Queer Conceptions - September - Page 13

[carmen358]

Indigo, yay for starting! VERY exciting! I was hoping we'd be pregnant "together" again but feel free to start early :P

Yikes, max! Hoping for a speedy recovery for your dp!

QOTD:
1. DP & I have been together just over 5 years - we were friends/acquaintances for a couple of years before we started dating. We met through a group of women who got together once a week at a local pub - organized through a lesbian website. Mostly a group of friends and/or couples would get together.

2. I temped for a LONG time before we started and of course the whole time we were TTC - always at 6am because that's what time I got up for work. I think I adjusted it to 5:30am at one point for awhile. I would only adjust what I recorded if it was a huge time difference - then I would just not record it.

[2ezforyou]

Painefaria - Good luck! Let us know if you test!!! Fingers crossed. (I am TERRIBLE when it comes to testing. I am an only child, so when I want to know something (or just want something), I want it N-O-W. Ha! I will share that I once tested at 4 DPO.

Max - Hang in there. Positive vibes your way.

AmandaHope - Oh my gosh!!! Someone told you to find someone with sperm and do it the old fashion way?!?!?!? I am not sure if I should laugh or cry for you!!! And what an amazing love story you and DP have. 15 years! Wow!

I think it was Library who said what an amazing board this is and I have to agree. I've met some really wonderful people on here. Thanks for letting me be part of this crew!

AFM - I have extreme PMS this month for some reason. And I've been eating everything in the house!!! (This is very unusual for me.) DP even asked if I was ok. LOL. Anyway, I am hoping the ole' witchy shows up on/around next Tuesday.

Hope everyone is having a wonderful week.

[AmandaHope]

Max Speedy recovery vibes for your DP! Perhaps he will be a bit relieved to be free of the uterus and ovaries, even though a planned surgery would have been less scary and stressful. And I'm glad you are feeling better emotionally. I think we have to acknowledge the downs in order to get back to the ups and the hope, kwim?

2ez Thankfully, someone said that to my mom, who (not so thankfully) mentioned it to me. I was actually pretty angry at her decision to tell me. She can't keep anything to herself, even when doing otherwise can be hurtful. Oh, well. I'm not sure what I would have said/done if someone had actually said that directly to me. Yikes! I agree that this is an incredible group of people. I'm sad that I can't meet most of you IRL--I could really use a larger group of queer friends, especially queer ttc friends! But I'm happy to have you all here, at any rate.

[seraf]

Max, my thoughts go out to you and your DP. Emergency surgery is no fun.

Library, about the bible belt, I lived there for a year and that was all it took to find my inner atheist.

I get lots of, go to a bar and pick someone up. I even had a friend offer to get me really drunk and stick me in a room with one of her friend's who's clean. *shudder*

Most people just smile, raise their eyebrows and say, "baby yet?"

Seraf

[LibraryLady]

AmandaH~ I hear you! Too bad there aren't Star Trek type transporters so we could all get together sometimes. I'd be happy to make dinner at my house! This is a great group and lots of fun, too.

2ez~ I'm laughing about your only-child ness and wanting to know NOW!!!! 4 dpo is pretty extreme. Enjoy your pms munchies and good luck on your next round!


No news here~ I've taken to waking up at 2 or 3 in the morning and worrying about something being wrong with the baby, so that's fun. Makes a tired woman even more so, I tell ya.

Any word from Coco? They had their u/s yesterday~ fingers crossed that all was well and we can find out if we're rooting for boys, girls or both.

[LibraryLady]

Seraf~ Cross post! A friend of mine (who ended up conceiving with a kd friend) seriously considered going to pick someone random up in a bar, but her dp convinced her that they couldn't know about medical histories, but that was all that changed her mind!!! I said that was a TERRIFYING thought! Though long ago before my dp, my plan was to be, um, as free as possible at the sci-fi convention. Lots of good brains there!

[painefaria]

Good Morning All!

Max - Emergency surgery is scary, I hope that DP is on the mend.
2EZ - I hear you about PMS, DP is having a great bout of lovely PMS If it keeps up she may be sleeping in the back yard
AFM - I didn't test this morning... I think that I will test tomorrow to (hopefully) celebrate the Autumn Equinox. We will see.

[escher]

Hello, Everyone!

Painefaria: Oops! One escaped too early. I'll try to keep the rest contained until tomorrow.

Library: I'm sorry you're feeling concerned about the baby. I hope that your appointment helps you feel more secure. I'm sure everything is going fine.

2ezforyou: You're trying next cycle, right? You're almost there!

Max: I'm glad that you are feeling a bit more positive. How is your DP doing? Have you started testing yet?

Thanks for all the answers to the QOTD--they're fun to read!

AFM: I'm CD 10, and I started having EW today. My guess that is that I'll ovulate over the weekend, which is great for not having to miss too much work, but it is a pain in terms of not having the ability to do great timing (my clinic only does IUIs in the morning on weekends). I had been hoping that I would wait until Monday or Tuesday to ovulate, but with EW today that seems unlikely. Oh well. Hopefully the timing will somehow work out perfectly anyway.

[AmandaHope]

Originally Posted by LibraryLady

Any word from Coco? They had their u/s yesterday~ fingers crossed that all was well and we can find out if we're rooting for boys, girls or both.

She posted over at Q & P (I'm laughing that I saw this before you did , since you're actually queer and pregnant!): TWO GIRLS!

[Coco99]

I am touched that y'all are stalking me lol .

Yes, we had great news, a perfect morphology ultrasound for both twins and we did find out that we are having two girls !

I hope that all of you get to have this experience very very soon !!

Double babydust to all !!

Coco
xxx

[2ezforyou]

:j oy

Congrats Coco!!!!

[gellybeangrl]

Hi ladies...work was brutal today, so we went out and had a few martinies...yum, the nice fruity kind. Not the yucky olive kind. Anyway...please forgive all the typoes that I am sure to make.

Library~ feel free to ask away...for the most part I enjoyed my time in the convent. Just PM me if ya want. As far as me bing religious...I grew up in a very religious household (I was born and raised in the Bible Belt) and became a nun after all, but at this point in my life I would not describe myself as being "religious". Hey..hope that you get more sleep at night and that the worries go away...well subside a bit. I'm sure they will never go away even after the baby is born.

Coco~ Congrats on the twins...I have twin nieces and they are great. I would love to have twins, maybe that wish will come true soon.

Painfaria~ Is there a big announcement coming soon?!? I think I saw a dancing veggie or two.

I can't remember who wanted to "Beam me up Scottie", but that sounds alike a great idea. I would love, love, Love to meet you all IRL.

Escher~ Yeah for EWCM!!! And I hope this weekend brings you some great insems.

Max~ How is DP? How did the surgery go?!? Hugs to you both!

AFM~ Nothing here to report...We have the KD contract finished and at the attorney's office. I have researched places to have KD tested and I am waiting to hear from him re: which place he chooses. We are going to hold off on the semen analysis for a few months. I am sooo tired already of sitting on the sidelines. The femara is ordered and should be here within the next 2 weeks. Oh...I also have a letter off to my OBGYN to see if my insurance will start helping with infertility coverage...my back up plan is to see about some of those 1/2 priced IUI's at Howard Brown.

People were yelling at me all day on the phone at work. Looking out of the window now I see that it is a full moon...well almost full. No wonder folks are acting sooooo weird.

Hope everyone has a great Thursday...I gotta test tommorrow...A & P...I do love that anatomy stuff.

[LibraryLady]

Coco~ I said it before, but I"ll say it again~ super congratulations to you! I'm so glad all looked well, too. I hope they're identical~ that would be the most fun. What names are you thinking of, or are you sharing that?

Gelly~ Sorry you had such a rough day. The full moon's brutal to everyone (krazy kiddos at school, for sure!!!) Martinis must be a help, though. I might very well quiz you about your nun days, but I'll try not to be too obnoxious. Thanks for the good wishes. I actually slept last night and managed not to freak out and obsess (for a little while) but yeah, I think this is just parenting.

Panefaria~ News for us!?!?!?!? Enquiring minds want to know!!!

[escher]

Hi Everyone,

I'll reply more later, but I just wanted to let you all know that I got a positive opk this morning (eek!), so I'm going in this afternoon for my first IUI, I'll go in tomorrow morning for another, and I'll have the final IUI tomorrow afternoon. All I can say about the timing is that it may be too early but I don't think it is too late. Please please please let it be just right!

Panefaria: It's still early. I think you're still going to have a vegetable parade.

[painefaria]

escher - Yeah for postives and starting to insem. I hope that everything goes well today

AFM - So I tested today with some unknown test (yeah I don't know why either) and I got a BFN but I am not out... Interestingly I have not remembered to temp for the last two days. Really, what is going on with me?!? I will be testing tomorrow (12dpo) with a FRER, the only test that I have in the house, so I will have some news in the morning

[AmandaHope]

Escher Good luck with the IUIs! Wow, three--that's awesome. And I don't think that you will be too early, especially with that third one a full 36 hours after your positive. How exciting!

Painefaria Great attitude, and good luck tomorrow morning!

Gelly Congrats on getting the contract done. That's a big step!

AFM I'm 7dpo and have little to report. I have a cold, which sucks, but which is probably unrelated to pregnancy or non-pregnancy. I also got inspired and did a "boot camp" aerobics class on Tuesday (5dpo, I later realized--hope I didn't bounce an embryo away from implantation!) and am so sore I can barely walk. Oops. I've had some mild twinges down low and a few other mild symptoms, but even if they counted enough to be symptoms, they could easily be explained by the progesterone. I'm feeling rather agnostic--no idea, really, whether I'm pregnant or not, and not too obsessive about it right now. I don't think I'm going to test before my bloodtest next Wednesday. I just don't have the emotional stamina, I think, to have to make decisions about whether to test, when, what to use, what the negative result actually means, etc. So next Wed. it is!

[LibraryLady]

Escher~ I think it sounds like you're spot-on, and with three insems, I think it'll work magic. Can't wait for your veggie parade!!!


Panefaria~ Yours too! I don't know what you were thinking with those rogue tests~ get thee to an FRER!

AHope~ I'm sure you didn't bounce your blastocyst too hard. Next Wednesday will be good news for you too. Sorry that progesterone gives you all the weird signs, so frustrating!!

[escher]

Hi Everyone,

AmandaHope: It's nice that you're not feeling too obsessive right now. That sounds like a good place to be. I hope you get terrific news next week!

Painefaria: I have everything crossed for you!

Gelly: It sounds like you're making good progress with your KD. How exciting!

Coco: Congratulations on your healthy girls!

AFM: I'm not sure anymore that I'll end up doing three IUIs. The one today went fine, but because my RE is out of town and I'm having to use her colleagues, the only times they now say they will do IUIs tomorrow are 10:30am and 2:30pm. Those don't seem far enough apart to me to bother doing two, so I think we're just going to go in at 2:30pm. If I don't have a temp rise on Saturday, we'll probably try to do the third then. If I do have a temp rise, we'll just save that vial for next cycle. I'm feeling very much like I don't want to deal with this ridiculous scheduling anymore (it took approximately 10 phone calls this morning to get the appointments for today and tomorrow, and after all that they ended up switching the times for tomorrow to ones that don't really work for us). So I think once we use up this IUI ready sperm (this cycle or next) we're going to be done with this clinic. Hopefully I can get pregnant with ICIs at home! If not, maybe we'll adopt.

[Coco99]

Originally Posted by LibraryLady

Coco~What names are you thinking of, or are you sharing that?

Yes now they have names That is so exciting ! Baby A is now also known as Charlie Michelle and Baby B is Chloé Laurence. Their middle names are both of our mother's names. It is neat to call them by their names rather than "the babies" or "the twins"

[LibraryLady]

Coco~ Fab names! And yes, it must be really nice to call them by their real names. It must make you feel even closer, if possible.

Escher~ I'm sorry the doc's making it so difficult, but I still bet that you'll catch that egg. Fingers crossed!!!

My only news of note~ tonight is my LAST PROGESTERONE SUPPOSITORY! You do not know how excited I am.