PCP/TTC/ATP Wednesday

nevr2amazin · January 2012

Updates?

QOTD: Now that Christmas has passed, was there any present you or your LO received that just totally floored/surprised/shocked/ or horrified you?

leapgirl8 · January 2012

Everything is status quo with the babies and Jen, which is just how I like it Smile

I had "baby food cookbook" on my Christmas list - the only baby thing I asked for - and my brother bought me what looks like a great one, and bought us an Oxo food mill to go with it. I'm not sure exactly why that gesture touched me so much, but it just seemed really thoughtful, along with the baby robes he picked out with my sister, and his insistence that my mom hang tiny stockings for the babies and put a pacifier in each. He makes me feel like these babies are a wonderful gift that we are giving to the family, and wow, that is awesome.

Two*True · January 2012

Today is a crazy busy day and this is my 30 second break so I won't get to type everything....but things on the ATP front seem to be going well. K is going to take over night duties on Tues and Thurs so that I can work out. Last night was our first try at it and it went well. JB went down to bed just fine for K and I got a good 45 minutes on the treadmill. My dog was sooooo happy because whenever I run he gets to run too so he'll love this Tues/Thurs routine if we can keep it going.

QOTD - Not really. DD received a pair of leopard print tennis shoes that don't thrill me. It's just my opinion but I prefer not to put her in animal print things. And these in particular are just NMS. Anyway, she loves the shoes and people get a kick out of them so she can wear them. It's really NBD in the scheme of things. Here's the shoe:

seattlekari · January 2012

ATP: Things are mostly status quo for us aside from E coming in my room at 3:00 this morning saying she couldn't sleep in her room. Cue her climbing in bed with me and tossing and turning and wiggling for at least the next hour until she fell out. Yawn. This morning she said she thought she saw something in her room and I reassured her nothing can get in our house, that's why we have an alarm! For the past few months E has taken to telling me, "you're the best mommy ever!" and giving me a big hug at random moments. Melts my heart. I hope she still thinks that when she's a hormonal teenager. Guess I better enjoy it while I can!

QOTD: Hmm. I can't think of anything E got that was odd. She was speechless for a few moments from the aquarium I got her. My parents got me a sam.sung tablet as a combo bday/Christmas gift. That's like the coolest gift I've gotten from them in ages and I was REALLY surprised.

Two--E's dad or his family bought E leopard print tights and a shirt, like the whole outfit. I drew the line there and was quick to get that out of our clothing rotation...um no.

2brides · January 2012

Things are pretty status quo. L has reread Love and Logic again and is hard core implementing it again (we'd more of less stopped doing it.) So far, so good - but I having some issues with some of the consequences (so we are working those out.)

We are starting to look for camps, and honestly it is giving me heart palpitations due to the cost. Our gym has a great camp that is affordable, but I think they need some variety since 11 weeks of basically the same thing is too much. Hopefully I can find something at the camp fairs we are going to in a few weeks.

QOTD: Nothing came as a surprise since we orchestrated everything they got for Christmas (the kids got money from both sets of grandparents - the kids picked out what they wanted from IL and we bought with the other money.) The biggest surprise is how much they LOVE their Bey Blades. We have to have Family Bey Battles every night when we get home!

A Bey Battle (for those of you without 5y old boys. LOL) You launch your Bey (those tops) into the stadium and which ever one is standing at the end wins. Good times.

2moms2twins · January 2012

QOTD: no sadly M is not great with the presents part .. but she gave birth to my two beautiful daughters so this Xmas was great and extra special.

PCP-TTC-ATP

my b 36 day is soon and the girls will be 6 months on friday and in the back of my mind i keep thinking about # 3 child with my eggs ... TOO SOON for sure but so worried for some reason and I would not mind ( its not optimal for me ) carrying but have MAJOR issues with the birthing part - so obviously we want to give my eggs to M but HI EXPENSIVE -

so its has me bummed becuase I wonder if I will regret not doing the whole pregnancy/birthing part but have some minor Trans issues... I feel like I am back in grade school trying to figure out my sexuality again but not really if that makes sense (does this make sense)..SUCKS

J

leapgirl8 · January 2012

I am not an animal print person at all (I can't think of anything I own w/ an animal print?), but I love those shoes! Embarrassed

lnelson20 · January 2012

Updates: Alexis is 8 months old as of yesterday--how did that happen!! The kids are finally getting healthy (setting aside the never-ending daycare cold) and have been very cute and playful the last couple of days. It is fun. Eli was being really whiney and having a million melt-downs earlier in the week, which I am hoping was a symptom of being sick and not our new toddler norm. Yesterday was better so...*fingers crossed*

QOTD--I was surprised (pleasantly) at how non-gendered most of the presents were that the kids received. Lots of books, blocks, stuffed animals, musical toys, a shopping cart and play food, a big wagon, fisher price talking zoo from santa, etc. I know that it is possible that we will have years where the tree is covering a pile of GI Joe's and trucks for Eli and Barbies and princess gear for Lex and if that is what the kids want, I will deal, but I don't like the idea of it be projected onto them. So, yeah, I was really really impressed with our extended families

TaylorandMel · January 2012

We had our 28 wk/7 month check today and had a growth US. Seems like forever since we got to see them (even tho it's only been 4 wks). They are 2# 9oz & 2# 10 oz, which is the 52nd & 53rd percentile. The doc was very happy with that because they're so close in size and growing at the rate of singletons even tho they're twins. They were very active and kicking & punching back and forth--it was so cute!

We've (or should I say I've, since Mel's on bedrest) started on the nurseries now, so God willing they'll be completely painted within the week & the furniture will come in.

ball.and.chain · January 2012

TTC: Well, I whined about my HSG results yesterday (Monday? I've been confused about what day it is all week) so that's pretty much my TTC update. Called the financial person at the fertility clinic today to find out what my insurance is going to cover there -- they have been covering my midwife IUIs but I don't know about monitoring and I want to know how many IUIs before IVF could be covered. The person I spoke to was great and called me back right away after calling insurance but said she was only able to get some of the info and needed to leave a msg in another dept for the rest. She said, "Call me back if you don't hear back from me in 2 weeks." TWO WEEKS? I want to know NOW! It's not really within her control but ugh. Left a msg for the RE's nurse to see if my test results got sent over and hope to be able to talk to the RE soon. In other words, I still know nothing more and am still frustrated.

My wife and I have both had hard weeks so far and took ourselves out to eat tonight. We ended up having a really good dinner and a really good talk about the TTC process which made me feel a bit better. Can't imagine doing this without her!