*Introductions*

Re: *Introductions*

• mileswithmyles member

  August 2017 edited August 2017

  Hi everyone!  I got a early BFP last Wednesday evening at 8DPO.  I wasn't even planning on testing, but I had come down with a bug and had decided to test each day so that I could know if I could take any medicine.  It was a squinter, but I have tested several times since then and there is definitely a line now!  According to FF, my EDD is 5/1.
  
  I am a STM.  DS turned three in May and I was active on my BMB and have stayed in touch via Facebook with many of the ladies from the M14 group.  TW- I had an early miscarriage the cycle before conceiving DS end TW
  
  Both DH and I are teachers (he teaches science, I teach special education), but I am currently out of the classroom for a few years to mentor and coach new teachers and veteran teachers in jeopardy of losing their jobs.  We live in Southern California.
  
  In my free time, I like to run and read.  Looking forward to meeting everyone!

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• ella26 member

  August 2017

  Hi all, 
  
  I am SO excited to see this board start I got my BFP on either 9 or 11 DPO (FF had some difficulty predicting and gave me conflicting results). My EDD is 5/1 according to last period. I will be a STM and have a beautiful 14 month old boy, we decided to move quickly for a second as we aren't spring chickens. 
  
  I am a Math Professor and run in me "free time" (what is that, LOL) and live in Colorado. (HEY running teacher @mileswithmyles )
  
  I am so looking forward to meeting everyone and getting through these first weeks where I have to keep it a secret....

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• mileswithmyles member

  August 2017

  @ella26 Hi EDD buddy!  I'm excited to see someone else on here!  

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• createmagic14 member

  August 2017

  Hi!  Another early tester here. Looks like my EDD is May 3 or 4th.  I am a middle school STEM teacher,  part time gymnastics teacher,  and mom to a 2.5 year old boy. I'm also still close to my march15 BMB, now on FB.

   

  
  

  
  

  
  

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• 3littles3angels member

  August 2017

  Name is Karena. Momma to 3 wonderful kids and 3 beautiful angels...all lost in the last 6 months. Got my BFP Wednesday....thought it was left over HCG from my loss last month but the line got darker Friday. Sunday I took a FRER and the test line was darker than the control line. Yesterday I got an HCG draw and my levels are 814....EDD May 1st.
  
  I have 2 preemies (36 and 31 weekers) so we will he starting shots at 16 weeks to hopefully make it to at least April. First child and second child are 10 months apart. Second and third are 3 years and 8 months apart.

  Rylee 2.18.09
  Kaitlyn 12.20.09 (36 week preemie)
  Ziva 8.12.13 (31 week preemie)

  Losses: 2.3.17 - 4.19.17 - 7.25.17 

  BFP: 8.16.17 Heartbeat: 9.8.17 EDD: 5.1.18

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• createmagic14 member

  August 2017

  @3littles3angels I'm so sorry for your losses.  Sending all the sticky thoughts!
  
  My guy was also a preemie (33 weeks)!  I'm not looking forward to those shots.   Ugh

   

  
  

  
  

  
  

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• ella26 member

  August 2017

  So sorry to hear about your losses! So hoping for a very sticky bean

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• elu8108 member

  August 2017

  Hi everyone, nice to meet you all. I just got my BFP yesterday and have an estimated due date of May 4. I have a 17 month old daughter, so am a bit nervous about what pregnancy will look like with a wild toddler running around. Looking forward to chatting with you all for the next 9 months!
  

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• arb0711 member

  August 2017

  Hi there! I'm so excited to be here! I got my BFP yesterday at 9DPO. Today that beautiful pink line was MUCH darker.  My EDD is May 6th. I have two other kiddos, a 4 year old little girl and an almost-2-year-old. Life is about to get crazy and I can't wait!
  
   For the last 7 years I have been a 1st and 2nd grade teacher. This is the first year that I am a full time stay at home Mama! My husband is a firefighter so he works long hours. Adjusting to stay at home life has been difficult but SO worth it!

  

  
  

  
  

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• char245 member

  August 2017

  Hi Ladies! I'm a STM and just got my BFP on Fri. Currently my EDD is 4/29 but I think that might move back slightly once I go to my first appointment. I had joined the April board yesterday but already felt so far behind so I hope it's okay to stick with you May ladies. Looking forward to getting to know all of you! 

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• char245 member

  August 2017

  @elu8108 totally agree, I have a 13 month old so I'm sure it 's going to be very different this time around! 

  
  

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• motherlyluv26 member

  August 2017

  Hello mommies HEDD is 5/3... My SO Bday is 5/15 this should be exciting. I haven't tested yet but I have all the symptoms

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• fishsticks-n-custard member

  August 2017

  motherlyluv26 said:

  Hello mommies HEDD is 5/3... My SO Bday is 5/15 this should be exciting. I haven't tested yet but I have all the symptoms

  **lurking from April BMB**
  Wait, you haven't tested yet? Girl, go pee on a stick and find out for sure! FX for you!

  
  

  Me: 35, Hubbie: 33
  Married DH: 2013
  DD: Dec 2015
  BFP 8/14/17 --> Due 4/27/2018
  

  

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• mileswithmyles member

  August 2017

  motherlyluv26 said:

  Hello mommies HEDD is 5/3... My SO Bday is 5/15 this should be exciting. I haven't tested yet but I have all the symptoms

  As a POAS addict, I would highly suggest testing. 

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• justsuzie member

  August 2017

  TW- Loss Mentioned
  
  
  
  Hi all.  I will be an AMA FTM.  I've had 3 losses (Ectopic, CP, Chromosomal Abnormality) in the past year with the most recent in May.  I tested positive on 8DPO and had my first blood draw  yesterday at 14DPO (347).  My second quant is Thursday and I am keeping my fingers crossed it progresses normally. I have a bit of brown spotting at the moment and am hopefully attributing it to the time AF would have been due.  I am  hopefully optimistic.  Would love to hang out here for the next 9 months! My EDD is May 1st.

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• strawberryanne member

  August 2017 edited August 2017

  I am a STM. My BFP was 8/18/17, and the line came up dark before it even got all the way to the control line (no waiting required!). I am a baby wearing mom, who still occasionally wears her toddler and I am looking forward to wrapping a squish! I also am a working mom, and I am not looking forward to pumping again! I'm excited for my appointment to date the baby, I may have ovulated early, but my current EDD is 5/1/2017. 

  Married - 3/2013
  Baby Boy - 3/2015
  MC - 8/2017
  EDD - 8/2018

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• mileswithmyles member

  August 2017

  @strawberryanne I was thinking about pumping at work again today and managing that.  It definitely takes a lot of time and effort.

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• strawberryanne member

  August 2017 edited August 2017

  @mileswithmyles Worth it, but a serious PITA! I spend a lot of time commuting between people's homes so I mastered pumping in the car. I was so happy when I decided to quit at just after he turned a year lol. We ended up nursing for just over 2 years!

  Married - 3/2013
  Baby Boy - 3/2015
  MC - 8/2017
  EDD - 8/2018

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• strawberryanne member

  August 2017 edited August 2017

  @createmagic14  I have a March 2015 baby too!

  Married - 3/2013
  Baby Boy - 3/2015
  MC - 8/2017
  EDD - 8/2018

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• strawberryanne member

  August 2017

  @char245 - I glanced at the April Board, since I suspect my EDD may move a bit earlier with my first ultrasound, but I totally agree. They are so far ahead for those of us on the cusp of the 2 months!

  Married - 3/2013
  Baby Boy - 3/2015
  MC - 8/2017
  EDD - 8/2018

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• mileswithmyles member

  August 2017 edited August 2017

  @strawberryanne my current job has me commuting between school sites and I also mastered the car pumping when DS was a baby!  I ended up stopping pumping at around 8-9 months during the day and supplementing with formula and still breastfed when I was home.  DS self-weaned at 10 1/2 months and refused to latch anymore, and at that point, we just went with formula until he turned one.  I am impressed you breastfed for so long!  

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• mileswithmyles member

  August 2017

  @BumpAdmin Can we get a sticky for this post?  Thank you!

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• strawberryanne member

  August 2017

  @mileswithmyles It was total laziness. He refused to self-wean and it was so easy to just give the boob! haha. I had to cut it out gradually. I had an oversupply when nursing directly but responded poorly to the breast pump so I had to supplement with formula as well - it was so frustrating! But, he's happy and healthy, and I am more prepared for the next time. Our bodies are awesome!

  Married - 3/2013
  Baby Boy - 3/2015
  MC - 8/2017
  EDD - 8/2018

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• yesthisiskim0401 member

  August 2017

  Eeeek! It's been so long since I've been here!!
  Got my BFP last Friday! This will be baby #3 for us. DD1 is 6 and DD2 is about to turn 4. Unofficial EDD is 5/1. 

  
  

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• createmagic14 member

  August 2017

  @strawberryanne ugh the pumping!  I used the gym teacher's office bathroom last time.   She was really good about it, thank goodness.   We also nursed until 2 (finally stopped on August 2, less than a week shy of 2.5)! I was dreading nighttime after weaning,  but he did well,  better than I expected.  It was bittersweet to end,  but I wanted my body back.  For like 5 minutes, apparently lol.

   

  
  

  
  

  
  

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• AliW220 member

  August 2017

  Hello! Justed tested yesterday, at 14DPO, using my LAST test (recovering POAS addict LOL).
  @mileswithmyles (hey I remember you from TTGP! congrats!!) @justsuzie @ella26 @yesthisiskim0401We're May 1st as well. Double excited as that's our oldest's 9th birthday. 
  I am a working mama to two boys, 8 and 5, two duck hunting dogs, Zoey and Topper. 
  Happy to be here with you ladies! 

  Me: 29  DH: 33
  Married April 1st 2017
  DS #1: May 2009 
  DS #2: Jan 2012 
  
  

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• mileswithmyles member

  August 2017

  
  

  Hi @AliW220!  I remember you, too!  Congrats!

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• dinonugget member

  August 2017

  Hi everyone! I'll be a TTM and still trying to get used to saying that. EDD is 5/1 or 5/2 but I'll have a RCS end of April. I have 5 year old and 16 months old sons. I tested Sunday night to see if I could take medicine and was shocked to get a positive as we were undecided on a third and were NTNP for the past 2 months. I work full time as a police and fire dispatcher on night shift. Looking forward to getting to know everyone!
  

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• dinonugget member

  August 2017

  @strawberryanne I'm not looking forward to the pumping! We just weaned and I stopped pumping in May and was not expecting to do it again so soon. I'm glad I invested in a pump I love!

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• artlea2013 member

  August 2017 edited August 2017

  Hello! So excited to be here! After 3 days of BFPs I've decided that this is definitely happening. Early tester at 9 DPO as I have had an infection of some sort with a fever and DH was pushing the ibuprofen on me hard core. EDD of May 5th and I'm sticking to it, so help me! I'm a STM to a beautiful 14 month old boy who arrived via c-section last June. I'm hoping for a VBAC, which is why I'm going to push my OB to accept my Fertility Friend due date of 5/5 instead of my LMP due date of 4/30. I want as much time as possible before an RCS. So happy to meet everyone
  
  An edit already, jeeze, calm down the pregnancy brain: I'm an analyst in HR for a national finance company. That means nothing to most everyone I meet, but I thought I'd say hello to any other HRIS peeps in the universe reading this

  Me: 32 DH: 31 *The old lady by 5 whole weeks*
  Married: 11/2013
  M: 6/2016  E: 5/2018

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• zamoraspin member

  August 2017

  *lurking*
  @justsuzie Fx for you girl, that first quant is awesome. I know you have been through so much and am hoping so hard this is your sticky rainbow baby!

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• justsuzie member

  August 2017

  @zamora_spin thanks for the kind words. It means a lot. I'm trying to be positive that this is my rainbow. The chaos of going back to school (im a teacher) is a good distraction. 

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• chocomom2 member

  August 2017

  Hey all!
  A couple squinters the last two days but today is a definite positive. Eek! Doesn't feel real yet but we are excited to be expecting our second May 3 (?). My first is an O14 girl. I was pretty regular here until our group moved to FB. Lost that account though (???) so new name. 
  
  I'm a teacher of high school English lit students. I love books and start our new year Monday. Lots of newness. Hoping this anxiety will subside a bit next week. 
  Nice to meet you all and I hope I get to hang here for the next 9 mos with you all.
  
  

  DD is 3 and a new little one on the way! 
  
  

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• chocomom2 member

  August 2017

  mileswithmyles said:

  motherlyluv26 said:

  Hello mommies HEDD is 5/3... My SO Bday is 5/15 this should be exciting. I haven't tested yet but I have all the symptoms

  As a POAS addict, I would highly suggest testing. 

  I agree. I peed on like 6 sticks in two days. How haven't you peed? Aren't you dying for confirmation?!

  DD is 3 and a new little one on the way! 
  
  

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• cups4 member

  August 2017

  Hi all! Another teacher here with an F15 baby. Heyyy M15 mommas! I got my BFP 8/21 with an EDD 5/3. Before DS I had 2 MC and I'm cautiously optimistic and getting betas Monday and Wednesday next week. 
  
  Quick question, everything exploded here when DS was born. Do we have mom mods or Bump Mods?

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• createmagic14 member

  August 2017

  Hey @cups4!
  
  Fx for good betas ❤
  
  

   

  
  

  
  

  
  

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• ckoenig87 member

  August 2017 edited August 2017

  Hi all!! I had my BFP yesterday EDD 5/ 3. I'm a STM, my DS is turning 2 TOMORROW!!!! 
  I am a home health Speech therapist = in my car constantly. I have the pumping while driving thing down to a science

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• suki0707 member

  August 2017 edited August 2017

  @mileswithmyles @ella26Congratulations! I have the same due date as you both

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• suki0707 member

  August 2017 edited September 2017

  Please forgive my clumsiness around here (I just posted a reply without @ which made no sense) - I started lurking just as I was starting TTC, and somehow I got a BFP much quicker than I thought, so I'm still finding my way around the technicalities of the site and app! 
  
  I got a positive 9DPO and according to my ovulation tests, my due date is 1st May. I'm a FTM and hopeful but anxious - my job involves young children and teens, and I'm worried they'll know what's up before I announce, as they can be pretty shrewd! I love food, good TV, fiction books & photography.
  
  Nice to meet you all, and wishing you all the healthiest and happiest months ahead! 

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• Kaysquared2 member

  August 2017

  Hi ladies.  I got my BFP on Wednesday.   I’m due May 4th.  I was so shocked as this was only our second cycle trying and I’m still nursing my toddler so I thought I wasn’t really ovulating...guess I was wrong lol.  Anyways I have a son who will be 2 in December and can’t wait for him to be a big brother!!!
  

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