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1. Back to the grind, more evaluations today, Thursday, and Friday.
2. I've been feeling confident about the bond between Owl and I and keep thinking that the ASW would be insane to move the girls but then I wonder if she already has another family in mind and that's why she was so quick to suggest the possible move.
3. I haven't been exercising.
4. Owl has been eating better lately but sometimes goes back to pouching or refusing.
5. A and Iz start school in one week, I was off a week when I said last week that they started this week.
6. Apple is almost standing on her own!
7. Why do I always say yes to making cakes for people when I don't want to be under that kind of pressure anymore? I have a wedding cake, Iz's birthday cupcakes, and a big John Deere cake to do in August. I'm more than happy to do my kids cakes but I feel like I have to say yes to everyone else's cake requests too.
8. I would benefit greatly from a spa day.
9. I ate TWO king size Almond Joy last night. #dietfail
10. J is planning a Hawaii vacation for next summer, anyone want to share some money saving tips?
Two Mommies Healing Hearts
OM gosh heart!!! My nickname is Linus (has been since I was 2) due to my constant carrying around of my blanket. This is so cute. I will be checking fabric stores!
06/12 - BFP!!!!
Beta #1 15dpo - 256
Beta #2 18dpo - 1097
6wk U/S on 07/02 ~ TWINS!!!
EDD 02/21/13
09/10/12 Found out it's two Boys!!!! Sam and Jake
Jacob and Samuel born 1/29/13 at 36 weeks.
1. Im back home finally and hopefully for good. Just a tip from my stupidity, if you can't keep fluids down, then call the doctor. Don't wait and see if it gets better. Waiting = 3 days of monitoring on IV fluids plus several more days feeling like crap.
2. I feel like I have missed so much! I will be reading posts today to catch up.
3. I have a Dr appointment to follow up on the events of last week. I am just hoping I have gained enough back that they don't go to the zofran pump. I have been logging everything I eat and drink, what I keep down, what I don't. This hopefully will show them I am doing much better.
4. M has been busting her butt to get into better shape before these LO's come. She wants to loose about 50 - 60 lbs so I am just encouraging her. I told her if we do this right, for every pound she looses maybe I can gain it lol.
5. I just want to love food again! I am hopeful I am on the worst part now and it will only get better. I hold on to this or I think I would crumble and cry.
6. We are finally getting floors. We have been on concrete in the common areas of the house for almost 6 months and we ordered the flooring! I will be installed in two weeks!
7. I got to watch the LO's move around for a few minutes this weekend. Both of them still look great and that was the biggest relief!
8. It has been a rough week. I am hoping for a better week this week and trying my best to make it a better week.
9. I am very thankful to be pregnant today with two little ones. Even feeling sick, fat and misrable, I am very thankful. This is my new daily mantra.
10. M has honestly been amazing through last week. I couldn't imagine doing this without her.
11. Sending everyone this week tons of positive thoughts and a lot of hugs!
06/12 - BFP!!!!
Beta #1 15dpo - 256
Beta #2 18dpo - 1097
6wk U/S on 07/02 ~ TWINS!!!
EDD 02/21/13
09/10/12 Found out it's two Boys!!!! Sam and Jake
Jacob and Samuel born 1/29/13 at 36 weeks.
1. I like to call E Linus sometimes when he has a soft small blanky and sucks his thumb.
2. The little guy turned 1 yesterday.
3. Saturday's party went well. It was exhausting, though, physically and emotionally. Physically, I felt like I did on our wedding day.
4. I.do.not.like.family.fallout.during.around.after. what should be a happy event. Nearly every.time.
5. I can't watch any more cnn. Not that I am watching it, but family had it on. A lot.
6. I don't like that the bump is sort of public.
7. We took off yesterday and had a great day at the children's museum and out for ice cream. E is awesome. The only thing that sucked was #4.
8. Today we are taking the afternoon off for a short road trip. I love more time with E.
9. DW's brother got us a dinosaur E can walk behind. He caught on so fast and is now pushing that thing everywhere!
10. I wish I could create a year of no drama. I want a break.
1. Had our worst night in a while with Lady Baby last night. Screamed from 7:30-10:30p. Jen and I were both worn down to an emotional nubbin by the time she settled down.
2. This was after four nights of successful easy bedtimes. I knew they were faking it
3. The weather is amazing here. I can't wait until we can take advantage of it and go hiking and go on picnics.
4. Speaking of picnics, we are going to a marriage equality picnic next weekend. It's potluck and I need to figure out what to bring. I might do an orange/onion/olive salad.
5. I need to make Jen a batch of lactation cookies this morning.
6. We have enough diapers to wash every other day, but we've been washing every day because our diaper pail and washing machine only fit a day's worth. Kind of silly.
7. Re: a Penn Stater saying that "nobody is in a place to judge the actions or lack thereof of others": I am very happy to live in a society where we harshly judge those who fail to report child abuse.
8. Everyone in my neighborhood paints their houses the ugliest brown colors they can find. Our (rental) house is a dull milky brown, the guy behind us just painted his a kind of dishwater-butterscotch shade, etc. Yuck. There are other colors! And there are NICE browns!
9. The Chick-fil-A/Jim Henson Co. thing is great. I love that they gave the Chick-fil-A money to GLAAD!
10. Jen pumped all day yesterday so she could measure oz. and she is much closer to meeting the baby's needs with breast milk than we thought. We're going to start using formula to supplement for just two feedings a day.
1) I found out this morning I over paid Ann for the tablet pc I took when I left. When asked about it she told me she had no intention of returning the difference.
2) It is storming and I hate storms. The only good thing is our poower has flickered a few times. While I will not get to go home early, my day will be a whole lot easier!
3) I was just informed Ann intends to return Kylie to me late tomorrow....um when did we discuss this? Oh that's right never. We wrote an agreement and while I am a flexible person you HAVE TO ASK me first. Just don't ASSUME it is okay and you can do whatever you want.
4) Wow I just realized how truly pissed off I am about #3.
5) I made butterfly's zucchini casserole for dinner last night. My mom LOVED it and we both have leftovers for lunch today...yum!
6) My dad asked me if I am making more cupcakes this weekend for him to take to work Saturday and if not maybe cookies....I see this becoming a weekly thing.
7) I called my aunt to get my dad's favorite cookie recipe (see #6) and she gave me that plus another on that sounds yummy AND she will be emailing me more!
8) I am tyring to decide if I want to cancel my line on our famly plan with Sp.rint (60 charge) and get service with a new company OR transfer liabilty of service to my own name (no charge) and keep the same company. So far they are still the cheapest service for everything I use my cell phone for: email, internet, text...
9) I was not worried about handling #8 until my contract was up but after the whole FB problem I began to realize she has access to my call records and all of my text message records...
10) There went the lights again
1. 2mommiesinoh...I have been where you are now and it sucks but hopefully it will eventually get better with Ann. In the meantime, yes get your cell phone off the family plan for privacy and peace of mind. And know that I'm here if you want to email/chat.
2. Madison-- I didn't get a chance to post last week...but your post was awesome and came at a good time for me too. Thanks for that.
3. E came home from her dad's last night.
4. And now E is leaving again today for more camping with her dad.
5. I'm glad for them to get some fun vacation time together but I miss my baby girl.
6. Good thing we are leaving on our vacation the end of next week!
7. Last night E woke up at midnight and came in saying she had bad dreams.
8. Hopefully I can bust out some yard work this week while E is gone.
9. This is when I wished I worked for my old boss and could take time off short notice with no issues.
10. I hope everyone has a good week, lots of things going on around here...hugs!
1. I have actually done a good bit of work this morning. Go me.
2. I am having a hard time not "keeping score" with L re: childcare/child responsibilities. It isn't a good thing because I am always going to "lose."
3. And Mrs F's post about getting time away/time off is making me think. I don't just want an hour or two "off" I want a long weekend off. I did this once in 2011 and it was awesome. I need to do it again. Sadly, L is going back into hardcore writing in order to finish by spring.
4. I am trying to sell the kids' toddler beds. I have put them on our multiples listserve with no takers. Next stop is Craigslist. Anyone local here want them?
5. The kids bunk beds come in this weekend. The kids are SO excited. SO excited. I am nervous that 75% of the time Carter falls out of his toddler bed.
6. The kids leftover mac and cheese and a bunch of blueberries hasn't tided me over for lunch. I am still starving.
7. I am waiting on a call back from the vet about putting our cat to sleep. It sucks because he really is a great cat - so affectionate and loving - but won't stop peeing in the house. Sigh. And it doesn't help that while L has agreed that we need to do it, she won't talk about it and says she doesn't want to go. Sigh.
8. I heard a rumor that we are getting a raise. I am hoping that it is a true rumor!
9. Off to get a snack and to a meeting.
10. Is it me or did June fly by and July is hanging on forever?
1. I should be sleeping...
2. EV has K downstairs and I have the opportunity for a nap - if I could just put the phone down. Only thing is going online is almost as precious as sleep sometimes.
3. YAY - I'm off bed rest - 10 days on the first floor of our house... I was going stir crazy.
4. We took our first trip to Whole Foods and for frozen yogurt last night - it was awesome to be out of the house.
5. I'm hungry..... Just realized that....
6. EV and I were talking last might about how it's a shock to suddenly be parents. I mean we "prepared" but it still feels like we woke up in someone else's life.
7. I started journaling yesterday to straighten out my foggy thoughts and emotions. It really helped to put things in perspective. Like the fact that I feel incompetent when K cries sometimes and I don't know what to do to "fix" it.
8. I'm really starving - I have a feeling this nap is not happening...
9. We're hooked on the show "downton abbey"
10. I hope to make the most of this week with EV home - not sure what "outing " we can plan for today. But I can't wait for the 3 of us to spend more time together out side of the house,
1. havent done ttt in a long time. i enjoy reading everyone else's comments.
2. debating about taking little bear for a two hour drive to port angeles just to visit a new organic food store. he rather play at the playground.
3. been 'pulling' out my hair when little bear does something that just pushes my buttons.
4. found a short solution - go someplace away for five minutes and do deep breathing - almost yoga style! kinda wanted to do tai chi.
5. little bear still nurses, but at least he is gaining weight.
6. i want to play disc golf in North Plain area of Oregon (Horning's Hideout) during the first weekend of August.
7. where did my '2' year old go? i think he's much more mentally aware at times.
8. i swear i would do better as a single parent than in a relationship i no longer feel part of - i guess i've drifted elsewhere.
9. nbr 8 makes me want to buy a motorhome and escape to travel with little bear.
10. just ned to remember - peace within and breathe!
2. The fact that I have to use HTML tags to make line breaks on the bump from my phone drives me insane.
3. I don't think I am doing a good job at work lately.
4. I went to the gym 3 times last week and have a goal to keep it up.
5. I am starving, but have already eaten more than I meant to so far today.
6. I'm really nervous I might be ovulating later than the RE thinks.
7. I like that IVF cuts down on timing concerns....
8. My supervisor at work is awesome, I don't know how I'd do it without her.
9. I wish I knew whether she thinks I come to her with too little or too much though...sometimes I think I should make more decisions independently, but I really don't want to be going rogue either, especially in a high-risk environment.
10. I'm excited for the Olympics, but wish my commitment to watching didn't translate to 3 weekends of needing to be home.
IVF Oct/Nov 2012
Beta #1 = 77, Beta #2 = 190, Beta #3 = 1044
Cautiously optimistic.
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1) we have 10 cubic yards of mulch - I am not one for manual labor but I am kinda digging the moving mulch thing ...plus i get to work on my tan.
2) need good ideas as to what to give the girls to eat ... they like to feed themselves and their hair so a less messy finger food but they dont like mac n cheese hate chicken nuggets ( they pull the breading off not fans of bread)
3) they are still sleeping so much OK BY me... but its just odd i think and they require it we dont force them ( ok sometimes)
4) M and I are getting along better traveling and parties just really stress us out as a team cus she is so fly by the seat of her pants and I like to plan
5) With #4 stated .. w have the girls NV party this weekend ... 13 kids are coming what will they do .. its just a cake n sweet party nothing fancy but now i feel like i need to entertain the older kids...OY VEY
6) apparently we have very little money - I am not sure how or where it goes we seem to spend a lot on groceries ... and ow the girls drink milk OH MY GOSH so much MILK and organic of course and whole ... SHEESH i need a COW
7) I would like to be come more handy - I used to be ... all spunky and hot with powertools now i rather pay someone.
8) WE NEED A DAMN POOL ...
9) still thinking abou Tres Baby ... ho hum .. someone mentioned a shared IVF andi inquired and they said TOO OLD....
10 ) ok gotta feed the girls Brunch
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1. I'm really upset with a good friend of mine. They are going through a break up and I have been there for him for every step of it, and there is absolutely no reason these two should get back together but for some reason it's being talked about. I'm mad, actually mad. It makes it seem like I wasted my breath for the past 3 months. . .
2. Denver has been great so far, I just miss my sisters. . . . a lot
3. TTC has a lot of kinks to work out, especially using a known donor. We meet with a lawyer sometime next week...wowza
4. I'm loving my job but the store manager can come back and take his duties back, and I'll have mine.
5. I feel like I should finish college, but there isn't a Family Consumer Science(Home Ec) program in any of the schools in this state,and I'm thisclose to having my teaching cert for that area. I do not want to teach anything else, and if i'm not teaching FCS, I don't know what I want to do. I'll just stick where I'm at for now bc I LOVE my job.
6. The dogs will have a big adjustment when a baby comes.
7. I still have boxes to unpack, we don't have a couch or a kitchen table yet. Why should I finish unpacking.
8. Julie works too much. Seriously 50+ hours at her fulltime job, then another 20+ working for her brothers online company. Ick.
9. I need to mow the lawn, but it's not happening until my next day off.
10. Julie and I are opposites. She drives a gas saving Prius and I drive a gas guzzling jeep. . .
1. A facebook group I'm part of had a big post the other day where we all came clean about how our kids drive us "nucking futs!" the other day. It was really cathartic to read about other parents having similar frustrations.
2. I'm sure part of that was coming back from a vacation with my in-laws who's parenting style was very different then ours is. I felt a little judged.
3. Give me a break... she was an over-sugared, under-rested two year old! And she wasn't even that bad!
4. That said, I think I'm a good mommy, even if I have my doubtful, pushed to the limit moments.
5. It is HOT here today (yuck), and we just picked a humongous cucumber from our garden (seriously, its almost obscene!), so I'm making a chilled cucumber dill soup for tonight.
6. My leftover Chinese food is not really doing it for me for lunch.
7. My garden went crazy while we were away. Its HUGE and full of veggies. Apparently my garden needed a little alone time. Ha!
8. I'm pretty sure Trav just gave me attitude about having the upstairs AC units on today (while I'm working from home). Uh, no, not going to sit here and sweat dude!
9. Well its already 4... I'm just going to post this.
Maybe I don't have a heightened sense of smell, but I've never smelled any vagina on my pants. -- TSD
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I'm sorry things with Ann aren't going more smoothly. Hopefully she will start to work with you more.
Maybe I don't have a heightened sense of smell, but I've never smelled any vagina on my pants. -- TSD
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Boooo......
Always the one with one more idea...any chance of doing an egg retrieval without hyperstimulation using just clomid and then banking eggs or embryos? It obviously depends on if you respond well to clomid, but it is a less expensive option. There are some people who do it here in Chicago but I'm not sure about the West Coast. It's a little controversial as you often retrieve fewer eggs, but some argue they are higher quality.
(Yes, I know all this because I spend tons of time thinking about baby #2 before we've even conceived #1)
AMH 0.5, AFC 5-8, FSH 7ish
IVF #1 - antagonist. Empty follicle syndrome. 1 retrieved, 0 fertilized.
IVF #2 - antagonist. Ovulated early. 3 retrieved, 2 fertilized, 0 blasts
1. Work is still crazy insane, but I'm not being as productive most days as I should be.
2. Some days really feel like my job is an obstacle course of things I don't know how to do. I'm apparently a qualitative researcher now because I had a qual assistantship in grad school. Ack!
3. We're a probable BFN for this month. C's only 11 DPO, but her temp is back down to the coverline and she feels periody.
4. This weekend we're going to C's grandma's 80th birthday party. I've never met grandma, but she is aware of me and last time she saw C (which admittedly was when she was concussed, in the hospital, and confused) she said she wanted to meet me.
5. I want so much for C's family to like me, and I think I have to accept that even on their best days, they aren't great at showing affection to actual members of their family, let alone in-laws.
6. I have recently discovered that Dan Savage, whose work I mostly love, has a fairly long track record of bi-phobia and blaming bisexuals for bi-invisibility. While he's partially true on the second part, he needs to realize he is a spokesperson for the GLBT community and not serving anybody by putting down bisexuals. This majorly bums me out, probably more than it should.
7. I've been loosely following some recommendations from Jillian Michaels' Master Your Metabolism, but I've decided Diet Coke isn't poison that is off limits for the rest of my life. Sorry Jillian.
8. I love my gym and adding it to my life has been such a great decision. Wish I had my gym clothes with me today.
9. My new workplace, for all of its challenges, is filled with fabulous and hilarious people.
10. C is away on a trip this week, which means lots of bad TV and eggs for dinner!
AMH 0.5, AFC 5-8, FSH 7ish
IVF #1 - antagonist. Empty follicle syndrome. 1 retrieved, 0 fertilized.
IVF #2 - antagonist. Ovulated early. 3 retrieved, 2 fertilized, 0 blasts
I just asked our clinic about this ... and i feel bad for wanting tres baby and really dont want one right now but 36 only becomes 37 and so on .. i am paranoid.. when is the right time to have another one ... and I want M to carry .. Is this nuts are we nuts she ( M) kinda thinks its nuts .. my mom thinks its an abomination to have 3 children and says look how you struggle now - struggle- we re living like most pay check to pay check and its a lil tight but i dont think kids changed that much ... we dont have unnecessary things for them or outlandish things .. and I dont even want outlandish things for them... Hmm now i am a bit sad...The only thing that break our bank is the path in which we have to have a baby !
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It's still Tuesday, right?
1. DW and I got back from a super fun vacation on Sunday - Boulder and San Fran. It was great to reconnect with her and see some lovely friends and family out west!
2. We actually went out to a nice dinner for our 3 year wedding anniversary last week in SF. We typically only celebrate our regular anniversary (12 years in November), but it was nice to note the date.
3. Turning 30 last week didn't really bother me. I'm ready for this next decade!
4. I drove 2+ hours each way to pick up my dogs from my parents house in Maine yesterday and he wasn't even excited to see me! My parents have been spoiling I'm rotten with hiking, boating, camping, and too many treats! He cuddled with my mom and gave me nasty glares for leaving him for so long.
5. Despite the long drive for #4, I was able to spend the afternoon with my mom, sisters, and nieces yesterday! My 8 week old niece is growing so crazy fast!
6. I'm definitely popping out. I'll be excited for an u/s next week to see how the wee babe is growing!
7. My other co-worker (out of 6 in my department) is preggo and due the same week as me. That will be tough at work when we are on leave at the same time!
8. DW is super stressed with work post-vacation. I wish we could both have all summer off together.
9. I'm debating my maternity leave once the baby comes. I work in a school, so I'm only going to paid for my sick days, but it is flexible what I take without pay. How long can we make it on one paycheck? I'm thinking January until the end of April, but how do you plan for that?
10. It will be nice to sleep with some cooler weather tonight from a thunderstorm!
It is hard. When people ask how I get along with my MIL, I say, about as well as she would get along with any daughter in law. Try not to take it personally. although, that doesn't mean I am good at keeping my snide comments to myself.
1. A friend burned Brandi's new CD--"Bear Creek" for us. It's been on non-stop all day.
2. Pumpkin falls asleep nearly instantly at the Indigo Girls. We aren't sure why. And we try not to abuse it.
3. When Brandi or the Indigo Girls are on, Carrot asks, "What do you call this music?" We are determined to get her to like a few songs. I am putting "Keep your heart young" on a CD I am making for the kids.
4. Oh, now hlke has me thinking about in-laws. My dad said we "spoke another language" and that helped me. I told L I was jealous of her--she gained a MIL--and likes my parents--when we got married. I got, well, someone who tolerates me.
5. We are going to put the girls in a Y day camp for a few days a week when they are both living here. It is just too much for them to have instant family 24/7. Way too triggering. But, I worry that they (Carrot) won't be prepared well for school. And I will miss her.
6. We toured the girls new school and.... they liked it! Thank God Zucchini was in a good mood that day!
7. I have got to figure out some food to feed these kids. We eat sandwiches A LOT.
8. Pumpkin is way more active. Nearly crawlilng & I am less worried.
9. School is starting too soon. It makes me sad because then I have to start job hunting
10. Took the kids to a free outdoor concert in our neighborhood--every Tues--and Carrot danced and danced like a surfer. (it was a surf-rock band.) Hilarious.
Love it! My 30th birthday treat last week was going to see Brandi at Red Rocks. My 13th BC concert and definitely the best yet!
While I have a lot of personal feelings on bisexuality and bi-invisibility, Dan Savage has never really seemed interested in taking on the perceived responsibilities of being a LGBT spokesperson. He speaks his own mind whether it's popular or detrimental to the larger LGBT rights movement or not. On one hand, it's annoying because he is absolutely a known spokesperson whether he likes it or not. On the other hand, I don't think any one person has a responsibility to toe the party line on what they say just because they have more people listening to them.
IVF Oct/Nov 2012
Beta #1 = 77, Beta #2 = 190, Beta #3 = 1044
Cautiously optimistic.
Ditto the love! Just saw her a few weeks back and it was our first date night in a lonnng time!
Is it bad that I had no idea who Brandi Carlyle was until I just Googled her. I thought she was one of the GoGos. #oldandoutoftouch.
I love Savage Lovecast and listen to it every week (when the kids aren't in the car, of course.)
I guess I feel like his responsibility has changed somewhat since he started the It Gets Better campaign, since he really did put himself out there as a spokesperson for the GLBT community. I just hope in his future columns he's a bit nicer to the bis, although I'll admit I wish he was a bit nicer to everyone he doesn't see eye to eye with, and that's probably more my issue than his.
AMH 0.5, AFC 5-8, FSH 7ish
IVF #1 - antagonist. Empty follicle syndrome. 1 retrieved, 0 fertilized.
IVF #2 - antagonist. Ovulated early. 3 retrieved, 2 fertilized, 0 blasts
Are you in NV?
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