Any other DISers trying to concieve? Reread OP for the QOTD!

[arizonacolbys]

Kellyf - congrats on O'ing & good luck trying to BD again tonight!! I agree with everyone else - it can't hurt your chances, so go for it!!

Elaine - I love everyone's ideas so far! I had originally thought (if it works out that we get a BFP in the next couple months...) that we would frame an ultrasound picture to give to each of our families at Christmas. I love the idea of World's Best Grandpa/Grandma, too. I'm sure he'll just be thrilled to get the news, no matter how you decide to deliver it!! Let us know how it goes!


Thanks to everyone for the advice on the O & EWCM - it's funny that some never even get the EWCM at all - that would certainly make it hard to track! I still don't know if I'm supposed to have it all day each day leading up to my O, or if it's normal for it to show up & disappear again. It seems like I had a bit of a temp drop this morning - normally 97.7 or 97.8 every day (with a couple of exceptions)...this morning was 97.4 - wondering if that may be my pre-O dip?!

We've BD'd Mon, Tues, & last night this week - if I can stay awake until hubby gets home from work tonight, we may try to one more time in case O is tomorrow!

Hope everyone has a great weekend!!

 

[Pollito916]

Minnesota - My cravings have been all over the place. At your stage in the pregnancy it was more aversions than cravings, though. The only things I really wanted were carbs - bread and potatos. I still love both of those, but now I have definitely been having more cravings. Especially for tomato things and nachos. I also mixed the salsa with cream cheese like Becky.

Yesterday I was craving the orange peel shrimp from PF Chang's, but the nearest one is almost an hour from our house. DH was so sweet though and gave up his choice for his birthday meal to take me there on our way home from the city. It made my day. I am drooling a little right now thinking about those shrimp, but unfortunately, they are long gone.

 

[Minnesota!]

I know we are due for a new streak of BFP's around here!

My craving this afternoon was tomatoes with salt and pepper and jalapenos. So I went downstairs and got a veggie/spicy cheese wrap with extra tomatoes and jalapenos. Mmmmm...

Have a great weekend, all. I have my appt Monday AM and will come and update when I get to work...

 

[skuttle]

When I found out I was pregnant with DS, it was right around Christmas. I bought the grandparents baby photo albums...the kind that look like silver picture frame. In the picture spot, I printed a cute clipart of a screaming baby and titled it "Baby ______, Estimated date of arrival, July 31, 2003". They all loved it! My mom, at first, thought I had given it to her for pictures of our dogs. LOL! For the great-grandparents-to-be and my SIL, we did the same thing but with just a plain baby picture frame.

Wednesday was my birthday and my mom and I went shopping today. I've been complaining that I need new clothes, but never bought anything since we are TTC. Today, I decided to buy new clothes because I do really need it. So maybe now that I've gone ahead and done that, I'll get pregnant. Plus, this wouldn't be my ideal month to get pregnant as my due date would be right around DS's birthday. So with all those things considered, my chances of a BFP this month have probably increased.

 

[DisneyDreamer8]

Congrats to the new BFP's

No "O" for me yet...should be this weekend. Probably should have BD'd last night but I was just exhausted I think my body is playing tricks on me. I have been so tired lately. Maybe we will just take this cycle off.

Baby Dust to all

 

[caribear]

Thanks everyone for the congrats!!! I guess I just can't believe that after 10 months of trying it has finally happened. The one month that we decided to take "off" (and only bd'd twice!) I conceived. I guess it is true that stress is really a factor. I've already made my 8-week appt with my ob/gyn.....it seems like such a long way off. I do not think it will feel "real" until I see the heartbeat.

 

[beckmrk04]

I do not think it will feel "real" until I see the heartbeat.

That's what made it "real" for me. I was soooooo sick, and hospitalized, and they decided to do an ultrasound.

Then I saw that tiny little thing beating, and it just took my breath away.

I can't wait for all of you to experience that!

 

[Syrreal]

I wish I had more cravings than I do. Then maybe DH wouldn't have gotten a little on the cranky side with me for losing 1/2 lb from last month. He's worried I'm not feeding the baby enough since my Dr joked with me about my weight going the wrong way. I do eat though! More than he does. And lately been all about the seafood. Today we went to red lobster and I had that endless shrimp stuff. I must have had about 50 shrimp. I am so stuffed now!!

 

[beckmrk04]

I wish I had more cravings than I do. Then maybe DH wouldn't have gotten a little on the cranky side with me for losing 1/2 lb from last month. He's worried I'm not feeding the baby enough since my Dr joked with me about my weight going the wrong way. I do eat though! More than he does. And lately been all about the seafood. Today we went to red lobster and I had that endless shrimp stuff. I must have had about 50 shrimp. I am so stuffed now!!

Don't worry about the weight. I lost 20 lbs. I have hardly gained anything.

My DH did give me a "talkin' to" tonight about not eating cereal for dinner. It's got milk and vitamins!

 

[Syrreal]

LOL... you'd think they were the ones carrying these babies! I tried to explain to DH that the reason I haven't gained is b/c the baby is taking everything for himself. He didn't buy it

 

[exwdwcm]

lol on all the cravings! that is great and i say go for it and indulge ladies!

well had my lap yesterday. my first surgery of any kind ever. i woke up in recovery and was like, okay, are we going to start now? it was all over. still have some pain today of course. they did make one incision. they found some endo, but not a lot. They found 2 cysts that they removed and then my ovaries (both) were very swollen, so they drained fluid from those. i have a post op next friday, so i can get the details on why they might have been swollen, how it affects fertility etc. I was too sore/out of it to really ask questions. They even gave me pics, but i can't make out what any of it is. I guess he'll explain friday. i do have vicodin though. had some gas pain in my shoulders, but more discomfort than pain really. i actually feel okay today- made it upstairs and started the dishwasher.

still feel very bloated though and had to take off the bandages tonight. funny thing, i remembered i needed to remove my belly ring- which i got like 4 years ago and haven't touched since. it isn't a screw on- hubby had to use pliers to get that sucker off. i thought he was going to rip my belly! lol

so i am just excited to start the next cycle. i have to look at the calendar, but i am like day 23 or something on my cycle, so AF should come next week. then we can do another IUI hopefully in early november! yeah! i hope this lap made a difference. At least they did find something, although not as much endo as i would have suspected.

have a great weekend ladies- time to get back in bed with my vicodin!

 

[beckmrk04]

Michelle- I am glad to hear everything went ok (as far as surgery CAN be ok, anyway). Hopefully this next week will bring you hope and good news.

 

[Pollito916]

Michelle - I'm glad you're surgury went well, and I hope you continue to recover fast so everything will work for you next month.

Syrreal - I had one doc tell me my weight was fine, and another tell me that I needed to gain more weight. The baby was average weight at my u/s, so I really don't think there is a problem. I can see my belly expanding, but I just haven't gained very much yet. I'm sure it will come.

 

[kellyf2626]

Michelle....good to hear that surgery went well, and that you can relax and recover at home. Keep us posted on what the dr. says at your post-op.

Well...just raked my whole yard. What are the odds that at my new house, the sellers have already done the raking?? I do love fall in New England...but raking is not fun! Here is a pic of my fall arrangement outside...

So...feeling good today. My temp was still elevated this morning, so now I am 2 DPO. God, the 2WW seems so long!!! When can I do my first HPT?? Oh...and DH and I did bd last night. DH said he needs a break for a few days! Is there any point to keep bd'ing after you O?? Just curious...

Have a good day everyone!

 

[fanofdisney]

Hello, everyone! I've been busy for a few days, and got way behind on here!

Caribear- congrats! 10 months, huh? That's wonderful!

Kelly- love what you did with the yard! You'll probably be testing every morning with me again. lol Watch out dollar store!

Somebody was asking about touring the l and d suites. My hospital offered a tour of the whole unit after the childbirth class. Of course I missed it due to dh health problems, but it's nice to have offered. They also rotated me with all the ob's towards the end, so whomever was on call when I went, I would know them. That was nice.

Well this is my big o week. Sometime between Wednesday and today I think. My calculations say yesterday. We bd on Wednesday, I was at work Thursday so we couldn't. Last night guess what? DH WAS TOO TIRED! I could've killed him! So tonight he promised, but I hope it's not too late! This is month 4 for us. It's so frustrating when you're trying.

 

[mrs.explorer1977]

I know what you mean.

Does anyone else's DH's feel way overwhelmed? I thought my DH would be so excited to BDing all the time, but instead I think I have scared him off! It's too planned and so much pressure for him.

DH would like to go on the record that he's "quite enjoying it" actually.

CD19 for me....gosh, the 2ww is KILLER!! If AF comes, she should arrive on Halloween. DH wants to test next Saturday, so we'll see.

Hope everyone's doing well. Glad everything went okay with the lap, Michelle and congrats on any BFPs that have happened lately!

Spent all day today scrapbooking our honeymoon. I think I'm going to need two albums, since the first is nearly full and I haven't even started the cruise part of it! I just want to get it done before our next trip in January...hopefully I can!!

 

[AllyandJack]

Hi, everyone....I don't have time for personals, I got some bad news today.

My OB died Friday. I'm so upset. He's been my doctor for almost 10 years. I waited so long for him to deliver my baby(ies) and infertility robbed me of that, too. He was so excited for me when I saw him on Thursday.

I've spent the morning trying to find a new place to go. It stinks because I got spoiled with only seeing him - I've never been to a "group" before.

I saw that I REALLY liked Elliot Hospital and then I saw that the Bedford Commons group had a nice website and their practice seemed very professional and their doctors have sub-specialties and interest in infertility, so they'll understand what I'm talking about when I explain my situation.

I thought there was someone on here from NH who is going there.....who was that?? Have you been there yet? I really dread this now.

This stinks.

 

[LisaB]

Me too Kelly for the big O they think maybe wednesday for iui

 

[LisaB]

Hi, everyone....I don't have time for personals, I got some bad news today.

My OB died Friday. I'm so upset. He's been my doctor for almost 10 years. I waited so long for him to deliver my baby(ies) and infertility robbed me of that, too. He was so excited for me when I saw him on Thursday.

I've spent the morning trying to find a new place to go. It stinks because I got spoiled with only seeing him - I've never been to a "group" before.

I saw that I REALLY liked Elliot Hospital and then I saw that the Bedford Commons group had a nice website and their practice seemed very professional and their doctors have sub-specialties and interest in infertility, so they'll understand what I'm talking about when I explain my situation.

I thought there was someone on here from NH who is going there.....who was that?? Have you been there yet? I really dread this now.

This stinks.

I am so sorry Carla but there are some good groups out there.

 

[Pollito916]

Carla - I am so sorry about your OB. It's hard to lose someone that you have spent so much time with for so long. Had he been sick, or was it all of the sudden?