Well I guess it is Tuesday...TTT

deegadee13 · September 2013

Let's hear them! I am looking for a ruckus long weekend edition. (TTT- ten things tuesday...just ten random thoughts)

deegadee13 · September 2013

The long weekend was amazing! The weather sucked and we didn’t do anything special, but it was great to get three whole days with my little man!
Now it is back to reality! I have an insane week this week. Two major presentations at work and I am back to school.
School is starting to feel like a major waste of time. I started this program when I was in the healthcare field, now that I am in consumer electronics it isn’t super applicable. I just need to remind myself that in 4 more classes I have a terminal degree, and with a terminal degree I can teach! I just don’t want to miss out on the time with Miles.
My boss has been soooo amazing. I took a month off of M-leave, worked part time for a month, and now she is letting me WFH on Wednesdays so A isn’t alone with the baby for 17 hours between work and school.
I am so glad I took this job! A year ago I was spending close to three hours a day commuting, and working for corporate Barbie’s evil twin. Now I have an awesome easy gig and I can come home for lunch almost everyday.
Miles is in this awesome phase where he is learning to use his hands and “talk.” After his 5/6am feed he lays in his play yard and just cracks him self up smiling at his mirror and playing with his hanging toys.
But he is growing up way too fast. He is in 6 month clothes and size 2 diapers. He is getting sooo big.
A started crossfit last week. I am so proud of her.
Presentations mean dressing like a lady and wearing impractical shoes…Mer. I guess I am lucky to get to wear jeans and my Justin Beiber Sneakers most other days.
Ten things is a lot of things….have a great day everyone!

mwagner25 · September 2013

I will join in today...

1. I always find that I burn out on TTT around #8, so lets see how this goes.

2. I had a great long weekend, mine was technically sun-today, so I am still in relaxation mode and trying not to think about going back to work tomorrow.

3. We had some of the best vegan cheeses this weekend with L's cousin and husband. If you are vegan/vegetarian and come to St Louis check out Treehouse, it is amazing. (And of course run by a lesbian, who we love supporting) They make their own vegan cheeses.... Yum!

4. I have started getting crafty thanks to Pinterest and made bow ties and cardigan onesies for the baby. Maybe I will share a PIP on Thursday.

5. I probably should do some responsible things today and clean the house and run to the store.

6. Our dog trainer comes for our last lesson today. Hopefully, we can keep up the training after our offical sessions end so that the pups don't regress bak to their old ways.

7. All the pups are hanging out in bed with me this morning.

8. Okay... As usual I have hit #8 and am burning out.... Hope everyone has a great Tuesday.

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KH826 · September 2013

1. I had my monitoring appointment this morning after 5 nights of stims. I only had 10 follicles (5 on each side), and 4 were measurable. I was anticipating more. The nurse kept saying that this is early and that 10 is about what she was expecting. I think she was just trying to make me feel better. I will get a call this afternoon after they process my blood work with instructions for tonight's meds.

2. I think they are going to increase my dosage.

3. I have a headache, and I am sooooo bloated. I think that is why I was expecting more than 10 follicles. I feel like I am about 4 months pregnant with all the bloat. Tis gross.

4. Our email server at work is down. I manage our 3rd party IT vendor, so this is technically my problem. BUT there is nothing I can currently do. Our Outlook is externally hosted on the cloud by a vendor, and one of their data centers went offline this morning causing an outage to many of their clients in the northeast. They have said that the problem is their highest priority and that they will give us hourly updates. In the meantime, productivity is at a low in our office, and I am starting to stress (it has been about 30 mins).... so I am doing my TTT and will freak out about this in about 10 more mins.

5. I need to go to the grocery store. We don't have a lot of food in the house. Nothing really to cook a healthy meal with. I feel like I should cook this week, since I didn't last week, but I am SOOO not feeling it right now.

6. I feel like I have no idea when my ER is going to be, based on how I am progressing, and today is the first day that I am starting to fixate on that. Before today I was content with the "one day at a time" approach, but now that I am really starting to feel crappy, I am anxious to know where the finish line is...

7. I miss our dog. I spent lots of quality time with her on my lap this weekend, and now I am at work and she is at home and I miss her. She is my buddy when my wife is giving me injections. I love that little dog!

8. I think I need to force myself to drink more water today. I feel like I don't want to put another drop of fluid in my body right now, but I think I need more water...

9. I looked at maternity clothes online last night. I really don't know why. Is it strange that I am excited to buy maternity clothes (hopefully someday...soon...hopefully...)?

10. Work email is still down. Darn. Must go freak out now. Happy Tuesday everyone!

Manada · September 2013

1.   I am TTT-ing first thing this morning because I'm still a little slow from "a tad too much weekend" at work today.
2. We are on 6DPO today and so far this 2ww has been fine in the sense that I actually manage to forget a few times a day that it is a 2ww.
3. That said - this week my pms symptoms are scheduled to begin, which I think will make it a little bit more difficult to ignore my body.
4. We finished the wood deacon's bench we bought a couple of weeks ago, and got our decoupage coffee table done (but for the last few coats of polyacrylic overcoat) -- they both look awesome!
5. I'm really looking forward to moving, but am not looking forward to actually carrying things as part of the move. I'm weak and wimpy!   I am trying to convince H we need movers.
6. H and I are leaning towards buying a HUGE new couch.   My mom just got the same one and we've been coveting it, and now it's on sale. It doesn't feel like the most responsible purchase - as we know it will fit in our new apartment, but if we move there's a good chance we won't even be able to get in in the door of another place, but it's so comfy!
7. H. and I have been around here for about a year now (or at least I have - H joined a bit later) -- it feels very surreal to look back on the last year and all the community ups and downs.
8. We took our 2 year old (now almost 3 year old!) friend to the local midway/fair here last week - he loved it! It was the first year he was big enough for the kiddie rides so he went on those. However, the best ride: The free "misting station" put up by the paramedics to cool people down!
9. I need to get my blood glucose tested again. I am feeling the ups and downs of the sugars and carbs more acutely these days and am convinced my blood sugar has been creeping up again.   I need to do something about that before I get a Type 2 diabetes dx.
10.   oh it's going to be a sloooooow day in the office today for me. I can feel it. Thankfully I don't have any meetings today.   Going to hide out here filing in silence as long as possible!

trisholio · September 2013

1. I am jealous because my DW is on vacation this week.

2. Lucky for me I am only working 3 days this week.

3. I am sad that we got a BFN on Friday and the stupid AF arrived on Saturday.

4. We have much cooler weather today here in Ohio and I am loving it! I love the fall

5. We had a good long weekend together. We had no money to spend and were forced to find fun things to do around the house. We rearranged the living room and did some deep cleaning.

6. We are super bummed out that our neighbors are buying a house. We living in a townhouse apartment and share a large patio with another lesbian couple. We have dubbed it the "lesbian lounge" and love it. They are going to be moving in the next few months and it is very sad :-(

7. We are still only a few steps away from becoming licensed foster parents, its frustrating to be so close yet so far away.

8. I feel like I am supposed to be a mother and so many things are keeping me from my dreams.

9. Our dogs are inseparable and we found out the hard way last night. We put one in the crate and left one out (one has a small sore on his head and the other keeps licking it, so we wanted to separate them) The one left out of the crate decided to bark all night and chew up shoes, which he has never done before. I really think they had separation anxiety.

10. I am really hoping this week is better than last week, here is to no drama or problems! :-)

healz413 · September 2013

1. My Mac needs a new power cord.
2. I have been trying to make a priority of exercising more. This week (simce last weds) I have gone for three 75 minute walks, helped a friend move, and done two shorter walks.
3. That said, I ate lots of food this long weekend and have my period, so I have not lost any weight.
4. I'm happy with our projects that Manada mentioned and am eager to move!
5. Like M, I am moving kinda slow this morning (except for my 75 minute walk) and needing a new power cord means I need to actually go buy one before I work.
6. I love the couch M mentioned. In addition to the concen she mentioned about it being so big, I'm also unsure about whether we can buy it now while it is on sale but then have them deliver in 4 weeks when we actually move.
7. I haven't had breakfast yet because of feeling a bit crappy today but I'm finally starting to feel hungry.
8. We watched dirty dancing on Sunday morning before helping our friends move. It was a fun movie to watch cuddled up with my love.
9. I love raspberries and frozen raspberries
10. Yeah I'm definitely getting hungry. Going to make some food.

wishiwaspreggo · September 2013

1) It's a short work week this week! Thanks, Labor Day!

2) I am chilling out about my IUI. I tested negative a couple times (though I still have Friday's tiny glimmer of hope...) and will just plan to try again next month. Now that DP and I can get married maybe we'll just tie the knot so I can use her health savings account. Hooray for progress!

3) On a happy note, as soon as AF arrives Im gonna have me a nice, big, cold beer and a plate of fresh sushi. Yum!

4) DP and I plan to join the Y. Would be nice to vary my workouts a bit!

5) As liberal as I am, and as much as I want Obamacare to work, I have to admit, it is causing me pain in my workplace. Employers are finding clever (and very, very difficult) ways to skirt around the policies while maintaining our staff and not increasing costs. As the person in charge of HR in my department, UGH! I have to deliver more bad news every week and I feel like I'm becoming a pariah.

6) I think I'm gonna make enchiladas tonight.

7) I wish the fall line-up would start soon. TV is really lame between now and mid-September and DP and I always disagree with which re-runs we want to watch during our down time. I think I might try to entice her into working on her blog so I can hog the TV tonight

8) I think I'm gonna indulge in a nice, hard workout later on. My blood feels like sludge and I think the endorphines would do me some good.

9) I miss my best friend from CA who I was blessed with a short visit from this weekend. Why must San Francisco be so far away?

10) I want to elope with DP but I fear backlash from our friends and family... They've been talking about how they wish we'd have a wedding but we're pooling our resources into having kids right now so spending money on a wedding seems so impractical... but I want us to be married. Sigh.

ATXmommas · September 2013

1. I'm waiting on my MIL to finish getting ready so that I can take her to visit her SIL. Once she's ready, I'm out the door, so my TTT may get interrupted.

2. Last day with my mom. I took tomorrow off too because... well, why not? Will be my last break before maternity leave. That means a 2-day work week for me. Woohoo!

3. Glucose drink wasn't nearly as bad as I thought it would be.

4. Had a good dr's appointment this morning. Tummy is measuring right on track and heartbeat sounds good. I asked the midwife to tell me how he is positioned. Right now he is head down - good boy! Hope he gets comfy in that position. There is still plenty of room for him to move around, and his position seems to change on almost a daily basis.

5. I'm so hungry! Drank some coffee after my glucose test and just ate a banana with a little peanut butter. I'm ready for some "real" food!

6. The peanut butter was just about out, so Bama is licking the jar clean. It's a nice treat for her!

7. High today is 103. That's all I have to say about that.

8. We rented What Maisie Knew the other night. Holy cow, what an emotional movie. I was the only one crying (almost bawling), though, so maybe it was partly hormones. Very interesting, but intense movie, based on a Henry James novel of the same name. I had never heard of it before.

9. We may go see The Spectacular Now today.

10. Hmmm.... what else? Think we're going to get a pedicure today too.

Perfect timing! I hear my MIL coming down the stairs. Have a good day, everyone!

ball.and.chain · September 2013

1. I am SO hungry today. I blame progesterone.

2. My wife is going away on business for four days next week and I am terrified of having to take care of myself on crutches. She has been making my meals, doing all the laundry and dishes, helping carry things up and down the stairs...it is going to be a challenge.

3. I wish my sister could come and stay with me but she has a dog who can't be around my cat. She'll probably stop by to do stuff for me, though.

4. My MIL told me I should carry my cell phone with me at all times in case I fall and need to call someone. I was joking with my wife that she should just get me LifeAlert.

5. I think crutches are screwing up my hip again.

6. I'm researching midwives and OBs and MFMs, and trying to figure out which way I want to go should the next embryo(s) decide to stick around. I have been pro-midwife all along and did go to a midwife when I graduated from the RE with my second pregnancy. But now that I am AMA, have had multiple losses, and have a decent chance of twins, I am starting to doubt my original decision.

7. My wife is more comfortable with doctors than midwives and wants as many ultrasounds as possible. I used to say, "my body, my choice," but now that we've been through so much it feels much more important to me that she is comfortable too. She is already nervous enough about any pregnancy.

8. These decisions seemed much easier two years ago!

9. A friend with a long IF/loss history is having an ultrasound today (as of last u/s, she is pg with twins) and I am so anxious to hear the results!

10. Running out of lunch time...I should finish up!

songbird31 · September 2013

1. My weekend needed to be one day longer! I got lots of things done but not enough!

2. I'm sporting some new glasses today and S got some too. I figure I'll be wearing them quite a bit and wanted them to be cute and not the old ones I've had for a couple if years.

3. I'm not feeling work today. Just sayin'

4. I've finally finished two baby related books and not that I feel any wiser, I do feel better having at least finished them and know what I could reference later if I have questions.

5. We met with friends for lunch over the weekend and they all think I will go early... We shall see.

6. I have to go to the grocery store tonight and I'm not looking forward to it

7. Also in my future- laundry. Sigh

8. We got a new camera, well, our first super nice camera this weekend. We pooled together lots Of resources to pay for it like cashing out credit card points for gift cards, etc. and we brought in a competitor price for a camera bundle and we able to negotiate a great deal on it! I told S it was her job to figure out how to use it and take video etc before the baby comes

9. I'm wondering how the flu shot will work for me this year.... I'll have to put it on my doctor question list since I'll most likely, hopefully be breast feeding. I know- random

10. I wish the nesting would kick in for cooking. I need to pre prepare meals and put them in the freezer. It just hasn't struck me yet.

Jazibel · September 2013

1.We have been running around all day - just back at "home" to take a quick quiz and rest before our busy day continues
2.Tomorrow we're heading out to the Bay Area Discovery Museum with a friend and their 1 year old - so exciting :-)
3.Kaden is running around saying "hi" "hi" super cute. I think he is about to unpack our groceries that EV just brought back.
4.Had to wear my seaband for the first time today - its a small celebration.
5.Waiting to hear back about EV's upcoming interview... FX
6.It's a warm sunny day in the bay and perfect for visiting with lots of friends, so glad we had 3 different friend dates scheduled today
7.Yup he is unpacking the groceries...One sec....
8. Looking for a place to stay starting tomorrow - every day that I remain calm I count as a plus.
9. On the bright side I got to meet with my midwife today. I adore her, and her partner. They are beginning their TTC journey soon which is super exciting
10. Time to join EV and Kaden outside, goal tire the toddler out so he'll go to bed by 6:30!! Go team!!

2MamazInSeattle · September 2013

1. I am very late to do my TTT! I hope someone still reads it

2. @herbabymama: Backyard chickens RULE! They really aren't much work, and your LO will love them - my friend's 1-year-old and I sit and watch "chick-a-vision" together for like an hour at a time. Highly recommend: https://www.backyardchickens.com/ and https://www.fresh-eggs-daily.com/

3. Today was my u/s repeat for my suppression check and my left ovary did a good job! The cyst is totally gone, and so barring any surprises on my e2, we are on for a FET on 9/23!!

4. 9/23 is my quirky sister's birthday, and my due date will be on MY birthday in June.

5. I'm sure I've told you #4 already. 10 times.

6. My boss is here from TX and I'm kinda his right hand gal. J complained I'd have no time for her this week (fair) - but my boss has been uber, amazing and beyond patient with our last year of TTC and our loss. I told her no complaining! And, honestly, she knows how lucky we are to have had him be so supportive and kind and hopeful for us.

7. It rained today and it was weird. After 90-days of sunshine and warmth, I'm not sure I'm ready for "the rains" and planning my life activities around the weather. But my rule "If you don't like Seattle weather, don't live here."

8. J's new shop ended up 'soft' opening this weekend and it'll be another week or so before they're ready for health inspection. It's inside a huge new indoor (re: "The rains") tennis facility in Seattle. So far, we are somewhat mesmerized by "the tennis people" and feel like we are on another planet when we are there. So far biggest requests? Carbs, Coors Light and salads. Ok. We can do all that!

9. I am going to dinner with a good friend tonight whose been traveling for 2 months! So excited to see her.

10. The said dinner is in 9 minutes so I should go!

StacyLH24 · September 2013

1. Looks like CD 1 will be tomorrow

2. I have to have blood work in the morning to confirm my BFN. Then I can start on Femara again on CD 3.

3. While I am bummed about the BFN, I am excited to try again.

4. C's brother has a very unpleasant girlfriend who has caused all sorts of drama during her short time in the family. We are bowing out of all involvement at this time.

5. I love my SIL and couldn't be more thankful for the positive relationship we have.

6. C and I were going to the Y several mornings a week. We stopped and are going to start again.

7. Going back means saying hello to a 4:30 am wake up call...not looking forward to adjusting to that again.

8. Even though all of my hpts have been BFNs and it seems as though my period is well on the way, I still am holding to a small glimmer of hope.

9. I know #8 is ridiculous but a girl can dream!

10. It is only 9:13 and we are both ready for bed!

KH826 · September 2013

2MamazInSeattle said:

1. I am very late to do my TTT! I hope someone still reads it

I read it!

Yay for 9/23!

ball.and.chain · September 2013

KH826 said:

2MamazInSeattle said:

1. I am very late to do my TTT! I hope someone still reads it

I read it! Yay for 9/23!

Me too!

healz413 · September 2013

ball.and.chain said:

KH826 said:

2MamazInSeattle said:

1. I am very late to do my TTT! I hope someone still reads it

I read it! Yay for 9/23!

Me too!

Me three!

wishiwaspreggo · September 2013

StacyLH24 said:

1. Looks like CD 1 will be tomorrow 2. I have to have blood work in the morning to confirm my BFN. Then I can start on Femara again on CD 3. 3. While I am bummed about the BFN, I am excited to try again. 4. C's brother has a very unpleasant girlfriend who has caused all sorts of drama during her short time in the family. We are bowing out of all involvement at this time. 5. I love my SIL and couldn't be more thankful for the positive relationship we have. 6. C and I were going to the Y several mornings a week. We stopped and are going to start again. 7. Going back means saying hello to a 4:30 am wake up call...not looking forward to adjusting to that again. 8. Even though all of my hpts have been BFNs and it seems as though my period is well on the way, I still am holding to a small glimmer of hope. 9. I know #8 is ridiculous but a girl can dream! 10. It is only 9:13 and we are both ready for bed!

Stacey - I'm with ya, girl. I'm technically not supposed to test until Friday but I did anyway... three times, all BFNs. No signs of AF yet, and I'm still experiencing my weird symptoms whether they're imaginary or legit. I've been reading that a lot of women don't get a BFP until several days AFTER their periods were supposed to start so... I'm just hanging tight until I see the ol' flow. I was hoping to give good news to my mom and friends this weekend but it's not looking good thus far. Oh well, there's always next month

I still have a couple vials of swimmers left so here's hoping we get knocked up soon!!!

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