I see that there are several ladies here, and I'm assuming it's because many of you are like me and can't sleep in these days, so to appease your boredom:
1. How long have you and DH been married? If you're not married, how long have you and your S/O been together?
2. Were you TTC, or was your BFP a surprise?
3. Do you have any other children?
4. What do you do for a living?
5. If you don't mind sharing, where are you from?
6. Have you thought of any names? If so, name a few.
7. What's something you crave?
8. What helps you with your MS if you're having any?
9. What do you miss having/doing?
10. What's your favorite color?
Re: Getting to Know You: Survey Style.
1. How long have you and DH been married? If you're not married, how long have you and your S/O been together? We've been married for 2 years, together for 9.
2. Were you TTC, or was your BFP a surprise? It was a surprise, but a good surprise.
3. Do you have any other children? No, not even a pet to classify as a child.
4. What do you do for a living? I'm a high school theatre teacher.
5. If you don't mind sharing, where are you from? Houston area.
6. Have you thought of any names? If so, name a few. For a boy, I like the name Nathan, DH likes Adam. For a girl, I like Caroline and Lauren.
7. What's something you crave? Pizza, but I always craved pizza, even before the BFP.
8. What helps you with your MS if you're having any? I don't have MS too bad, it's usually only if I've gone too long without eating.
9. What do you miss having/doing? I miss my trips to Starbucks. I can't really justify spending all that money for decaf.
10. What's your favorite color? Purple.
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2. Were you TTC, or was your BFP a surprise? We were trying since August. I was DX with PCOS so we didn't think it'd happen this quick but we're thrilled!
3. Do you have any other children? This is our first.
4. What do you do for a living? I'm a financial analyst.
5. If you don't mind sharing, where are you from? We live in AZ.
6. Have you thought of any names? If so, name a few. Only one really - Chase Levi
7. What's something you crave? I wanted a vanilla milkshake but I still have yet to have one.
8. What helps you with your MS if you're having any? Knock on wood, I've not had m/s.
9. What do you miss having/doing? cocktails with my friends. But once I'm "out" I'll feel better. So far, I've been pretending to drink. We're starting to tell pp as we see them now.
10. What's your favorite color? Green! But I am not team green. I want to know!
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Ellie from CougarTown
1. We have been married 5 years.
2. TTC
3. No. But we have a four legged baby named Brutus.
4. I am a Kindergarten teacher.
5. Ohio
6. Just a few names. I really like Caroline and Benjamin. But dh isn't the biggest fan.
7. Not a lot of cravings but I wanted pizza a few weeks ago and last week I wanted French fries. Now, the thought of pizza makes me nauseous.
8. I eat small meals, stay away from greasy foods, and try to stay full.
9. I miss eating cookie dough and working out intensely.
10. Pink.
1. How long have you and DH been married? If you're not married, how long have you and your S/O been together?
Married 4, together 7 1/2
2. Were you TTC, or was your BFP a surprise?
TTC
3. Do you have any other children?
12 yr old step-son
4. What do you do for a living?
Art teacher
5. If you don't mind sharing, where are you from?
Georgia
6. Have you thought of any names? If so, name a few.
My name list is crazy long. DH isn't ready to narrow down yet.
7. What's something you crave?
Mac and cheese
8. What helps you with your MS if you're having any?
Pretzels and saltine crackers
9. What do you miss having/doing?
I miss having energy at the end of the day!
10. What's your favorite color?
Purple
1. How long have you and DH been married? If you're not married, how long have you and your S/O been together? We've been married 4 years but have been together for 10 years.
2. Were you TTC, or was your BFP a surprise? A wonderful surprise. We we going o TTC this year anyway.
3. Do you have any other children? I have a 3 year old daughter.
4. What do you do for a living? I work in large corporate loans for a major bank.
5. If you don't mind sharing, where are you from? I'm from Dallas, Texas and lake George, New York.
6. Have you thought of any names? If so, name a few. None yet.
7. What's something you crave? Fruit, it's all I can really stomach.
8. What helps you with your MS if you're having any? Not much still looking for that cure
9. What do you miss having/doing? Nothing yet. I guess I miss being able to eat and not getting sick.
10. What's your favorite color? Pink
1. How long have you and DH been married? If you're not married, how long have you and your S/O been together? 3.5 years married
2. Were you TTC, or was your BFP a surprise? surprise, but a very welcome one!!!
3. Do you have any other children? DS is 2.5
4. What do you do for a living? k. teacher
5. If you don't mind sharing, where are you from? North Jersey
6. Have you thought of any names? If so, name a few. Yep - Patrick, Charlotte, Lincoln
7. What's something you crave? I crave a lot of junky stuff and it changes daily! It's nuts this time around!
8. What helps you with your MS if you're having any? It seems to have gone away (knock on wood), but nothing really helped when it was in full force.
9. What do you miss having/doing? Beer/wine
10. What's your favorite color? Purple
1. How long have you and DH been married? If you're not married, how long have you and your S/O been together? We have been married 2 years 4 months (been together since 2001)
2. Were you TTC, or was your BFP a surprise? TTC, 13 months!
3. Do you have any other children? Just our adorable border collie mix, CJ!
4. What do you do for a living? I teach 1st grade, DH is a RN & Corpsman in the Navy.
5. If you don't mind sharing, where are you from? New Jersey
6. Have you thought of any names? If so, name a few. My DH is very picky, some names that have been thrown around...Kevin, Craig, Abigail Elise
7. What's something you crave? salty foods, nothing real specific
8. What helps you with your MS if you're having any? No m/s here
9. What do you miss having/doing? right now I think I have a sinus infection and would ove to take some medicine!
10. What's your favorite color? depends on what it is...green or purple
1. How long have you and DH been married? If you're not married, how long have you and your S/O been together?
Married for 1.5 years
2. Were you TTC, or was your BFP a surprise?
We weren't trying but we weren't preventing and yes big surprise!
3. Do you have any other children?
Just our dog Roxy
4. What do you do for a living?
I contract insurance agents to sell our life insurance
5. If you don't mind sharing, where are you from?
South Dakota
6. Have you thought of any names? If so, name a few.
Alessandra for a girl and Dominic or Gavin for a boy
7. What's something you crave?
Depends on the day, it literally changes every hour
8. What helps you with your MS if you're having any?
I haven't found anything that works yet, I'm still trying to find anything that works
9. What do you miss having/doing?
Just feeling normal
10. What's your favorite color?
Pink!
1. How long have you and DH been married? If you're not married, how long have you and your S/O been together? We've been married for 6 years, together for 10
2. Were you TTC, or was your BFP a surprise? TTC
3. Do you have any other children? 1 son
4. What do you do for a living? Photographer
5. If you don't mind sharing, where are you from? San Francisco area
6. Have you thought of any names? If so, name a few. For a boy, I like the name Holden. For a girl, I like Harper
7. What's something you crave? Pretty much anything anyone else prepares these days.
8. What helps you with your MS if you're having it? Ugh nothing!
9. What do you miss having/doing? Sushi and booze. LOL
10. What's your favorite color? Red
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1. How long have you and DH been married? If you're not married, how long have you and your S/O been together? We've been married 2 1/2 years.
2. Were you TTC, or was your BFP a surprise? Pretty much a surprise!
3. Do you have any other children? Nope.
4. What do you do for a living? I teach 5th grade.
5. If you don't mind sharing, where are you from? I'm from TEXAS!
6. Have you thought of any names? If so, name a few. We're pretty set on Naomi for a girl and Ezra for a boy.
7. What's something you crave? No real cravings, I went through a phase where I wanted a lot of salads.
8. What helps you with your MS if you're having any? Eating, pretzels, ritz, mainly....
9. What do you miss having/doing? I miss having energy - does that count?
10. What's your favorite color? Pink : )
1. How long have you and DH been married? If you're not married, how long have you and your S/O been together? We were married in September last year, my husband just deployed and we knew we wanted to be married before he left. I had hoped to be pregnant before as well (I'm 36 so waiting a year for him to come home wasn't ideal age wise) Funny how things work out
2. Were you TTC, or was your BFP a surprise? Trying
3. Do you have any other children? Just the four legged kind, we lost our beloved 9 year old Golden in November but rescued a new wonderful pup shortly after.
4. What do you do for a living? I'm an accounting assistant
5. If you don't mind sharing, where are you from? South of Buffalo, NY
6. Have you thought of any names? If so, name a few. I don't have any favorites yet, but I do like Laina for a girl and a middle name of James for a boy (my dads name, we lost him in 2010)
7. What's something you crave? No big cravings yet
8. What helps you with your MS if you're having any? No MS, Yahooooo!
9. What do you miss having/doing? Diet Pepsi
10. What's your favorite color? Green
1. How long have you and DH been married? If you're not married, how long have you and your S/O been together? We have been married for almost 3 years.
2. Were you TTC, or was your BFP a surprise? We weren't trying, but we weren't preventing either.
3. Do you have any other children? an angel baby, Jackson.
4. What do you do for a living? I am a nurse, but I'm not working right now.
5. If you don't mind sharing, where are you from? We live in Nebraska now.
6. Have you thought of any names? If so, name a few. Boys: Ryan, Landon and Owen our are favorites. Girls: Lila, Lucy and DH's pick, Bria.
7. What's something you crave? Everything spicy.
8. What helps you with your MS if you're having any? Sucking on hard candy, and drinking lots of water in the morning.
9. What do you miss having/doing? I kind of miss working..lol.
10. What's your favorite color? Pink
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1. Married 5 years, together 10 years on 11.11.11
So when this baby comes we'll be ready to celebrate 6 years / 11 years together!
2. We TTC 1 cycle and got lucky, but loss the baby at just 5w in October. We then TTC for 2 cycles and took a break cycle over Christmas. That's when we got PG. Of course!
3. Yeppers! The 2 cuties in my siggy: Carter (3.5) and Brynn (20m)
4. I'm an Academic Advisor and Adjunct Professor at a large university in Philly.
5. South Jersey
6. Boy: Reid Joseph | Girl: Emerson Mae
7. Rice. All. the. time.
8. Combos!
9. Drinking beers.
10. Blue!
Carter Robert 7.18.08 | Brynn Sophia 5.24.10 | Reid Joseph 9.10.12 | Emerson Mae 1.27.14
1. How long have you and DH been married? If you're not married, how long have you and your S/O been together? Married 8 years and together 13 years this July
2. Were you TTC, or was your BFP a surprise? Yes TTC for a while
3. Do you have any other children? Brayden 5 years old
4. What do you do for a living? 4th grade Tecaher
5. If you don't mind sharing, where are you from? Grew up in the suburbs 30 min north of NYC and live in Northern NJ now
6. Have you thought of any names? If so, name a few. Kelsey Ann and I love Ryder or Jaxx for a boy but dh doesnt. MN will be NIcholas, thast dh mn and is after his Poppy
7. What's something you crave? Carbs carbs and more carbs lol
8. What helps you with your MS if you're having any? gingerale and crackers
9. What do you miss having/doing? feta cheese
10. What's your favorite color? purple
2. Were you TTC, or was your BFP a surprise? We were TTC (got KU on the first month try lol)
3. Do you have any other children? nope
4. What do you do for a living? high school teacher
5. If you don't mind sharing, where are you from? Central PA
6. Have you thought of any names? If so, name a few. Emmett, Ethan, Aidan for boys, Brynn, McKenna, Felicity for girls
7. What's something you crave? grapes
8. What helps you with your MS if you're having any? snacking...protein was helping for a while, but that doesn't seem to matter now as much as snacking does
9. What do you miss having/doing? I just miss being able to do whatever I want without worrying about being sick/tired/etc...it's hard to make plans
10. What's your favorite color? purple
1. How long have you and DH been married? If you're not married, how long have you and your S/O been together? On 8/4 will mark our 5th wedding ann. 10 yrs together
2. Were you TTC, or was your BFP a surprise? TTC
3. Do you have any other children? Yes, Mason turned 3 end of December & Parker is 21 months.
4. What do you do for a living? I work for a Chiropractic Insurance Network doing a claim processing, authorization, credentialing, filing, etc. "admin type position"
5. If you don't mind sharing, where are you from? Vernon , Wisconsin
6. Have you thought of any names? If so, name a few. Graham, Linclon, Olivia...
7. What's something you crave? Right now I am still craving an Annie Anne Cinn. & Sugur pretzel
8. What helps you with your MS if you're having any? don't really have m/s. Only get a little sick feeling when I don't eat enough. But have learned from my other pregnancies to just keep eating a little every few hours.
9. What do you miss having/doing? Sandwiches
10. What's your favorite color? Green
1. How long have you and DH been married? If you're not married, how long have you and your S/O been together? about 4 years
2. Were you TTC, or was your BFP a surprise? We literally only tried one time in my ovulation window
3. Do you have any other children? this will be our first
4. What do you do for a living? just got out of active duty army less than a year ago
5. If you don't mind sharing, where are you from? I'm from NY State, DH is from Georgia... we met in the military
6. Have you thought of any names? If so, name a few. We talked about names before we got pregnant, but now we want to wait until we find out the sex to really try to pick one, which people think is weird... We like Sofia for a girl, and Joshua for a boy, but I'm not sure if they're too common...
7. What's something you crave? fudgesickles and wantan soup
8. What helps you with your MS if you're having any? ice breakers sour
9. What do you miss having/doing? sushi
10. What's your favorite color? red
1. How long have you and DH been married? If you're not married, how long have you and your S/O been together?
Married, 1 year, 4 months
2. Were you TTC, or was your BFP a surprise?
Planned
3. Do you have any other children?
We have "yours and mine"
My son is 13 y/o and my bonus daughter is almost 4!
4. What do you do for a living? I am a preschool teacher, and site director for a before and after school program.
5. If you don't mind sharing, where are you from?
San Jose, CA...but I now live on the Central Coast of CA.
6. Have you thought of any names? If so, name a few.
Castor, Leila, Jackson, Reagan, David, Elizabeth, and the list goes on...
7. What's something you crave?
Chocolate milkshakes and french fries...
8. What helps you with your MS if you're having any?
Not experiencing this...
9. What do you miss having/doing?
I miss my wine...
10. What's your favorite color?
I like most of them
Maybe yellow, or turquoise?
1. Been married for 1.5 years and together for 6.
2. We were TTC!
3. No other children - first timer!
4. I'm a secondary teacher - general science and chemistry
5. Toronto, Ontario
6. Many names whirling around, but none have stuck yet!
7. Chocolate ice cream has been a nightly craving.
8. No m/s yet at 7 weeks. Been nauseated by smells sometimes, that's it.
9. Miss drinking wine and feeling good in my clothes (so much bloat)!
10. Blue - any shade!
1. How long have you and DH been married? If you're not married, how long have you and your S/O been together? together for 8...married for 1.5
2. Were you TTC, or was your BFP a surprise? TTC for 9 months
3. Do you have any other children? This is our first
4. What do you do for a living? Hospital Pharmacy Technician
5. If you don't mind sharing, where are you from? East coast of Canada
6. Have you thought of any names? If so, name a few. I already have a girls name picked out: Sophie Jane. Don't even know where to start when it comes to a boys name!
7. What's something you crave? Nothing yet
8. What helps you with your MS if you're having any? I've escaped the m/s so far...FX
9. What do you miss having/doing? Not much so far....just the odd glass of wine!
10. What's your favorite color? purple
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1. How long have you and DH been married? If you're not married, how long have you and your S/O been together?
Almost 8 yrs.
2. Were you TTC, or was your BFP a surprise?
Not REALLY TTC but not being careful, just like our other pregnancies.
3. Do you have any other children?
Yes - Anika Beth 5 yrs and Eloise Claire (almost) 2 yrs
4. What do you do for a living?
Used to teach, now I stay at home and watch a few kids throughout the wk
5. If you don't mind sharing, where are you from?
WI
6. Have you thought of any names? If so, name a few.
Girl: Geneva (Belen or Caroline) Boy: Asher or Dean (not sure one MN)
7. What's something you crave?
Anything you put in front of me when I am not nauseous.
8. What helps you with your MS if you're having any?
Suckers or gum or sleep
9. What do you miss having/doing?
I am not a drinker, but I miss the choice to do so if I want. Also, I miss not feeling so sick and tired, but I know that will pass.
10. What's your favorite color?
Green
1. How long have you and DH been married? If you're not married, how long have you and your S/O been together? Together for almost 8yrs and married for 3yrs in March!
2. Were you TTC, or was your BFP a surprise? TTC
3. Do you have any other children? 4 angel babies but hopefully this will be our first take home baby!
4. What do you do for a living? Sales Rep for a Pro skincare company
5. If you don't mind sharing, where are you from? NJ
6. Have you thought of any names? If so, name a few. We're still undecided
7. What's something you crave? Fruit Loops and Ice cold milk!
8. What helps you with your MS if you're having any? forcing myself to eat even if it's just something small
9. What do you miss having/doing? Wine!
10. What's your favorite color? Turquoise
"Sometimes the smallest things take up the most room in your heart"
Our TTC Journey
I'm a mom to my 4 angel babies who were taken from us much to soon!
BFP#1 on 09/29/09 and EP discovered/Left Tube lost on 10/19/09 EDD 06/12/10
BFP# 2 on 03/21/2010 EDD 11/30/10 Natural M/C on 3/27/10
BFP# 3 on 02/14/2011 EDD 10/28/11 Missed M/C discovered 4/19/11 and D&C 4/21/11 On 5/6/11 we found out our Oct Angel was a beautiful little girl
IVF#1=BFP#4 on 8/31/11 EDD 5/12/12 EP discovered and MTX shot given 9/14/ & 9/21 M/C on 10/9/11
IVF#2 and Stims started 12/2 ER 12/16 ET 12/21 transferred two beautiful blastocysts. Please stick LO's! BFP 12/26
Benjamin Matthew Our Little Miracle Born 9/5/2012!
BFP 1/2/14 EDD 9/11/14
1. How long have you and DH been married? If you're not married, how long have you and your S/O been together? together for 6.5 years...married for five years
2. Were you TTC, or was your BFP a surprise? TTC for nearly a year and we got lucky on our 5th wedding anniversary!
3. Do you have any other children? This is our first
4. What do you do for a living? Corporate fundraising manager for a charity
5. If you don't mind sharing, where are you from? Originally western NY through Washington, DC
6. Have you thought of any names? If so, name a few. Girls, we like Evelyn and Audrey and for a boy Henry.
7. What's something you crave? Nothing yet
8. What helps you with your MS if you're having any? I've escaped the m/s so far...FX
9. What do you miss having/doing? Having more energy and being able to drink wine and eat brie.
10. What's your favorite color? purple
2. Were you TTC, or was your BFP a surprise? TTC - for quite a while
3. Do you have any other children? Just our dog, who is most definitely our child.
4. What do you do for a living? Finance
5. If you don't mind sharing, where are you from? IL
6. Have you thought of any names? If so, name a few. We haven't discussed names yet.
7. What's something you crave? Not much yet.
8. What helps you with your MS if you're having any? It's not too bad, but crackers or a bagel usually help.
9. What do you miss having/doing? Diet Pepsi
10. What's your favorite color? Purple
7/30/12 - B/G twins born at 33w4d due to PPROM
1. How long have you and DH been married? If you're not married, how long have you and your S/O been together? Almost 3 yrs, been together for a little over 5.
2. Were you TTC, or was your BFP a surprise? TTC
3. Do you have any other children? No
4. What do you do for a living? I am a Commercial Lines Insurance Account Manager.
5. If you don't mind sharing, where are you from? Northwest, LA
6. Have you thought of any names? If so, name a few. I've thought of a bunch, we've had plenty of time to prepare for this... link in siggy.
7. What's something you crave? Nothing yet.
8. What helps you with your MS if you're having any? Not really having any yet.
9. What do you miss having/doing? I do miss caffeine occasionally, but I had already drastically reduced my intake prior to the BFP.
10. What's your favorite color? Blue
1. How long have you and DH been married? If you're not married, how long have you and your S/O been together? 4 years 3 months
2. Were you TTC, or was your BFP a surprise? TTC since 2010
3. Do you have any other children? No
4. What do you do for a living? Scientist
5. If you don't mind sharing, where are you from? From the UK originally and moved to San Francisco 7 years ago
6. Have you thought of any names? If so, name a few. Not yet
7. What's something you crave? Cupcakes and mint choc chip ice cream
8. What helps you with your MS if you're having any? Eating protein seems to help
9. What do you miss having/doing? Nothing yet
10. What's your favorite color? Purple