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shanwalk2
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FFF confessions
shanwalk2
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I'll start:
I just POAS even though I think I'm only approx 7dpo because I gagged on smells three separate times today. It was negative (obviously). I didn't expect a positive but with my charting being all screwed up this cycle, DH not feeling nearly as cautious last week... I thought it was worth checking into. I feel so weird about this cycle I think I'm going to keep testing every few days until AF arrives. All kind of crazy dreams have been happening the last two nights and i think this whole scenario has my imagination on overdrive.
I just POAS even though I think I'm only approx 7dpo because I gagged on smells three separate times today. It was negative (obviously). I didn't expect a positive but with my charting being all screwed up this cycle, DH not feeling nearly as cautious last week... I thought it was worth checking into. I feel so weird about this cycle I think I'm going to keep testing every few days until AF arrives. All kind of crazy dreams have been happening the last two nights and i think this whole scenario has my imagination on overdrive.
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Re: FFF confessions
I started testing at 8dpo. You're not crazy :-)
My confession is DH is gone for work and should be back tomorrow. He called yesterday saying he may be home early this morning. Now it's back to tomorrow sometime and I'm relieved. The house is a mess and he does not like coming home to a messy house. I understand that completely! I don't work so I should be able to keep the house clean. I'm a slob sometimes. Can I blame the dogs?
My mother and step-father are driving me crazy. My children are driving me crazy. My step-siblings will no doubt drive me crazy when I see them. But I've got a plan!
Starting today, once DH arrives, I'll start getting buzzed around 4 in the afternoon every day for the remainder of our visit, despite never having been much of a drinker. Baby girl's last feeding of the day will be formula instead of breast milk, and DH can be in charge of that feeding. She's 6 months; she's got her antibodies; we're bonded.
My favorite part of this plan is telling my super hippie step-sister and step BIL that I'm switching to partial formula-feeding so I can enjoy evening highballs.
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Judge, flame, I don't care. I'll just have a drink.
*To really appreciate the pleasure I'll get from telling my BIL, dig this. Back when Rosie was a baby, I 1/2 BFed and 1/2 FFed by the time she was 5 months because I couldn't keep up my milk supply with work. Once my BIL saw me preparing a bottle and said pityingly "Well, at least she gets some breast milk."
LOL Bluestreet. I love.
I drink and then still BF him after that.
I'm counting the minutes until it's time to put Molly down for a nap. Then I'm going to set up Ben in front of a long movie and while he's blissed out in front of my "babysitter", I'm going to take an obscenely long, hot shower.
I will pop in movie after movie of whatever he wants to watch, because I'm done. There was only one day of MDO this week, which Molly didn't get to attend because she had a fever the day before, so I have had zero kid-free time.
Next week DH is home all week and you can be sure I will be spending a lot of quality time with me, myself, and I.
We would be thrilled with a +
"The House We Built."
A journey of building the dream.
BFP 12.20.2010 :: missed m/c 1/2011 around 8 weeks
BFP @ 9dpo 5.24.2011 :: missed m/c 6/2011 around 7 weeks
positive for ANAs (1:40) with a speckled pattern
MTHFR c677t mutation (heterozygous)
*folic acid, baby asprin, Prometrium, acupuncture, Lovenox*
BFP @ 9dpo 2.1.2012 || HCG = 8 : Progesterone = 19.2
2nd HCG @ 11dpo = 40 || 3rd HCG @ 21dpo = over 5000!
Stick, little one, stick! EDD October 15, 2012
Shan, fingers crossed for you!
Bluestreet- do what you gotta do to get through it! I was do thankful for Valium at thanksgiving. Now I wish I could take some for the time with my family!
My FFC- I love my mom. I really do. But I think she loves me more, and it uncomfortable. My step-dad made a snarky comment about it last night when we got in, "your baby girl is here, I know that's all that matters to you." Uncomfortable! And when it's just me and my mom, all she does is biitch about him. I've been telling her for years (like 14 years) that she needs to tell him when she is upset and when he hurts her feelings she has finally started doing it, but it can only fix so much so fast. I'm not sure I can make it till Tuesday!
Good luck, Shan!
I have two.
1. I just woke up about 30 minutes ago. I have a million things to do today before we hit the road but I've been sleeping like $h!t lately so I don't feel bad about it.
2. We aren't going to see my mom for the holidays this year and although it makes me sad, it also makes me relieved because I can't deal with her drama. I'm stressed enough trying to figure out what I'll do if she comes and brings her husband when the baby is born. (Remember the husband that she married after 2 months...well, he's already threatened to kill her and her kids. She left for a couple of days but took him back.) I'm almost to the point where I just can't have anything to do with her anymore. Happy holidays, huh?
"The House We Built."
A journey of building the dream.
Bluestreet- I was popping Xanax at Thanksgiving like it was candy.
Sare-I think it's because of the single mom thing (if I am remembering that correctly) because my mom does the same thing now it is transferred onto my daughter (mostly) and it's come to the point where I told her she needs to stop. She calls DD "her angel" which was fine but now she kind of shows favoritism towards DD and DS will eventually figure it out.
My FFFC is 1.) I was suppose to have back surgery on Tues that got cancelled then it was rescheduled for Thurs and I was excited because I didn't have to go to my families Christmas. Now that it got postponed until next week I have to go and I am annoyed that we are having 2 days of Christmas one is only appetizers which I find stupid.
2.) I have a friend on FB that does the valley talk that annoys me Ohmmmggggg and totes (I guess for totally?). Once in a while is fine but it is all the time.
Didn't you just have a root canal? I think you're still feeling too out of sorts from that to even contemplate a family gathering
I've been "told" many, many times not to eat raw cookie dough due to the eggs, blah, blah, blah.
Well, my confession is that I've eaten some of the cookie dough from the 3 batches of cookies I've made this week.
Me, too. I've also been known to enjoy a beer as I bf the baby.
Bluestreet: I wonder how they'd feel about the baby getting boozy milk? ha!
I can't decide if this is a vent, or a confession.
(I work in bridal) if you do not know your friends first and last name, or the exact date of her wedding, I don't think you are good enough friends to be in her wedding.
Also, if you put on a few pounds around your hips/butt and thighs over the holidays, do not blame a tight fitting dress on poor manufacturing.
OH! And I had a grande chai this morning from Starbucks and a lemon loaf and it was glorious. Baby 2 loved the caffeine and sugar almost as much as I did.
I bought Dollar Tree pg tests today and plan to POAS on Christmas morning (which will be 10 DPO, when I got my BFP with DS).
Confession part: DH does not know this. We are not trying, but I am not on the pill. This cycle he asked me if it was "safe" one night, and per my quick mental calculations, it was, so I said yes... aaaand then the next morning I realized I had been off BY A WEEK. I was thinking CD1 was a whole week before it actually was (darn holidays and traveling and being busy and DH's finals) and of course we thus BDed right around my usual O time.
I'm hoping for an oops, but worried at the same time. It was not our plan to try for #2 now until next fall.
I will also be giving myself the gift of POAS this Christmas.
DH and I had a very, um, festive wedding anniversary celebration a couple of weeks ago, and by my calculations I O'd the very next day. Since then I've had cramping at what would be 8 DPO, which happens every time I'm pregnant, and I'm just totally exhausted. To be fair, though, the exhaustion could easily just be lack of sleep.
We're not trying. In fact, DH has been all about the PnP lately (with the exception of our anniversary visit to Singapore) as we discuss the pros and cons of a #3. But I'll be super-duper thrilled if it's a BFP, and I think he will be too.
Now I just have to figure out how to get to the store to buy said test and sneak it into the house. I kinda suck at stuff like that. No need to get DH all jittery over what might be nothing, though, right?
Im sure my dh wishes I agreed... Ha!
"The House We Built."
A journey of building the dream.
1. We did Christmas at my grandma's today and my sister annoys the crap out of me. Her and her DH doesn't believe in Jesus (the reason for Christmas) and she also doesn't do Santa. So what is the point of Christmas then? What do you tell your kid is the reason he gets presents today? This makes no sense to me because this isn't how we were raised and she was always thrilled when Santa came.
2. I think part of the reason the above annoys the hell out of me is because that isn't how we will raise our kids and we still don't have a baby. I'm not even pregnant. So we sat around for hours entertaining my niece and nephew- my grandma's only great grandchildren and it just breaks my heart we can't even celebrate a potential baby.
3. That QOTW in the TTC post about do you tour singapore at other people's house? Yep. Totally going to happen tonight because I am NOT going to miss my fertile window this cycle!
TTC #1 since February 2011
BFP #1 1/14/12 EDD 9/24/12 m/c at 8w4d on 2/20/12
March 2012- Dx with PCOS, started metformin
July 2012- SA completely normal
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I will drink before going to ILs- no surprise. I'm so freaking fed-up with MIL, she's been trash-talking me to BIL/SIL all season, then she wants to be southern charm when I am on her doorstep. Gag me.
Plus, DH gets off work at noon tomorrow, and MIL/ FIL come over for our tree. I don't want to feed them lunch. LSS, she's avoided cooking at all costs this year (We had them for Thanksgiving, Donn's BBQ for Christmas
) and expects a hot meal every time she comes over. I will though, bc DH mentioned wanting a certain meal and I will have it ready when he gets home bc I appreciate him working.