mush...but your boobs turn to boulders !!! HAHA !! Oh...I am 30 weeks this weekend...so I have 10 weeks and 3 days left. BRYANDI....I am glad you are back and had fun on vacay !!! I cant believe you are 14 weeks now !!! And I know the feeling of the bump appearing so early...This is my 4th pg..so I showed immediately. ANd was for the weight..I think the more babies you have..the more weight you gain. I am better off with Carson then I was with second dd...but have also hit 200 mark. it sucks/...but I also quit smoking with dd and never lost that added extra 15 pounds ...and I am tall. Anyways...lets just say I will be a work out hound after Carson is here !!! Ok ladies...I have to go get kids to bed....and I have my nephew here, my sil is going to have her second amnio tomarrow to see if baby is ready to come!! Ok..gotta go.... ↑
Shab, I hit that lovely 200 mark with both of my kids and am positive
I will hit it with this one too! It is so worth every pound, but once I hit 200 I feel
like a blimp, LOL. Thanks for the luck with the pacifier. I waited till today to take it away from him
because dh doesn't deal with him during naps on the weekends and he never deals with him at night so I figured
dh could suffer through one nap today and then hopefully come Sunday night he will be doing better so that I might get
a decent night sleep before work. He took a nap today without it, but a very very short one. We will see. he is down now,
and quiet but he did cry for about 10-15 min before settling down. Smmom congrats on 30 weeks! that is soo exciting. I find it amazing to think you
are soo far along. It seems just like yesterday that you were telling us you got your bfp! It seems even crazier that in 6 weeks I will be halfway there!
it is amazing! Smmom I hope sil is ready to have her baby and that everything goes smoothly for her even though she is soo difficult to deal with. I too will be
working out like crazy once the baby is born. I have weighed about 160 since I graduated high school and I am 5'7. So I have always been on the high end of the healthy
weight range for my body. After Rory was born I got down to 153 and was soo proud of myself. That would make me happy, just to be 150. So that is my goal after
this little one is born. I figure I will have about 50 - 60 pounds to lose by the time I deliver. So Shana, where are you? Clauds...check in sometime! Mrs. Hath, I am still thinking of you!
Wow I think this thread has gotten a little slow lately. Well guess I better hit the sack. I am taking the kids to pick strawberries tomorrow morning and I should probably get a head start on the sleep
in case little man doesn't sleep well tonight. good night ladies ↑
Hello ladies....SO sil had her baby today via c section at 1230...boy 7 lbs 7 oz....yey!!! It is all over with !! BRYANDI.... I can not get the paci away from my almost 2 yr old....she freaks if she cant have it at night time and nap time( which is the only time she is allowed to have it) We took it away from oldest dd at 2...and then potty trained...but I am dreading taking it from dd now...cause she is way more atttached. I am trying to pottyy train her now...she totally goes on the potty and even in public now...but will not go poop or tell me when she has to go. I am hopinig to have her potty trained and no more paci by the time baby comes...b ut I am thinking she might have issues once baby is here. SO...only 6 more weeks and you will not only be half way....but you will know the sex of the baby !!! Same with ShanaT ( where the heck have you been???) and Jill !!! I am so excited for you ladies. Have any of you set up your u/s yet??? As for the weight..I love how they tell us that women should only gain 35 lbs when pg....I gained 55-65 pounds with my two and EVERYONE I know has also. So seems to me the common is atleast 50 lbs. I grew up very skinny my whole life... weighed 130 until after my first dd...then went to 145 ish....and after second dd was 160. Couldnt lose any more weight either. So I am praying to get back to atleast 150 !!! I am 5'9....so that is a good weight for my height !! ANyways....weight talk depresses me......I hope everyone is doing ok !! MISSP....any more news for us yet???? You are almost to 30 weeks girl !!! JILL....how are you and bean doing?? Judi...check in please !!! LIsa, Lexxy, SHAB, and everyone else....HELLO !!!! ↑
Guess who ovulated???? I DID!!!!(I think, at least I had a positive opt) Ladies, I am so excited. This is the first time in my life that I know(pretty much) that I ovulated! Yesterday and the day before I started having a lot of cm (TMI sorry). So much so that I had wet panties at class. Today I took my opt and poof...it turned positive. All my other opt this month were stone cold negatives. I am also having left lower quadrant ovarian pain ! I have never been so excited to have pain before. Well DH and have been bding everyday and so hopefully this is our month!! I got so defeated after cd15 when I hadn't ovulated and one of my friends told me that she was pregnant after ttc for one month. I was so sad. I am now feeling so much better! Thank you ladies for your support. Yes Jill, you were right. I shouldn't have given up because it did. We will now see if those sperm can do their job!! ↑
HEY LADIES!!!!!!!!! Did you all miss me??? LOL. I missed each of you oh so badly! Things have been just crazy around here. Unpacking is just about down....we have begun fixing up the house as we like it and are ordering furniture now and planning for our dream nursery! Things are FANTASTIC! Baby is doing wonderful and we have had another ultrasound.... we will have another one at 18 weeks and then that will be it until the end of the pregnancy. I don't know what I'm gunna do cause already the doctors are treating me like this is just a normal preg now.... now that we are out of the first trimester and past the scare period and everything. I knew it was coming cuz everything has been going so well..... i'm just gunna have to keep my cool. WELL some news ladies..... I have only gained about 2 pounds... I have a baby bump however people say they had no idea (family) we announced it today to the family and showed ALL the ultrasound pics thus far. Everyone was thrilled! I have never felt so proud! AND we also were able to tell everyone what gender we are having! YUP! We found out already! We are having a GIRL!!! I know its early but the doctors said that it was clear already. I was surprized as I thought it was gunna be a boy but we are just SO SO SO excited for a little girl to love and adore. I have already started shopping but don't worry I'm keeping tags on for just a bit longer! lol But it seems they were pretty sure. SO Sophia (or Baby Sophi as everyone else is calling her) is doing wonderful and we still have been listening to her HB every day or two. I have started feeling real movements or flutters now. It has happened just a couple times sitting up still tho.... but often when I lay down. That's very exciting. She just seems so lively and healthy....we are so blessed. Things are just really good for us. However I did have a minor meltdown when I asked DH to move the hope chest (filled with baby things we had bought for the first baby) to an upstairs room. I opened it and started crying for that baby all over again. I even felt guilty for a second becuase here I am pregnant again with our baby girl....and in the second trimester and everything.... then I told myself I was allowed to cry still and I sure let myself! Then I took out two of the stuffed animals from the chest and put them in Sophia's room. They will be our reminders that Sophi has an angel sibling in heaven. It helped me. I even named one of the bears "Bean" like we used to call our first baby. I hope that someday Sophia loves that stuffed bear and calls it Bean too. ahhh.... but we are all doing good. I did read up on you guys on this thread and it seems things are good. SMMOM.... you sure are getting down to the final count!! So excited for you and Carson. BRYANDI.... glad I'm not the only one with the noticable baby bump... I swear I don't know how any of my family has been missing it lately! SO glad the news is out and I don't have to ware baggy clothes and stuff anymore! JILL.... sounds like all is well with you too and your bump! lol.... ERIN...... SO SO SO glad to see that you have worked thru the ov frustration! It sure sounds like you got it and bd right on time! I'm so feeling confident this month is it! ANd yes I always got the ov pains and CM like crazy and that def let me know when I ov. THIS IS IT GIRL!!!! LISA....congrats on the weight loss! I can't believe it. Getting yourself more healthy is wonderful and will only help later ya know! I so plan on taking baby weight and more off come january and the baby comes! I sure need it. I started out heavier so even tho I have gained only 2 pounds I feel big and I have to watch it!!! The dr. only wants me at like +20-25 pounds tops at the end of the preg! Is that even possible??!!!! lol OKay ladies.... our computer at home (I'm at the in laws now) is not working until later this week so I'll be back on like wednesday or so! Until then! Love you all!!!! ↑
Smmom good to hear the baby was born and is healthy. 7lbs and 7 oz is a good weight.
Tabby was 7lbs 6 oz how far along was she? they took the baby early right? Erin congratulations
on the big O! I knew it was going to be your cycle this month! Everything sounds perfect you are going to
get that BFP!!!!!! Shana, we have missed you. it is about time you checked in missy! I am glad you have finally
let the secret out. I know for me it was a huge relief to be able to wear cute pg clothes instead of baggy loose clothes to
try and hide it. I am soo jealous that you know what you are having already....and even more jealous that you have only gained 2 pounds!
So totally not fair. I did have good news this morning....I lost 1.2 pounds while I was in NY (I walked my little..ahem not so little tooshie
off out there) that brings me down to a 12 pound gain in almost 15 weeks. I might be breaking away from my pound a week! I think it is sweet that
you gave 2 of the stuffed animals to Sophia that were originally for your first child. Sophia will always have a guardian angel baby watching over her!
Well I brought the kiddos out to pick strawberries this morning and this afternoon I vacuumed the pool. This evening DH and I sanded down more of the drywall and
hung the last door. So tomorrow we just need to put up a couple small peices of drywall around the door and mud the creases in the new drywall and finish sanding.
Then one more layer of mud and one more run of sanding and we will be ready to prime the walls! Before we do that I need to get down there and clean the room. All the dust from
the sanding has made a huge mess down there. Plus there is a rug so it is going to be a pain to clean. I am very excited that we are getting closer and closer to actually moving our bedroom
down there! Smmom we broke dd of her thumb at two years old, and were thinking of waiting till ds was two before taking the pacifier, but each day that went on
he was getting more and more attached. Plus we are hoping not to use pacifiers for this next baby, but if it happens to be like Rory then it will wind up with a pacifier anyway and we want him to be
completely broken before the baby is born. He did very good last night. He woke up a total of three times and the first time I went in and rubbed his back and then he fell asleep
The second time he cried for probably 10 min or so but then fell asleep. The third time all dh had to do was get him a drink of water (he has a cold so is breathing through his mouth probably dried him out) and he fell right
back to sleep. Today he did not take a nap, though. So tonight when I put him to bed he was out instantly not a fuss out of him. He did stop in front of his dresser (which is where we used to keep the pacifiers before) and
look at me like "you gonna give me my plug mom?", but I said "no more plug buddy you are a big boy now, let's get into bed" and he crawled right in and cuddled up with his bear and went right to sleep! YAY!! You are lucky you have two girls. there is no way Rory will be potty trained by the time this one comes. Tabby started using the potty a little bit around 19 mths
but by the time she was two she was like your dd. She would go if you put her on there every so often but wouldn't tell us and wouldn't poop in the potty. At 2.5 she started telling us and she has started pooping in
the potty more often starting just recently. So she is almost completely trained. She doesn't come close to making it thru the night yet though. So we will for sure have two in diapers for a little while. Oh well.
Well ladies, I suppose I should head to bed. Good night! ↑
Hello ladies....>ERIN.....YEY !!!!!!! This is it...this could be your month !!!!! I am so praying it is !! Just keep that positive attitude now !!! SHANAT.....glad you are getting all settled in and putting your house together. And you even made the big announcement. How exciting...and how did you find out the sex so early??? Most docs wont tell you this early cause they could be wrong !!! HOW exciting. Sophia is a beautiful name. ANd that is so sweet that you gave her one of bean's bears. What a nice way to remember. And it is ok to cry..I still do sometime also. You can not help it...as a mom...you never forget one of your children...no matter how long we have them. As for me...I had another bday party today, and still have my nephew here...so things are busy. Carson is still doing great/..I have another check up tomarrow. Oh..ShanaT...dont worry about your docs...if they are relaxing on you it means they have confindence that baby is ok. And soon you will start going every two weeks like me !!!! 10 weeks ladies....I can not wait. OK...gotta get kids to bed...night !! ↑
BRYANDI....sorry...we must have posted at the same time. Yess dd is 23 months old...she is not doing so well with the training with her cousin here( he is 7 weeks older then her). But she gets the concept. She does tell me she has to go potty every now and then and usually when we are not at home. WIth oldest dd...she did the same thing until she was 26 months old...then I finally just put her in undies...she had a few accidents...but really didnt like feeling wet or poppy. SO within a week or so she was trained. I am going to do the same with other dd when she turns 2. As for the paci...I am not sure when exactly to take it, but soon. I am glad your ds is not giving you to hard a time with it. You are lucky !!! OK...I gotta go...night ! ↑
YAY ERIN!!!! Congrats on ovulating... That is great news!!! so in 14 days I hope you get even better news!!! I am so excited for you, I will keep my fingers and toes crossed for you. Lisa, when exactly is your MRI, I hope all goes well. Smmom, congrats on sil's delivery. Glad to hear baby is doing good. Hopefully each one of us here will end up holding a perfectly healthy baby some day. Shana, good to see you again. I am glad things are going good for you. Telling everyone must have been such a weight off your shoulders. Congrats on the baby girl. Bryandi, sounds like Rory isn't giving you too hard of a time with the pacifier. I hope I have an easy time like that. Although from the 3d US we had yesterday, it looks like Shireen likes to suck her thumb. She had it in her mouth the whole time almost. I have a dr's appointment tomorrow. She should be giving me the papers for my last medical us. I will find out what is going on with baby's kidneys. Hopefully the issue has corrected itself. I should also be refered for a mammo. I am anxious to get the results and see where I stand regarding that issue. I am itching to start getting things ready for baby girl. If all goes well dh and I will be moving some furniture next weekend and setting up baby's furniture in our bedroom! Now I'm noticing alot of ladies MIA. Judi, Lisa, MissP, Lexxy,
Clauds, Col, and anyone I've missed. Check in ladies, we miss you. Have a good day ladies!!! Talk to you soon! ↑
Hello ladies....It is Sunday...you know what that means !!! SHAB..I am anxious for you to get results with your mammo also. What are they thinking is wrong with Shireen's kidney's again??? I remember you telling us..I just dont remember all the details. I know my nephew had the same issue when my sis was pg with him and it did correct itself !! I am praying all is well !!! As for me...I am pooped out today. I have had my nephew since Thursday night...for my sil to have her baby. She is supposed to go home tomarrow if all tests are done with her kidney. I have been running back and forth taking her son to see her and his new baby brother....which I suppose I would want done for me. ANd birthday parties and everything...so today I am going to do nothing else !~ ANyways...have a good afternoon !!!!!! ↑
smmom, a friend of mine told me today that a common way to break a kiddo of the
pacifier is to poke a hole in it or cut the tip off....I had never heard of that before.
Have you? Maybe I will try that next time if this one turns out to be a pacifier baby. Since
Rory has already been 3 days without it I am not going to give it back to him. I think that would defeat the
purpose. I bet you are tired considering you are super pregnant, already have your own two girls to take care of plus
someone elses 2 year old hehehe. I would be tired too! LOL you remind me of the stories I have heard of people working in the fields
way back in the day picking corn or whatever they are picking, taking a minute to deliver right in the field and then right back to work as if
nothing happened. You are super busy! Shab, how fun to move into a new bedroom of your own and get to rearrange and redo that room on top of
getting the nursery ready to go!!! I can't wait till we can get our nursery ready to go. We need to finish it first and find out what we are having.
In my opinion the thumb is sooo much better than the pacifier. Others disagree with me, but I totally prefer a thumb sucker. smmom your are being such a good
SIL taking your nephew back and forth to see her. Hopefully she appreciates it a little! So nothing new for me. I have a checkup with my OB tomorrow afternoon.
Other than that I don't think anything exciting for us. Missp please check in have you been able to see anyone yet? How is little Tyler doing?
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BRYANDI....I am super busy all the time...I never realise it until after I have done it all.I like to keep busy....and it makes me feel like I am not going to just lay around and get fat !! ALthough I dont know if I can deliver in a field while picking something and just move on like nothing happened. Having a baby is exhausting...and painful !!! And noway am I about to do it in the sun !!! HAHA. As for cutting the tip...I am afraid to do that...cause she will take one suck and freak out big time...and she throws the biggest fits I have ever seen with the loudest, highest pitched scream I have ever heard. Frankly I am just trying to avoid the scream. I have never heard of poking a hole in it though. With the cutting the tip....you are supposed to sut of a little every night or two until there is barely anything left. With my oldest dd...i did what you did and just took it away at two...I think that is the easiest...just making them all dissappear. Maybe I am wrong. I guess we will see soon. Right now I just want her to potty train. ANd soon we are going to buy her a big girl bed !!! YEY. SO...i guess we all have appt's tomarrow. Everyone needs to check in please and let us know how they are going. LEXXY...are you back yet from your other trip??? OK..I gotta go chase 2 two yr olds.....aaahhhh !!! ↑
Ladies, I have been swamped this week with the kids and werking still and unpacking after vacation. I am so tired!! I have been trying to keep reading about you from work but I have been unable to write. When I get home from work, I just collaspe. But I have been waking up early starving and needing to pee!! This cycle with the clomid is the first time that I ever saw that I ovulated! I know that I must have ovulated when I had my m/c but the strange thing is that I didn't have a period. So I must have o'd without AF. Now at least I know that I have a shot! It is so frustrating to be ttc for 15 months and not ovulating. Even if I don't get pregnant this month, I know that the clomid was effective to make me o and now I may just need an IUI to help even more. I am excited! So today is cd 19 and 2 dpo. I am going to test 10 dpo which is June 30. Well will see after that. I have a fertility dr appt on July 1 so I hope I will know if I'm preggo by then! SHANA, wow you told you family! I am so happy that everybody is excited and everything is going great with BABY SOPHI!! I can't believe that you already know that you are having a girl!! That is so cool!! Are you still having those little flutters? And how big is your belly. I wish that we had pics here so that we could see how everyone is progressing! If you ever want to e-mail me, I'm at little_lamb141 at yahoo dot com. I am so happy for you !!! I still get sad too about our little bean that we lost. I don't know if we will ever get over it. BRYANDI, good to hear that Rory is doing well without his pacifier. And the potty training thing will take some time. Boys are the worst about potty training. Even as adults they still pee around the toilet and not in it! Don't get worried about the weight gain. This is not your first pregnancy so you will gain weight differently than others. How is your belly growing?? Are you in maternity clothes yet?? Send me a pic of your belly if you want. SHELLY, I know that I am up and down but this ttc thing is just so emotionally draining. I'm sure that you remember. One minute, I am happy and postive and thinking that this is my month and the next I am thinking that I will never get pregnant. BTW, I woke up this morning with sensitive nipples, which I don't ever have. So I am taking it as a good sign even if I am not pregnant then it could be post ovulation soreness. I'm glad to hear that Carson is doing well and you only have 10 weeks to go!!!! Yeah the end is in sight. We wait so long to be pregnant and then we can't wait to see the baby. SHAB, any results on the mamo?? When did you have it?? Shireen already likes her thumb, huh! I'm sure that she is so cute. How many weeks left for you? I know you are coming up fast to you EDD! JUDI, how are you? Give us an update on this month!! LISA, when is your MRI?? Anything new with you? LEXXY, I'm sure that you are having a great time on your vacation. JILL, Any word with you? Did I forget anyone?? Talk to you all soon! ↑
Good morning my favorite sunshines! Hope you all had a nice weekend! I had an emotional one i guess you could say. I think it's because im pg, I get more upset than I should. I found out my uncle is leaving is wife. The main problem is that she babies her sun (the cousin that just had a baby in january). My cousin is a complete moron. His fiance left him because he is really irresponsible. He is living with his parents and spends his money on play station games instead of taking care of his baby. And his mom babies him like theres no tomorrow. I honestly would have kicked him out if he were my son. At 27 if you are a father you shouldnt be living with your parents no more. Anyways, long story short... I am soooooooooo pissed at my cousin especially since i found out that he asked his mom if his new gf (after ony 1 month of being separated) could come live with them since his dad was leaving!!!! THE NERVE! I really feel for my uncle. I saw him yesterday and he seems very out of it. He is very down about the whole thing. He loves his wife, but I guess he can't take the fact that her babying my cousin isnt helping him. It's very sad when people reach that breaking point. All this to say, I'm feeling all kinds of sad and angry mixed with desperation. Is this what it all comes down to in the end. Ok, enough about that! Now for the real update. Erin, I didn't get my mamo yet. I should get the referal for it today. God knows how long it will take before I actually get an appointment. Shelly, Shireen's kidneys showed mild dilation at 20 weeks. Dr explained that it usually resolves on its own and we would know at my 32 week us. Which is gonna be sometime this week or next week. Hopefully they will be able to squeeze me in today as I have a 30-45 min drive to get to the clinic where I usually go. Bryandi, unfortunately, we are not moving into a new room and we wont be having a nursery. We have a 2 bedroom condo and since both of us work from home, dh's desk is in the guest room and mine is in the master bedroom. We are planning on turning the guest bedroom into a full office and just putting the baby's furniture in our bedroom for now. Unfortunately we were not able to buy a house this year since we have alot of real estate property investments and the bank refused to give us a mortgage. We will probably wait another year or two and sell this condo. But there will be no decorating the nursery for me. Not this time around anyways. Bryandi, I have to disagree with you on the thumb sucking. From a dental stand point, thumb sucking, because the thumb isnt as flexible or ergonomically adapted to the gums, it does have a tendency to displace teeth. The other thing that scares me about it is my dh sucked his thumb so much, that thumb is about a cm shorter than the other one. Also its kinda hard to take away a thumb from a child. My brother was 18 (years not months) and still sucked his thumb to fall asleep. Thank god he got embarrassed when he moved in with his gf. He stopped now. Anyhow ladies I have to start getting my day organized. Have a great day and I'll update you on my appointment later on. ↑
Happy Monday to you all (YUCK - I HATE MONDAYS!).... but a week from today I will be on vacation so it makes it a little easier to take.... I am going to be a you know what in two weeks when I have to come back!!!! Anyway - how was everyone's weekend? Mine was good, didn't do much. I have to tell you ladies I did a big oops this weekend. WARNING TMI ALERT*** My DH and I decided because of my MRI (tomorrow) we would use protection until after that as I was due to "O" anywhere between last Friday to today... anyway, Saturday night we went out and had some drinks, and well one thing led to another... and we forgot to use anything! Now typically I have BD'd on the "right" days and planned to get pregnant only for it not to happen month after month... so chances are its fine, but come on, its like 4 days we need to be careful, we are like freakin' teenagers sometimes. I talked to my dr. and he said that even if I did catch that egg, it wouldn't implant for about another week and he just isn't concerned about it. His words... "if you happen to get pregnant this month, the MRI shouldn't cause you any problems"... so stay tuned. BRANDYI: That 200 mark means a little baby... so its all good, plus like you said, you will lose it afterwards. I have struggled with my weight my entire life, I used to be about 125lbs heaver (yes that isn't a typo, I was a whole extra person bigger than I am now). About 10 years ago I just had enough and started eating healthier and exercising... in about 10 months, all the weight was gone. I now hover somewhere between 120-130, but after two failed pregnancies I was up to over 160, which I am only 5'2" so that was big on my frame. I just know now that its easier to catch it now than if I am up over 100;bs overweight. Ok enough depressing weight talk.....Hope the pacifier thing is working out. I never gave one to my DS, because I had heard how hard it is to wean them, so I just never even bought one. He had a blanket he carried everywhere with him until he was about 4... then one day he brought it to me and told me he was too old to have a blankie... how cute, never wanted it again. SMMOM: Congrats to your SIL. It must make you even more excited to know in 10 short weeks that will be you! I think I told you girls, my DS was born 10 weeks early and is a perfect 10 year old now. I am so excited for you!!! ERIN!!!! Way to go! Doesnt' it feel good to know your body is doing what it is supposed to? I am still keeping everything crossed for you (and my toes and fingers are starting to hurt...). This is your month girl! It has to be!! SHANA: Yes we did miss you! Baby Sophia.. its perfect! I am so happy for you and DH, all you girls with your healthy babies gives me so much hope! I would love a baby girl, I have a niece that I love buying for. Boys clothes aren't nearly as fun!!! You shouldn't feel guilty about being pregnant again. Its normal to be sad and remember the one you lost, but god gave you another chance to try again, none of us will forget the ones we lost, but it just makes it so much sweeter when you finally have that healthy baby. I can't wait to be in your shoes! SHAB: Tomorrow is the MRI... then I have vaca next week and then the week after I meet with my neurologist to get the results, I can't lie, I am nervous - I have felt perfect (MS wise) for awhile now and I have been off my medicine for a few years, so this is the big test to see if I have progressed. Hopefully its the same as last year and my body isn't reacting to not having the medicine and they wont make me go back on it. Its horrible once a week injection, my DH got really good at giving me the shot, but it was an ordeal every week, plus the side effects are horrible, its like a really bad flu once a week. Seriously - I would take it on Friday night and feel horrible until about Monday every week. I was on it for a little over a year and it really didn't get easier - plus it made me so moody.. I think DH would prefer the pregnancy hormone moodiness to the medicine induced kind! I lost my weekends for over a year. And I had to hide it from my DS, so most weekends pretend to feel fine. It was hard! Thankfully I have the best DH and he picks up the slack when needed. Everything we have been through together (MS, two lost pregnancies, ex husband from HELL...) has made us so close, that man is my rock. Well enough blabbering. Love and hugs to all you girls! Lisaxoxoxo ↑
Hi Ladies, soooo sorry ive been away absolutley ages but as you can imagine, moving to another country is not easy and we have had so much to do, not to mention the baby! On that subject tho, its not all good news. He is fine, no signs of any problems, but when i eventually got seen by the doctor, they confirmed the amniotic fluid is way low, it has dropped to 7cm and 5cm is critical so not far off that. The placenta is low lying anterior which they have said means cesearan, plus it is very mature, not very healthy and a lot bigger than it should b. Probably why i look 8 months and not 6. Also at the 25wk scan we had a few days ago they said the neck fold was enlarged and started to talk downs syndrome. So as you can imagine, a lot of stress at the moment for me and dh. We are getting through it. Theyve said that when i get checked next week depending what they see on the scan, they may keep me in or induce....im really scared ladies and terrified of loosing him....but trying to stay positive, Tylers still kicking and it feels stronger now, im taking this as good signs and trying not to dwell on all the horror stories and the many things that could go wrong. I have to have a more dangerous cesarean because of th way th placenta is lying and i think they cut high up above th bellybutton, so theres more scarring and risk of bloodloss. If any of you mothers out there have any experience of this id gladly hear it at the moment! Meanwhile, we are staying at my parents, dh is desperetly looking for work and we dont have any money spare, so thank goodness were back and all the treatments are free now!! Anyway, i am going to update again in a few days, but i have to rush off, ooh also i have been sent for the glucose test which is on friday so il lt you know how that goes too. Will try to catch up with you all in the next few days, soo sorry to rush off again, love you all x x x x ↑
MissP, that is alot to take it. I am sorry you have to go through all that stress. The most important thing is that Tyler is kicking. Also the chances of survival after 24 weeks gestation are pretty good. And you are past that point. I pray that everything goes well. I will be waiting for your update with many prayers for you and baby Tyler. ↑
MissP: I am so sorry you are going through all of this. Shab is right, its alot to take, but the positive side is that you have a baby who is kicking away and telling you he is ok. Of course you will worry, but as long as you feel him in there that will give you a piece of mind. My Tyler was born at 30 weeks and is perfect, when I was pregnant with him they thought there were all these things that "could" go wrong with him and he was small (2lbs) but perfect in ever way - 10 years later he still is. Maybe its the name... they start giving us stress before they are even born. I can tell you my DS is still the most impatient person I have ever met... it started with him coming so early... the darn kid just couldn't wait! So hang in there girl, things will work out for you and in the meantime lean on any or all of us if you need to. hugs!!! lisa ↑
smmom, thanks for the rest of the story on the pacifier tip. I wasn't sure how that worked.
I don't know that I will try it with my next one since so far so good with Rory. Oooh how exciting about
the big girl bed! Erin, I am glad you arefeeling more positive right now. I am hoping you catch that egg without
having to do the IUI. I hope you get your BFP on June 30th. I have also heard that boys potty train slower. With Tabby
we at least had an idea of when she had to go based on facial expressions or mannerisms. With him I never know. I am wearing maternity clothes
for work, but at home I still wear my own stuff. i am in a stage where maternity clothes are just a bit too baggy still, but my regular clothes are just
a bit too tight. Most of my work clothes are less stretchy (business casual button up shirts and dress pants) and more form fitting. But i have some comfy t-shirts
and dh shirts that I can wear at home that are just fine for out of the office. So I am in between. Most of my weight is in my belly so far. Cept for the couple of extra pounds
in my behind! hehehee Shab, sorry you are upset with your aunt right now. I totally can see where you are coming from. Your cousin should be taking care of himself and not leaning on
mom to do it for him. Sorry I must have misunderstood your comment on moving furniture. LOL your comment on your dh thumbs made me hold my hands up and compare my thumbs. I too was a thumb sucker.
I also had a hard time being weaned off from it. I think I was 10 or 11 and only stopped because one of my friends pointed it out at a sleep over and I was super embarrassed. I blame my parents for that, though.
They didn't try to break me of it until I was too old (in my opinion). They thought I was taking Tabby's thumb away from her too early, but she was weaned off it in just a couple of weeks with no fits or problems.
My teeth are perfect, but dh and all of dh's family had braces, so I am sure at least 1 of my kids will probably have to have them. Hope your appt goes well! LISA, lol you and dh sound so romantic and refreshing....my dh and I
are like crotchedy old people now... and we are only 25 years old. Maybe my profession and having kids do that to you! (SHAB YOU ARE SOOOO LUCKY TO WORK FROM HOME!!!) It is good that the doc says not to worry about the MRI. 125lbs
is huge!!! Congratulations! So many people are that overweight and can't seem to overcome it. KUDOS to you girl! we also didn't give our dd the pacifier because we had heard terrible things about it, and she wound up being a thumb sucker
instead. With DS he just wanted to suck sooo bad it was amazing...he came out just throwing his head around looking for something to suck on. So we gave him the pacifier since we weren't sure which was easier to deal with and since we already dealt
with the thumb we thought we would try the pacifier. I agree with you...boys clothes are totally not as much fun. LOL it could be second child syndrome, but I spent way less on Rory's clothing than I did on Tabby. I just could never find too much that I really
liked. LISA if anything you hold on to that DH of yours with everything you got. He sounds so fantastic. I am glad you have such a strong support system in place! Good luck catching that egg! MISSP I am so sorry for all the bad news you have heard recently. It is good that
he is still kicking away stronger than ever. It shows he is a fighter. Together as a family you will all get through whatever comes up. I have never heard of having a C-Section cut up there. I hope everything goes well for you whatever they decide needs to be done. Please keep us posted on yourself
and little Tyler. So my appt. was very brief. In and out. Got to hear a good strong heartbeat and that was it. Now I have nothing till the end of July. Smmom didn't you say you had an appt today too? How did it go? ↑
like a dope I posted on the last thread...here's what I wrote - Erin, I hear you....I just want to be pregnant too. One of the hardest things about miscarrying is that it just seems like such a waste of effort and hopes and dreams...but then I start feeling positive and telling myself that everything happens for a reason and it's all part of the plan that I haven't been let in on yet. I may have said this before but it is very obvious to me when I look at/think about my daughter that if I had to pay any price for her, such as the first miscarriage and d and c, any price is worth it - I just didn't know that at the time. I vacillate between positive and negative, but that's normal I guess. I am consulting the specialist on Wednesday morning, but everything I read keeps telling me that it is all natural and normal to miscarry and nothing needs testing, etc, but I just want to grill him about perhaps he can test my hormone levels or such. SSMom, I'm so sorry for your family's loss. I'm Australia so I haven't seen or heard about this on the news. The funeral must have been terrible. Nothing is as sad as a young person passing away. ERIN, bear with me as I am new to the thread.....does the Clomid mean you should ovulate on day 15 rather than any other day??? Because my best friend was on it three years ago, (for three cycles) and she ovulated on day 18 or 19 and is now the mother of twins. Catch me up! Also, are you opk testing twice a day? Because you can miss your surge if you only test once in a 24 hour period...there is a lot of info about this on peeonastick.com if haven't read it yet. I'm sure you know all about this if you are a nurse....but just in case you haven't heard of this.
But anyway, Erin, now I am up to speed and it's great news you ovulated. I actually never got a positive opk with my daughter but she is the proof in the pudding that sometimes you can miss your surge. Sounds like you had it a bit later than you thought. So best of luck with the 2ww and I will now try and read all the posts on this site!
you guys are so supportive of each other, it is wonderful. I have had such good experiences with these threads, but you do see some where there are mean things written. LISA, I have been told the same thing, not to bother testing as I have a healthy child. Well I am getting a second opinion is all! ERIN, your symptoms sound promising. Fingers crossed to you. Re weight gain, my doctor told me the ideal amount gained depends entirely on how big or small you are to start with. I put on about 11 kilos with my daughter, (about 25 pounds) but I am big to start with. My thinner friends put on heaps more, and have mostly gone back to being skinny again! Occaisonally I have cried about my first miscarriage, although if that preg had continued, i wouldn't have Lily (I conceived her in August 2005, the first one's due date was December. But I think it is lovely to share Bean's bears with your new baby. Sophia is a gorgeous name. I had a little top with the word "loved" printed on it which I bought before I miscarried the first one, Lily wore it and then it went right back into my "hope chest". We will never forget our lost babies, personally I believe it dramatically improves motherhood when it does happen. We don't take the weight gain, the morning sickness, the sleepless nights for granted as however bad it is, it is not as bad as miscarrying. I already love you ladies for your support of each other! Erin, I have good feelings about this month for you. ↑
Hello ladies....>ERin....It is ok to be up and down...actually it is normal..and we all expect it. Cause we all know what can happen and how badly we want to be pg again after it does. I can tell you that if your are pg....symptoms do not usually show up untl 6-8 weeks. With the exception of having to pee all the time. SO maybe you are right...maybe it is post 'o' symptoms and you are just so much more intune with your body. I can not wait for your 2ww to be over and we know you have your BFP !!!!!!!! LISA>...haha..I am glad you 'enjoyed' your vacay. So, if you do wind up pg, I really wouldnt worry about your mri...they would not do it if it were a risk to you or baby !! Plus baby is pretty protected from everything the first couple of weeks. SHAB....I hope all goes well with all the doc appts this week... and you get good news. MISSP....I am sorry you are going through such a rough pg. The important thing is in the end you get your healthy baby. I actually just asked my doc today about preterm labor...asking if Carson were to be born now ( at almost 31 weeks) that he would be ok. SHe said...OH YES, anymore most babies live after 24 weeks. They are just int he hospital for a long time. SO if you are to have Tyler early...he will be ok...and better for him to be born early then lose him to lack of amniotic fluid. I am sorry you have to go through all this..but remember your faith. It is important to have Faith that God will keep Tyler safe. BRYANDI....glad to hear your appt went well. That is great news !!! My appt went well also..same as you..in and out with a HB check. I love hearing it though !!! I am every two weeks now though..so I get to hear it more often!!! YEY ME ! LILLYMOMMY.....glad to see you back. How are things going for you??? ↑
ok ladies....an update you have all wanted..... I talked to Jourdan...she says hello !! And that she misses all of us. She does not check the thread, it is to hard for her right now. BUT>...she will be back soon. She has had a BUNCH of testing done and some docs that told her she was i n early menopause, Now she is seeing a new doc that believes it may be something else. SO she has been through alot...poor girl. BUT....she may have been given the go ahead to ttc again soon.....and if she does she said she wil come back for the much needed support !! Anyways..I know you all have been wanting to know how she has been.. AS for me...Carson is great ! HB today was great. Doc said all my nasty BH contractions are probably me getting dehydrated. ANd that if they continue ( more then 6 in an hour) that I NeED to be seen. That is what prompted me to ask about the early labor. Anyways....lets pray that it doesnt happen again !! OK...I am off to bed...have a good night ladies!!!!! ↑
