INTROS FOR EVERYONE!!!

firstcomeslove2013

Hello all! I've been a bad moderator!!! I'm really trying to get some good links together and I think an intro link would be a good one to have. This will be a place where new people can read "old" bumpers intros and where they can add their intros as well. Sometimes when people comment and they are mainly lurkers I get confused and wish I had a place to read their intro! So here it is! Add if you feel so inclined to do so and I'll link it to our new boad information!

firstcomeslove2013

Here is my intro!

Hello all! My spouse is @doodah1013‌ and we are currently pregnant with our 1st little one. You can read my signature for our journey but we definitely had a road that was longer and trickier than we expected. Our journey included 10 IUIs, 2 BFPs, 1 MC, and now we are 15w and so far things are healthy.

We are a queer couple. @doodah1013‌ is carrying our first and I am inducing lactation in order to hopefully exclusively BF our baby. I am currently 2 months into the protocol.

I am the moderator of this board and love getting to know all the new and regular bumpers!

1blueridgemama

Hey mamas, new here to the bump.  My wife and I have two sons, 13 and 8 years, and we're expecting boy/girl twins in October.  We're thrilled and I'm about as big now as I was when I delivered my singleton and only 22 weeks.  Yikes!

Looking forward to meeting you all and going to try to catch up reading here.

ball.and.chain

Great idea, @firstcomeslove2013!

I am probably one of the people who has been around this board the longest.  I started posting in July 2011 when we started TTC.  My wife S and I have been married since 2007 and live in the Boston area.  She was never interested in being pregnant (though she's thrilled to be a parent), so I am the baby-carrier in the relationship.

Unfortunately, this role did not come as easily to me as we had hoped.  After 9 negative IUIs, I finally got pregnant on my first IVF cycle, but miscarried.  We then transferred a frozen embryo from the same IVF cycle and I miscarried again.  Our second frozen embryo transfer resulted in my first healthy pregnancy.  I am now 37 weeks with a boy we could be meeting any day now.

StacyLH24

I agree that this is a great idea!

All the nitty gritty stuff is in my siggy, which seems to only be getting longer and longer.

In short, my wife (C) and I have attempted 8 IUI cycles since July 2013, which have only resulted in 5 actual IUIs. I have had one BFP which ended in a chemical pregnancy. I had surgery in November 2013 to fix a uterine septum and remove endometriosis. We are hoping that IVF will do the trick for us and give us at least one healthy take home baby. At this point, my ER and ET should be in the middle of July.

C has no interest in carrying, so it's all on me to bring a LO into the world.

KH826

Hi! I am K and my wife is J. We have been together for almost 10 yrs, and married in August 2012. We started TTC in January 2013, with me as the carrying partner (we are still undecided as to whether or not I will carry all of our kiddos, or if J will also carry at some point). We did 5 IUIs that were unsuccessful before moving to IVF. Our first IVF cycle resulted in pregnancy, and our son Will was born on June 4, 2014 (he is currently 18 days old!). We have 10 embryos in the freezer for the future, and we hope to TTC again within the next 2 years. We live in Philadelphia, and after my maternity leave is over my wife will transition to being a SAHM. We also have a dog named Reese who we love to pieces!

pauljl

Hi! I'm Jen. My wife, C, and I were married in 2011. Although our state currently bans our marriage, we got a license in California last September - our state has to catch up soon, right?  

I'm a teacher and C works as a wire tech for a technology company. We have two rotten dogs and just bought our first home a few months ago! 

We did at home Insemination using a known donor ( her brother). I have pretty severe PCOS.  We couldn't believe our good fortune when we got a BFP only three months later. Baby Callie is due this November! Right now we are enjoying every little wiggle and kick and getting that nursery ready. 

Amber&Reva

I'm Amber and my partner of almost 4 years is Reva (R) we live about 30mins outside of Boston.  We started TTC in September of 2013 and I was lucky enough to get pregnant on our second un-medicated IUI.  We found out on February 12, 2014 we were having a baby girl! Then on February 20th I gave birth to our daughter Brynlee Madeline at 19w due to PPROM. 

We took 4 months (3 cycles) off and had an IUI on 6/10/14 and I tested on 6/21/14 and am currently pregnant and hoping for good beta numbers and that this little one will stay in there as long as possible.

Not TTC related we  both work in retail and have 4 fur babies. Oliver and Xander are our two dogs and Nala and Jasmine are our two cats.

AandStilltrying

I'm Amber and my wife (though not legal...had private ceremony in Punta Cana) Sarah have had a long 1.5 years ttc. 10 IUI's later we are now pregnant with our first. Due Feb. 14, 2015. . Our lil love bug. Hoping for a smooth pregnancy that leads us to our healthy little one. Suffered miscarriage/possible ectopic from first iui. The "magic" seemed to be follistim injectables!

We live in NC. I'm a music teacher
And Sarah's a software architect.

4 fur babies. 2 dogs- Kaydie & Roxie 2 cats-Mia & Mystique.

Jazibel

I'm J and my wife is E (but I call her EV on the board which sounds like "Evy" her nickname for a time). We have been living together for 14 years and "married" for 10. We made our marriage official in December of 2013. We live in the San Francisco Bay Area with our sons Kaden (23 months) and Owen (7 weeks). Both were conceived with a Known Donor and at home ICI's performed by my wife.

Our TTC journey began in December of 2008; after 5 failed at home IVI's and 1 IUI with frozen sperm we took a break to save money and our sanity. IUI #7 was performed in our home in March of 2011 by a midwife using frozen donor sperm. This attempt resulted in a BFP, but we lost the pregnancy at 13 weeks.
Two more IUI's (at home/frozen sperm) and two more BFN's in the Fall of 2011 left us looking for a different solution.
We were successful on the first try with our KD and Kaden was born 9lbs 5oz via a home water birth on Friday, July 13th 2012. We started our TTC journey again in August of 2013, we received a BFP later that month and Owen was born via a home birth on Friday, May 2nd 2014, he was 9lbs 3oz.

We talk on and off about baby #3 (this is more me talking and EV having a heart attack). This probably won't happen but we'll see how we feel in a year. ;-)

I'm currently a SAHM preparing to go back to work and EV works for a software company.

mrs&mrsk

I'm L & my wife is M.  We got married on 9/20/13 after being together for 3 yrs. We just started trying in April, and our first IUI was May 27.  It worked!  I am due February 17, 2015.  Still a little scared to spread the word as we arent at the 12 wk mark.   (this is our first) 

We live on Long Island. I work in sales and DW works in behavioral health.  We have 2 japanese chin (dogs) that are about 4yo. 

doodah1013

Hello Everyone...

I'm C and am happily married to the love of my life @firstcomeslove2013 .  I identify as gender queer and generally prefer the pronoun "he" (not because I feel like I am male, but because if I use "she" then people assume I am female gendered, which is not the case)...  Anyways... it is all very complicated and fun!

As fate with have it (or however you want to sum it up) after a long road of TTC with my wife, we decided that for financial, emotional and tactical reasons (ex. I would get no paid leave if A was to carry our first baby, and the baby would not have access to my health insurance (which is another story entirely))...  I would attempt to be the first to carry.  I had never thought about carrying kids before, but thought at the very least it would be a very interesting and enriching.  After 5 tries (for me), and 1 early miscarriage we are 15w3d with our first little one.  We are due in December.... which is symbolic and special to us for many reasons.

We love our little bump group and have loved watching so many people's stories unfold.  It has been a real blessing in times of sadness, and brought a lot of joy to us in times of excitement!

JGY

Hi All!

I'm one of the old-timers.  I feel like I've been here forever.

I'm J and my wife is S.  We've been together for 10+ years, married legally in 2010.  We live in MN and our son G will be 15 months old this week!  S never had any desire to carry, and I have always wanted to have that experience so that choice was easy.  We did two in-office, but unmedicated/unmonitored IUIs, with a family practice clinic in 2011.  I then went through a surgery to remove uterine fibroids, and moved to that RE's office for 2 more unmonitored and mostly unmedicated IUIs once my uterus had recovered.  We finally figured out that I had low progesterone, so that 4th IUI we added prometruim and I got a BFP. 

I work in healthcare administration, and S works in collegiate athletics.  We have a naughty dog, Duncan, and an awesome dog-cat, Nigel.  Oh, and we're "Old" (I'm 40, and she's 43).  So any thoughts about baby #2 will need to be resolved pretty quickly here.

Great to re/meet everyone!

trisholio

I am Trish and my wife is Gayle or @trisholiosboi on here.  We live in Ohio and are proud foster parents of two little girls, they have been in our home since February 2014.  M turned 2 in February and K is 10 months old and will be 1 yr old in August.  I am currently pregnant with our first bio child.  We tried 6 at home insemination with known donor with no success.  I got pregnant with our first IUI in December 2013.  We are due with a little girl on September 2, 2014.

We have been together for almost 5 years and married in Niagara Falls, NY on 9/10/11.   I am a stay at home mom and my wife works for a large financial institution in the area.  We have two fur babies that are both mutt mixes, their names are Woody (I am an OSU fan) and Bo (my wife is a Michigan fan).  Our life has gone from normal to crazy in a matter of months, but we are happier than ever!

2brides

I've also been around forever - posted frequently and then stopped for awhile. I started with this screen name when we were planning our wedding in 2002!

I'm A. DP is L. We've been together for 14y and have fraternal twin boys who are 8y and about to enter 3rd grade. Our TTC process seems like forever ago, but it took 9 IUIs over 19m to get pregnant with our kids. We have no plans for any more kids!

I am a social worker and DP is a gov't contractor. We live outside of DC.

redrockmama

Hi, I am H and my wife is J, or son M was born on Thursday. We live in Utah.

We got pregnant on our third ICI try at home. We used a donor from a bank who is WTBK. I carried the first baby, because I'm older, my wife will carry the second. After seeing my pregnancy and recovery so far she didn't really want to anymore but we'll see.

We got married in California in 2010, it wasn't legal though. Then we got legally married in Utah when the judge ruled that the ban was unconstitutional. We are still waiting to find out if the state has to recognize our marriage or not.

Karlamo

Hi. I guess this is a good of time as any to do a formal intro. I read often and am a shy poster:). My wife is @mamosey. We've been together 11 years married for 5. We live in the Boston area.

After a very long road of TTC; 12 iui's, and 3 ivf cycles we finally found the combination that worked, reciprocal ivf. We used my eggs and she carried. Our baby boy R was born in Feb.

I induced lactation and it's the best decision I made this pregnancy! I love my time nursing him.

We have 6 frozen "siblings" and since getting #1 took so long, we're trying for #2 this fall with me carrying. Two kids under two? Yup we're probably nuts!! But very excited to be done making our family:)

I'll try to be better about posting too;)

ATXmommas

I'm L and my wife is Z. We've been together almost 7 years, married since February 2012, and reside in Austin, TX.

We began TTC in March 2012. I became pregnant after our third IUI but lost our first son at 13 weeks due to a Trisomy 18 diagnosis in August 2012. We began TTC again in January 2013 and were successful after the second round. Our beautiful son was born in
November 2013.

Our dog, Bama, is frequently mentioned and pictured in my posts (her pic is my profile pic). She's named after Alabama where I went to undergrad and grad school. We also have two kitties, Lucy and Sophie. So, two mommas, one baby, a 75lb lab, and two cats in our 1000 sq ft condo. It's a madhouse and I love it.

Z and I try to stay active and enjoy the beautiful city we live in. I used to be an avid runner, but have been running rather sporadically ever since our son was born. Hoping to find a routine soon.

I started lurking here when I was pregnant the first time, but stayed away after our loss. Came back after I was pregnant with our son. In retrospect, I think this community could have provided me a lot of support in the time surrounding our loss if I had been active then.

2MamazInSeattle

I'm J and my wife is a J too (fortunately we do NOT have the same name!). We live in Seattle and I work for (ahem) a gigantic software company based here, and J owns two supercool independent coffeeshops. We have a 1000 sq ft craftsman house we love in a great in-city neighborhood which we share with our three cats, Dude, Manny & Odo. J is a crazy cat lady. We've been together 8 years and got legally married in 2013. Oh and we're old - I'll be 43 when I have our likely "one and done" baby, and J is 45 now. But we're cooler than most 43/45 year olds. Promise.

Our TTC route started when I panicked at my 41st birthday. I met with an RE in June of 2012 and after an HSG showed my tubes were trashed, we removed them - further, I had no eggs and J is 2 years older than me, so no eggs in her basket either. We immediately went to donor egg/donor sperm. In December 2012 I got pregnant with a fresh transfer of our double donor baby - I almost didn't feel I could claim 'infertility' because it worked on the first try. Sadly, we had a 16w loss out of nowhere due to a blood clot in the umbilical cord (random, 1 in 1000...) and after a D&E, a procedure to remove scar tissue from the D&E, we tried again in July 2013 (c/p); Sept 2013 (BFN) and in December 2013 (our 'last chance' embryo) when we got our BFP! Our baby girl Simone is due August 20, 2014 and we're thrilled. She has an extra X chromosome, which while a bummer, isn't the end of the world in terms of extra chromosomes - we've done our homework and are prepared! 90% of people with this never know and are never diagnosed. We're glad we know, but aren't acting as if this is her only trait in the world.

I joined the bump during my TTC time, and found amazing support here after our loss, and as we went through our embryos and I lost more and more hope as we dwindled down to our last one. I'm super grateful for this community!!

jocie626

Im Jocelyn and my partner is Natalie. We have been together 3 years and are supposed to get legally married July 22. She says is true lesbian style to get married on the day you met lol Idk I think she wanted a summer wedding. We live in Andrews Tx. Its a small town in the middle of no where land. We have been getting ready to TTC for over a year but there always seem to be road blocks. Hopefully soon we can try. I have a step daughter Reece (11) but i dont participate in the parenting checking because i never asked if i was aloud because she not my bio daughter. We have alot of fur babies in our tiny 2 bedroom house.I have had children in a previous relationship and experienced multiple losses at 23 weeks and under. I have been a luker since i can remember but i have been active on here more then usual considering i have to jobs. Im not sure what else to say.           

Filmfanatic82

Hi!  

I'm Jess and my wife is Danielle. We've been together for 4 1/2 years, legally married for 2 1/2 years, and just welcomed our first child Charley into the world this past March.

We also have a furry baby named Frisbee who's just about to turn 1 year old and loves to keep us on our toes.

Louliza

Hello!! I will try posting this again ( been having a hard time) I was around in November/December and now am back : ) I am currently 8wk3 days along! My wife and I have been trying for 14 months and we had a loss in December @ 6wks. I wasn't planning on carrying as I have a 10 and 11 year old! But after several donors and my wife not conceiving as quickly after our loss as she wanted I thought I would give it " one try" and viola it worked the first time with our in home donor. I have been going back and forth regarding my body as I worked really hard to get in shape ( I'm an aspiring wildland firefighter) But realize that it's a short time and if I work then blessed be!!!! We're excited but also feel the typical lets not count our chickens before they hatch. We plan on waiting to tell our family and friends after we have our first ultrasound. We also have a super furry tabby cat and live in So Oregon : ) look forward to meeting everyone!!

2MamazInSeattle

bumping post is all.

Mystjava

I'm Crystal (Mystjava) and my partner is Shawn. We've been together for 16+ years and we have a wonderful kiddo, who's nickname is Little Bear. I've been accessing the bump since July 2009, when I found out I was pregnant with our LO. I still dream of having a second child, but it looks like we're one and done. We also have three fur babies, two cats and a dog.

As of now (June 27, 2014), I am still breast feeding only upon demand with my son. We co-sleep, home-school, and do attachment parenting (but I don't participate on the attachment parenting board).

I don't always participate, but will join in conversations when I feel inspired or when I have questions myself.