*not guaranteed to be flame free
It's funny how it's the little things in life that mean the most...not where you live, or what you drive, or the price tag on your clothes... There's no dollar sign on a piece of mind, this I've come to know! *ZBB*
Me: 36 DH 35
TTC 9/2016 BFP 12/9/16 EDD 8/21/17 NMC 1/8/16 at 7w6d
TTC 2/2017 BFP 3/6/17 EDD 11/17/17 DS born 11/25/17 via ECS
TTC 12/2018 BFP 6/2/19 EDD 2/12/20 NMC / BO at 7 weeks, low progesterone
TTC 7/2019 BFP 8/21/19 EDD 4/22/20 CP at 5 weeks
TTC 8/19 IUI #1 w/ Clomid + Ovidrel + progesterone BFN, IUI 2 and 3 w/ Letrozole + Ovidrel + progesterone,
IUI 4 Follistim + Ovidrel + progesterone BFP 1/9/20 EDD 9/18/20
AMA, ITP in pregnancy, vWD type II - low Factor VIII, unexplained RPL and secondary infertility
Re: FFFC 6/23/17
TTC 9/2016 BFP 12/9/16 EDD 8/21/17 NMC 1/8/16 at 7w6d
TTC 2/2017 BFP 3/6/17 EDD 11/17/17 DS born 11/25/17 via ECS
TTC 12/2018 BFP 6/2/19 EDD 2/12/20 NMC / BO at 7 weeks, low progesterone
TTC 7/2019 BFP 8/21/19 EDD 4/22/20 CP at 5 weeks
TTC 8/19 IUI #1 w/ Clomid + Ovidrel + progesterone BFN, IUI 2 and 3 w/ Letrozole + Ovidrel + progesterone,
IUI 4 Follistim + Ovidrel + progesterone BFP 1/9/20 EDD 9/18/20
AMA, ITP in pregnancy, vWD type II - low Factor VIII, unexplained RPL and secondary infertility
DS1 is 7. DD is 1. DS2 is coming in late April.
My confession is that I totally used pregnancy hormones as an excuse to my husband last night to win an argument. I don't usually do that as I try not to "be the victim" when we fight but I was tired and he wasn't being nice and I just didn't feel like dealing with it so I played the hormone card to get him to relax and give in. Feel a little guilty but it ended the fight.
Am I the only one feeling this way lol
DS1 is 7. DD is 1. DS2 is coming in late April.
I will return when I think of my confession of the day lol.
@DuchessOfCambridge Oh my goodness yes! I *do* think there's something classy about well done newborn pictures that are naked baby but don't show anything (thinking of the face down curled/tucked sleeping position from a side shot like these) but our neighbors let their 5 and 3 year old girls run around the front yard stark naked or just in panties if they want. It's a struggle not only because 1. I'm just not comfortable with it because of the pervs in the world but 2. DD is a foster child and these kids are her age so she wants to do it too and I have to try to explain to her why she isn't allowed in front of a parent who's letting their same-aged kids do it....
Met 2008 | Dated 2010 | Married 2012
TTC#1 since June 2015
June 2016- 50mg generic clomid CDs 5-9 w/TI | 2 follies (14 & 12), thin (2.45) lining | BFN
July 2016- 1mg estradiol CDs 1-7, 50mg generic clomid CDs 5-9 w/TI | 2 follies (14 & 10), thin (~4) lining | BFN
August 2016- 1mg estradiol CDs 1-7, 50mg generic clomid CDs 5-9 w/TI | BFN | Referred to specialist, visited once, was told we have less than a 3% chance even on medication, recommended to IUI for up to a 50% chance, decided not to pursue at this time | Stopped "trying"
October 2016- We became licensed foster parents
November 9, 2016- Arrival of DD#1, 4yo
March 1, 2017- 1 day late, feel like crap (low fever & exhausted) | Mom suggested test before taking meds, I laughed but did it anyway | BFP! *shock*
Diddo to on the naked baby pics. I have posted pics of my "little" kids in the tub with funny bubble beards or the like. I know it may be a "double standard" but I would have never posted or allowed by DD to be topless after a very young age but my boys are shirtless a lot... But, I believe there is a difference in being at home and having picture posted on a public forum.
I get what Duchess and other are saying about the awkwardness. I do not have that now, but hey, this is our fourth so I guess people know we pretty much have sex figured out! lol But, I was brought up very conservatively and still live that way. DH and I dated for 5 years without sex and being married certainly made us feel different in front of our parents and family for a bit! I can remember his grandmother whispering about my first pregnancy but she was from an era when you did not even say that word...you said phrases like "she is in a family way!" We still joke about that.
My daughter doesn't always wear clothes when we're home (indoors). But I am very wary of hiding that fact in pictures. Even as a newborn.
**TW**
I read an article shortly after she was born where the blogger had a shared a picture of his newborn daughter and found out later that it had gotten circulated on a child porn site.

I can't even with the perversity in this world.
B.) I am not bothered by naked kid/ baby pics of my nieces/ nephews mainly because I have changed their diapers so whatever but other people's kids or stuff on FB wigs me out
C.) I am usually not super shy about sex/sexuality it is kind of weird that pregnancy more or less blatantly states it! Lol like I almost feel embarrassed about it with like DH's Grandma and conservative aunt and such lol.
Beyond that, I don't see anything wrong with naked kids, or diapers only, even for girls. I'm not sure at what point I'll make my daughter cover up, but there is nothing sexual about a bare girl's chest. Before puberty, they look just like a bare boy's chest. I think that's projecting adult hang ups about sexuality on kids who have no idea what sex even is. These are little kids, not tweens. I will require a shirt at some point before puberty, but a 3 or 4 year old? Probably not. At some point, I imagine my daughter will want to cover up when other girls do anyway.
DS1 is 7. DD is 1. DS2 is coming in late April.
ETA: pregnancy brain is affecting my grammar.... I forgot which spelling of "whether" was correct. Ooooof.
Side story: I work in a small hospice home, and patients are allowed to have their animals come visit, as long as they are well-behaved. Just to be clear, I think this is GREAT! But I really, really hate it when the families are like, "Oh! You can pet her! She's so sweet!" And especially if dog is rubbing up against me or something and the family encourages me to pet them. Please just remove your pet from my body. Don't assume I don't mind just because I'm a kind, cheerful person. I'm sorry. I'm working right now and I don't want to smell like dog, on top of all the other things I might smell like at the end of my shift. I know, I'm a horrible person. These are things that I think but never say out loud. (Except in private, to co-workers who I know feel the same.)
TTC 9/2016 BFP 12/9/16 EDD 8/21/17 NMC 1/8/16 at 7w6d
TTC 2/2017 BFP 3/6/17 EDD 11/17/17 DS born 11/25/17 via ECS
TTC 12/2018 BFP 6/2/19 EDD 2/12/20 NMC / BO at 7 weeks, low progesterone
TTC 7/2019 BFP 8/21/19 EDD 4/22/20 CP at 5 weeks
TTC 8/19 IUI #1 w/ Clomid + Ovidrel + progesterone BFN, IUI 2 and 3 w/ Letrozole + Ovidrel + progesterone,
IUI 4 Follistim + Ovidrel + progesterone BFP 1/9/20 EDD 9/18/20
AMA, ITP in pregnancy, vWD type II - low Factor VIII, unexplained RPL and secondary infertility
I'm kind of a hypocrite though I think, because when people don't want to pet my cat in my head I'm just like HOW COULD YOU NOT WANT TO?!
TTC 9/2016 BFP 12/9/16 EDD 8/21/17 NMC 1/8/16 at 7w6d
TTC 2/2017 BFP 3/6/17 EDD 11/17/17 DS born 11/25/17 via ECS
TTC 12/2018 BFP 6/2/19 EDD 2/12/20 NMC / BO at 7 weeks, low progesterone
TTC 7/2019 BFP 8/21/19 EDD 4/22/20 CP at 5 weeks
TTC 8/19 IUI #1 w/ Clomid + Ovidrel + progesterone BFN, IUI 2 and 3 w/ Letrozole + Ovidrel + progesterone,
IUI 4 Follistim + Ovidrel + progesterone BFP 1/9/20 EDD 9/18/20
AMA, ITP in pregnancy, vWD type II - low Factor VIII, unexplained RPL and secondary infertility