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The Official TTC Thread!
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LV!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
OMG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Soooooo happy for you!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
This totally made my day!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Congrats, Mama!!!!
OMG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Soooooo happy for you!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
This totally made my day!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Congrats, Mama!!!!
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LV mind if I join you!?!
IM PREGNANT TOO!!!
Have been feeling nauseous since yesterday (threw up last night),really steady post O BBT, and have been cramping, so decided to test tonight at 9DPO even though its super early, and very noticeable BFP!!!! Going to attempt to fall asleep now (even though my DH said I'm gonna be peeing on sticks all night...hehe!)
IM PREGNANT TOO!!!
Have been feeling nauseous since yesterday (threw up last night),really steady post O BBT, and have been cramping, so decided to test tonight at 9DPO even though its super early, and very noticeable BFP!!!! Going to attempt to fall asleep now (even though my DH said I'm gonna be peeing on sticks all night...hehe!)
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Woohoo, great news lucy/lucy.80!!!! Congrats!!!Date: 12/31/2009 12:13:14 AM
Author: lucy.lucy.80
LV mind if I join you!?!
IM PREGNANT TOO!!!
Have been feeling nauseous since yesterday (threw up last night),really steady post O BBT, and have been cramping, so decided to test tonight at 9DPO even though its super early, and very noticeable BFP!!!! Going to attempt to fall asleep now (even though my DH said I''m gonna be peeing on sticks all night...hehe!)
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Jena,
According to the What to Expect Before You''re Expecting Book:
Some caffeine is ok. Anything in excess of 200 mg is not good. 200 mg is equivilent to a "tall" coffee at the Buks or two shots of expresso.
A can of diet soda has about 45 mg and a regular soda is about 35 mg. Tea comes in at 40-60 mg, depending on type.
I also asked my doc about this and she said if you really love/need caffeine, then try to keep it to a normal size coffee or try mixing decaf and caffeinated.
Translation: You don''t need to drop it completely, but just moderate it.
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Yay to Loves Vintage and Lucy! I think I''ve misssed some other good news in the past several weeks, but I can''t remember for sure. I''m sure looking forward to more good news as the new year rolls in!
LV, I think I remember this being IUI for you, first or second round, or I could be thinking of someone else. Congratulations lady! So happy for each of us as we graduate up.
I''m on the way home from vacation to Cali, visiting the family. Good times, but it''s always a bit of mixed emotions, too. The questions about babies, etc. It gets old. My brother likes to ask when my God is going to deliver the promise of joy of a baby? I can only tell him that my faith is all I have, and it''s all I need. I guess that gets old for him to hear, but it is what it is.
I''ve been reading the thread every now and then and I''m thinking of and praying for all of you. I said last year that 2009 was going to be stellar year, and it was for so many of us, and I''m certain 2010 will have many blessings in store!! There is this song I love, that absolutely speaks to where I am right now in my life.... it reminds me of the new year, too. One line of the song says, "Greater things are yet to come, greater things are still to come, greater things are still to be done here." And I believe it. And I''m thankful for it.
2009 was a rough year for us, emotionally. Paul lost his best friend to a tragic accident involving a train, many of my dear friends experienced miscarriages, lots of friends have lost jobs or been laid off, and many more have had pay cuts or furloughs. Plus the stress of wondering what''s going on with our TTC efforts, but I think I''m coming more and more at peace that this is NOT about my timing, Paul''s timing, or *our* timing, and I''m okay with being an "older" mother, as I know it will happen. (By older mother I mean over 30; for some reason that age really had a hang up on me, but one month into 30 and I gotta say, I don''t feel like an old hag incapable of keeping up with a baby/wee one.) I read an article that things (eonomically) are expected to turn around, or at least begin the process, in 2010. Yay for that, and yay for much more beyond that, too!
Pupp, thank you very much for thinking of my friend Sarah. Sadly, one week before Christmas, her baby went to heaven to be with his sister or brother who went there a year earlier. So sad, but miraculously, Sarah and her family are doing well, considering. Sarah says it makes her appreciate every gift and blessing she has all the more in the two children she does get to hold and kiss every day. Perspective is a beautiful thing in the midst of sorrow, I believe. Keep her in your thoughts, if you don''t mind. Thank you!
There sounds to be a lot of new people coming (Hi PLANTATION!!! I remember you from the good ol'' ladies in waiting days....); I wish each of you a fast track ticket outta here, and a smooth and happy transition to motherhood. I hear it''s a wild ride.
(I got a new laptop for Christmas and I''m still learning it, so forgive me for any typos; the keyboard is not what I''m used to. Add to that turbulence from the flight.... *delta has a free trial of their gogo inflight internet and I wanted to try out my wifi. So excited it works! Couldn''t get a connection at my parents'' house and I thought something was wrong with the computer. Now I think it was more like the operator.
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To those who''ve lost a baby this year, I''m so sorry. I pray for emotional healing for you, as well as the reassurance that greater things are yet to come, and that includes having a baby who you can nestle in your arms and watch grow up.
Happy New Year''s Eve to all my girls here!
I''m on the way home from vacation to Cali, visiting the family. Good times, but it''s always a bit of mixed emotions, too. The questions about babies, etc. It gets old. My brother likes to ask when my God is going to deliver the promise of joy of a baby? I can only tell him that my faith is all I have, and it''s all I need. I guess that gets old for him to hear, but it is what it is.
I''ve been reading the thread every now and then and I''m thinking of and praying for all of you. I said last year that 2009 was going to be stellar year, and it was for so many of us, and I''m certain 2010 will have many blessings in store!! There is this song I love, that absolutely speaks to where I am right now in my life.... it reminds me of the new year, too. One line of the song says, "Greater things are yet to come, greater things are still to come, greater things are still to be done here." And I believe it. And I''m thankful for it.
2009 was a rough year for us, emotionally. Paul lost his best friend to a tragic accident involving a train, many of my dear friends experienced miscarriages, lots of friends have lost jobs or been laid off, and many more have had pay cuts or furloughs. Plus the stress of wondering what''s going on with our TTC efforts, but I think I''m coming more and more at peace that this is NOT about my timing, Paul''s timing, or *our* timing, and I''m okay with being an "older" mother, as I know it will happen. (By older mother I mean over 30; for some reason that age really had a hang up on me, but one month into 30 and I gotta say, I don''t feel like an old hag incapable of keeping up with a baby/wee one.) I read an article that things (eonomically) are expected to turn around, or at least begin the process, in 2010. Yay for that, and yay for much more beyond that, too!
Pupp, thank you very much for thinking of my friend Sarah. Sadly, one week before Christmas, her baby went to heaven to be with his sister or brother who went there a year earlier. So sad, but miraculously, Sarah and her family are doing well, considering. Sarah says it makes her appreciate every gift and blessing she has all the more in the two children she does get to hold and kiss every day. Perspective is a beautiful thing in the midst of sorrow, I believe. Keep her in your thoughts, if you don''t mind. Thank you!
There sounds to be a lot of new people coming (Hi PLANTATION!!! I remember you from the good ol'' ladies in waiting days....); I wish each of you a fast track ticket outta here, and a smooth and happy transition to motherhood. I hear it''s a wild ride.
(I got a new laptop for Christmas and I''m still learning it, so forgive me for any typos; the keyboard is not what I''m used to. Add to that turbulence from the flight.... *delta has a free trial of their gogo inflight internet and I wanted to try out my wifi. So excited it works! Couldn''t get a connection at my parents'' house and I thought something was wrong with the computer. Now I think it was more like the operator.
To those who''ve lost a baby this year, I''m so sorry. I pray for emotional healing for you, as well as the reassurance that greater things are yet to come, and that includes having a baby who you can nestle in your arms and watch grow up.
Happy New Year''s Eve to all my girls here!
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FIsher, I really admire your faith and your optimism. I hope 2010 is a wonderful year for all of us, full of blessings, and that God does deliver the promise of joy in lots of babies.
I was not very thrilled when I turned 30 (at that time I was still a LIW and not happy about it after 7 years of dating
) 30 is not an older mother at all. Despite the strange terms the medical profession dreams up (incompetent cervix and geriatric maternal age being my personal fave
) the thirties are not an old time to be having kids.
I grew up in the country and went to a Christian college. All my friends except me and my roommate were married by 24 (some much earlier) and started popping out kids ASAP. I''m 31 now, just got married this fall, and we are TTC. Who knows how it will go; but whether or not we have a child soon or in several years, I don''t think in your 30s is an older mom at all! Maybe a little wiser, maybe a little more self-aware, maybe it is a longer journey to having a baby in your arms, but it''s not like you''re going to be the playground grandma
Admittedly, I now live in NYC where the average age of childbearing is like 35 or something, but really, in your 30s is not old
I was not very thrilled when I turned 30 (at that time I was still a LIW and not happy about it after 7 years of dating
I grew up in the country and went to a Christian college. All my friends except me and my roommate were married by 24 (some much earlier) and started popping out kids ASAP. I''m 31 now, just got married this fall, and we are TTC. Who knows how it will go; but whether or not we have a child soon or in several years, I don''t think in your 30s is an older mom at all! Maybe a little wiser, maybe a little more self-aware, maybe it is a longer journey to having a baby in your arms, but it''s not like you''re going to be the playground grandma
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LV and lucy.lucy...
wonderful news! congratulations
sending sticky thoughts.
fishie- I know the wait has been tough for you, but your faith always amazes me! We are all hoping for wonderful things for you in 2010.
HMG- you are so cute! I felt the same way when you started. Maybe we will end up preggo together yet
As for me... I don't know that we're "officially" TTC yet. Hubby still claims he wants to wait until March, but he can be persuaded...
Unfortunately I was on call last night, but I'll see if I can make it happen on this lovely NYE
fishie- I know the wait has been tough for you, but your faith always amazes me! We are all hoping for wonderful things for you in 2010.
HMG- you are so cute! I felt the same way when you started. Maybe we will end up preggo together yet
As for me... I don't know that we're "officially" TTC yet. Hubby still claims he wants to wait until March, but he can be persuaded...
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Janine, I've not been able to find anyone on FB who's friends with Blushing. I think about her often, and hope that she comes back soon with WONDERFUL news to share.
I also think about Festy and hope we'll see her around here soon, with great news and happiness, too. It's so funny/odd how a person can grow a connection to others here, isn't it?
Okay, I'm ready to be off the plane. For real. Good thing I have lots of PS threads to catch up on!
***ETA: I read about your health condition and I hope all resolves itself soon. I'm not sure how the process goes, but I do wish you well!
Okay, I'm ready to be off the plane. For real. Good thing I have lots of PS threads to catch up on!
***ETA: I read about your health condition and I hope all resolves itself soon. I'm not sure how the process goes, but I do wish you well!
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Bella,
You''re so right. A mom in her thirties is NOT old. I think it''s the hardest to let go of *our* ideals, you know? In my head, I would marry at 24, have my first baby at 27, then 29 and our family would be complete. And for whatever reason, 30 seemed REALLY big to me, but only in terms of motherhood, not in terms of being old, just an old mom. Haha. I seriously don''t like thinking of being 34 when we have our first because that means 3 more years of being in anxious wait, but eh, I won''t keel over and die for want. I''ll just have all the more love for our baby, I think.
But NONE of us will still be here in 3 years, because 2010 is going to be an awesome year!
Congrats on being a newlywed, by the way. Our first year was great, but ROUGH. Haha, we argued a lot about stupid stuff (we''d grown used to our own routines, etc.) and while I miss the newlywed excitement of realizing you really do get to spend every day with your husband, I don''t miss the battles over toothpaste, etc. Silly stuff now, but man, I wanted MY toothpaste to win the battle back in the day.
You''re so right. A mom in her thirties is NOT old. I think it''s the hardest to let go of *our* ideals, you know? In my head, I would marry at 24, have my first baby at 27, then 29 and our family would be complete. And for whatever reason, 30 seemed REALLY big to me, but only in terms of motherhood, not in terms of being old, just an old mom. Haha. I seriously don''t like thinking of being 34 when we have our first because that means 3 more years of being in anxious wait, but eh, I won''t keel over and die for want. I''ll just have all the more love for our baby, I think.
But NONE of us will still be here in 3 years, because 2010 is going to be an awesome year!
Congrats on being a newlywed, by the way. Our first year was great, but ROUGH. Haha, we argued a lot about stupid stuff (we''d grown used to our own routines, etc.) and while I miss the newlywed excitement of realizing you really do get to spend every day with your husband, I don''t miss the battles over toothpaste, etc. Silly stuff now, but man, I wanted MY toothpaste to win the battle back in the day.
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Congrats LV & lucy!
Fisher, 2010 has a lot to hold. Greater things ARE still to be done (now I have the song playing on loop in the back of my head.) I remember you from back in the day, of course! It''s hard to believe how much our lives can change in a few short years. I thought I''d never live to see the day I got engaged, or married, and now..thinking of babies!
Let''s toast everyone tonight (faux bubbly, perhaps) that 2010 will be a time of good news for all!
Fisher, 2010 has a lot to hold. Greater things ARE still to be done (now I have the song playing on loop in the back of my head.) I remember you from back in the day, of course! It''s hard to believe how much our lives can change in a few short years. I thought I''d never live to see the day I got engaged, or married, and now..thinking of babies!
Let''s toast everyone tonight (faux bubbly, perhaps) that 2010 will be a time of good news for all!
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