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Twinkler2011 · May 2013

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Twinkler2011 · May 2013

1.) We are having a garage sale this weekend. I have never had one before but my neighborhood is all doing them....so why not.

2.) Bub's colic has us both at the end of our ropes. Something has to give!

3.) I booked a cruise for Feb. It's a secret and it will be paid off in Dec. just in time to give to A as a Christmas present!

4.) My mom offered to come over and watch the baby so A and I could go out for a nice dinner alone. We opted to sneak off to the spare bedroom in the basement and take a long nap!

5.) A's mom is staying with us for a couple days this weekend. I really do love my mother in law....and it helps that she is an amazing cook!

6.) Both the older girls have been acting out lately, not listening etc. I feel like having a colic baby really has taken its toll on everyone in the family. Even the dog is acting out. Ugh!

7.) My master?s program starts June 4th. I'm terrified....when will I find time for school work!

8.) Oh and the a/c went out in my s.u.v. So it's currently in the shop. I can?t live without my a/c. So it?s getting fixed before it gets hot out!

9.) I started a C25K program and Jillian Michaels 30 day shred. Probably not my best idea to do both at the same time. Every muscle in my body aches.

10.) And one just to make someone else besides me laugh. A and I, FINALLY, were able to get some intimate time together over the weekend. Well I am back to feeling 16 again, because of the mark she left on my neck! All I can do is laugh...... guess you go a little crazy when your deprived!

mollykelley · May 2013

Hi Twinkler! Your 44 week watermelon in siggy is freaking me out! LOL Hope the babe is doing well!

K and I are thinking of starting a blog. We have all our airmail letters from our ten years apart when we were living in different parts of the world. It feels so amazing that we are now together and starting a family. It's quite the journey and we have revelations about our lives together all the time.
When we saw our little embryo go in we both said simultaneously that it looked like a shooting star. K just read that there will be a major comet visible to the eye on our EDD: Nov 28
My boss leaves the country for 2 weeks today. I'm going to share the news with everyone when she is back.
I went to a birth fair this weekend and got lots of info about all kinds of baby stuff: birthing classes, placenta incapsulation, homebirth. I'm still processing it all and glad that I have some time to make all these decisions.
My mom told me to look for my mother's day package in the mail. That seems strange but this will be our first mother's day!
Today my CSA box comes. I'm already dreaming about the strawberries. All I want to eat lately is raw food and cold food. Nothing hot. Weird.
I just had friends over to dinner who have an almost two year old and he was such a good eater. We made cinco de mayo tacos and he ate everything! I hope my baby will be a good eater like that. The mom said it comes by just making one meal for everyone and expecting baby to eat what they eat.
The semester is over and I have to submit grades for a class I taught. I'm not looking forward to this.
We have all of our weekends up to our wedding booked, and things are getting really busy. We were supposed to get some things done this weekend but last Saturday I lay in bed all day, I was so lethargic. My midwife said not to feel too guilty, the first 3 months are all about survival!
I'm thinking good thoughts for all those TTC! I still read your checkins and say little prayers for you each! The difficulty of TTC is still near for me, and I don't want to forget it. They say you forget once you have your LO but I don't think I will. It will not disappear from my siggy nor from my heart. I'm rooting for you ladies!

mollykelley · May 2013

Twinkler2011:

10.) And one just to make someone else besides me laugh. A and I, FINALLY, were able to get some intimate time together over the weekend. Well I am back to feeling 16 again, because of the mark she left on my neck! All I can do is laugh...... guess you go a little crazy when your deprived!

Haha, that was totally what I was thinking in #4 when you wrote "nap". :-) I know how you feel, I'm finally off the NO-O regimen after IVF!

Twinkler2011 · May 2013

mollykelley:
Twinkler2011:

10.) And one just to make someone else besides me laugh. A and I, FINALLY, were able to get some intimate time together over the weekend. Well I am back to feeling 16 again, because of the mark she left on my neck! All I can do is laugh...... guess you go a little crazy when your deprived!
Haha, that was totally what I was thinking in #4 when you wrote "nap". :-) I know how you feel, I'm finally off the NO-O regimen after IVF!

We didn't make it all the way to 6 weeks, but all well......we needed to reconnect! I never realized how "necessary" it is for our relationship, we both get moody! haha

Twinkler2011 · May 2013

mollykelley:
Hi Twinkler! Your 44 week watermelon in siggy is freaking me out! LOL Hope the babe is doing well!

I can't figure out how to remove/replace it! lol

Baby is doing ok, he is colic so right now we are just getting by! Every now and then he will be calm and even have gotten a couple smiles. We cherish those moments and look forward to each one. It gives us hope that we will find out what is bothering him and he will one day be a happy baby! lol

shelly2314 · May 2013

ahhh...something to keep me busy

1. Ultrasound to figure when to use Ovidrel PFS is tomorrow at 10am. I barely slept last night and am about to crawl out of my skin with anticipation. My poor wife is having to deal with this moodiness (she would sure be glad to exchange it for pregnancy hormonal moodiness LOL).

2. I am hopeful that IF/WHEN we get pregnant that it will help balance my hormones. They are already wacky and I was on medication to help balance them out. My wife and I joke that if pregnancy balances them out, she was going to start renting out my uterus just to help her keep her sanity!

3. I am tired. Bone-tired. Played 2 softball games last night and am a bit sore today. Reminds me that I am not getting any younger. Then I didn't sleep well b/c I am anticipating the dr aptmt tomorrow. How am I ever going to make it to the IUI then the pregnancy test??????

4. Rambing is helping my brain focus a bit. Strange. Everything seems to come back to making a baby. We could be having a conversation about the weather and I would think "I wonder if this is conducive for pregnancy" or some other nonsense.

5.B/c my brain is stuck on TTC mode, I am having a hard time rambling on about 10 different things!

6. I am nesting and not even pregnant! I feel the need to organize everything in my office. My wife sure wishes I would do the same to my car...it is a wreck!

7. I work at a high school and we are in middle of what we lovingly refer to as "testing season." I am seriously considering either home-school or private school for my future children. So much is focused on taking a test that students do not learn to think for themselves. And if most parents did the math, students miss out on almost a month and a half of instructional time due to testing. AUGH!

8. I need a tan, BADLY! I am so pale it does not even look healthy. Maybe some much needed relax time by the beach is in order this weekend (since we only live 15 minutes from the beach)

9. Support local law enforcement. Not really sure where that one came from! My wife is a cop, so maybe I was thinking of her! I usually am. She is amazing! We truly compliment each other and that is new to me. We both started dating after getting out of LONG serious relationships (I was w/my ex for 10 years and she was w/ hers for 12 years). My relationship was very unhealthy and hers had just died off (better friends). We were together for 7 months before we got engaged and I knew she was the one.

10. Whew, finally reached ten. Diez in Spanish, zehn in German. My mother-in-law's entire family lives in Germany. We went there a year ago for xmas break. What a beautiful country!

ball.and.chain · May 2013

1. MK, I am jealous about your strawberries. We are still about a month away from the earliest local fruit.
2. I can't wait to stop PIO shots.
3. Last time my RE let me stop the day of beta I still continued on Endometrin...here's hoping this time is the same!
4. Obviously if the test is negative, I definitely get to stop.
5. My BFF is going to London today. I am jealous!
6. But we have a vacation coming up in a couple of weeks. It's not London but it should be fun.
7. Taking yesterday off was the right thing to do. I think I finally rounded the corner on this damn cold.
8. I missed a friend's baby shower due to illness and now I have to scramble to get her present to her before she gives birth.
9. I am chatting with a friend online and it is distracting me from TTT...
10. OK, lunch is over so I'm going to be done!

KH826 · May 2013

1. Well I am 12dpiui today. Still haven't tested. Now I am feeling scared to test. I have felt very positive this cycle and have had a number of symptoms, but I am just petrified of getting a BFN and having to give up my day dream of our "maybe baby" -- my wife and I had originally decided that we would test tomorrow AM, but now I think I am having second thoughts about that. I will probably change my mind about 15 more times between now and then...

2. My youngest sister is 17 and she will be going to her high school prom next Friday. I am planning to travel up to Boston to visit and see her in her dress, etc. I am really excited for her, and I will be happy to see my family. I haven't been up there since February. I hope I have news to share with them when I am there...

3. I am also hoping that my wife is able to come with me to Boston. She might have Jury Duty next week, and she won't know until the day before, so I don't know if she will be able to come. I am crossing my fingers that she will be. I don't really want to drive up alone and I also won't want to share any potential news with them if she is not also there.

4. I hate that I am already planning out sharing news with our families and I haven't even tested yet. I know that I am way thinking ahead of myself, but I am just so excited and so hopeful that I am having a hard time not getting ahead of myself in my own mind...

5. I waited to long to eat lunch and my stomach felt like it was eating itself. Soooo, I just gulped down lunch and now I am a mixture of not feeling well and still feeling hungry. I hate when I do that -- wait to long to eat and then scarf something down -- it happens more often than I would like at work and I always feel "icky" after...

6. I am looking forward to Mother's Day Brunch with my in-laws on Sunday. Gosh I hope I am pregnant and we know for sure by then.... gosh I am now fully obsessed -- sorry about that, everyone!

7. I am making salmon tonight for dinner. It is my favorite dinner that I make. I have had to cut way back on my fish intake during TTC, which has been hard for me b/c I LOVE fish, and my wife is a vegetarian but will eat some fish once in a while. It is a common ground food for us. But I have cut back to salmon once a week, and I always look forward to it b/c it is my fave!

8. We took our dog to the groomer last weekend and they cut her way too short. I am kind of annoyed. She is a pomeranian-terrier mix, so she is fluffy (but not puff-ball fluffy, b/c she is 1/2 terrier), but the groomer gave her a "summer cut" and she looks like a chihuahua -- don't get me wrong, nothing against chihuahua's, but she just looks so different. I will be glad when her hair grows back a little!

9. This morning at work was super busy, which is making this day go quickly, so that is a plus. Gives me less time to obsess about testing and the impending end of my TWW...

10. I am looking forward to reading everyone's TTTs later. My new thing is I tend to catch up on reading posts at night in bed on my iPad before I go to sleep. It has quickly become part of my routine

2MamazInSeattle · May 2013

Fun reading all the updates!

1. I 'officially' start my cycle on the 11th - 1 month prior to ET. Lupron shots on Saturday night! Hot time at our place

2. I have been thinking *a lot* about this cycle, and I want to dial it back but am struggling. I'm excited, anxious in a good way, anxious in a bad way, scared, nervous, and yet all these emotions don't really serve me. So I'm trying to pipe down. And I am truly wondering how to be excited if I do get a BFP after our 16-week loss...and how/when to tell people...oy. Ahead of myself!

3. We got our veggies for our garden from the Seattle Tilth Edible Plant sale this past weekend. We are fashioning some sort of way to protect the garden from our backyard city-chicken flock of 4 hens. They will eat the starts in a flash, so trying to get that done tonight! We have a variety of tomatoes, lacinto kale (we eat kale almost daily), a cuke, a zuke, and always lots of ornamental herbs, like tangerine sage!

4. Speaking of, we just got a new chicken after the passing of our little white bantam frizzle cochin, Geisha. She was a hoot and we are sad to have lost her. The new girl, Natasha, is a Russian Orlaff, a nice big bird! She seems to be integrating ok - she should start to lay eggs in July.

5. We have been eating healthy and cooking at home since returning from our honeymoon. So glad it's grill season! Next to no pans to clean I'm also eating lots of fish while I still can! (While in Maui, J said "honey, I think by the time we leave we're going to have mercury poisoning" ...we ate a LOT of fish there!).

6. I'm back to BCPs, prenatals, vitamins D & B12, folic acid, and prenatal fish oil. It's quite a handful (add thyroid pills) but I can still do it in one gulp!

7. Tomorrow night my sister is going to be putting her pug, Maxeen, down - she is almost 15 years old and I remember the day she got her. As a family we are all so sad to see Maxeen go - she's having a vet come to her house to do it, and invited us all to be with her for it. So J and I, my other 2 sisters and mom plan to go be there for her and Max. I'm not really a huge 'dog person' but she is a special little being and it makes me sad.

8. I am starving (see #5 around 'healthy eating').

9. We found out the killer tax return we have gotten for the past two years is not happening this year - a HUGE bummer. We were looking forward to a little boost to our bank account but alas, we owe a tiny bit but our CPA said "you're spot on" by coming out almost even. I still like a big fat return.

10. My boss got a sort of promotion and is adjusting my role a bit - I'm super excited but I will definitely have a lot more to do now! Hopefully a good distraction from TTC and first tri woes in the coming months.

AmandaG47 · May 2013

1: It seems quite a few people are in "big" places in the ttc process, good luck to all!

2: We are doing our next round of iuis this weekend, and I'm getting hopeful!

3: Along with that I have FOUR finals to study for, all tests are next week monthurs

4: I'm SO excited for a break

5: I should be doing other things, see 3

6: The weather has been beautiful and it puts me in such a good mood!

7: I am looking forward to all the exploring we will hopefully do this summer, as its our first summer here in Boston

8: I really hope this next cycle is our bfp and take home baby. I know it's silly, and others have been through far worse so I shouldn't complain, but it's now been 6 months since we started actively trying and I just want it to happen and not feel so hard.

9: I should really be studying

10: I love my wife... I made an ordering mistake at the sperm bank and she had to figure it all out in the middle of her work day or else we could have been sol for this cycle. I know it wasn't easy for her... She rocks.

healz413 · May 2013

1. I'm surprised by my reaction or rather my lack of reaction to the news that we are going to have to delay ttc while we sort out my hydrosalpinx fluid in my Fallopian tube.

2. I reacted with sadness and frustration the day of but have basically accepted it now. Or maybe I'm in denial.

3. I think the fact that we have the option of trying with Manada while we sort the tubal things out makes it easier.

4. I'm really excited about a new chance to get her pregnant.

5. I'm less excited about putting her through the clinic stress and anxiety again.

6. I know that what I just did defeats the purpose of TTT, but I didn't want I make it all a long number one.

7. I'm excited for our Love Party June 15. Things are starting to come together

8. I'm submitting a dissertation chapter draft by June 14 so I want to be done with it by June 7 which means I can't spend my days just thinking about or planning for the Love party.

9. Maybe since we are delayed in trying to get pregnant I will have an opportunity to get a bit closer to the physical shape I'd like to be in to be pregnant. I did go to the gym today!

10. Tomorrow we go in for my cycle monitoring. I'm supposed to ovulate soon based on previous cycles and my 17mm follicle Monday but I haven't noticed any fertile cervical mucous yet. Since we definitely aren't insmeinating, this appointment is just to give the RE a better idea of what is going on with my cycle for future reference. I am hoping to talk to her about my options for surgery and the timeline for that though tomorrow.

Manada · May 2013

Better late than never?

Here's my TTT.

1. I am feeling both numb and totally scared by the news of H's hydrosalpinx. It's a shitty feeling when you can't emotionally take in something that totally freaks you out.

2. Based on that, I'm also feeling pretty numb to the whole TTC process right now.

3. We may try another insemination with my body in early July, but right now I'm totally overwhelmed by the thought and trying not to get too caught up in it really... That said, I DO want to try again, and am hoping it's successful.

4. My colleague's (who went on Mat leave in March) position is STILL not posted to be filled! I'm trying to hold all of the support-stuff here at work and program plan at the same time and am overwhelmed!

5. I'm developing angst about our Love Party... it feels very chaotic right now in terms of everything that still needs to be done. H. keeps saying it's all under control, but I'm not sure I believe her. I've been too preoccupied with work things + sickness lately to really contribute to anything to do with that, which doesn't help.

6. Due to competing demands on our resources, and my time - this is the first time H. is going to clinic monitoring without me - and the first time we will communicate with the doctor with me in abstentia.... It makes sense, but feels crappy.

7. Just got a UTI confirmed... This month SUCKS!

8. Was just talking to H. about how my TTT is all depressing - and she reminded me that I could talk about our "giant love for each other. GIANT!!!!"

9. In my colleagues absence, I have done some good work lately - which is really good. I've made a real difference for some of our students, which has been rewarding for sure.

10. Apparently there is a chocolate mousse cake headed into our office this afternoon for a meeting. I'm looking forward to that!

2moms2b · May 2013

Twinkler2011:

2.) Bub's colic has us both at the end of our ropes. Something has to give!

Try something called Colic Calm. Its a little pricy ($20 per bottle here) and can be found at walgreens, CVS, walmart etc. Its all holistic and black like oil (doesn't stain) but works wonders on Jacob. He has melt downs at night due to relfux, over stimulation and man 5 min after we give it to him he is drowsy and calm. It has peppermint and chamomile. Good luck as a fussy baby can wear on you very quickly.

2moms2b · May 2013

I agree better late than never Stick out tongue

1. I have three job interviews this week. Fingers crossed as I need to go back into sales to make more money. One is even in an industry I have yet to be able to penetrate so I am excited about that!

2. I am making half of what I used to make and before the boys it was totally fine but now with daycare, formula, the second parent adoption we are just squeaking by and it's making me a nervous wreck. I love my job so it makes me a little sad to leave although I know it is what is best for us.

3. #2 sucks as I will be gone more and possible have to travel more. My hours will be later again and I will be working out of an office with less flexibility. But we will have a better quality of life with money to save again.

4. We met with our adoption lawyer last night and he really upset me. I thought we had paid everything we needed to at our second appointment and here he is handing us another bill when we are supposed to finalize the adoption in less than 2 months.

5. #4 is really bad as I don't have the funds right this second so now I am calling my office to see what I can borrow against my 401K. I don't want to do this as I might be changing jobs and not sure how that affects any loans against it. Maybe I will just take the penalty and dissolve it...

6. I hate when you have a plan, accomplish said plan and life then throws a wrench to derail it and totally make you have to start over. We had a savings, then ttc took 3 years with a lot of expenses we didn't anticipate (totally our fault there), M was laid off, I went into labor early, tax returns took forever etc.

7. I am starting to sound like debbie downer but I can't help it. I am in a funk.

8. On a positive note, I got M's mother's day present and it's a coffee mug to put the boys hand prints on it and it says "My hand fits perfectly in yours". She is a coffee addict.

9. We are on week one of a Paleo challenge and it's going really well. Day three and I have had no processed sugar, soda, grains, dairy or carbs. M is already down 6 lbs!

10. I can't find any motivation today and I really need to find about 3 more sponsors for a large event I am running in June. Cutting it close anyone?

Twinkler2011 · May 2013

2moms2b:
Twinkler2011:

Try something called Colic Calm. Its a little pricy ($20 per bottle here) and can be found at walgreens, CVS, walmart etc. Its all holistic and black like oil (doesn't stain) but works wonders on Jacob. He has melt downs at night due to relfux, over stimulation and man 5 min after we give it to him he is drowsy and calm. It has peppermint and chamomile. Good luck as a fussy baby can wear on you very quickly.

We've tried it, we've actually bought every type of gripe water our town drug stores carry....thanks though!

jeannkerricotober09 · May 2013

2moms2b:
Twinkler2011:

2.) Bub's colic has us both at the end of our ropes. Something has to give!

Try something called Colic Calm. Its a little pricy ($20 per bottle here) and can be found at walgreens, CVS, walmart etc. Its all holistic and black like oil (doesn't stain) but works wonders on Jacob. He has melt downs at night due to relfux, over stimulation and man 5 min after we give it to him he is drowsy and calm. It has peppermint and chamomile. Good luck as a fussy baby can wear on you very quickly.

I'm so glad to hear it worked!

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