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*~*~TTGP Grad CHECK IN~*~*
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Loving her room! Just too cute!!!!
see more After 12
Just because something isn't happening for you right now doesn't mean it will never happen.
IUI #1 - BFN IUI #2 - BFN
IVF - Starting injects May 25 IVF #1 - BFP!
ROS this makes me so happy! You look great
Check out my Team Green baby names! P.S. I'm not serious with any of the names
My BFP Chart
BFP 9/7/12, EDD 5/15/13
MW interview said 5/17/13 and changed back to 5/15/13 after first visit
Check out my Team Green baby names! P.S. I'm not serious with any of the names
My BFP Chart
BFP 9/7/12, EDD 5/15/13
MW interview said 5/17/13 and changed back to 5/15/13 after first visit
You look great!!
Thank you! I love cloth dipes. There are soooo many cute ones out there!! You look super cute btw!!
Thank you!! And you are adorable, my dear!!! Also I hear you on the BH - I get them when I am moving about or more active than normal and they say when they come on to take it easy but sometimes you've got to get stuff done! Lol. Ah well, it's just our bodies practicing for the real thing
Tyler (10/29/08)
and Lily (4/21/13)
I know - I can't believe we are to the 2-weekers already!
So...my body doesn't want to workout, and your's doesn't want to do laundry...hmmm is right!
BFP #2 - 7/5/14 (total surprise!) EDD - ????
Practice makes perfect, right?
BFP #2 - 7/5/14 (total surprise!) EDD - ????
9 weeks 1 day. No bump yet and I think some of the bloat is finally gone. I was able to pick up the heartbeat on my home doppler the other day so that is an awesome milestone. My next u/s is tomorrow and I'm hoping we'll get to see some real movement.
On the not so fun side, it is only a matter of time before I go to pick something up off the floor and end up stuck. I've done fine so far but it is already time to call the OB for a physical therapy referral to help my sciatica.
2 years, 2 surgeries, 2 clomid fails, 2 IUIs, 1 loss, IVF #1 - 10/25/10 = BFP!, DS is now 3.5yrs!
TTC #2 - 6/12 surgery #3, FET #1 & 1.2 = BFN, 12/2012 FET #2 = BFP! DD is 1.5 yrs!
Surprise! 12/16/14 BFP, loss #2 12/31/14
I can't wait for the "im getting a divorce" post in 5 years or so because your husbands were fed up with your disgusting chair asses from playing on the knot all day and getting fired 4-5 times for not doing any work. you guys are all winners!! ~ Laur929
So Happy about the HB!!!! I'm sorry about your sciatica - I hope you can find some relief!
adorable, as always!
lots of
to my TBBFF Sothernpeach80 - BABY
ETHAN IS HERE! 02.04.13 
TTC #1 since Jan 2012
BFP #1 07/27/12 - EDD 04/07/13; C/P on 07/31/12
BFP #2 10/11/12 - EDD 06/24/13; Blighted Ovum; D&C 11/30/12
BFP #3 03/10/13 - EDD 11/17/13 - PLEASE BE OUR TAKE HOME BABY!
Beta #1 - 95.8 (12DPO); Beta #2 - 502 (15DPO); Beta #3 - 2003 (18DPO)
First U/S showed one beautiful baby measuring 7w1d with a HR of 148!!! Second U/S showed baby measuring 9w0d with a HR of 173!!!
My Ugly BFP Chart
“I know God won't give me anything I can't handle. I just wish he didn't trust me so much." -Mother Teresa
Thanks hun!! How are you doing??
Tyler (10/29/08)
and Lily (4/21/13)
Exactly!! Plus every sign that we're pregnant is a good thing!! Even the heartburn and insomnia. (at least that's what I tell myself at 3AM these days
Tyler (10/29/08)
and Lily (4/21/13)
I finally get to jump in before the thread gets super long.
All is going well here! I had my a/s on Wednesday and found out we are shooting 3-for-3 as we're Team Pink once again. Still letting the idea of three girls sink in a bit. She is healthy and active.
Here's my bump pic from 20wks. Wishing all you TTGPer's the best!
TTC #3: BFP 4/27/12, Ectopic 5/16/12 Expectant Management, 8/15/12 Cleared to TTC
BFP 9/25/12 EDD 6/6/13, Shooting 3-for-3 from the line: It's a Girl
PgAL/PAL Welcome
Boo Pre-E. Hoping that you get bed rest and keep the little girl cooking for at least another 3 weeks. If it makes you feel better, I had my girls at 34w4d and they did amazing. They were in the hospital for 4weeks as growers/feeders. FX you don't have to go through that though.
33w4d today. Holy cow! Not much to report. Growth scan is Monday, 2/4. I am measuring a smidge big. James's nursery is pretty much complete - just need a few more items and need to commit to furniture placement so that I can hang things on the wall. I even have my hospital bag planned. Still cannot believe he's coming so soon!
On another note, I am going to be an aunt again. My sister is pregnant. We will have babies about 6 months apart! Anyone on my FB, please don't say anything on my public wall, as she is not out with her pregnancy yet.
Here I am at 33 weeks exactly.
Started fertility treatments 11/2010
Ovarian dysfunction, LPD, male factor
6 failed medicated IUI's
Pregnant 5/2011 - Miscarriage at 6 weeks due to triploidy
Decided to adopt - 6/2012
SURPRISE! Pregnant without intervention - 7/2012
Sweet Baby James Born 3/2013
Decided to be "One and Done"
....OR NOT.
Pregnant 12/2018 despite birth control pills
Here we go again...
Due 8/26/19!
rayofsunshine- I'm loving the diaper collections! I'm starting one myself..
bran- You are so stinkin' cute!
oldglory- I love your bump!
mndyhywrd- You're lookin' good!
L&R- That's awesome that you heard the heartbeat with the doppler. I really wanted to rent one myself.
Cram- That's a nice looking bump!
Leggy- Congrats on a baby girl!
Baby girl #1 7/11/13
Baby girl #2 4/30/15
Baby Boy Due 2/16/19!
You're adorable. And you look fantastic.
lots of
to my TBBFF Sothernpeach80 - BABY
ETHAN IS HERE! 02.04.13 
TTC #1 since Jan 2012
BFP #1 07/27/12 - EDD 04/07/13; C/P on 07/31/12
BFP #2 10/11/12 - EDD 06/24/13; Blighted Ovum; D&C 11/30/12
BFP #3 03/10/13 - EDD 11/17/13 - PLEASE BE OUR TAKE HOME BABY!
Beta #1 - 95.8 (12DPO); Beta #2 - 502 (15DPO); Beta #3 - 2003 (18DPO)
First U/S showed one beautiful baby measuring 7w1d with a HR of 148!!! Second U/S showed baby measuring 9w0d with a HR of 173!!!
My Ugly BFP Chart
“I know God won't give me anything I can't handle. I just wish he didn't trust me so much." -Mother Teresa
Wow, I actually get to play early this week. Charlie is fast asleep in his PnP and I have the energy to get my computer out! Charlie is just perfect, we are so in love with him. I can't believe he is 12 days old already! As promised last week, here is the shortened (as much as possible) birth story for Charlie:
Tues, Jan 15th
5:15 pm - we checked into L&D, ate dinner, and had my cervical Foley placed (the Foley started "working" immediately as it made me have insane back labor from the moment they put it in)
Wed, Jan 16th
Midnight - Could not sleep due to the intense back pain, so took Ambien. I remember thinking "when is this going to work??" and the next thing I knew, the nurse was waking me up to check on the cervical cath.
6:00 am - Cath was ready to come out, so the nurse pulled it out. 3cm dilated, 50% effaced.
7:15 am - IV and pitocin level 2 started. The pitocin was upped by 2 until 8:45am where it reached 10.
9:30 am - 4cm, still 50%, -3 station. The doctor wanted to break my water, so I opted for the epi first. The intern who placed the epi did it incorrectly (which I would find out later). He had to place it 2x bc the first time he hit a blood vessel. He decided he could use the same hole to try again. Getting the epi was very painful.
10:45 am - Pitocin lowered from 10 to 6 bc contrax were too close
12:00 pm - 4cm, 75%, -2 station
2:20 pm - 6cm, 90%, -1 station
3:40 pm - 7cm, 90%, 0 station. Had an epi boost bc I was starting to feel more than I liked.
4:15 pm - 8cm, 100%, 0 station
5:45 pm - stubborn Charlie started being stubborn. His heart rate started dropping so they had me change sides and gave me oxygen.
6:30 pm - Between 5:45 and now Charlie kept having decels. They had already completely turned off the pitocin trying to reduce the stress on him, but it wasn't helping. I held it together for the first 2 instance, but by the 3rd instance, I was bawling (which I'm sure didn't help keep my oxygen up). I was so scared that we were going to lose him. I just wanted him out and to be able to see that he was perfect and hold him.
At this point, I was checked again and had not made any more progress and due to Charlie not tolerating labor well, the dr gave me until 7:30 pm or we would need to consider "other options."
7:30 pm - I was close enough to pushing (the doc had to help a small lip of my cervix, but other than that we were ready). So I started pushing. By this point, I was exhausted and nauseous. I had already had 2 bags of Zofran to combat the nausea.
9:45 pm - After over 2 hours of pushing the doc let me know that we needed to do a C-Section. He said due to my failure to progress and Charlie not tolerating the contrax or pushing, we needed to get him out then. I had mentally prepared for a C-Section just in case (he had measured 2 weeks ahead at all the u/s, so I wanted to be prepared to deliver any way possible). I was still scared. Suddenly people started coming in the room to prepare things (I guess?) and the next thing I knew I was being wheeled down the hall.
In the operating room there were probably 15 people. I've had a few surgeries before and knew what to expect, but this was completely different. I tried to stay strong, but ended up starting to cry while they were prepping me and MH was out in the hall. One of the nurses calmed me and then MH appeared. I was so exhausted at this point that things start to get a little fuzzy. This is what I remember: They cut me open and I could feel way more than I should've been able to (cue improperly placed epi). They pulled Charlie out and there were no sounds. They did a "drive by" of Charlie who was gray and limp. Then I woke up in recovery.
What MH fills in for me: After they quickly showed him to us, the immediately took him to his table and tried to wake him up. First it was one nurse calling him out by name, then 2, then 5. At the same time, my doc realized I could feel too much and said they were going to knock me out so they could finish up without me feeling it. After about 5 min, they got Charlie breathing and crying. They brought MH over to see him, and that's when he decided he didn't need to breathe again. MH said they were picking up his arm and it was just limp and would fall back down again. He started turning gray/blue and one of the nurses quickly ushered MH out of the OR. After some amount of time (I have no idea, and I don't remember what he said), they came out and told him that I was going to recovery and that Charlie had been taken to the NICU. He ended up having to stay there until mid- morning the next day.
In recovery, the nurse told me that I had to have a pain scale of 4 or less to go to my room. I knew Charlie was in the NICU at this point (someone told me, I have no idea who), but I couldn't comprehend it I guess. When she would ask me my pain score, I was trying to keep it low so that I could go hold my Charlie. I ended up feeling everything as the drugs they had given me earlier wore off and having no drugs in recovery bc I kept telling her it only hurt at a "2." That's when I realized the cycle of excrutiating pain makes you cry hysterically, which makes your recently split open abdomen hurt more, which makes you scream more, etc. They finally got the pain under control after 3 rounds of Phentnyl and Delotidid (sp?). At that point, they couldn't release me to my room bc my breathing had slowed too much. We finally got to our room about 2:30 ish Thurs morning I think.
Sorry for the novel, but I'm finally just getting around to writing this. I ended up having some PP anxiety/depression issues starting around the day I was discharged (4 days PP) and *thankfully* only lasted about 5 days. Those days were extremely tough.
As of now Charlie loves to eat (boob and bottle). We had to start supplementing during the time I was have PPA/PPD issues due to my supply starting to dry up. Luckily, he's had no issues going between the breast and the bottle. He hates having his diaper and/or clothes changed. It's so fun to watch him grow and change every day.
Edited: Holy crap that is long.
Born via emergency c-section - 8lb, 19.75 in, 100% stubborn BFP Chart
8 cycles of unmedicated trying = BFP!! - EDD 1/10/18
*Waiting for Baby Eags 2.0*;
No new bump pic, it's not more than last week. But we had an ultrasound last Wednesday at 15w4d and found out (pretty certainly, see pic below) that it's a boy! I tried not to get myself too excited that we could find out because I knew it was so early, but it was pretty clear my child has a penis.
This is a butt shot, one leg going straight up and the other going straight out to the left. And his little (or big, I guess) wang in between. I asked DH how sure he wanted to be before we told people the sex, and afterward he like "uhhh, ya, there was no mistaking that."
Coming up next is another doctors appointment on 2/11 and then another ultrasound to see more on 2/20. Good luck to all the TTGP folks!
HOLY COW! That's a crazy story! So glad to hear that you and Charlie are doing well! I'm sorry about everything you had to go through! Charlie is ah-dor-ah-ble!!!
lots of
to my TBBFF Sothernpeach80 - BABY
ETHAN IS HERE! 02.04.13 
TTC #1 since Jan 2012
BFP #1 07/27/12 - EDD 04/07/13; C/P on 07/31/12
BFP #2 10/11/12 - EDD 06/24/13; Blighted Ovum; D&C 11/30/12
BFP #3 03/10/13 - EDD 11/17/13 - PLEASE BE OUR TAKE HOME BABY!
Beta #1 - 95.8 (12DPO); Beta #2 - 502 (15DPO); Beta #3 - 2003 (18DPO)
First U/S showed one beautiful baby measuring 7w1d with a HR of 148!!! Second U/S showed baby measuring 9w0d with a HR of 173!!!
My Ugly BFP Chart
“I know God won't give me anything I can't handle. I just wish he didn't trust me so much." -Mother Teresa
Mrskitton - I hope your LO gets to bake a little longer. Hopefully some bed rest will do the trick!
Dayna - I missed your BFP, congrats!!
Charmed - Your LO does look like a little frog in that u/s! Cute!
Anita - Jack is adorable! I love that you're teaching him sign language already. I want to do that with our Charlie.
Bran - Oh my goodness, how are you already 30 weeks?! You're bump and boots are so cute! Prayers that your previa has moved out of the way.
Cram - Adorable bump! FX for good glucose test results.
Born via emergency c-section - 8lb, 19.75 in, 100% stubborn BFP Chart
8 cycles of unmedicated trying = BFP!! - EDD 1/10/18
*Waiting for Baby Eags 2.0*;
Siggy pic is ah-may-zing. They are soooo creaking cute! You make adorable babies!
lots of
to my TBBFF Sothernpeach80 - BABY
ETHAN IS HERE! 02.04.13 
TTC #1 since Jan 2012
BFP #1 07/27/12 - EDD 04/07/13; C/P on 07/31/12
BFP #2 10/11/12 - EDD 06/24/13; Blighted Ovum; D&C 11/30/12
BFP #3 03/10/13 - EDD 11/17/13 - PLEASE BE OUR TAKE HOME BABY!
Beta #1 - 95.8 (12DPO); Beta #2 - 502 (15DPO); Beta #3 - 2003 (18DPO)
First U/S showed one beautiful baby measuring 7w1d with a HR of 148!!! Second U/S showed baby measuring 9w0d with a HR of 173!!!
My Ugly BFP Chart
“I know God won't give me anything I can't handle. I just wish he didn't trust me so much." -Mother Teresa
Um, so we're great over here! Rowan will be 5 months old on Valentine's Day, which blows my mind. He's rolling over in both directions. I noticed him trying to grab his feet last night, so that's new! He likes to try to touch all over my face when I talk to him...so sweet.
Being a mommy is super fun. He's so sweet, even if he is a huge amount of work. Haha. Sorry I've been so bad about posting here! I'll post a good pic next week when I'm not mobile bumping.
Toni-- I didn't know we had our kids at the exact same gestional age! Mine were 34w4ders too.
You're adorable.
lots of
to my TBBFF Sothernpeach80 - BABY
ETHAN IS HERE! 02.04.13 
TTC #1 since Jan 2012
BFP #1 07/27/12 - EDD 04/07/13; C/P on 07/31/12
BFP #2 10/11/12 - EDD 06/24/13; Blighted Ovum; D&C 11/30/12
BFP #3 03/10/13 - EDD 11/17/13 - PLEASE BE OUR TAKE HOME BABY!
Beta #1 - 95.8 (12DPO); Beta #2 - 502 (15DPO); Beta #3 - 2003 (18DPO)
First U/S showed one beautiful baby measuring 7w1d with a HR of 148!!! Second U/S showed baby measuring 9w0d with a HR of 173!!!
My Ugly BFP Chart
“I know God won't give me anything I can't handle. I just wish he didn't trust me so much." -Mother Teresa
What an ordeal for you all! So glad everyone is doing well now - you have a beautiful son!
BFP #2 - 7/5/14 (total surprise!) EDD - ????
Congrats on Team Blue! Your u/s is very similar to our boy's...definitely no question with ours, either!
BFP #2 - 7/5/14 (total surprise!) EDD - ????
Gorgeous!!
BFP #2 - 7/5/14 (total surprise!) EDD - ????
Lookin' good!
BFP #2 - 7/5/14 (total surprise!) EDD - ????
You look great! I LOVE that top - where's it from, if you don't mind me asking?
BFP #2 - 7/5/14 (total surprise!) EDD - ????
You look great! Congrats on surviving the GTT...FX you passed!
BFP #2 - 7/5/14 (total surprise!) EDD - ????
Married 11/21/2018
Me: 33 / DH: 33
TTC #1 since 2012, finally successful in 2016
BFP 11/29/2013 - EDD 8/9/2014 - MMC 12/31/2013 8 weeks 2 days - Tried to MC naturally for 4 weeks, D&C 2/2/2014
IUI 01/25/2016 - BFP 2/5/2016 - Natural Home Delivery to our DD 10/8/2016
IUD removed 10/3/2018
Ready to TTC for #2
Yep! My water broke at 34w1d, but he didn't come until 34w4d. Or crap maybe it was 34w3d?! I dunno. They still have no clue why he came early.
They are both adorable - love the siggy pic!
Back from my appt and u/s. Everything looked great and we have one healthy little bean in there (I made her double check that there was only one because I was paranoid). My EDD got moved up a few days so it's now 8/30. Here is Munchkin 2.0:
Yay! Congrats, Kestock
I am so late this week!
I had my dating ultrasound yesterday, and baby is measuring 10 weeks with a heartbeat of 152. We could see the heartbeat and little hands and feet. It was pretty amazing.
I don't have a PIP because I can't find the cord to connect my phone to my computer. If I find it, I'll edit this post later.
Now, I'm off to read everyone else's updates
WOW! How scary and intense all of that is- i am so glad that it all worked out okay and you are both on the road to settling in. PPA/PPD is rough, so also glad you're weathering it okay.
Hello lovely TTGP ladies!
I don't have a bump worthy of sporting, but I do have an u/s pic! It's a little old, because I can never post on this thread before it gets humongous, but I figure I'll just post it anyways. This is from 8 weeks:
We have our 12 week scan next Tuesday, can't wait. Currently I'm trying to kick a cold, but I think I see the light at the end of the tunnel from my view on the sofa.
It's great to see all the bumps and babies! Everyone looks so beeeyouteeful.
Still stalking the TTGPers, and rooting for youse. ::Muah::
Erin - cute bump!
mrskitton - I hope they get your blood pressure and swelling down. FX for bed rest instead of early delivery.
dayna - I am so happy you are here, and that everything is going well. I love seeing people who have your kind of siggy over here in the Grad thread
charmed - LOVE the frog! I'm glad your US went well, and yay for de-bloating.
Grace - bummer about the flu exposure! I hope the Tamiflu works! Yay for passsing GGT!
smelly - what an adorable little bump! I hope your fiance feels baby move soon!
anita - Handsome Jack sure is a handsome boy!
rayofsunshine - Love the nursery and the diaper selection!
bran - T&P for the placenta previa. I hope it resolves soon!
SweetC - I can't wait for your ultrasound update! Yay!
OldGlory - Adorable bump! I hope you feel better soon!
mndy - you look great! I hope your glucose test goes well!
L&R - I was so jealous when you wrote on our BMB that you found the HB so early with a doppler! That's awesome! I hope you get some relief from the sciatica!
bdcram - I hope your test results come back good! You look great!
leggy - congrats on having another girl!
kellyrn - you have the cutest bump! Congrats on being an aunt again!
eags - what a story! I am so glad Charlie is healthy! Congrats!
ilovemyducks- congrats on having a boy (most likely)! Great US pic!
linds - Betty is a beauty!
blindvictory - Rowan is adorable!
jessuh - you are adorable! I absolutely love the shirt you are wearing in your pic! I'm glad you had a nice shower!
kestock - munchkin 2.0 looks great! I know what you mean about double checking for two - I did the same at my ultrasound!
MJHershey - congrats! I hope you get your energy back soon!
To all my TTGP gals, I cannot wait for you all to graduate! (((HUGS)))