Grad check in!!

ronniesgirl1981

So...this will be the weekend edition! Give us an updates on all things baby! As always, photos are much appreciated. QOTW: Did you/will you announce on FB? What did you say?

dp21

Hello all,

I'm 15 weeks 1 day.  We actually went shopping for our announcement photo outfits yesterday!  I will be wearing a white blouse/jeans/flats/simple necklace, hubby got a lavender collared shirt/new jeans/shoes. 

We had a burlap banner made that says Baby our last name.

And we also had a chalkboard made with a cute little flower with twine around it to put the due date on it. 

Photoshoot is Monday, 2 week turn around for pictures, so we will probably announce 18 or 19 weeks by posting our photos on facebook and sending postcards to family and friends.

Otherwise, starting to paint baby room this weekend.  We are getting an early start, I start back up grad school in Sept plus work, better to get as much done as possible now!  Or it's not happening :P 

Miss you guys!



 

kz's_girlygirl

Hi all- I can't tell you how excited I am for the recent BFP's I've seen.  I can't wait to see even more in the weeks ahead as many of you near the end of your cycles! 

I am 18+3 today, and have officially made it past my loss milestone.  I have also started to feel little stirrings (few and far between still) and it just breaks my heart with hope.

We found out on Weds that baby is a girl, and so many emotions came along with that revelation.  I know I have said it before, but PAIF and PGAL are hard!!  DH is already making plans to put a porch on the front of our house so he can  sit there with his shotgun when the dating years roll around, LOL.  I can't wait to parent a little girl, and want Dec. to be here already  

We have not announced on FB or at all yet to anyone outside our immediate family.  Only parents/sibling know since I am a bit of a recluse and don't see people very often in general.  That being said, after the anatomy scan all of the sudden DH is chomping at the bit to share the news. 

I think in the next few days we will share with close friends and extended family, but I don't know that we will ever make a public fb announcement.  For me, the gravity of everything we have been through to make it this far is just too complicated and weighty for me to make a casual announcement.  I know people would "like" my status etc., but this journey has been the hardest thing I have even gone through, and I need to feel like I am honoring that process- especially since the loss of our son, Jesse, is such a huge part of that. 

I love seeing other IFers/loss parents announce on FB, but I just don't know that it is right for me.  I may be too sensitive and reading into it though, lol.  IDK.

Either way, I hope that everyone reading this knows that you are not alone as you balance suffering, hope and joy. 

Sunny B

@thosethreewords I'm so happy to see you are doing so well! I've been thinking of you and wishing you well from afar!!

@kz's_girlygirl SO happy for you. YAY for a little girl. I'm thinking of you!

@dp21 that sounds like a cute announcement

Sunny B

ThoseThreeWords said:

@Sunny B and @IFinTN

I still lurk waiting for you two to move boards!!

Thanks, girl! Hopefully we will be seeing you soon!

HeatherHam10

Thinking if all of you lovely ladies and praying you head over to paif very soon.

I am 36 weeks today and just can't believe it. This has been such an amazing journey and I still feel like it isn't real. Nothing too crazy going on pregnancy wise and I don't think our boy will be coming anytime soon.

We did announce on fb by sharing our journey...we are very open about our IF. I try not to out too much on there though as I remember how difficult it was seeing that.

Good luck ladies!