The ONE Thread, Jan 10-16 - Page 7

[Mrs. KB]

Hi! I'm new here and was wondering if I may join this thread. AF just came to visit this morning, so I guess that would make me Waiting to be ready. I have a short follicular phase, so I'll be Waiting to O by the end of next week.

[BarefootGirl]

Originally Posted by Mrs. KB

Hi! I'm new here and was wondering if I may join this thread. AF just came to visit this morning, so I guess that would make me Waiting to be ready. I have a short follicular phase, so I'll be Waiting to O by the end of next week.

Welcome, Mrs. KB!

If you have started AF, you are waiting to O, then once you O, you'll be waiting to know. Waiting to be ready is for those of us who aren't actively trying. Like maybe just hanging around til starting to try at a certain time, maybe taking a break from trying, etc. I was in waiting to be ready when I took a month off after my miscarriage.

Have I got that right?

[Mrs. KB]

Thank you BarefootGirl!

[MrsMike]

Originally Posted by miriam_bat_avraham

Phew, so many updates! Bear with me...


I also need to do a hysterosalpingogram (HSG)... which means I go to a hospital, they inject something into my uterus and push it up the fallopian tubes to see if they're blocked. And the nurse said flat-out "this is the most uncomfortable procedure here, so anything you have done after will be easier than this." I've dealt with some really horrid cramping before, but even DH was uncomfortable listening to this one... it sounds really terribly uncomfortable. So I'm hoping we can postpone it a bit and maybe see if I ovulate this cycle and we can try again; maybe we can get pregnant before we need to do it. On the bright side, though, I'll get the day off work that day...

Oh dear! I am that you won't need that done. Here's to hoping you'll be too busy being pregnant to have your tubes "powerwashed."

Originally Posted by jenniferadurham

I will be lurking but not replying as much. I'm actually ok. I thought that I'd be really sad but I'm not.

I'm going to hang out. I love you guys way too much to vanish. I think I would like to hang out in "waiting to be ready"....it'll be about 9 months though...but I will be popping my head in every once in awhile.

We love you, too. You definitely have to hang. And I think you are making the right decision for your family.

Originally Posted by Lyndzies

So, I'm in a wedding in April, and I couldn't hold off ordering the dress any longer since it takes 10-12 weeks for shipping. I didn't want to get an ugly maternity dress "just in case," so I'm taking a chance and getting this lovely dress, and ordering one size up (I always need alterations even if I order the "right" size, so I figure it won't make much of a difference.)

The most pregnant I could possibly be at that time, by my calculations, is 16/17 weeks. It would be a lovely "problem" to have, but my question is... do you think I'll have a problem if I do get pregnant this month? The overlayer of chiffon has a lot of flowy-ness and room for expansion in the midsection, esp. because of the gathered empire waist, but the under part is very fittend (hence me ordering a size up from my current measurements). I suppose I could always alter it by sewing closest-match-possible teal elastic panels in the seams of the midsection if I really needed to? ...

Anyone have experience being pregnant, but wearing a non-maternity style gown?

LOVE that dress. Despite the fitted underbits, the fact that it is empire (and I pronounce it AHM-PEER because I'm so classy) waist gives you a little wiggle anyway. It's good you got it one size up, just to be safe, but I bet you will still need it altered down even though you WILL be pregnant. And let's say you start showing the minute you conceive (i.e. sometime in the next 24 hours): even if you are too big for the larger size, that chiffon overlayer will be your friend. It'll make it easier for them to add a panel to the underlayer and have the panel hidden. Make sense? My friend was about 16 weeks in her brother's wedding and did not need a bigger size. The dress was made very much the same.
I wore A LOT of dresses, mostly empire waist, that were not maternity when I was pg. I couldn't find any maternity dresses I liked (and the ones I did like were $60 bucks - um, no), so I just bought regular dresses a size up. I had a big belly since I have no torso, but I remained in my extra small scrub pants and scrub shirts until about 28 weeks. It depends on how you carry, too.

Originally Posted by lovebug

i know its been a bit since i posted here...

BUT, can i get some preggo vibes mamas? please!

i have been feeling a little off and hoping its good news...

Good luck!

Originally Posted by miriam_bat_avraham

I love that you named your future child(ren) ahead of time and you're just waiting to see who it is. We did that too... we've got the first two boys and first two girls fully named; now just to wait and see who shows up...

I think we're going to give this cycle a chance before trying that. It scares me a bit. I don't think my problem is a blocked tube because I'm not ovulating regularly, that's more of an obvious issue, but I understand that they want to make sure a blocked tube isn't an issue before trying other things. So we'll see. *sigh*

We've had our kid's names picked out for years. I had David's name picked out since I was 7, when I saw Labyrinth (he is named after David Bowie).

Good luck this cycle, Miriam!

Originally Posted by miriam_bat_avraham

I love wedding stuff. I don't watch the wedding shows because I find them annoying, but ever since planning my own wedding I'm obsessed with the details of weddings. Whenever I got blood drawn at my endocrinologist's office the girl doing it would distract me (I hate blood draws!) by telling me the latest developments in her wedding planning. Yesterday at the RE's office they had to take five vials of blood, so I made the girl doing it tell me about her wedding from 2000. I don't even care if they make it all up, lol!

Me too! I watch the shows, though, because I love seeing the dresses and flowers. Conversely, I hate shows like Platinum Weddings because seeing THAT much money spent on linens and matching toe rings really chaps my hide. Wanna hear pathetic? My BFF and I just went to a wedding show this past weekend. I'm married and she isn't engaged. We just wanted to see the dress fashion shows and the like. Hee hee.

Good luck and positive vibes to everybody!

AFMHorrible sleep last night so I don't know how it affected my temp, but that number is just so pretty. Have the occasional wave of nausea and dizziness. The boobs hurt, but that's nothing new. I do have a full feeling down in uterineland and some twinges here and there. I have a few more days to test.
A few weeks ago, I called to make a dental appointment for a filling. The appointment is tomorrow. I've been back and forth about it because I'm in the TWW and was worried about the novzcaine, though I know they give a shorter-acting and epinephrine-free novacaine to pregnant folk. They called to confirm my appointment today and the girl said I was scheduled for a cleaning and not a filling, so no drugs. Normally, I would be ticked that they made a mistake because these teeth need to be filled ASAP, but I'm kinda glad because at least I won't have to worry about it when I don't even know if I'm preggo.

[kitikatuka]

Originally Posted by Lyndzies
So, I'm in a wedding in April, and I couldn't hold off ordering the dress any longer since it takes 10-12 weeks for shipping. I didn't want to get an ugly maternity dress "just in case," so I'm taking a chance and getting this lovely dress, and ordering one size up (I always need alterations even if I order the "right" size, so I figure it won't make much of a difference.)

The most pregnant I could possibly be at that time, by my calculations, is 16/17 weeks. It would be a lovely "problem" to have, but my question is... do you think I'll have a problem if I do get pregnant this month? The overlayer of chiffon has a lot of flowy-ness and room for expansion in the midsection, esp. because of the gathered empire waist, but the under part is very fittend (hence me ordering a size up from my current measurements). I suppose I could always alter it by sewing closest-match-possible teal elastic panels in the seams of the midsection if I really needed to? ...

Anyone have experience being pregnant, but wearing a non-maternity style gown?

Coming out of lurkdom to respond to your dress question, Lyndzies!

I was 9 months pregnant and in my sister's wedding in 2008 and wore a non-maternity dress. I had originally been sized to an 8, at about 12 weeks, wearing the handy "pregnancy pillow" the shop had, but [insert a "funny now, not then" story involving my giant belly] eventually got a size 14, altered way down to fit.

I think you'll be okay with one size up at 16/17 weeks Good luck to you!
Tracy

[YummyYumYumMama]

lyndzies, it really depends, but at 16/17 weeks i hadn't gained an ounce. i looked squashy and tubby, but not pregnant, and i would have fit into a normal dress of mine. i went to a wedding at 24ish weeks pregnant and wore a non-maternity outfit of mine - i had to let out the sides a bit, and it was maybe up a size or so. side note, i'm going to be in a wedding in august and going to the fitting this weekend. i really really hope i'm pregnant by the time i wear that dang dress or i'm going to scream.

sleepingbeauty, i could see you having ovulated a few days later than FF says. i'm on pins and needles for your update.

hi to everyone else. i'm bad at personals right now and letting netflix babysit my kid, so i should go...

[sleepingbeauty]

yeah, me too, yyym! lol Going crazy here. I jsut want to know already (obviously, I'd prefer one outcome over the other so I don't look like a total lunatic who imagined everything--which I swear I'm not!)

[SimplyRochelle]

Blah. I am having some major stomach yucks. Just a constant bubbly, maybe I need to run to the bathroom kind of feeling. At least I'm not nauseous along with it. My boss had a bit of a bug last week so I'm just blaming him for giving it to me. It is super yucky though.

My grandmother is coming to stay with me Friday for a week and I am really hoping I get a BFP while she is here since that would be soooo amazing. One of the major reasons that I don't want to wait any longer is because I can't imagine a world where my grandmother doesn't at least get to meet my first baby. She means the world to me and it will be fun to get to visit with her for so long and I'm hoping it will make the rest of my 2ww fly by.

So anyways.....4dpo....which is progress since ff left me in 3dpo purgatory for 2 whole days hah.

[jenniferadurham]

Thank you everyone for the and support (OMG....they should make a smilie for support and have it be a BRA!!!!!!!!!!) Ok, I'm done being a 12 year old boy.

It's so nice to hear everyone telling me that I'm doing the right thing. However...I will be O'ing in the next week and a half...and it's going to be hard to not want to try...oye. I joined the "Wanting but waiting" thread...we'll see how long I actually can wait. Hahaha! Why do you want something so bad when you can't have it?!?!?!

I know that we do need to wait...the hard part about it though is my hubby usually gives me what I want...and he's on board to have a baby whenever...maybe I'll not tell him when I'm O'ing and 'surprise' him..hahahhahhaha.

[lovebug]

Can i get on the Waiting to know list please...

i am going to stick around! this really is a great place to get support!

[Jenniferk]

Hi all, sorry for not being around more it's just been a little crazy at work.

So it's our first month trying and DH and I are going to start BDing every other night tomorrow (CD 10), and we'll continue through the 22nd or 23rd. Here's hoping!

I have a weird question - has anyone noticed whether or not they start to smell more musky in their vag region during the fertile part of their cycle? I am not talking grody, just a stronger aroma? Okay, I'm embarrassed now.

[sunwillshine]

Originally Posted by lovebug

i am going to stick around! this really is a great place to get support!

DEFINITELY a great place for support! Glad to have you here! Next cycle will be all you, girl!

Originally Posted by Jenniferk

I have a weird question - has anyone noticed whether or not they start to smell more musky in their vag region during the fertile part of their cycle? I am not talking grody, just a stronger aroma? Okay, I'm embarrassed now.

No need to feel embarrassed! This is totally a safe space. I definitely notice changes in my "aroma" during my cycle, and notice that I smell different when I'm fertile, and when I'm in the TWW. I don't notice much of a smell during my FP, really...

[MaerynPearl]

a lot of that is pheromones... trying to attract a mate to multiply.

actual scientific reason for it! so do not feel embarrassed

[Moon Angel]

Wow...learned something new. LOL!

[SimplyRochelle]

Soooo....you know you're a bit crazy about ttc when you've already decided what you will write on your pregnancy announcements for Oct, Nov, Dec, Jan, and Feb. hah. Even though we had a loss before, we decided that we would always be optimistic about our next pregnancy and announce it to our family and friends right away. I would definitely want the support if it happened again. I hadn't even realized that I knew what I would put until tonight when I was thinking about if I got a BFP this cycle and then instantly had ideas for all the coming months.

For October we would send out some sort of Halloween themed cards that say something along the lines of "hopefully life won't pull any tricks this time and come October we'll have a sweet little treat".

[sleepingbeauty]

Well, I just got back from seeing where the girls are living now. it's a great apartment in a nice area and I know they're love it there....hopefully their loud-mouth father won't screw that up for them. I have to say though, his girlfriend doesn't seem so bad...not that I'm letting my guard down. I forgot just how LOUD and DRUNK he is. Doesn't help my headache at all.

2ww stuff--I felt my cervix and it is high and open. My heart sank. I can only wait until tomorrow. Nausea, headaches. Backaches were the big one today. Not so much cramps though?? I'm pretty much expecting that witch to show tomorrow. OH says that I shouldn't cry because I don't know yet...and I don't...and my sense of smell is KILLING me...but how many times have I SWORN I was pg and not been? You know?

Testing in the AM if AF doesn't show first.

[mumma cop kaz]

Originally Posted by sleepingbeauty

Well, I just got back from seeing where the girls are living now. it's a great apartment in a nice area and I know they're love it there....hopefully their loud-mouth father won't screw that up for them. I have to say though, his girlfriend doesn't seem so bad...not that I'm letting my guard down. I forgot just how LOUD and DRUNK he is. Doesn't help my headache at all.

2ww stuff--I felt my cervix and it is high and open. My heart sank. I can only wait until tomorrow. Nausea, headaches. Backaches were the big one today. Not so much cramps though?? I'm pretty much expecting that witch to show tomorrow. OH says that I shouldn't cry because I don't know yet...and I don't...and my sense of smell is KILLING me...but how many times have I SWORN I was pg and not been? You know?

Testing in the AM if AF doesn't show first.

Sorry....i just got teary reading that.
It sucks so bad that AF symptoms match pregnancy symptoms, mine are exact matches every cycle down to the stuffy nose at night and heightened sense of smell, it seems like such a bad joke. I am extremely emotional today, i dont normally cry at peoples posts!! Its probably just exhaustion and not a symptom.
Ive decided that i will get my bloods done in morning (progesterone etc), why hold off. Im a big girl, i can handle the news if its bad.

So i think my 10miu tests will arrive tommorow 7dpo, should I start testing tommorow or hold off until friday 8dpo??

[sleepingbeauty]

awww... I didn't mean to make you cry!! *hugs* It might be too early to start testing tomorrow or Friday for you... but if you want to test, for fun (or "practice" lol) go for it. We can swap pics in the AM.

[lovebug]

Originally Posted by sleepingbeauty

Well, I just got back from seeing where the girls are living now. it's a great apartment in a nice area and I know they're love it there....hopefully their loud-mouth father won't screw that up for them. I have to say though, his girlfriend doesn't seem so bad...not that I'm letting my guard down. I forgot just how LOUD and DRUNK he is. Doesn't help my headache at all.

2ww stuff--I felt my cervix and it is high and open. My heart sank. I can only wait until tomorrow. Nausea, headaches. Backaches were the big one today. Not so much cramps though?? I'm pretty much expecting that witch to show tomorrow. OH says that I shouldn't cry because I don't know yet...and I don't...and my sense of smell is KILLING me...but how many times have I SWORN I was pg and not been? You know?

Testing in the AM if AF doesn't show first.

s mama! xoxoxo i am sorry you are feeling this way! i know it can be so hard i am on my 2ww too. i am going crazy, but for me this is the first time i have felt pg.

i hope AF stays away and you have a BFP! s again!

[CLH_X3]

Got a bfn ... 12-13 dpo ... But iv missed my period now .. On cd30 and the longest I go is cd28 :/

I started takin b6 this month .. Would that delay af?