PCP/TTC/ATP Wednesday

2moms2b · November 2012

How is everything going? Anything new or updates?

QOTD: What is your typical Thanksgiving Dinner consist of? Any fun or special traditions for Thanksgiving?

butterflygrooves · November 2012

I was supposed to meet with ASW yesterday but she called to ask if she can combine that visit with the visit on Friday to streamline her schedule. She will observe Owl and I for 30 minutes before meeting with J and I to do our adoption interview.

The big girls are doing well, they are on a 2 week Thanksgiving break and have been wonderful so far. Owl is still speaking in a normal volume voice and is potty training well. Apple is a sassy little thing now, she tells us to shut up, I ignore it while J plays into it, I don't want it to be something she continues saying because she thinks it's funny.

QOTD: Growing up, Thanksgiving consisted of turkey, mashed potatoes and gravy, stuffing, yams, green bean casserole, cranberry jelly, rolls, pumpkin pie, apple pie, and pecan pie.

These days we usually celebrate with the IL's and have chicken, stuffing, macaroni and cheese, green bean casserole, mashed potatoes and gravy, hawaiian rolls, and whatever else people bring. I always make the pies, pumpkin, apple, and pecan.

As a kid, we would always play board games while the adults watched football but we don't do anything special now. I'm thinking of having a Thanksgiving themed art table for the kids this year.

JoySeattle · November 2012

Kicking myself for starting a new fertility tea by my naturopath this week because since then my temps have been flat. In crazy ttc-ness, I went and bought two more thermometers, all of which have slightly different readings at any given time. So ridiculous! Relying on opks and other signs for now and hoping that discontinuing the tea today will give me some more insight.

Our Thanksgiving traditions are rapidly evolving. In past years with family we've done the whole shebang. Last year, I had pumpkin juice and made C a chicken, stuffing/dressing and potatoes I think. This year, we may head to our friends' vegan Thanksgiving potluck.

2brides · November 2012

Everything is going well in our house. We've gotten into a nice groove with homework that doesn't involve tears and tantrums and the grades that have been coming home look good. We have our parent teacher conference next week - so we are hoping for a good report there. The wrestling in our house is still going strong, but from everyone I have talked to with more than 1 boy that are relatively close in age, it won't be stopping any time soon. This weekend I asked them to get dressed to go to lunch and it took 25m for them to get dressed because of the wrestling/chasing/etc (I wasn't in a rush and was curious how long they would carry on...)

QOTD: Pre-kids we volunteered. Now we go down to the Smithsonians and wander around in the morning before coming home to eat. The last few years we've done a turkey breast in the crockpot (so good!), but the ILs are coming this year and FIL doesn't eat poultry, so we are getting a honey baked ham and the sides - so all we have to do when we get home is heat it up (well, L will make cranberry chutney and carrot cake cupcakes from scratch.)

clairmeij · November 2012

We are in the process of finding an OB, I think I will try to make an appt this week in my lunch hour to pop over to my local Kaiser office and meet with one. I've managed to dull the morning sickness queasiness with Unisom, although it is making me tired. Very excited to see the baby next time around. I can't believe the 100% growth in two weeks!

Thanksgiving being a very new holiday to me is done in the fashion of V's family. We have started doing it at our house because we can pull up our kitchen table which lines up perfectly with our kitchen Island and easily accommodate 14 people at it. We do it pot luck style, so I'll be making a ham, mashed potatoes, a green bean dish, salads, roasted butternut and gravy. The rest will arrive with our guests.

2mommiesinoh · November 2012

Ky is back to biting and hitting at daycare but I am beginning to have issues with some of what i am hearing. I am in no way excusing my child's behavior BUT when the sitter is out of the room and has NO idea what happened only that two kids are crying (mine and the one that got bitten) there is a problem. I used to work in daycare so I KNOW it is hard to keep an eye on everyone all of the time but when you have a known biter you do not leave them alone with another kid they have been fighting with all morning...

Other than that Ky is blowing me away. For the longest time colors meant nothing to her and now it is like the light went on! She can tell you almost all of her colors. She knows a lot of her shapes, even a few random ones...crescent anyone? She has several songs she can sing completely without any prompting or help. She never stops talking/singing or whatever while she is awake. She is constantly asking me things or telling me about something or singing real and made up songs while she dances. She is a ham for sure and will sing/dance then stnad up and say "Yeah Kylie!" while clapping.

QOTD: For the past 7 years Thanksgiving has been crazy. Two houses to go to, two giant meals to eat, family pictures at both all with an hour plus drive time in between. I loved every minute of it. I always wanted a big family and I married into one...it was great. Now it is just my family. I will cook the meal (my brother was supposed to but now my aunt is coming in from AL and he does not want her at his house...family drama sigh) and after they eat my brother will probably leave right away and that is it.

Now a few years ago my mom and I started the tradition of Black Friday shopping. I had always been an avid BF shopper but I sucked my mom into going one year and now she is more into it than me I think! Yes we are the crazy people that get there HOURS before the sales start and stand next to the wrapped crates and pile on when the frenzy starts. We love the thrill of the bargain and getting what we waited on. Now we are usually not the ones buying the electronics and things like that so we may not be all that crazy BUT we still haul ourselves out in the cold for it and pack the car so full it probably is illegal to drive and stay out all night and well into the morning...

Two*True · November 2012

Everything here is moving along. Jelly Bean constantly into or doing something new. This week she has really been into reading me books as we get ready in the morning. She'll bring books into the bathroom one at a time and as I do my makeup she'll tell me the story.

QOTD - For the past five years we've shared Thanksgiving with a friend whom lost her mom on Thanksgiving five years ago. Since then our friend hasn't wanted to do the traditional family thing so we've started our own tradition. We rotate houses, whomever hosts usually does the turkey, and then we split the sides. No other real tradition though.

2moms2b · November 2012

As of right now things are going really well. I am starting to hit a wall with comfort, now measuring about 38 weeks, so we are slowing down and adjusting plans as necessary. I feel really bad as this is our busy season and I feel like I am constantly asking M to sacrifice family time to stay home. Her family is really active with different things they do during this part of the year where my family sticks to the main holidays. She never complains about it though and lately has been just saying no on her own then telling me that we declined. She has been absolutely amazing picking up my slack and helping me not over do it.

We have our first growth scan tomorrow and that will kick off the every two week growth scans. I am excited to see how they have grown since our A/S! They are both avid movers and shakers and it seems there is never more than a couple hours during the day my belly is not being pulled in two directions with these two. They also frequently get into kicking wars as they are each head to foot. I actually asked the doctor if they could hurt one another and he just laughed at me and said get into a swimming pool and try really hard to kick someone so it hurts and actually does damage. Point taken. We have our 3D/4D scan on Monday so I will post pics once that is done.

QOTD: Growing up my family always went to my both of my grandparent's houses and we ate two meals. As my dad's parents have passed and my mom's parents live in CA, my parents host Thanksgiving. You never know who will show up as both sides of the family are invited and some years it can be 20 people and others (like this year) it will be closer to 50-60. My parent's also invite any of our friends that don't have close family so M and I will have 2 other families there with us. It really upsets him when someone doesn't have a home to go to on a holiday.

M is from a much smaller family so she traditionally just did Thanksgiving at her parents house with her family and Aunt.

Now that we are married, we generally rotate Thanksgiving each year. This year will be the last year we only see one side as with the boys coming, we will make the trip to both sides (shoot me now).

My parent's meal is very traditional with fried turkey, ham, mashed potatoes, yams, green bean casserole, roles, cranberry sauce, dressing, pumpkin pies etc. M's family meal is never the same and it drives me BSC. Like this year they are doing steaks and baked potatoes.

Originally we were going to her parents house this year but when she heard the menu she quickly told me we could go to my parent's house. I am all about tradition so steaks on Thanksgiving just don't hold any appeal.

hlke · November 2012

A day late, but I finally have a bit of a break at work. I've been a dirty lurker lately, so don't worry, I'm still stalking you all.

TTC: We had our first RE appointment yesterday. It went well. C needs a few tests done (we knew that'd be the case), and we have to bank our donor's sperm and decide what we want to do next. The RE offered us natural IUI cycles or Clomid IUI cycles. We're nervous about multiples and aren't sure what to do, but are leaning toward starting with some natural IUI cycles.

Banking our donor's sperm is turning out to be incredibly complicated and so we need to work through that. There's a lot of misunderstanding about what the FDA requirements are for known donors, and I think a lot of what we are being asked to do isn't required under current regs, but it's their policy anyway so we don't have much choice. It will be fine, just a lot of hoops to jump through.

hlke · November 2012

QOTD: We celebrate Thanksgiving in DC with C's family and her brother's wife's family. Dinner is pretty traditional - turkey, stuffing, mashed potatoes, vegetable sides, pie. I'm gluten free this year and don't want to be a big imposition, so I'll likely bring gluten free desserts and eat around the other gluten. I may have to talk to the hostess about gravy though - not sure I can make it through Thanksgiving without gravy!

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