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GoaliesWife123GoaliesWife123 member
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Hello friends! Happy Saturday! 

So I spent all day today making things with my Singer One sewing machine and I sure did love it! I made my Mom a dress (it won't be pictured, because I still have to have her try it on so I can hem it.) and I made 12 burp cloths and a *blanket* made of the scraps! (If we are never fortunate to get pregnant, we still have enough nieces and nephews to justify my baby-related projects :D)

Also, I made my kitty a cat nip treat that she loved!

Do you have DIY projects you have done or you want to complete? Do you have a particular website (for me it is pinterest) that is your "go-to" for projects? 

TTC our first. Married to, and madly in love with, my beautiful wife. Living with our fur baby and enjoying 19 nieces and nephews. 
  • DW and I have been tracking, preparing, getting medical testing since January 2013.
  • First Cycle: Unmedicated ICI w/ Donor Sperm 08/02/13: BFN
  • Second Cycle: Unmedicated ICI w/ Donor Sperm 09/11/13, 09/13/13, 09/15/13: BFN
  • Third Cycle: Unmedicated ICI w/ Donor Sperm: 10/13/13, 10/15/13, 10/17/13, 10/21/13: BFN
  • January 2014: Sonohysterogram shows excellent lining & tubes have no blockages
  • Fourth Cycle:  Monitored clomid cycle  w/ ICI's at home: 1/24/14 and 1/25/14. Ovulation verified:  BFN
  • Fifth Cycle: 02/2014 Femara 5mg with ovidrel trigger CD14: BFN
  • Taking a few months off to evaluate if we want to keep trying


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  • trisholiotrisholio member
    That is awesome! I haven't sewed since I was in the 7th grade.  I hope we all need burb clothes soon :-)
    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



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  • StacyLH24StacyLH24 member
    It isn't baby related, and was super easy, but I made this bracelet today. My Mom sews and quilts. I wasn't blessed with the sewing gene, though I try every once in a while.

    Me: 30  DW (aka C): 29

    Together since 2/15/11 ~ Legally married in NY on 9/29/12

    ***CP mentioned***

    We've been working on baby #1 since July 2013 using Open ID donor sperm.  8 IUI attempts with 5 actual IUIs and one chemical pregnancy.  We have one fresh IVF cycle under our belts as well as a FET.  I have endometriosis and a uterine septum that was corrected via surgery in November 2013. 

    11/14/14 -  Second HSG shows that tubes are still clear and ute is looking good. 

    12/6/14 - Started BCPs in prep for IVF #2

    12/22/14 - Saline u/s and endometrial scratch (All was clear and OUCH!)

    1/2/15 - Began stimming for IVF #2

     ****All Welcome!****

    We are Mommas to four fur babies - 3 dogs and 1 cat.

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  • ATXmommasATXmommas member
    Great projects!  I have mentioned before that I'm not crafty.  Neither is Z, really, but she tries more than me.  I just order stuff from Etsy. ;)

    Z just completed some scrabble tiles for the baby's room.  Our good friend made us the READ tiles that I posted in the PIP Thursday thread.  She taught Z how to make them.  Finished project:


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  • GoaliesWife123GoaliesWife123 member
    trisholio said:
    That is awesome! I haven't sewed since I was in the 7th grade.  I hope we all need burb clothes soon :-)
    I hope so, too!!

    TTC our first. Married to, and madly in love with, my beautiful wife. Living with our fur baby and enjoying 19 nieces and nephews. 
    • DW and I have been tracking, preparing, getting medical testing since January 2013.
    • First Cycle: Unmedicated ICI w/ Donor Sperm 08/02/13: BFN
    • Second Cycle: Unmedicated ICI w/ Donor Sperm 09/11/13, 09/13/13, 09/15/13: BFN
    • Third Cycle: Unmedicated ICI w/ Donor Sperm: 10/13/13, 10/15/13, 10/17/13, 10/21/13: BFN
    • January 2014: Sonohysterogram shows excellent lining & tubes have no blockages
    • Fourth Cycle:  Monitored clomid cycle  w/ ICI's at home: 1/24/14 and 1/25/14. Ovulation verified:  BFN
    • Fifth Cycle: 02/2014 Femara 5mg with ovidrel trigger CD14: BFN
    • Taking a few months off to evaluate if we want to keep trying


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  • GoaliesWife123GoaliesWife123 member
    StacyLH24 said:
    It isn't baby related, and was super easy, but I made this bracelet today. My Mom sews and quilts. I wasn't blessed with the sewing gene, though I try every once in a while.
    That's a pretty bracelet! 

    TTC our first. Married to, and madly in love with, my beautiful wife. Living with our fur baby and enjoying 19 nieces and nephews. 
    • DW and I have been tracking, preparing, getting medical testing since January 2013.
    • First Cycle: Unmedicated ICI w/ Donor Sperm 08/02/13: BFN
    • Second Cycle: Unmedicated ICI w/ Donor Sperm 09/11/13, 09/13/13, 09/15/13: BFN
    • Third Cycle: Unmedicated ICI w/ Donor Sperm: 10/13/13, 10/15/13, 10/17/13, 10/21/13: BFN
    • January 2014: Sonohysterogram shows excellent lining & tubes have no blockages
    • Fourth Cycle:  Monitored clomid cycle  w/ ICI's at home: 1/24/14 and 1/25/14. Ovulation verified:  BFN
    • Fifth Cycle: 02/2014 Femara 5mg with ovidrel trigger CD14: BFN
    • Taking a few months off to evaluate if we want to keep trying


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  • GoaliesWife123GoaliesWife123 member
    ATXmommas said:
    Great projects!  I have mentioned before that I'm not crafty.  Neither is Z, really, but she tries more than me.  I just order stuff from Etsy. ;)

    Z just completed some scrabble tiles for the baby's room.  Our good friend made us the READ tiles that I posted in the PIP Thursday thread.  She taught Z how to make them.  Finished project:


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    That is very cool decor! I can only hope we can come up with something so unique if we are lucky enough to get pregnant! 

    TTC our first. Married to, and madly in love with, my beautiful wife. Living with our fur baby and enjoying 19 nieces and nephews. 
    • DW and I have been tracking, preparing, getting medical testing since January 2013.
    • First Cycle: Unmedicated ICI w/ Donor Sperm 08/02/13: BFN
    • Second Cycle: Unmedicated ICI w/ Donor Sperm 09/11/13, 09/13/13, 09/15/13: BFN
    • Third Cycle: Unmedicated ICI w/ Donor Sperm: 10/13/13, 10/15/13, 10/17/13, 10/21/13: BFN
    • January 2014: Sonohysterogram shows excellent lining & tubes have no blockages
    • Fourth Cycle:  Monitored clomid cycle  w/ ICI's at home: 1/24/14 and 1/25/14. Ovulation verified:  BFN
    • Fifth Cycle: 02/2014 Femara 5mg with ovidrel trigger CD14: BFN
    • Taking a few months off to evaluate if we want to keep trying


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  • wishiwaspreggowishiwaspreggo member

    This is my work in progress.  I got the pattern while I was in Barcelona.  The lady who sold it to me kept insisting it was just the pattern and not the tapestry itself - and I explained that I was aware and enjoy cross-stitch.  She seemed skeptical but sold it to me nontheless :) I'm proud to say I had the whole conversation in Spanish!

    This pattern is massive and I've been chipping away at the upper-left corner for a while now.

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