December 2012 Moms

GTKY Poll!

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  • Hometown: I moved around a LOT...

    Current city/town: Edmond, Oklahoma

    How old are you?  22, 23 when baby comes.

    How long with SO?: 9 months....eek!

    Kids? Just this one...for now :)

    Pets?  We were going to get a puppy, but it's on hold for now.

    Job? Full-time student, but will be a SAHM

    Favorite thing to do on the weekend: SLEEP, and shop!

    Favorite holiday: Christmas :)

    Favorite food:Chicken Fried Steak....mmmm.

    Favorite baby girl name? Kinsley or Makenzie Brooke

    Favorite baby boy name? Hudson Colt or Easton Colt, but I'm sure they will change.

    Favorite baby website? The BUMP!

    Do you have a nursery theme picked out yet? Link?  Pink and zebra print. Black furniture, chandelier-looking thing from Ikea.

    Will you have professional maternity pictures taken?  Probably not...

    Will you find out the gender of the baby ASAP, or are you team green?  We are counting down the days until we can find out!

    Tell us your TTC story:  Well...I was on the NuvaRing. I've been constantly on BC for 6 years, and this was a little miracle baby that defeated the odds!

    M/MC at 9w4d 5/23/12.

    DS1- 8/2013

    DS2- 11/2015 (Second round IUI)

    DD- 9/2017

    Baby #4 Due 5/10/20 TEAM GREEN




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  • Hometown: Jonesville, LA

    Current city/town: Union City, GA (suburb of Atlanta)

    How old are you? 33 - will be 34 in August

    How long with SO?: Married for nearly 4 years - Anniversary: 9/27/08

    Kids? 0

    Pets? 1- A pug named Coley

    Job? Sr. Project Manager

    Favorite thing to do on the weekend: Right now - it's sleep.

    Favorite holiday: Thanksgiving

    Favorite food: Crab Legs, Scallops

    Favorite baby girl name? Camille

    Favorite baby boy name? Alvin (after my DH & FIL)

    Favorite baby website? the bump & pinterest

    Do you have a nursery theme picked out yet? Link?  Girl: https://www.rhbabyandchild.com/rooms/?categoryId=rhbc_cat115024#/rhbc319001

    Boy: https://www.hgtv.com/kids-rooms/dreamy-celebrity-nurseries/pictures/page-4.html

    Will you have professional maternity pictures taken?  Yes

    Will you find out the gender of the baby ASAP, or are you team green? Yes, we want to know ASAP

    Tell us your TTC story: Hubby and I decided during our 3rd anniversary trip to Punta Cana, DR - that I would go off the pill as soon as we returned home. So, I stopped taking the pill in October - and got a positive pregnancy test April 12.
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  • Hometown: small town in northeastern Wisconsin

    Current city/town: slightly larger town in northeastern Wisconsin

    How old are you?  33

    How long with SO?:  8.5 years (married 5 years)

    Kids? This is our first

    Pets? none

    Job? Chemistry professor at a two-year college

    Favorite thing to do on the weekend: Walk with DH, relax, watch movies

    Favorite holiday: Christmas

    Favorite food: Spaghetti with meat sauce and garlic bread

    Favorite baby girl name? We're not sharing our names yet. :)

    Favorite baby boy name? same as above.

    Favorite baby website? The Bump

    Do you have a nursery theme picked out yet? Link? No, but since we're hoping to be team green, I'm leaning towards all white for the furniture and most linens then filling in colors after the baby is born.

    Will you have professional maternity pictures taken? I used to think I would like these until I saw so many horribly awkward ones. Now I'm definitely not interested.

    Will you find out the gender of the baby ASAP, or are you team green? We are hoping to be team green.

    Tell us your TTC story: We TTC for 4.5 years. We tried Clomid with no luck, so my GYN suggested I lose weight. (I was VERY obese.) I joined Weight Watchers and lost 95 lbs! (I LOVE Weight Watchers!) Even after all the weight loss, we still weren't having any luck, so we saw a specialist in fall 2011. We scheduled IVF for Dec. 2011, but we managed to get "lucky" in Oct. 2011. However, one week later we learned it was an ectopic pregnancy. The treatment we chose was methotrexate, which lingers in your system for 3-4 months, so we had to cancel our IVF for Dec. We were able to safely try again in late Feb with no luck, but when we tried again in March we got lucky! We are SO excited to finally be parents! Things are going much better this time. It is definitely not ectopic, and we've already seen the heartbeat! We're completely in love with this little baby! :)
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  • Hometown: Toronto, on

    Current city/town: Toronto, ON

    How old are you? 27

    How long with SO?: 6 years

    Kids? 2 kids-one of each

    Pets? 2 cats and 1 Boston

    Job? Work full time. Returning from my current maternity leave on June 1

    Favorite thing to do on the weekend: any family activity or date with DH

    Favorite holiday: Christmas

    Favorite food: pizza

    Favorite baby girl name? Lily-used for DD. Nora is my favourite for this baby. 

    Favorite baby boy name? Max-used for DS. Oliver is up for debate

    Favorite baby website? Baby center or Dr. Sears

    Do you have a nursery theme picked out yet? Link? no. Baby will be in our room until he/she sttn and then will share a room with whichever sibling as the in common gender

    Will you have professional maternity pictures taken? no

    Will you find out the gender of the baby ASAP, or are you team green? ASAP

    Tell us your TTC story: got my bfp a month after my first pp AF while still nursing DS. 

     


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  • Hometown: Traverse City/Sault Ste Marie, Michigan

    Current city/town: Lansing, MI

    How old are you?  25

    How long with SO?: together for 4 years, married for 6 months, known each other for 6 years.

    Kids? None

    Pets? 2 dogs, 1 crazy cat, and 1 cranky rabbit

    Job? Pastry Chef

    Favorite thing to do on the weekend: Hang out with H, chill, take naps, shopping, movies, what ever strikes our fancy!

    Favorite holiday: CHRISTMAS!

    Favorite food:Right now - this Blimpe sub I'm eating. It's the best thing I've ever had, I sear.

    Favorite baby girl name? Molli or Anna

    Favorite baby boy name? None, yet!

    Favorite baby website? The Bump, of course!

    Do you have a nursery theme picked out yet? Link?  No link, but out theme is Giraffes!

    Will you have professional maternity pictures taken?  Nope. Prob. Newborn pics though

    Will you find out the gender of the baby ASAP, or are you team green? We will be finding out!

    Tell us your TTC story: Ours is short - we were not TTC! We have a surprise baby Big Smile
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    Hometown: Toronto, Ontario

    Current city/town: Not far from the above

    How old are you? 26

    How long with SO?: Almost 5 years

    Kids? 1 Beautifu DS

    Pets? 1 Beautiful Golden R.

    Job? Sales

    Favorite thing to do on the weekend: Any spontaneous outings

    Favorite holiday: Christmas!!

    Favorite food: Sushi or Indian Curries

    Favorite baby girl name? The jury's out!

    Favorite baby boy name? Hudson (DS)

    Favorite baby website? thebump.com

    Do you have a nursery theme picked out yet? Link? I think we'll go with lavender. Even though it's a little girly that's what my gut says to go with. (Not that it's a girl, my gut says boy, but something in me says go with a bright nursery)!

    Will you have professional maternity pictures taken? Maybe.

    Will you find out the gender of the baby ASAP, or are you team green? Team GREEN!

    Tell us your TTC story: Well we have a gorgeous DS who we adore. We have been committed from the start to giving him a sibling close in age so we've been TTC since last April. We had a miscarriage in Nov. 11 and in Feb '12. So I am, understandably, nervous after the losses. But I definitely have some symptoms this time around and am cautiously optimistic!! Our u/s is tomorrow. I am so nervous and excited!

     

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  • Hometown: Ventura, CA

    Current city/town: Portland, OR

    How old are you? 27

    How long with SO?: 5 years married, 6.5 togehter

    Kids? This will be our first!

    Pets? One dog, a 3 years old shepherd mix named Bridger

    Job? I'm a Pediatric ICU RN

    Favorite thing to do on the weekend: I love to get out and go hiking, or get a fancy coffee and head to the farmers market

    Favorite holiday: Christmas. I love the whole feeling!

    Favorite food: Cheese, probably.

    Favorite baby girl name? I love Emma, but my DH says it's too common, I say I don't care

    Favorite baby boy name? Eli, but I go back and forth on it

    Favorite baby website? this one?

    Do you have a nursery theme picked out yet? Link? No, we may not do an official nursery because we may be moving for my DH's job (hopefully!)

    Will you have professional maternity pictures taken? IDK

    Will you find out the gender of the baby ASAP, or are you team green? We're not opposed to being team green, but we'd prefer to find out

    Tell us your TTC story: We were planning on trying later this year (after my DH gets a career job - we're in the waiting season) so I had my Mirena removed at my yearly in January. I was charting and we were using condoms on iffy days. Well, in March, I though we were in the clear on cycle day 10, but it turns out, I ovulated on cycle day 11. So, even though we weren't quite ready to get pregnant (there's always more money to save, more loose ends to tie up), we are super excited and looking forward to the next 8 months!

     


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  • Hometown: Whereever the AF sent us.  I am a recovering Air Force BRAT.  My folks still live in Yorktown, VA, so that's close enough.

    Current city/town: Woodbridge, VA (Northern VA area)

    How old are you? 39

    How long with SO?: 7 years together, married for almost 3
     

    Kids? DD is 21 months

    Pets? Just DH

    Job? Program Analyst contracted to the federal government.

    Favorite thing to do on the weekend: SLEEP.  Visit friends and run errands

    Favorite holiday: Fourth of July and Christmas

    Favorite food: frosted sugar cookies

    Favorite baby girl name? Well, Emily is DD's name and  if #2 is a girl, Amy

    Favorite baby boy name? Joshua

    Favorite baby website? The Bump and Babycenter

    Do you have a nursery theme picked out yet? No Link?

    Will you have professional maternity pictures taken? NO

    Will you find out the gender of the baby ASAP, or are you team green? We are finding out, DH and I are both MBAs- we like to plan projects

    Tell us your TTC story: With DD, we got married and got KU'd within a month.  She was born nine months and five days after our wedding.  With this one, we halfa$$ed it for several months.  The first month we tried in earnest...well here we are.  DH is Hispanic and he likes to say, "I'm a MexiCAN, not a MexiCAN'T."  He is so silly.

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  • Hometown: San Diego

    Current city/town:  Nor Cal

    How old are you?  29

    How long with SO?: Together 7, married 2

    Kids? No

    Pets?  1 house dog (Australian shepherd), 2 livestock guard dogs, 3 outdoor/barn cats, plus chickens, goats, alpacas.

    Job? Farmer and writer.

    Favorite thing to do on the weekend: We have no weekends this time of year, unfortunately! 

    Favorite holiday: Christmas

    Favorite food: CHEESE :)  All kinds, but especially goat -- I milk my goats and make my own.

    Favorite baby girl name?  Right now, Ellie.

    Favorite baby boy name? Right now, Forrest or maybe Julian.

    Favorite baby website? Don't really have one but I read a lot of birth blogs.

    Do you have a nursery theme picked out yet? Link? I don't think we're really going to go nuts decorating the nursery, unless I get really inspired by my nesting instinct in 3rd tri.  Baby will probably spend a lot of time in our room at first anyway!

    Will you have professional maternity pictures taken? I hope to!

    Will you find out the gender of the baby ASAP, or are you team green? Team green all the way!

    Tell us your TTC story: We've been trying for nearly two years and have severe MFI due to DH's bout with cancer 8 years ago.  It took 2 rounds of IVF to get us KU.


    Severe MFI. Me: supposedly all clear but eggs showed vacuoles.

    IVF #1 January 2012, ER Jan 14th: 34R, 27M, 23F. Day 3: 18 embies still strong. Day 5: zero "good," one "fair," the rest "poor." Transferred 3. None made it to blast or to freeze. Jan 28: BFN.

    Lucky IVF #2: Transferred two beautiful day three embies on St. Patrick's Day. BFP on HPT 7dp3dt. Beta 1 (14dpER)=106; Beta 2 (16dpER)=140; Beta 3 (19dpER)=264! First u/s 4.17.

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  • Hometown: Tooele Utah

    Current city/town: Tooele Utah

    How old are you? 23

    How long with SO?: 5.5 years

    Kids? none yet this is our first :)

    Pets? 2 dogs. Maverick and Sheriff. They are half min pin half jack russell

    Job? I am Accounts Payable and Sales Admin at the dealership here in town

    Favorite thing to do on the weekend: Movie time, go outdoors (fishing, camping, hiking, etc.)

    Favorite holiday: Thanksgiving (what other holiday do you get off work just to eat?) 

    Favorite food: Hmm..... right now slim jims lol. Usually anything pasta

    Favorite baby girl name? Mazie

    Favorite baby boy name? Cole

    Favorite baby website? thebump, I havn't looked at any other ones

    Do you have a nursery theme picked out yet? Link? If it is a boy I want to blue and brown with a western theme, If it's a girl princess

    Will you have professional maternity pictures taken? I think I want to. I really like ones that I have seen
     

    Will you find out the gender of the baby ASAP, or are you team green? I think I want to find out. I am planning decorating around it

    Tell us your TTC story: We did not think it would happen so fast. DH has verisocle (sp?) so we were told that he would have little to no fertility. Then within 2 months of the doctor telling us that here we are.

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  • Hometown: Elgin, IL

    Current city/town: Louisville, KY

    How old are you? 28

    How long with SO?: 4years

    Kids? 0

    Pets? 2 dogs (max and dallas) 

    Job? Speech Therapist

    Favorite thing to do on the weekend: Relax, outside activities

    Favorite holiday: Christmas

    Favorite food: Mac & cheese

    Favorite baby girl name? Emma

    Favorite baby boy name? Nolan

    Favorite baby website? thebump

    Do you have a nursery theme picked out yet? Link? No :( Dr. Seuss?

    Will you have professional maternity pictures taken? probably

    Will you find out the gender of the baby ASAP, or are you team green?

     I want to know!!!

    Tell us your TTC story:
    We tried for 2 months and got pregnant. Had a miscarriage back in Oct. Then we tried 5 months and got pregnant again! I'm hoping this little bug sticks!

  • Hometown: St. Louis, MO

    Current city/town: Same! 

    How old are you? 25

    How long with SO?: 9 years!  We started dating when we were 16 and have almost been married 2 years.
     

    Kids? This is our first!
     

    Pets? 2 dogs and a cat!

    Job? Kindergarten teacher

    Favorite thing to do on the weekend: Go to a coffee shop and read books, go to dinner and a movie, stay in and hang out, go to sporting events...
     

    Favorite holiday: Christmas!  I have a "Christmas Closet" where I keep all my Christmas things :)

    Favorite food: I'm lame: pizza!

    Favorite baby girl name?  ???

    Favorite baby boy name?  Maxwell

    Favorite baby website? The Bump!

    Do you have a nursery theme picked out yet? Link? Not yet.  We're waiting to find out boy or girl.
     

    Will you have professional maternity pictures taken? Nope.  To be honest, I don't get the point.  I'll take pics of myself pregnant, but I'd rather do professional baby/family pics once the baby is actually here.

    Will you find out the gender of the baby ASAP, or are you team green? I would find out today if I could!

    Tell us your TTC story:  After being married about a year and a half we decided to ditch the BC pills and go for it. We were naive and thought it would happen right away.  Turns out, I have PCOS and wasn't ovulating :(  With the help of Clomid and Metformin, we are expecting our first around Dec. 14.  Our first appointment is this Thursday!

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  • Hometown: Orlando, FL

    Current city/town: Dubai

    How old are you?  28

    How long with SO?: 5.5 years. Married for a little over 2.

    Kids? none

    Pets? 2 fluffy kitties

    Job? part time personal assistant

    Favorite thing to do on the weekend: read or watch movies

    Favorite holiday: Halloween or Christmas

    Favorite food: southern comfort food

    Favorite baby girl name? Lily

    Favorite baby boy name? Carter

    Favorite baby website? no idea. maybe babycenter?

    Do you have a nursery theme picked out yet? Link?  nope

    Will you have professional maternity pictures taken?  probably not

    Will you find out the gender of the baby ASAP, or are you team green? will find out

    Tell us your TTC story: I was charting to avoid for a long time then we decided to stop avoiding and see what happens. Pregnant on our second cycle.
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  • imageMissusTexas:

    Hometown: San Diego, CA

    Current city/town: Arizona

    How old are you? 31

    How long with SO?:  8 (6 yrs married)

    Kids? No

    Pets?  one adorable mutt and 2 kitties

    Job? administrator for a non-profit

    Favorite thing to do on the weekend: go to the lake or beach

    Favorite holiday: Thanksgiving

    Favorite food:chocolate chip cookies

    Favorite baby girl name? Kate

    Favorite baby boy name? Timothy

    Favorite baby website?

    Do you have a nursery theme picked out yet? Link? Not yet

    Will you have professional maternity pictures taken? Hopefully, need to find a good photographer

    Will you find out the gender of the baby ASAP, or are you team green? We will find out - I'm too much of a planner not to!

    Tell us your TTC story:  We TTC since June 2010.  I was dx with PCOS in Oct 2010.  I ovulate on my own so we had decided to try naturally but I was finally going to give up and to start Clomid the cycle after I ended up getting my BFP!  It was a miracle. :)

     

    Never, never be afraid to do what's right, especially if the well-being of a person or animal is at stake. Society's punishments are small compared to the wounds we inflict on our soul when we look the other way."
    - Martin Luther King Jr.
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    Hometown: Northern Ohio

    Current city/town: Ann Arbor, MI

    How old are you? 33

    How long with SO?: almost 2 years married, total of 7 years

    Kids? 13 month old DS and #2 on the way!

    Pets? 3 kitties: Maxine, Abby, and Molly

    Job? Insurance adjuster

    Favorite thing to do on the weekend: play with DS and just have family time

    Favorite holiday: Christmas!!!!!

    Favorite food: French fries

    Favorite baby girl name?  Alyse Rae 

    Favorite baby boy name? No clue at all

    Favorite baby website? babysteals, mama bargains and most cloth diaper websites. Oh, and wholesomebabyfood.com

    Do you have a nursery theme picked out yet? Link? nope probably will wait until we know the sex

    Will you have professional maternity pictures taken? NO! I don't have any desire to remember my huge belly.

    Will you find out the gender of the baby ASAP, or are you team green? We will find out.

    Tell us your TTC story: Not much to tell. We have been very fortunate to have no difficulties getting pregnant. We decided when DS was 9 months that we were ready for #2, so we started kinda trying and got pg when I was really paying attention to cycles when DS was not quite 12 months. I'm so thankful for our blessings.

     

  • Hometown:  Detroit Lakes, MN

    Current city/town:  Prior Lake, MN

    How old are you?  27

    How long with SO?:  together for 6 years, married since October 2010

    Kids? not yet, this is our first!!

    Pets? 2 dogs: Abbot, a 6 year German Shepherd mix & Sabine, a 1 year Dobermann Pinscher

    Job? used to be a Certified Veterinary Technician but now work as a Nursing Assistant while I'm back at school to get my RN degree

    Favorite thing to do on the weekend:  SLEEP.... and watch movies with DH

    Favorite holiday:  Thanksgiving - I love the food!!

    Favorite food: Carmel

    Favorite baby girl name?  Victoria

    Favorite baby boy name?  Simon

    Favorite baby website?  The Bump, of course!

    Do you have a nursery theme picked out yet? Link? no theme yet...

    Will you have professional maternity pictures taken? not really, we have a lot of friends and family who have expensive cameras and photography experience

    Will you find out the gender of the baby ASAP, or are you team green?  Yes, I really want to know!

    Tell us your TTC story:  Went off BC in June of 2011.  Had first BFP on our 1st wedding anniversary 10/16/11.  Had a miscarriage on 10/30/11.  Second BFP was on April 1st and currently going strong!  Will have my first OB appointment this Friday and hoping and praying everything is going well!  Found out my little sister is pregnant with her first as well!  So excited to tell my family this weekend when I go to visit - my parents will freak to find out they're getting not one, but TWO grand-babies for Christmas!!

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  • Hometown: Eclectic, AL

    Current city/town: Birmingham, AL

    How old are you?  26

    How long with SO?:  6 years

    Kids? 2 DD 9 years and 6 1/2 months
     

    Pets? 1 dog

    Job? SAHM

    Favorite thing to do on the weekend: spend time with my family and play with my kids

    Favorite holiday: Thanksgiving

     

    Favorite food: Chicken and dumplings

    Favorite baby girl name? for this baby I don't have one.

    Favorite baby boy name? Benjamin

    Favorite baby website? The Bump

    Do you have a nursery theme picked out yet? Link? No

    Will you have professional maternity pictures taken? Not sure

    Will you find out the gender of the baby ASAP, or are you team green?  Team Green. We'll see how that goes!

    Tell us your TTC story: We knew we wanted another LO pretty close to the last. We were jut going with the flow! Didn't expect to get a BFP this soon though as I was breastfeeding.. and still am!!

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  • Hometown: Saugus, MA

    Current city/town: Georgetown, MA

    How old are you? 29

    How long with SO?: 12 years, married 4 1/2

    Kids? 2 boys. Connor 2 1/2 and Aaron is almost 16 months.

    Pets? We had a 12 year old cat but she passed away a couple of months ago.

    Job? Operating Room RN.

    Favorite thing to do on the weekend: See family and do various activities with the boys.

    Favorite holiday: Christmas :)

    Favorite food: Hmm...tough choice, either pizza or fettucine alfredo.

    Favorite baby girl name? Ava

    Favorite baby boy name? Jackson

    Favorite baby website? Babycenter.com

    Do you have a nursery theme picked out yet? Link? for a girl:  https://www.toysrus.com/product/index.jsp?productId=12252569

    for a boy we are keeping the boy set we already have:  https://www.toysrus.com/product/index.jsp?productId=4048257

    Will you have professional maternity pictures taken? Maternity, no - newborn,  yes.

    Will you find out the gender of the baby ASAP, or are you team green? We will be team green until our baby sprinkle.

    Tell us your TTC story: Well we had a surprise pregnancy in February that ended in a m/c so we decided to try again and got pregnant right away :)

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  • Hometown: Placentia, CA

    Current city/town: Omaha, NE

    How old are you? 28

    How long with SO?: 4 years, 2-1/2 years married

    Kids? DS turns one on Friday!

    Pets? None

    Job? SAHM

    Favorite thing to do on the weekend: Go for walks, hang out at the zoo, go swimming

    Favorite holiday: Christmas and Thanksgiving

    Favorite food: Chocolate and avocado

    Favorite baby girl name? Caitlyn

    Favorite baby boy name? Benjamin

    Favorite baby website? The bump

    Do you have a nursery theme picked out yet? Link? We'll move DS to a new room, so just use the same set that's in his room...it's sage green and brown, elephants. If we have a girl, we'll add some pink accents.

    Will you have professional maternity pictures taken? Probably, did with DS and loved how they turned out...it's really fun to document how HUGE you are towards the end :)

    Will you find out the gender of the baby ASAP, or are you team green? Team green all the way!! It was so amazing with DS to have him on my stomach and hear them say "It's a BOY!" Most awesome moment ever. 

    Tell us your TTC story: Still BFing DS, was on the mini pill but we decided we wanted to ttc around DS's first birthday, I went off in March, DH was out of town when I was "supposed" to be ovulating, when he got back we DTD, and whamo, the night before Easter I had a BFP after a week of insane MS.  We weren't expecting it to happen so quickly, but we sure are excited!!! 

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  • Hometown: Davenport, WA (45 min from Spokane)

    Current city/town: Kirkland, WA (just outside of Seattle)

    How old are you? 26

    How long with SO?: 3 1/2 years

    Kids? This is our first and we are sooo excited!

    Pets? Two tabby cats that were DH's (Cricket and Tipsy), and two dogs we adopted. One is an elderly, white Shih Tzu named Katie and the other is a 8-or-so year-old pug/wirehair terrier mix named Euclid.

    Job? I work for a plant and flower based cosmetics company, as part of a managment team, in a high-volume retail store.

    Favorite thing to do on the weekend: Weekends are for working, but on my Mondays and Wednesdays I like to read, cook, garden, and read more! I am on TheBump a lot because I love reading that others are going through the same things. I'm trying not to be whiny, and this site gives a lot of comfort.

    Favorite holiday: Samhain.

    Favorite food: Fettucini alfredo with broccoli and mushrooms. Normally, that is. Right now, nothing sounds good. 

    Favorite baby girl name? We aren't talking about names until we see baby's heartbeat.

    Favorite baby boy name? See above. :)

    Favorite baby website? I don't have one yet.

    Do you have a nursery theme picked out yet? Link? I want to paint the nursery deep purple and put up an abstract tree decal by the crib--so when baby gets older, we can take it down and put up posters of whatever s/he is interested in.

    Will you have professional maternity pictures taken? I think so. I want to live in the moment and enjoy this!

    Will you find out the gender of the baby ASAP, or are you team green? I am team green, and hubby says, "whatever you want." At least, now, I'm team green. Although, I may be too excited to wait.

    Tell us your TTC story: We have wanted kids for about two years, but health issues have stood in our way. Two years ago, right before our wedding, I broke five bones in my left foot, developed a DVT, and had a pulmonary embolism. This delayed the wedding a year (it happened a week before the wedding). During the healing time, I re-injured the same area by ripping most of the tendons in the same foot (falling from the side of the tub, into the tub, while shaving my legs), and had to have reconstructive surgery...on my foot. We got married last July, but I was on Warfarin from the DVT and PE, so we had to wait on conceiving. When I finally got off of the blood thinner in November, we started TTC...and got lucky 5 months later! We are so happy, excited, and blessed to be having a December baby! I can't wait to share this time with all of you ladies.

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  • imageMissusTexas:

    Hometown: Indianapolis, IN

    Current city/town: Dayton, OH

    How old are you? 24 on wednesday

    How long with SO?: together 7 years, married 1 1/2 years

    Kids? just the one in my tummy

    Pets? two dogs, Mary & Graham

    Job? daycare assistant teacher

    Favorite thing to do on the weekend: relax with my hubby and pups

    Favorite holiday: 4th of july or thanksgiving

    Favorite food: chicken parmesan or dill pickles

    Favorite baby girl name? currently Abigal Grace

    Favorite baby boy name? William Cole

    Favorite baby website? the bump

    Do you have a nursery theme picked out yet? Link? frog pond

    Will you have professional maternity pictures taken? hopefully!

    Will you find out the gender of the baby ASAP, or are you team green? definitely will find out the gender!

    Tell us your TTC story: I got off of the pill for our first anniversary in August and didn't get a BFP until this one. i tried all the little tricks but it was when i finally didn't think it would ever happen that it actually did!

     

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  • Hometown: small town in central Maine

    Current city/town: bigger town in central Maine :)

    How old are you?  28

    How long with SO?:  5 years

    Kids?  pregnant with our first

    Pets?  2 dogs (1 puggle and 1 black lab/shepherd/husky mix) and 2 cats

    Job?  Advisor at a college

    Favorite thing to do on the weekend:  Lately, it's sleeping.  Dance class/performance rehearsals is the other. :)

    Favorite holiday:  Close call between Christmas (I just love the season) and Thanksgiving (b/c I get to see all of my dad's family and football is on that day lol).

    Favorite food:  anything my mom makes, Maine lobster w/ butter, stuffing, french fries, raspberry pie

    Favorite baby girl name?   I don't have one I absolutely love yet, but I have a bunch I like (Jasmine, Kiara, Brielle, Nyla, Joscelyn).  DH has already decided that if we have a girl, her name will be Jasmine lol.

    Favorite baby boy name?  Preston

    Favorite baby website?  babycenter.com

    Do you have a nursery theme picked out yet? Link?  Nope-we can't find a gender neutral care bears theme we like, so we're considering an ocean theme (not nautical).

    Will you have professional maternity pictures taken?  We haven't decided yet.

    Will you find out the gender of the baby ASAP, or are you team green?  Team Green

    Tell us your TTC story:  We started trying in October 2011.  I charted right away and though my cycle was fine and we timed it well, I didn't get pregnant.  My cycle started going a little wonky between December and January (moved from 28 days to 33 days) and then was 41 days long the cycle after that.  My doctor told me if I hit 35 days on the last cycle that she wanted me to come in so we could figure out what was going on.  I decided not to chart during my last cycle and took a pregnancy test on day 34 -it was positive!

     

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    Hometown:  Small town, NH

    Current city/town: Chicago

    How old are you?  Just turned 29

    How long with SO?:  12 years.  Married for 3 of those next month.

    Kids?  Just this lil bean, so far.

    Pets?  Nope...

    Job?  Architecture.  Designing bars and restaurants.

    Favorite thing to do on the weekend: Lately?  Sleep.  When I'm not pregnant?  Trying new places in town.

    Favorite holiday: Halloween

    Favorite food:  Sushi

    Favorite baby girl name?  Hmm... not sure.  Probably using either Grace or Susan for a middle name.  Grace is a family name, but both of our mom's are named Susan, so Susan may win out. 

    Favorite baby boy name?  We've had our boy name picked for years.  Spencer.  It's my late grandfather's first name, and my brother that I'm closest in age to's middle name. 

    Favorite baby website?  umm, this one?

    Do you have a nursery theme picked out yet? Link? Nope... but I'm digging the idea of doing a Mondrian theme. 

    Will you have professional maternity pictures taken? Probably.

    Will you find out the gender of the baby ASAP, or are you team green? Team "find out as soon as possible!"

    Tell us your TTC story:   We actually hit both one year of trying and our original EDD from the first pregnancy we miscarried during the 2WW of this pregnancy.  I was shocked, since we'd sort of resigned to having to start testing and whatnot...  But it's definitely sort of cyclically bittersweet to have those two "milestones" in the same cycle as getting pregnant this time.  FX this little bean continues to grow and stick!



    ::The sudden disappointment of a hope leaves a scar that even the ultimate fullfillment of that hope cannot fully erase:: Thomas Hardy

    BFP #1: 07/08/11  EDD: 03/22/12  Missed miscarriage @ 8w: 08/11/11, stopped growing @ 6w6d
    BFP #2: 03/26/12  EDD: 12/07/12  We have a HB at 7w!! (04/20/12)  CSD born 12/12/12 
    BFP #3: 08/05/14  Chemical Pregnancy at 4w3d 08/06/14
    BFP #4: 10/02/14  EDD: 06/10/15  Miscarriage at 6w6d 10/22/14




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  • imageMissusTexas:

    Hometown: San Jose, CA

    Current city/town: Cambridge, MA

    How old are you? 31

    How long with SO?: Together for 10 years in July. Married for 5 years at end of July

    Kids? This is our first

    Pets? None

    Job? Law student and soon-to-be graduate

    Favorite thing to do on the weekend: SLEEP!

    Favorite holiday: Christmas. I love time with my family.

    Favorite food: Cheese. Or beef. Hard to pick between the two :)

    Favorite baby girl name? Anastasia

    Favorite baby boy name? Alexander

    Favorite baby website? None yet. 

    Do you have a nursery theme picked out yet? Link? No theme per se, just colors. Orange/blue/green for a boy and pink/orange/green for a girl.

    Will you have professional maternity pictures taken? Yep!

    Will you find out the gender of the baby ASAP, or are you team green? ASAP! I wish it was possible to know now!

    Tell us your TTC story: We tried for about 3 years to get pregnant. I thought that nature would just work for us, but I guess not! Even though I was on Clomid, this was going to be a throwaway cycle because everything went wrong this cycle--not able to consistently temp during the time when I'd be O'ing, I took a short trip out of town and thought I was going to O then, I didn't have any OPK that looked really positive to me, etc. I had already called the RE and set up an appointment for us to move on to injectables & IUI next cycle. So, imagine my surprise when we came up pregnant :)

     

  • Hometown: Pomona, CACurrent city/town: Lancaster, CAHow old are you? 26
    How long with SO?: 6 years in September
    Kids? This will be #1 for both
    Pets? 2 dogs
    Job? Currently playing homemaker until we move back to Orange County
    Favorite thing to do on the weekend: Go fishing and/or go to the movies
    Favorite holiday: Christmas
    Favorite food: My mom's homemade tacosFavorite baby girl name? LucyFavorite baby boy name? HenryFavorite baby website? Pregnant ChickenDo you have a nursery theme picked out yet? Link? No
    Will you have professional maternity pictures taken? Probably
    Will you find out the gender of the baby ASAP, or are you team green? ASAPTell us your TTC story: Been married a little over 2 years and decided the timing was right to start trying. Couldn't believe it only took 4 months - we feel very blessed to have small fry in my belly.
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  • Hometown:  Southern CA and Washington State

    Current city/town:  Oregon

    How old are you?   37

    How long with SO?:   We've been together for 5 years, married for 8 months

    Kids?  Two.  A 10 year old daughter and an almost 8 year old son from a previous marriage.

    Pets?   We have a gecko and a boston terrier.

    Job?  I do childcare in my home and am also an independent contractor part time

    Favorite thing to do on the weekend:  Anything with my husband and kids

    Favorite holiday:   Christmas

    Favorite food:  Italian...alfredo, pizza, lasagna, etc.

    Favorite baby girl name? 

    Favorite baby boy name?

    Favorite baby website?  I don't have one

    Do you have a nursery theme picked out yet? Link?   We won't be doing  a nursery since the baby will sleeping with us.

    Will you have professional maternity pictures taken?  No

    Will you find out the gender of the baby ASAP, or are you team green?  We'd like to be team green...but time will tell!

    Tell us your TTC story:   My first two kids (from a previous marriage) were conceived after only two months of trying for each.  My husband and I have been trying to get pregnant since our wedding in September.  I was pregnant in February but miscarried on Valentine's Day at 5 weeks.  I had another bfp in March but had a c/p two days later.  This is our third time getting pregnant in three months so I'm praying that this baby decides to stay with us :)  We're due on Christmas day!

    Me 41  DH 33  Married 09/03/2011
    DD1  EDD 08/18/01, born 08/03/2001 ~ 9lbs 10oz, 21.5 in
    DS1  EDD 4/30/2004, born 05/04/2004 ~ 10lbs, 22 in
    mc 02/14/12 @ 5 weeks
    DD2  EDD 12/25/12, born 12/30/12 ~ 10lbs 11oz, 21.25 in
    mc 12/05/15 @ 12 weeks
    Cautiously expecting 12/02/16



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