TTGP Grad Check-In September

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***THIS POST WILL MENTION PREGNANCY, BIRTH OR BABIES. If you are having a hard TTC or TTCAL day, please read at your own discretion***

Hello old friends, good to see you! 

 ***As a courtesy to those still TTC on this board, please do not post bump pictures here.***

If you were a regular poster on TTGP we'd love to get an update on you this month! Please tell us how you are doing! 

 *How long were you active on TTGP and when (minimum of 3 months)?

*How far along are you?

*Which birth month board/due date?

*Team Pink/Blue/Green?

*How are you doing picking out a name? Feel free to share it.

*Questions, concerns or other? Anything else exciting to share?

September 2020

@NYTino24 @jennifer_louise

October 2020

@babyodo

November 2020

@krystrist2014

December 2020

@feather_heather @tryingktogku @dobiemom11 @the_road_to_oz

January 2021

@whitealbum29

February 2021

@pom9207

March 2021

@mvt2003

April 2021

@bluetickgal

jennifer_louise

 *How long were you active on TTGP and when (minimum of 3 months)? Sept 2018 - Nov 2019 

*How far along are you? 36+5, eeep

*Which birth month board/due date? Sept 2020 

*Team Pink/Blue/Green? Blue!  

*How are you doing picking out a name? Feel free to share it.
We have two names!! We will choose one when we meet him. 

*Questions, concerns or other? Anything else exciting to share?
Hi everyone 💜. My days of being pregnant are almost over. I am so thankful for how smooth and uncomplicated this pregnancy has been, but somewhat unfortunately I have to deliver early at 37wks via c-section due to possible vasa previa and a low-lying placenta. So it's Friday, then! I do wish he could cook a bit longer (and I'm a bit anxious for surgery), but a safe delivery is what's most important. 
Anywho, I love and miss you ladies and still lurk often. I root for each and every one of you and my friends here are among the strongest people I know. Your support was truly the only thing keeping me going at times! Can't wait to see more grads 💜. 

kpearse99

@jennifer_louise OMG how is it almost time for you to be due?!?! That's insane!! I can't believe he'll be here on Friday!!!! I'm so happy for you!! 

jennifer_louise

@kpearse99 right?? How is it already September and yet 2020 has been 437978 months long 😆

mvt2003

HIIIIIII friends! It's still so weird to me that I get tagged in these  

*How long were you active on TTGP and when (minimum of 3 months)? May 2019-July 2020

*How far along are you? 10 weeks yesterday

*Which birth month board/due date? March 2021

*Team Pink/Blue/Green? Still Team Finding Out, but since it's twins we have to wait for the anatomy scan!

*How are you doing picking out a name? Feel free to share it. We're not sharing IRL, but we have 2 full boy names, and 1 partial girl name. Once I know what we're having, I'll let my TTGP friends know! 

*Questions, concerns or other? Anything else exciting to share? Well, I wouldn't call it exciting, more like terrifying, but I had a massive bleed on Monday night, was pretty sure it was the end of the road for me, but thankfully both babies are doing great according to my Tuesday ultrasound. The slightly concerning part is that my SCH has grown rather than shrunk, which according to my doctor is uncommon but not unknown, so if that also isn't very on brand for me I'm not sure what is. I've been told to expect another big bleed given the size of it, so something fun to look forward to. 🙄

I hate to sound like a broken record, but I miss all of you so much, and I'm constantly lurking. I had one of the worst days of my life yesterday, and one of the only things that got me through the fear was knowing that if god forbid the worst happened, I have this safe place on my side. So many hugs and love to you all, I'm so hoping for another good exodus soooooon! 

pom9207

 *How long were you active on TTGP and when (minimum of 3 months)?

Oct 2019 to May 2020

*How far along are you?

16w6d

*Which birth month board/due date?

Feb 11th

*Team Pink/Blue/Green?

Blue

*How are you doing picking out a name? Feel free to share it.

Haven't started the discussion with DH, but I have one in mind. We will probably start the discussion after my anatomy scan which is in about 3 weeks!

*Questions, concerns or other? Anything else exciting to share?

I feel like I have lots of IF/fertility treatment knowledge but little to none knowledge on parenting etc. It's getting more real with each day passing by, and I finally just started to follow family vloggers as well as reading parenting books.

Hoping for a mass exodus soon! I am always lurking and sending good vibes to ladies on this board

feather_heather

 *How long were you active on TTGP and when (minimum of 3 months)? August 2019 - April 2020

*How far along are you? 25w6d

*Which birth month board/due date? December 11, 2020

*Team Pink/Blue/Green? Pink

*How are you doing picking out a name? Feel free to share it. 99.999% sure her name will be Charlotte Elizabeth

*Questions, concerns or other? Anything else exciting to share? Not really exciting, just more of a life update - Some of you may remember that a year ago my mom left my dad and it was a huge s**t show because of the way she went about everything. It's been an emotionally taxing year between that, multiple failed IVF cycles, getting pregnant during a pandemic, and trying to work on forgiveness and rebuilding my relationship with her. My parents have decided to get back together and my mom is moving back into the house. My sisters are not taking it very well, so I have a lot of anxiety about upcoming situations where we will all be together (baby shower, after baby comes, etc.) where I know it will be tense and I won't be able to relax and enjoy the moment. 

@jennifer_louise - Ahhh tomorrow!! Good luck mama!!

@mvt2003 - So scary! Glad both babies are doing well!

@pom9207 - I feel the same way! Have been reading lots of pregnancy books and parenting/how to raise a baby type books!

NYTino24

 *How long were you active on TTGP and when (minimum of 3 months)? December 2018 - January 2020

*How far along are you? Babies arrived 9/2 at 37+4

*Which birth month board/due date? September 2020, 9/19 

*Team Pink/Blue/Green? Double pink rainbows 

*How are you doing picking out a name? Feel free to share it. Callie and Harper are here!

*Questions, concerns or other? Anything else exciting to share?

I went into labor, but wasn’t sure. I hit a small rock and popped my tire at 4:10on Tuesday afternoon right after the inspection and appraisal for our house. Within minutes I had a contraction and decided to high tail it to the car dealership once AAA came to put my spare on. Something told me I would be heading to the hospital later that day. Anyway, things were sporadic and we didn’t think we would be staying at the hospital, but we called in since my back was bothering me a bit. The on call doc seemed skeptical, but pretty soon after arriving at 9:15, I was having 511 contractions in my back. We waited it out until my doc came on around 5:30 and at that point they were 1-2 minutes apart. The girls arrived via csection at 8:37 and 8:39 am, in time for the start of the school day in true teacher’s pet style. I had a tubal ligation, which is so odd considering we were doing IF treatments less than a year ago. I am at peace knowing our journey is over. Anyway, these girls are a dream come true and I am wishing on every star and rainbow that you all get your miracles soon! 

kpearse99

@NYTino24 Callie and Harper!!!    I can't believe they are here!! I am so happy for you, friend!!

galentine

@NYTino24, congratulations! I'm so happy Callie and Harper are safely in your arms. ❤❤

keikilove

@NYTino24 Congratulations! Love their sweet names💗 I can’t believe they’re already born!! 

mindyb2019

@NYTino24 yay! Congratulations! I love the names BTW. 

whitealbum29

@jennifer_louise eeks so you had a baby a few days ago! Can't wait for an update!

@mvt2003 I can't believe I (umm I mean...you and your husband) have to wait 10 more weeks to find out if you have girls or boys in there! So sorry about the scary bleed and that there may be more adventures in store for you but glad all is well with the babes....I hope the SCH starts shrinking!! 

@feather_heather Oh wow I do remember that update from you about your parents, that is a lot to process! I hope the family is able to heal soon from all of it!

@NYTino24 Congrats and welcome Callie and Harper!

*How long were you active on TTGP and when (minimum of 3 months)? March-October 2019, February-May 2020

*How far along are you? 22 weeks

*Which birth month board/due date? January 2021 BMB, 1/8/21

*Team Pink/Blue/Green? Pink

*How are you doing picking out a name? Feel free to share it. We're naming her Beverly Hope after SO's mom and my great-grandmother

*Questions, concerns or other? Anything else exciting to share? Just finally made our registry public, and getting ready for our very small, outdoor, socially distanced wedding next month. It's amazing how a day that only 13 people besides us will be involved in can still be so stressful to plan! Miss all of you, loving the funny GTKY's lately about preferences for various foods/ways of doing things. Sometimes you just need to have a good debate about what should be eliminated from Chex Mix. This community was such a bright spot for me at moments when I felt like I was going nuts and I'm so glad it exists for us! But also hope there's a mass exodus soon and that it fills up with total strangers!

krystrist2014

@jennifer_louise hoping everything went smoothly with your c-section and that you and baby are healthy! 

@mvt2003 so sorry you had to go through that scare! Hoping the bleeding will stay away for you in the future! But glad that you and the babies are all safe and healthy! 

@NYTino24 congrats on the healthy birth of your baby girls!!!

 *How long were you active on TTGP and when (minimum of 3 months)? Nov 2019 - March 2020

*How far along are you? 30 weeks

*Which birth month board/due date? Nov 2020

*Team Pink/Blue/Green? Blue heart 💙 

*How are you doing picking out a name? Feel free to share it. Quentin Kennedy 

*Questions, concerns or other? Anything else exciting to share? Everything is going smoothly over here. Starting to enter that uncomfortable phase of pregnancy and also panicking a bit that I only have 10 more weeks left and so much to do to get the house ready. 

Hoping and praying for more grad posts soon! Lurking as usual and wishing the best for all of you ladies. ❤️

charmedlifex3

 *How long were you active on TTGP and when (minimum of 3 months)? Sept 2018 to April 2020

*How far along are you? 24 weeks! Viability 🙌🙌🙌🙌

*Which birth month board/due date? December 2020

*Team Pink/Blue/Green? Pink! 

*How are you doing picking out a name? Feel free to share it. 

Trying to decide on spelling - Claire-Ellen or clairellen - leaning towards the hyphen? I think? 

*Questions, concerns or other? Anything else exciting to share? A few concerns have earned me ultrasounds every few weeks. I’m not sad about that! 

I feel like I have so much to get done and so little time. We haven’t even cleaned out the guest room 😅 I think we are moving one of the guest beds to my office downstairs, so it will be a office / guest room. 

dobiemom11

*How long were you active on TTGP and when (minimum of 3 months)? Dec 2019-April 2020

*How far along are you? 26 weeks 

*Which birth month board/due date? Dec 2020

*Team Pink/Blue/Green? Blue

*How are you doing picking out a name? Feel free to share it.  We have a first name of John. Since everyone in our family is named John, we want to call him by his middle name while still honoring all the Johns.  But we are stalled out with that.  DH is only tossing out silly names, so we will see what happens.  (His favorite is John Ralphio after the Parks and Rec character).    

*Questions, concerns or other? Anything else exciting to share?  We thought he had a slight heart issue, but we haven't seen it since that one ultrasound.  Now it is getting more serious that he will be here pretty soon and feeling a little nervous!  Working on the nursery and such.  

I have been loving all the GTKY posts you guys have been doing!  Missing you guys!  

acleverusername

LOL @dobiemom11 John Ralphio is just hilarious. It's good that YH has a sense of humor. If it wasn't associated with such a dumba$$ of a character, it would actually be a nice name. 

bluetickgal

@jennifer_louise so happy you have your sweet little boy in your arms now!! 💙
@mvt2003 you know I’m so freaking excited for you and your two littles!! Hopefully the SCH clears out soon and will cause no more stress!! 

@pom9207 I’m sure all the pregnant/baby/parenting knowledge will come just as the TTC/IF did! You’ve got this!! 

@feather_heather such a beautiful name, I love it!! 💗

@NYTino24 so happy your sweet rainbow girls are here!!! 💗💜 Their names are perfect! 

@whitealbum29 so exciting your wedding is almost here, I’m sure it will be the perfect day...even if it doesn’t go 100% as planned! 

@krystrist2014 how are you already 30 weeks...well 31 now?! Quentin will be here before you know it, so exciting!! 💙
@the_road_to_oz the viability milestone is great! Hopefully Miss Claire-Ellen stays put for a while longer though!! 

@dobiemom11 I’m sure the perfect name will come to you...too funny about John Ralphio though! 

Hi friends!! I know I said I would continue to lurk, and I did for a bit...but that has gotten harder lately! I’m so sorry that I’ve missed some exciting things that have been happing though!! *TW - I do not have a good update...I’ll put it in a spoiler so you can just skip past if you would like. It didn’t feel right to use the standard formatting, so I didn’t.

I have been going in for US’s and BW at least once a week since my first beta...mostly because of the OHSS, but then also because things weren’t progressing as they should. Good news, the bloating and discomfort from the OHSS is basically gone! My HCG hasn’t been increasing as it should, and my RE thought that I possibly had an ectopic pregnancy on top of one in my uterus (which is SUPER rare)! We had a major scare a couple weekends ago that sent us to the ER thinking it was possibly an ectopic rupture (turns out it was maybe a cyst/follicle rupture, or maybe ovarian torsion that didn’t twist all the way and then twisted itself back). We don’t know for sure and never will, but that is at least all better now too! My US early last week showed that the gestational sac had shrunk (we were told that I was most likely miscarrying for the third time, which was devastating...we were hoping to possibly hear a HB at that appointment)! I went for another scan two days later and the sac had grown (I think the RE was just as shocked as we were)! We held off on the methotrexate shot after that since my RE was no longer as concerned about ectopic. Fast forward to this week and the US showed 2 sacs (yes 2) in my uterus...apparently the RE thought there was a second the week before, but didn’t say anything to us because it was so small. Unfortunately, both sacs are empty and measuring around 5mm. My RE is not optimistic at all that either will result in a viable pregnancy. I was 2 days shy of 8 weeks at that US...we should for sure have seen a HB or HB’s by then, not empty sacs! We are supposed to go back in 2 weeks, but unless a miracle happens...we are out! The RE suggested waiting the 2 weeks and not doing anything in the meantime, because he knows this is our last shot...so if there is any chance at all, we want to take it! After doing more research since the last US, I don’t think there is really any chance that this turns out well for us!! We have honestly already accepted that this is a loss...we have mourned it several times already with the initial low HCG count, then the shrinking sac, and now empty sacs this far along!! We will of course be ecstatic if we get that miracle, but it really doesn’t seem like it’s meant for us to have biological children at this point!

We have already started talking about adoption again, and feel like that is the right next step for us...we cannot continue on this TTC journey, as it has only brought us heartache and we don’t see that it would be any different if we continued! We are ready to look forward to the future and have optimism about the adoption process and becoming parents, just in a different way! 

I didn’t really want this to be a farewell post, but I’m afraid it kind of is! 😢 I think it will be hard to lurk here down the road, as we are having to close this chapter completely!! I’m honestly ok though...this process has brought DH and I even closer together, and we both believe in our hearts that we will be parents one day...hopefully soon!! I will still be rooting you all on from afar...I hope if I log back in at some point, that I don’t recognize a single name here!! You all are so strong, and each and every one of you deserves your THB!!! I truly hope and believe that great things are just around the corner for each and every one of us!! 💜

*Edited to fix spacing.

babyfeverbeliever

@bluetickgal So sorry to hear this...still keeping hope for you. Thank you for your encouraging words, I wish you the same!

krystrist2014

@bluetickgal I am so sorry to see your update but at the same time as very excited for you and YH to potentially start your adoption journey! You’re such an incredibly strong person and I have so much faith that you will make an amazing mother someday soon. 💛 I think there is an adoption community board somewhere here on the bump, maybe?.... let me know if you move to another board like that as I would love to stalk you and hear all about the next part of your journey (in the least creepy way possible). Sending you all the love and well wishes! 

NYTino24

@bluetickgal Sending so much love your way. 

bluetickgal

@babyfeverbeliever thank you! 

@krystrist2014 thank you, friend!! 💜 I really appreciate your kind words!! Yes, there is an Adoption board under Specialty boards...I’ve lurked there off and on for a while and there hasn’t really been any activity since late last year. I might try and resurrect it though once we get started, and see if anyone else would like to join! It would be really nice to connect with other people that are going through the process! Haha, not creepy at all that you want to stalk me!! I want to try and lurk/stalk some if I can too, because I really don’t want to miss out on what is going on with you all! 

@NYTino24 thanks, friend!! I hope you all are doing wonderfully with Callie and Harper!! 💜💜

tyrion_

@bluetickgal I am so very sorry that this is how this pregnancy has turned out. You’ve been through so much and I will continue to root for you on your journey to parenthood...however that may look like. Sending you all the love.