Because I'm bored and this is more fun that working
1. Coffee or tea?
2. Coke or Pepsi?
3. Early bird or night owl?
4. Do you say 'take a shower' or 'have a shower'?
5. Do you prefer boxers or briefs?
6. Dogs or cats?
7. For breakfast - sweet or savory?
8. Milk chocolate or dark chocolate?
9. Beach vacation or mountain vacation?
10. Watching Youtube videos - fun or stupid?
Re: Slow board GTKY
1. Pre-pregnancy, it was coffee all the way. After getting pregnant, it turns my stomach. I had a few sips of DH's last weekend, but that is the first I've had any since about 7 weeks. I drink tea now.
2. Coke.
3. Depends on the situation. I'm a little of both.
4. Take a shower.
5. Boxers.
6. Dogs!
7. Sweet.
8. Milk.
9. I like both. We usually alternate every year. This year we're going to the Great Smoky Mountains!
10. Fun.... unless DH is watching them on his phone while I'm trying to sleep lol
I'm drooling over your siggy pic. *wipes drool off chin*
BFP#1 1/31/12, EDD 10/6/12 Harrison Gray born sleeping @ 18w6d. You changed our lives little guy.
BFP#2 EDD 10/29/13, C/P 2/25/13, Bye little Ish, we barely got to know you.
BFP#3 EDD 12/21/13, Baby Boots born 11/23/13 My rainbow baby!
January PAL Siggy Challenge: Good Advice
2. Coke or Pepsi?-coke
3. Early bird or night owl?-afternoon chick
4. Do you say 'take a shower' or 'have a shower'?-take
5. Do you prefer boxers or briefs?-boxers
6. Dogs or cats?-dog. allergic to cats
7. For breakfast - sweet or savory?-savory
8. Milk chocolate or dark chocolate?-dark
9. Beach vacation or mountain vacation?-yes
10. Watching Youtube videos - fun or stupid?- fun
1. Coffee or tea? both
2. Coke or Pepsi? Coke
3. Early bird or night owl? Night Owl
4. Do you say 'take a shower' or 'have a shower'? take a shower
5. Do you prefer boxers or briefs? boxers
6. Dogs or cats? dogs
7. For breakfast - sweet or savory? sweet
8. Milk chocolate or dark chocolate? dark
9. Beach vacation or mountain vacation? beach
10. Watching Youtube videos - fun or stupid? usually fun
TTC started Oct '10
Me: AMA w/RSD, atypical PCOS w/IR, LPD and High Prolactin. Controlled HP post-loss.
DH: Low-T and borderline morph
18 cycles, 3 medicated w/RE to get to a BFP!
EDD 9/7/12, Saw HB @7w3d,missed m/c 1/30 @8w3d, d&c 2/8
11 AL cycles, 9 medicated/IUI cycles. All BFFN!
Moving forward with IVF
BFP#2 our little cycle break surprise on AL cycle 12! EDD 10/27/13
Beta #1: 41 Beta #2: 398; perfect u/s 3/11 hb @133bpm
u/s 3/25 one perfect hb @183 bpm, adjusted EDD 10/23/13
MaterniT21 and carrier screens normal. It's a girl!!!
Severe Pre-E, HFpEF, PE, AMA & IF= OAD
All IF/AL Welcome!
OMG I love the name Gemma!
BFP#1 1/31/12, EDD 10/6/12 Harrison Gray born sleeping @ 18w6d. You changed our lives little guy.
BFP#2 EDD 10/29/13, C/P 2/25/13, Bye little Ish, we barely got to know you.
BFP#3 EDD 12/21/13, Baby Boots born 11/23/13 My rainbow baby!
January PAL Siggy Challenge: Good Advice
1. Coffee
2. Pepsi
3. Right now, neither. I used to be a night owl until I had a child.
4. Take a shower
5. boxer briefs (I like how it makes is butt look )
6. Dogs
7. savory
8. dark chocolate?
9. Beach vacation
10. Fun in moderation.
#1 BFP 2/24/11 EDD 10/29/11 Born 11/1/11
(via emergency c-section due to prolapsed cord; dx with sensorineural hearing loss Feb 2012)
#2 BFP 9/13/12 EDD 5/20/13 Natural M/C 10/3/12
#3 BFP 11/13/12 EDD 7/27/13
Awww, thank you! It's the only name DH and I ever agreed on lol
Yes definitely better than work!! Not feeling very motivated at all today.
1. Coffee or tea? tea
2. Coke or Pepsi? Diet Coke (gave up all caffeine and artificial sugars about a year ago how I miss my diet coke)
3. Early bird or night owl? Early Bird!! Which is funny because I have never like staying up and my m/s is worst from about 3:30 to bedtime so I am definitely and early bird these days.
4. Do you say 'take a shower' or 'have a shower'? take a shower
5. Do you prefer boxers or briefs? boxers
6. Dogs or cats? dogs! I have the sweetest puppy ever
7. For breakfast - sweet or savory? I like combos of sweet and savory.
8. Milk chocolate or dark chocolate? OH Dark Chocolate all the way!! yumm
9. Beach vacation or mountain vacation? Beach vacation but not the typical type my dad has a sailboat so I love going sailing not a big sand fan!
10. Watching Youtube videos - fun or stupid? Can be a little of both.
TTC since May 2011
M/C #1 Chemical Pregnancy Aug 2011
M/C #2 Blighted Ovum Feb 2012
M/C #3 Missed Miscarriage after HB Aug 2012
BFP #4 1/12/13 EDD: 9/26/13 Betas 12DPO: 45, 14DPO: 156, 19DPO: 904, 21DPO: 1,972, 26DPO: 12,230, 28DPO: 22,017
January 13, 2012- m/c 1
September 12, 2012- m/c 2
MTHFR (2 copies C677T, +ANA)
Gluten free, dairy free, acupuncture
1/13/13- BFP #3-
1/14- 32 Progesterone 20
1/16- 100 Progesterone 23
1/22- 2054!! Progesterone 18.7 (On supplements since 1/16)
PLEASE be our sticky rainbow baby.. You have no idea how much you are loved already!!
You gotta keep your head up. You can let your hair down. Only rainbows after rain, the sun will always come again!
January 13, 2012- m/c 1
September 12, 2012- m/c 2
MTHFR (2 copies C677T, +ANA)
Gluten free, dairy free, acupuncture
1/13/13- BFP #3-
1/14- 32 Progesterone 20
1/16- 100 Progesterone 23
1/22- 2054!! Progesterone 18.7 (On supplements since 1/16)
PLEASE be our sticky rainbow baby.. You have no idea how much you are loved already!!
You gotta keep your head up. You can let your hair down. Only rainbows after rain, the sun will always come again!
1. Coffee or tea? Both
2. Coke or Pepsi? Pepsi
3. Early bird or night owl? Early bird
4. Do you say 'take a shower' or 'have a shower'? Take a shower
5. Do you prefer boxers or briefs? Boxers...briefs freak me out!
6. Dogs or cats? Both...they each have there good qualities
7. For breakfast - sweet or savory? Savory
8. Milk chocolate or dark chocolate? Dark
9. Beach vacation or mountain vacation? Beach...really people is there any other answer?!?
10. Watching Youtube videos - fun or stupid? Fun...since I only watch them with DS
I love GTKY's!!
1. Coffee or tea? Coffee, although I gave it up since the BFP
2. Coke or Pepsi? Pepsi, but I like Sierra Mist better
3. Early bird or night owl? Early bird
4. Do you say 'take a shower' or 'have a shower'? Take. Who has a shower?
5. Do you prefer boxers or briefs? Boxers
6. Dogs or cats? Both!
7. For breakfast - sweet or savory? Savory... bacon!
8. Milk chocolate or dark chocolate? Milk Chocolate
9. Beach vacation or mountain vacation? Mountain
10. Watching Youtube videos - fun or stupid? Fun
BFP #2: 6/29/12, EDD: 3/8/13, Natural M/C: 7/16/12 @ 6 weeks 2 days
Hashimoto's Thyroiditis, Hypothyroidism
BFP #3: Kendall Grace, born 9/30/13
BFP #4: 9/3/14, EDD: 5/16/15, Missed M/C: 10/6/14 @ 8 weeks 2 days, D&C: 10/8/14
Never in our arms, forever in our hearts
1. Coffee
2. Coke
3. Early bird
4. Take a shower
5. boxers
6. Dogs
7. Sweet
8. Dark chocolate
9. Beach vacation
10. Watching Youtube videos - fun sometimes
Mother to DD, born sleeping on 9/28/11, and DS, born 3/12/13, 5lbs 13oz, 19in
1. Coffee or tea? Coffee. Except now my coffee is mostly hot chocolate!
2. Coke or Pepsi? Diet Coke
3. Early bird or night owl? Neither, ha.
4. Do you say 'take a shower' or 'have a shower'? Take a shower
5. Do you prefer boxers or briefs? Boxer briefs
6. Dogs or cats? Dogs!! I have two. I'm allergic to cats.
7. For breakfast - sweet or savory? Savory
8. Milk chocolate or dark chocolate? Dark
9. Beach vacation or mountain vacation? I'll take either!
10. Watching Youtube videos - fun or stupid? Mostly fun.
That's where I grew up! They're beautiful. Have fun!
1. tea
2. Coke
3. Both
4. take a shower
5. boxers
6. cats
7. sweet
8. Milk chocolate
9. Beach vacation
10.fun
DS1 2-26-07
#4 Due May 2015
IT'S A BOY
1. Coffee
2. Coke
3. Early bird or night owl? These days, an early bird by far. But before, more of a night owl
4. 'take a shower'
5. briefs?
6. Dogs or cats? Don't make me choose!!!!!!!!!!! My personality is more of a cat though....
7. For breakfast - sweet
8. Milk chocolate
9. Beach vacation or mountain vacation? I live in the woods, so for vacation , BEACH. when I lived in the city though, it was Mountains
10. Watching Youtube videos - fun or stupid? I don't really watch, but I enjoy the randoms that cross my path
BFP#1 10/1/2011. Our perfect little girl, Her heart stopped @ 12w1d. D&E 11/23/11
BFP#2 3/13/12 Weird CP/Possible EP @ 6w0d
BFP#3 5/28/12 CP @ 5w0d
BFP/WTF#4 10/26/12 CP
BFP#5 12/10/12 EDD 8/23/2013
Baby Boy Born 8/22/13
1. Coffee
2. Coke, unless its diet - then it has to be pepsi. (yes very weird i know)
3. night owl
4. take a shower
5. Do you prefer boxers or briefs? no preference
6. Dogs
7. For breakfast - savory
8. Milk chocolate
9. Beach vacation
10. Watching Youtube videos - fun
1. Coffee or tea? Coffee
2. Coke or Pepsi? Coke
3. Early bird or night owl? Early Bird
4. Do you say 'take a shower' or 'have a shower'? Take a shower
5. Do you prefer boxers or briefs? Boxerbriefs
6. Dogs or cats? Cats
7. For breakfast - sweet or savory? Savory
8. Milk chocolate or dark chocolate? Dark
9. Beach vacation or mountain vacation? Beach
10. Watching Youtube videos - fun or stupid? Fun!
My new bff Gayle Forman!
1. Coffee or tea?
Coffee
2. Coke or Pepsi?
Pepsi (even though my ILs would freak if they knew I said that--DH's uncle is an executive at Coke )
3. Early bird or night owl?
Night Owl
4. Do you say 'take a shower' or 'have a shower'?
Take a shower
5. Do you prefer boxers or briefs?
Boxers--but mostly boxer briefs
6. Dogs or cats?
Dogs, but I have cats too. I love them but when they pass some day, we probably won't be getting any more.
7. For breakfast - sweet or savory?
Savory
8. Milk chocolate or dark chocolate?
Milk
9. Beach vacation or mountain vacation?
Beach
10. Watching Youtube videos - fun or stupid?
Depends--some of them are fun
Thank you! Our LN made us nix a lot of names too.
1. Coffee or tea? Usually coffee.
2. Coke or Pepsi? Coke!
3. Early bird or night owl? Night owl typically.
4. Do you say 'take a shower' or 'have a shower'? Take.
5. Do you prefer boxers or briefs? Boxers!
6. Dogs or cats? Both although right now we have two cats.
7. For breakfast - sweet or savory? Usually sweet.
8. Milk chocolate or dark chocolate? Dark...for sure!
9. Beach vacation or mountain vacation? Beach!
10. Watching Youtube videos - fun or stupid? Fun when I'm in the mood. It's usually funny animal stuff I watch. ABSOLUTELY CANNOT watch real life gorey or car accident type stuff. *shudders*
***BFP 1-22-13, baby boy dx with Trisomy 13 at 15 weeks.
We let him go to Heaven on 4-27-13 at 17 weeks 1 day***
2. Coke or Pepsi? Again, neither right now, but Coke or Dr. Pepper.
3. Early bird or night owl? Early bird.
4. Do you say 'take a shower' or 'have a shower'? Take a shower or jump in the shower.
5. Do you prefer boxers or briefs? Boxer briefs!
6. Dogs or cats? Both We have 3 dogs and a cat.
7. For breakfast - sweet or savory? Savory
8. Milk chocolate or dark chocolate? Milk
9. Beach vacation or mountain vacation? BEACH!
10. Watching Youtube videos - fun or stupid? Fun
2. Coke or Pepsi? Coke, definitely!
3. Early bird or night owl? early bird
4. Do you say 'take a shower' or 'have a shower'? take a shower
5. Do you prefer boxers or briefs? boxer-briefs!
6. Dogs or cats? Dogs
7. For breakfast - sweet or savory? Sweet
8. Milk chocolate or dark chocolate? Milk chocolate
9. Beach vacation or mountain vacation? Beach please!
10. Watching Youtube videos - fun or stupid? stupid
BFP 4/18/12, M/C 4/27/12 at 6w6d
BFP 7/1/12 - Counting down to our little girl, EDD 3/8/13
1. Coffee or tea? Tea
2. Coke or Pepsi? Neither- I don't do soda.
3. Early bird or night owl? Early bird.
4. Do you say 'take a shower' or 'have a shower'? Definitely "take a shower".
5. Do you prefer boxers or briefs? Boxers. Definitely, boxers.
6. Dogs or cats? Cats!
7. For breakfast - sweet or savory? Depends on my mood.
8. Milk chocolate or dark chocolate? Milk chocolate
9. Beach vacation or mountain vacation? Beach!
10. Watching Youtube videos - fun or stupid? Fun. So, so much fun.
BFP#1 11/12/11 ~ No heartbeat 12/12/11 ~ D&C 12/19/11
BFP#2 3/25/12 ~ Heartbeat 141 4/16/12 ~ No heartbeat 4/25/12 ~ D&C 04/30/12
BFP#3 7/16/12 ~ EDD 3/26/13 ~ It's a BOY ~ DOB 2/26/13
1. Coffee or tea? Coffee
2. Coke or Pepsi? Coke. Regular coke has been my major pg craving
3. Early bird or night owl? Lately? neither. Usually? Night owl
4. Do you say 'take a shower' or 'have a shower'? Take a shower
5. Do you prefer boxers or briefs? boxers
6. Dogs or cats? dogs
7. For breakfast - sweet or savory? Lately? sweet Usually? savory
8. Milk chocolate or dark chocolate? Both. Must.have.more.chocolate.
9. Beach vacation or mountain vacation? Beach
10. Watching Youtube videos - fun or stupid? Fun
M/C 7/8/12
Perfect baby boy born 7/8/13
BFP 8/20/14 EDD 4/27/15 It's a GIRL!!
1. Coffee or tea? neither! eh, i guess tea if i had to pick
2. Coke or Pepsi? coke
3. Early bird or night owl? i think i'm just lazy b/c i go to bed early and sleep late!
4. Do you say 'take a shower' or 'have a shower'? take
5. Do you prefer boxers or briefs? boxer briefs
6. Dogs or cats? i have 3 of each so its a tie for me!
7. For breakfast - sweet or savory? sweet
8. Milk chocolate or dark chocolate? milk
9. Beach vacation or mountain vacation? mountain
10. Watching Youtube videos - fun or stupid? fun (and stupid!)
[spoiler] My Blog: Grow Baby Grow
BFP #1: 12/2009 m/c 1/2010 BFP #2: 6/2010 m/c 8/2010
BFP #3: 10/2011 ectopic 11/2011 (right tube removed, learned left tube was probably nonfunctional due to scar tissue from infection after m/c)
3 failed IUIs, IVF #1: 18R, 12M, 10F, 3 poor quality 5d embryos transferred= BFP #4!!!!!
Betas: 9dp5dt: 64 ~14dp5dt: 91 (expecting miscarriage, doubling time of 236 hours) ~16dp5dt: 200~18dp5dt: 500
First Ultrasound at 6w2d revealed two sacs, only one with a heartbeat
LK arrived after 42 weeks on August 14, 2013! Beautiful, healthy, and happy!
TTC#2: IVF booked for April 2015
Surprise BFP#5 February 19, 2015 EDD: November 2, 2015
Betas: 10dpo: 10, 14dpo: 77, 17dpo: 270
First Ultrasound at 5w1d showed a miracle UTE baby! And right ovary ovulation to left fallopian tube.
JD arrived at 38 weeks on October 20, 2015.
TTC #3: Since October 2017. BFP #6 July 2, 2018 EDD: March 16, 2019 [/spoiler]
1. Tea
2. Coke
3. Early bird
4. Take a shower
5. Boxer-briefs
6. Can't choose, love dogs and cats!
7. Savory
8. Milk chocolate
9. Mountain Vacation
10. Fun
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1. Coffee or tea? Depends on the mood. Non pregnant I would say coffee, hands down, but I have had a coffee aversion this pregnancy, except for peppermint lattes (and I never used to like anything sugary in my coffee - go figure)
2. Coke or Pepsi? Diet Pepsi. Regular is too sweet for me.
3. Early bird or night owl? Non-pregnant, definitely night owl. However, these days I'd say neither. I've never been a morning person, and lately I'm in bed around 9 p.m.!
4. Do you say 'take a shower' or 'have a shower'? Take a shower.
5. Do you prefer boxers or briefs? DH wears boxer briefs, so that's what I'm used to now. In general, boxers instead of briefs, though.
6. Dogs or cats? Dogs.
7. For breakfast - sweet or savory? Savory.
8. Milk chocolate or dark chocolate? Dark.
9. Beach vacation or mountain vacation? Hmm... hard to choose. I'd usually say beach, but I have been really missing snowboarding this season a lot. Can't wait to get up on the mountain again next year!
10. Watching Youtube videos - fun or stupid? Fun!
BFP #2 8/22/12 | EDD 5/5/13 | DS1 born 5/9/13
BFP #3 4/25/15 | EDD 1/7/16 | MMC 7/2/15 @ 13w1d | D&E 7/8/15
BFP #4 12/9/15 | EDD 8/22/16 | DS2 born 5/18/16 at 26w2d
Just keep swimming.
1. Coffee but I gave it up totally since my BFP (I know 1 cup a day is ok but I didn't want to take any chances)
2. Coke or Pepsi? Coke but again not drinking that either
3. Early bird or night owl? early bird
4. Do you say 'take a shower' or 'have a shower'? take
5. Do you prefer boxers or briefs? boxer briefs
6. Dogs or cats? not really a huge fan of either though dogs are slightly more appealing.
7. For breakfast - sweet or savory? savory!
8. Milk chocolate or dark chocolate? milk
9. Beach vacation or mountain vacation? beach...wish I was there right now
10. Watching Youtube videos - fun or stupid? mostly stupid but sometimes fun
-My step-daughter is 12 years old.
-BFP #1 on 9/2/12, D&C 10/18/12 no heartbeat on US @ 10 weeks.
-BFP #2 on 1/7/13, R was born on 9/22/13 via C-Section
1. Coffee or tea? Tea.
2. Coke or Pepsi? Neither, I don't drink soda.
3. Early bird or night owl? Early bird.
4. Do you say 'take a shower' or 'have a shower'? Take a shower.
5. Do you prefer boxers or briefs? Boxer Briefs.
6. Dogs or cats? Dogs.
7. For breakfast - sweet or savory? Savory. I don't feel right if I dont have a good/filling breakfast.
8. Milk chocolate or dark chocolate? Both.
9. Beach vacation or mountain vacation? Beach vacation.
10. Watching Youtube videos - fun or stupid? Fun.
9/19/12: Miscarriage at 12wks due to Triploidy, D&C 9/24/12 - I will forever miss you my little angel
1. Coffee or tea? Tea
2. Coke or Pepsi? Coke
3. Early bird or night owl? night owl
4. Do you say 'take a shower' or 'have a shower'? take a shower
5. Do you prefer boxers or briefs? boxers
6. Dogs or cats? dogs
7. For breakfast - sweet or savory? used to be sweet, but I am slowly switching to savory
8. Milk chocolate or dark chocolate? milk chocolate
9. Beach vacation or mountain vacation? Both
10. Watching Youtube videos - fun or stupid? fun sometimes, but I dont' watch a ton.
BFP #1 5/27/12- m/c 7/9/12 @ 10w2d (cytotec induced @11w).
Fibroids, Hashimoto's Hypothyroidism
BFP #2 11/18/12 EDD 7/27/13
1. Coffee or tea? Coffee. For sure.
2. Coke or Pepsi? I don't drink soda, except for mixed drinks. And Pepsi (for me) is much better with whiskey.
3. Early bird or night owl? A little of both. I'm naturally a night owl, but my job requires me to be up and moving at 3:30AM, so now I can't stay awake past nine.
4. Do you say 'take a shower' or 'have a shower'? Take a shower.
5. Do you prefer boxers or briefs? Boxers.
6. Dogs or cats? Cats. Dogs are too needy for me.
7. For breakfast - sweet or savory? I'm not a big breakfast person, but when I eat breakfast it can go either way.
8. Milk chocolate or dark chocolate? milk.
9. Beach vacation or mountain vacation? I've never been to the ocean... So, we'll go with that.
10. Watching Youtube videos - fun or stupid? Usually stupid, unless I'm learning something.
1. Coffee or tea? Coffee
2. Coke or Pepsi? Coke, although I dont really drink either.
3. Early bird or night owl? Night owl.
4. Do you say 'take a shower' or 'have a shower'? Take
5. Do you prefer boxers or briefs? boxerbriefs.
6. Dogs or cats? Cats that are nice. But I also really like cuddley dogs.
7. For breakfast - sweet or savory? savory
8. Milk chocolate or dark chocolate? dark
9. Beach vacation or mountain vacation? Beach.
10. Watching Youtube videos - fun or stupid? Fun
1. Coffee or tea? Neither. I dislike both.
2. Coke or Pepsi? Pepsi
3. Early bird or night owl? Night Owl
4. Do you say 'take a shower' or 'have a shower'? Take a shower, it's mine!
5. Do you prefer boxers or briefs? Either
6. Dogs or cats? Cats all the way
7. For breakfast - sweet or savory? Sweet
8. Milk chocolate or dark chocolate? Milk
9. Beach vacation or mountain vacation? Beach
10. Watching Youtube videos - fun or stupid? Fun
1. Coffee or tea? Coffee
2. Coke or Pepsi? Pepsi
3. Early bird or night owl? night owl, but I would much rather be at work early so I can get off work early
4. Do you say 'take a shower' or 'have a shower'? take a shower
5. Do you prefer boxers or briefs? boxer briefs
6. Dogs or cats? either
7. For breakfast - sweet or savory? savory
8. Milk chocolate or dark chocolate? dark chocolate
9. Beach vacation or mountain vacation? beach
10. Watching Youtube videos - fun or stupid? depends
Rylan 1/27/2011, 2:42 pm, 5lbs 12oz, 18.5 inches long
Ayla 10/02/2013, 10:14 am, 6lbs 14oz, 19.25 inches long
Missed Miscarriage 6w3d 3/02/2010
I'll hold you in my heart until I hold you in heaven.
1, Tea right now ... Baby hates coffee.
2. Coke.
3. Night owl.
4. "Take a shower."
5. Boxers
6. Both
7. Savory
8. Dark chocolate.
9. Beach!
10. Not my thing.
We lost our first (EDD 07/23/12) after finding out at 12 weeks there was no longer a heartbeat. Our rainbow was born 05/22/13 and was worth all we went through.
“So can you understand? Why I want a daughter while I’m still young? I wanna hold her hand and show her some beauty before all this damage is done. But if it’s too much to ask, it’s too much to ask … Then send me a son.” – Arcade Fire
1. Tea (prefer iced tea)
2. Coke (but I don't really drink soda)
3. Night owl
4. Take a shower
5. Boxers
6. Dogs
7. I just love breakfast - period!
8. White chocolate!
9. Beach
10. Depends on which video
BFP #2 - 7/1/12 - Met my lucky charm Alexandra on 3-16-13!!!