LGBT Parenting

Friday

What are you up to this weekend? 

QOTD - how many of you will stay home with the baby once you conceive/give birth? Will your partner? 

IUI #1 - 10 April 2012 unmonitored and unmedicated with RE 
IUI #2 - 05 May 2012 unmonitored and unmedicated with RE 
IUI #3 - 05 July 2012 unmonitored and unmedicated with RE 
IUI #4 - 30 August 2012 medicated and monitoredLetrozole and Ovidrel Trigger 
IUI #5 - 27 September 2012 Letrozole 
BFP! 9 October 2012 Betas:- 12DPO 16; 16DPO 96; 18DPO 315

Baby Alarico born on 28 June 2013!!


Re: Friday

  • Friday  - we're having an at home date night - yay!

    Saturday - brunch with our favorite friends and then some other good friends are coming over for dinner at our house.

    Sunday - relaaaax - probably by doing some housework and enjoying the clean house! :) 

    IUI #1 - 10 April 2012 unmonitored and unmedicated with RE 
    IUI #2 - 05 May 2012 unmonitored and unmedicated with RE 
    IUI #3 - 05 July 2012 unmonitored and unmedicated with RE 
    IUI #4 - 30 August 2012 medicated and monitoredLetrozole and Ovidrel Trigger 
    IUI #5 - 27 September 2012 Letrozole 
    BFP! 9 October 2012 Betas:- 12DPO 16; 16DPO 96; 18DPO 315

    Baby Alarico born on 28 June 2013!!


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  • We are going to spend some time with our KD and his wife this evening.  We have become great friends with them, plus we need to discuss our next insemination.

    We don't have many other plans this weekend besides cleaning the house and spending some quality time together.  

     

    QOTD: I am a nanny and will be taking my child to work with me (once we have one)  after my initial 6 weeks off. 

    T & G My wife and I married 9/10/11 in Niagara Falls, NY
    HSG 12/12/12        
    #1 ICI 12/15/12              BFN on 12/29/12
    #2 ICI  1/11/13                BFN 1/28/13                       
    #3 ICI 2/11/13                 BFN
                   
    #4 ICI August 2013,  Clomid 100mg    BFN on 8/30/13 
    #5 ICI September-Clomid 100,  mg ICI 8/15 and 8/16,  BFN on 9/3
    #6 ICI October-Clomid 150 mg for 5 days   BFN 10/27
    uterine laparoscopy on 11/14-no endo or cysts
    #7 IUI December-Clomid 150mg    BFP 12/21
    12/23 Beta 51     12/26 Beta 209!
    First ultrasound on January 8th 2014-great healthy heartbeat
    Second Ultrasound January 23 (8 weeks) we got to see and hear the heartbeat
    Third Ultrasound Feb 4th(10 weeks), then will  released to OBGYN'
    It's a GIRL!
    We welcomed Adalyn Cooper Elizabeth on 8/29/14
    She was 7lbs 11oz and 19.6 inches long

    Proud foster parents to two little girls ages 2.5 yrs old, M,  and 1 year old, K



  • We are in full on Blizzard mode right now! Safely tucked away at home with plenty of food and not planning to leave until a doctor's appointment on Monday. Gonna get blasted with 2-3 feet of snow and wind gusts around 70mph!

     

    QOTD - K will go from working full time to just two days a week. One of those days the boys will be with the in-laws. The other day I will be home (I work a four day work week). This is a win for us as we will still have 2 days off together and we won't completely lose her income. 

    Me(38) Married K(29), the love of my life, on 1/23/2011. 6 unmedicated IUIs = 6 BFNs. 3 medicated/monitored IUIs = 3 BFNs. First round of IVF = BFP! K is carrying Twin Boys - due in July. Lilypie - Personal pictureLilypie Pregnancy tickers
  • Working a little while longer today and then relaxing and reading TCOYF. 

    Saturday we have hockey (wife plays goalie) and then a dinner date with "potential" known donor and his wife and then possibly more hockey (watching some pond hockey)

    Sunday will be a work day for me and for DW. She is on duty 24 hrs at the station

    QOTD: I am an attorney and work from home, but the projects are unpredictable. After we have a child, I will be staying home and working when I can. 

    Married my soulmate on 10.1.11; One furbaby, Emma the cat; Madly in love and Just starting our journey on the TTC path! Trying to Conceive Ticker
  • Tonight I am home hunkered down and relaxing. Today H and I both got a snow day from work so we saw a movie.

    Tomorrow I am coordinating some training for my work though we are in the midst of a snowstorm here so I have my fingers crossed it will work out for it. After that I will likely lay low and decompress a bit it's been an intense week!

    QOTD: It really depends on the timing, but I am fortunate enough to get 5 months off at 93 percent of my pay for maternity leave, and another 7 at 55 percent pay if I wanted it... I would probably take the 5 months for our first, and then go back to work and H would become the primary caretaker during the week.... For our 2nd I would like to be able to take more time...
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    queer couple - 32 (me) & 33 (my love) years old - donor sperm,

    Our IF/TTC journey since Nov 2012.

    Me: dx of DOR in Nov. 2012. Low AMH, AFC - 6, Normal FSH, SS-A (RO) Antibodies (Autoimmune issues), tubes clear, Sono (November 2013) NORMAL! <p>

    7 IUI's - December 2012-September 2013.  Medicated, Injected, Triggered.... all BFN.

    My Love:  (the amazing @Healz413)
    Normal AMH & FSH, AFC ~27, blocked tube dx'd via HSG in 2012.   Hydrosalpinx & ovarian cyst dx'd in May 2013.
    dx of Stage IV Endo & bilateral salpinectomy in June 2013.  

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    Partner IVF#1a- December 2013 - H's eggs, my Ute - CANCELLED due to low response
    Partner IVF #1b - February 2014 - H's eggs, my Ute - ER February 4 (10 retrieved, 3 fertilized), Transfer Feb 7 of one Grade 1 and one Grade 2 day 3 embryos.  1 - Day 3, Grade 1 frosty saved.   BFP - 6dp3dt via FRER, Beta #1 - 110, Beta #2 175, Beta #3 - 348, Beta #4 - 2222!, Beta #5 - 4255.  Ultrasound (6w1d) - 2 heartbearts!  

    We lost our beautiful Twin baby girls on June 18, 2014.  Tavin Sara and Casey Elizabeth were born at 21 weeks gestation and were absolutely beautiful, precious, amazing babies.  We miss our daughters every day and love them with all our hearts.

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  • My weekend is more of the same...trying to recover from a massive head cold! I'm 6 days in, and I'll say being sick while pregnant is definitely worse than normal. My midwife said it's lasting "around 3 weeks"...ug! I'll be better just before my next airplane ride which is where I think I got this.

    I get 20 weeks off, 12 paid and I'll use vacation and savings to cover the other 8. Then J will have two days at home during the week, I'll have weekends, and likely 3 days in a small in-home daycare.

    Lil'mamaz was born on Aug 21, 2014! She's PERFECT!

    It's been a long road to here...
    Me (43) and J (45) - same sex couple. And we don't feel 40+!
    June'12 - First RE Visit
    Sept. '12 - Tubes removed
    Dec. '12 - Donor Egg/Donor Sperm IVF Cycle - 4 good embies!
    Dec. '12 - Fresh transfer, BFP! EDD 8/29/13
    Mar. '13 - Missed m/c at 16w1d, baby boy stopped growing at 15w4d
    Loss due to umbilical cord clot...baby was perfect. :(
    Jul '13 - FET#1 - c/p
    Sept. '13 - FET#2 - BFN
    Dec.' 2, 2013 - FET#3 with our last chance embie - BFP!!!
    Dec' 26, 2013 - hb!!
    EDD 8/20/14 with a baby girl!
    Little S was born on 8/21/14 - 8lb, 14 oz and 20 inches long.
    We live in Seattle and used SRM for our donor egg IVF cycle


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  • Tonight we went to eat sushi and played Mario kart, giving ourselves some time for fun and laughter after our sad news...

    Tomorrow C is working all day and so in the morning I'll work on school work as well as some business stuff and then I'll go help her at work. Then tomorrow night we may go see a movie.

    Sunday we'll just prep for the week and spend some time together.

    QOTD: I will hopefully working from home when we have a baby so I'll stay home!

    Queer coupled and having a BABY with the love of my life! Love my life and wouldn't have it any other way!
    First IUI 1/22/2013 BFN: 2/7/2013, Second IUI 2/21/2013 BFN: 3/9/2013, Third IUI 4/23/2013 BFN: 5/8/2013, Fourth IUI 5/24/2013 BFN: 6/7/2013, Fifth IUI 6/24/2013 BFN: 7/8/2013

    C began IUI's
    7/23/2013 C's first IUI BFN, 8/21/2013 C's second IUI BFN , Took a break in September and October, 11/05/2013 C's 3rd IUI (TWW...we meet again...) BFN, Took off the month to switch to an RE. 01/01/2014 C's 4th IUI...BFP!!!!!!!! Beta #1- 17, Beta #2- 34, Beta #3-140....  6W Ultra-Sound Reveals nothing in Gestation Sack... Natural M/C at 7W, 2/3/2014

    03/21/2014 IUI #10...BFP!!! Beta #1- 48, Beta #2- 416, Beta #3- 1018. GROW BABY GROW!!!

    1st Ultrasound 4/22/2014 Baby Squints is PERFECT! Measuring at 6w2d with a heartbeat of 129. EDD: 12/12/14.

    Ultrasound at 18 weeks on 7/14/2014. Baby is healthy and growing just as she should!

     

    Check out my blog at: http://journeytoparenthoodandmakingmilk.blogspot.com/

     

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  • No plans this weekend. J works and I'll clean.

    QOTD. I'll stay home. Any money that I would bring in would go directly to daycare, so it doesn't really make sense for me to work.
    *BFP #1-10/20/2012 EDD 7/4/2013*
    *DS 6/28/2013*
  • Worked today went food shopping and them we had a date night yeah!!!! With this ttc and work and the kids we already got date was much needed.!!
  • I forgot to answer my own qotd. I'll be off work for 12 weeks at full pay. V can get 12 weeks unpaid flma once she's done second parent adoption. We plan on taking that full time off together to bond as a family, build a routine and just love each other a lot. After that we haven't decided if she'll go back to work ft, focus on her business ft, go back to school or be a stay at home parent. We have time to see what'll work.
    IUI #1 - 10 April 2012 unmonitored and unmedicated with RE 
    IUI #2 - 05 May 2012 unmonitored and unmedicated with RE 
    IUI #3 - 05 July 2012 unmonitored and unmedicated with RE 
    IUI #4 - 30 August 2012 medicated and monitoredLetrozole and Ovidrel Trigger 
    IUI #5 - 27 September 2012 Letrozole 
    BFP! 9 October 2012 Betas:- 12DPO 16; 16DPO 96; 18DPO 315

    Baby Alarico born on 28 June 2013!!


  • Oh I forgot that part. Well I went prn at my job and I have a nice little stack of money put away. We have flma and since I'm carrying I will have 12 weeks with 65 of my pay and she has sick, vacation time. My good friend just opened up a home day care so when we go back to work we have a sitter.
  • This weekend we're going thrifting, working on training our dog, and reading at our favorite dessert place/cafe. I'm in my last semester of a ms program in counseling and I have about 300 pages on trauma treatment that I have to read. It's disturbing stuff, so having chocolate nearby is pretty much necessary. Also, I should probably also vacuum at some point. I just saw a dust bunny the size of a softball. :)

    QOTD (er, yesterday): Once my partner's maternity leave is over, I'll be the one staying at home with the little one. Even with my degree my partner makes about twice what I would if I worked at a community mental health clinic. I'll probably work one day a week either volunteering at the place I'm currently interning, or providing sliding-fee services at a local private practice. I'll probably transition to private practice when the lo is 2 or 3, but I want to be at home pretty much full time until then.  

    BabyFruit Ticker
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