April randoms

[pooh8402]

Apr 12, 2019 16:43:33 GMT -5 scm1011 said:

cactuscookie, I generally say something like "the timer is going off soon, so do that thing one last time/let's finish up the story/finish your milk/whatever".

I'm glad E is a relatively easy baby!

Yea, this. Now, he just recognizes the beep. He isnt always happy that the timer is going off and he has to stop whatever he's doing, but he usually does it.

[King26]

Apr 9, 2019 13:38:37 GMT -5 icedcoffee said:

Apr 9, 2019 13:06:46 GMT -5 thoseareradishes said:

It's been warm enough to wear short here the last couple of days but E refuses. I had take her pants and socks off after we got home from outdoor playgroup (tick check, yuck), but she didn't want to put on shorts. So I put her down to nap with just a shirt and diaper, but then she requested socks. Funny kid!

DS refuses to not wear a coat.  It's been in the 70s the past few days.  We were running errands on Sunday and I was hot just looking at him.  Every time I tried to take it off he lost his mind.  Kids are weird.

Yep, j is the same..wont take his damn coat off

[scm1011]

Apr 13, 2019 21:05:23 GMT -5 King26 said:

Apr 9, 2019 13:38:37 GMT -5 icedcoffee said:

DS refuses to not wear a coat.  It's been in the 70s the past few days.  We were running errands on Sunday and I was hot just looking at him.  Every time I tried to take it off he lost his mind.  Kids are weird.

Yep, j is the same..wont take his damn coat off

My kid is the exact opposite. Every time we put on a coat it’s a struggle (and we live in Boston, so that’s like most of the year). He’ll happily go outside in a T-shirt in 30 degree weather and show no signs of being cold. It’s bonkers.

[thoseareradishes]

Apr 14, 2019 6:33:53 GMT -5 scm1011 said:

Apr 13, 2019 21:05:23 GMT -5 King26 said:

Yep, j is the same..wont take his damn coat off

My kid is the exact opposite. Every time we put on a coat it’s a struggle (and we live in Boston, so that’s like most of the year). He’ll happily go outside in a T-shirt in 30 degree weather and show no signs of being cold. It’s bonkers.

Teach him to put it on himself!  There are video on YouTube, but basically you put the coat on the floor with the inside facing up, and the neckline at your kids feet. Then they bend over and put their arms in the armholes, and stand up and the coat "magically" slides onto them.  Then you just have to zip it.  I taught E to do it a few weeks ago and it's so cute.  

[thoseareradishes]

fairfax, we told our immediate families pretty early, and also my close friends that I saw frequently. I told my aunts and uncle around the time of our anatomy scan, then everyone else found out after she was born, whoops. I just never got around to posting anything on Facebook, then all of the sudden she was here. There's really no right answer, just what you feel comfortable with.

[pooh8402]

Apr 14, 2019 6:52:03 GMT -5 thoseareradishes said:

Apr 14, 2019 6:33:53 GMT -5 scm1011 said:

My kid is the exact opposite. Every time we put on a coat it’s a struggle (and we live in Boston, so that’s like most of the year). He’ll happily go outside in a T-shirt in 30 degree weather and show no signs of being cold. It’s bonkers.

Teach him to put it on himself!  There are video on YouTube, but basically you put the coat on the floor with the inside facing up, and the neckline at your kids feet. Then they bend over and put their arms in the armholes, and stand up and the coat "magically" slides onto them.  Then you just have to zip it.  I taught E to do it a few weeks ago and it's so cute.  

This is the best trick. Daycare taught E1 how to do this when he was not even 2.

[icedcoffee]

Apr 14, 2019 6:52:03 GMT -5 thoseareradishes said:

Apr 14, 2019 6:33:53 GMT -5 scm1011 said:

My kid is the exact opposite. Every time we put on a coat it’s a struggle (and we live in Boston, so that’s like most of the year). He’ll happily go outside in a T-shirt in 30 degree weather and show no signs of being cold. It’s bonkers.

Teach him to put it on himself!  There are video on YouTube, but basically you put the coat on the floor with the inside facing up, and the neckline at your kids feet. Then they bend over and put their arms in the armholes, and stand up and the coat "magically" slides onto them.  Then you just have to zip it.  I taught E to do it a few weeks ago and it's so cute.  

Yes--this.  I think this is why DS wants to wear a coat everywhere.  Every time he puts it on he shouts "I did it Mommy!".  LOL

I don't put it on the floor.  I just hold it upside down in front of him and he puts his arms in and flips it over his head.

[scm1011]

Apr 15, 2019 7:43:23 GMT -5 icedcoffee said:

Apr 14, 2019 6:52:03 GMT -5 thoseareradishes said:

Teach him to put it on himself!  There are video on YouTube, but basically you put the coat on the floor with the inside facing up, and the neckline at your kids feet. Then they bend over and put their arms in the armholes, and stand up and the coat "magically" slides onto them.  Then you just have to zip it.  I taught E to do it a few weeks ago and it's so cute.  

Yes--this.  I think this is why DS wants to wear a coat everywhere.  Every time he puts it on he shouts "I did it Mommy!".  LOL

I don't put it on the floor.  I just hold it upside down in front of him and he puts his arms in and flips it over his head.

I have tried. He equates his coat with hot lava and is not interested lol. I am the mom that gets the stink eye from nosy old ladies because he's never dressed appropriately for the cold weather. Its just a battle I've stopped waging. Natural consequences...BE COLD, SEE IF I CARE. 

[pooh8402]

Apr 15, 2019 10:18:09 GMT -5 scm1011 said:

Apr 15, 2019 7:43:23 GMT -5 icedcoffee said:

Yes--this.  I think this is why DS wants to wear a coat everywhere.  Every time he puts it on he shouts "I did it Mommy!".  LOL

I don't put it on the floor.  I just hold it upside down in front of him and he puts his arms in and flips it over his head.

I have tried. He equates his coat with hot lava and is not interested lol. I am the mom that gets the stink eye from nosy old ladies because he's never dressed appropriately for the cold weather. Its just a battle I've stopped waging. Natural consequences...BE COLD, SEE IF I CARE. 

E1 hates wearing his jacket too. Hates it. Even when it is literally freezing outside, and he even whines about being cold, he still won't wear it. I tell him he can wear his jacket, or he can be cold, but I don't want to hear whining about being cold.

[pinkpeony08]

My daughter would get herself dressed including her jacket starting before she was 3. My son JUST stopped having a melt down that no one was helping him get dressed/get his jacket in the last month or so. He just turned 4. So who knows. I try to follow through on natural consequences of being cold with no jacket/no mittens, etc except when it's dangerously cold out.

We are moving next week, though we just found out our counters are delayed. That means we will have no counters and thus no sinks... in the kitchen, both upstairs bathrooms and the laundry room. We will have one bathroom sink and one basement laundry tub. Should be interesting. Lots of take out I'm guessing.

I'm planning to take the advantage of the move as an opportunity to call the reproductive immunology clinic to check in on the wait list. I'm currently not scheduled until July. My kids are on spring break this week, and I've been remembering that spring break last year was when I found out about my 3rd miscarriage and had my d&c. Sigh.

[scm1011]

Did anyone catch the NIAW segment on the Today show this morning? Dylan Dreyer and her husband opened up about their secondary infertility (she has low reserve), miscarriages, and upcoming IVF and it was incredibly emotional. I love Dylan (she was my local weather person before going to the Today show) and I was crying by the end. Coincidentally, Jenna Bush announced she was pregnant today too and it hit me right in the feels to see how Dylan had to play up how happy she was for her when she was likely hurting inside. Emotional segment!

[shauni27]

knx9211, I feel really dumb, but did you find out the sex of this baby? I was thinking about that randomly this weekend and do not recall an announcement, but I perhaps missed it.

[pooh8402]

Apr 22, 2019 11:26:51 GMT -5 scm1011 said:

Did anyone catch the NIAW segment on the Today show this morning? Dylan Dreyer and her husband opened up about their secondary infertility (she has low reserve), miscarriages, and upcoming IVF and it was incredibly emotional. I love Dylan (she was my local weather person before going to the Today show) and I was crying by the end. Coincidentally, Jenna Bush announced she was pregnant today too and it hit me right in the feels to see how Dylan had to play up how happy she was for her when she was likely hurting inside. Emotional segment!

That's extremely tone deaf of Jenna. Wtf. Wait a week.

[scm1011]

Apr 22, 2019 12:04:44 GMT -5 pooh8402 said:

Apr 22, 2019 11:26:51 GMT -5 scm1011 said:

Did anyone catch the NIAW segment on the Today show this morning? Dylan Dreyer and her husband opened up about their secondary infertility (she has low reserve), miscarriages, and upcoming IVF and it was incredibly emotional. I love Dylan (she was my local weather person before going to the Today show) and I was crying by the end. Coincidentally, Jenna Bush announced she was pregnant today too and it hit me right in the feels to see how Dylan had to play up how happy she was for her when she was likely hurting inside. Emotional segment!

That's extremely tone deaf of Jenna. Wtf. Wait a week.

Yeah, I usually like Jenna and I was WTF myself. She said she didn't know about Dylan's segment ahead of time and had told her girls yesterday who were already telling everyone, but then she went on to be all "we weren't even trying!". OMG. Dylan was gracious, and was all "my sadness about my own situation does not diminish my happiness for you" but we all know from experience that that is total BS. 

[knx9211]

Apr 22, 2019 11:47:22 GMT -5 shauni27 said:

knx9211, I feel really dumb, but did you find out the sex of this baby? I was thinking about that randomly this weekend and do not recall an announcement, but I perhaps missed it.

May 13! So far away!

[shauni27]

knx9211, wtf that is terrible.

[stellelinds25]

Apr 22, 2019 11:26:51 GMT -5 scm1011 said:

Did anyone catch the NIAW segment on the Today show this morning? Dylan Dreyer and her husband opened up about their secondary infertility (she has low reserve), miscarriages, and upcoming IVF and it was incredibly emotional. I love Dylan (she was my local weather person before going to the Today show) and I was crying by the end. Coincidentally, Jenna Bush announced she was pregnant today too and it hit me right in the feels to see how Dylan had to play up how happy she was for her when she was likely hurting inside. Emotional segment!

I saw the segment and it totally made me cry. I adore Dylan and I love that she’s sharing her story and will be blogging as she goes through IVF. Jenna went on to do the big gender reveal on her show and then right after had Dylan on to talk about her stuff. I think it’s insensitive 🤷🏼‍♀️

[EllenGriswold]

Apr 22, 2019 12:11:00 GMT -5 scm1011 said:

Apr 22, 2019 12:04:44 GMT -5 pooh8402 said:

That's extremely tone deaf of Jenna. Wtf. Wait a week.

Yeah, I usually like Jenna and I was WTF myself. She said she didn't know about Dylan's segment ahead of time and had told her girls yesterday who were already telling everyone, but then she went on to be all "we weren't even trying!". OMG. Dylan was gracious, and was all "my sadness about my own situation does not diminish my happiness for you" but we all know from experience that that is total BS. 

Yeah I thought her “my girls were telling everyone already!” Excuse was kinda silly too - are the girls going to be on the Today show anytime soon? So you could have waited a couple days at least!

[lovelyshoes]

Apr 22, 2019 15:06:24 GMT -5 stellelinds25 said:

Apr 22, 2019 11:26:51 GMT -5 scm1011 said:

Did anyone catch the NIAW segment on the Today show this morning? Dylan Dreyer and her husband opened up about their secondary infertility (she has low reserve), miscarriages, and upcoming IVF and it was incredibly emotional. I love Dylan (she was my local weather person before going to the Today show) and I was crying by the end. Coincidentally, Jenna Bush announced she was pregnant today too and it hit me right in the feels to see how Dylan had to play up how happy she was for her when she was likely hurting inside. Emotional segment!

I saw the segment and it totally made me cry. I adore Dylan and I love that she’s sharing her story and will be blogging as she goes through IVF. Jenna went on to do the big gender reveal on her show and then right after had Dylan on to talk about her stuff. I think it’s insensitive 🤷🏼‍♀️

I was crying watching Dylan too. It was so raw. She is seeing our re too, so that made me extra emotional.
Jenna should have waited. There was no need for any of that.

They asked Dylan more questions today and she mentioned that she wouldn’t even be doing ivf if her insurance didn’t cover it. I wish they’d do a story about that. The cost is so huge and such a huge component of this.

[Mushe]

Apr 22, 2019 15:29:52 GMT -5 EllenGriswold said:

Apr 22, 2019 12:11:00 GMT -5 scm1011 said:

Yeah, I usually like Jenna and I was WTF myself. She said she didn't know about Dylan's segment ahead of time and had told her girls yesterday who were already telling everyone, but then she went on to be all "we weren't even trying!". OMG. Dylan was gracious, and was all "my sadness about my own situation does not diminish my happiness for you" but we all know from experience that that is total BS. 

Yeah I thought her “my girls were telling everyone already!” Excuse was kinda silly too - are the girls going to be on the Today show anytime soon? So you could have waited a couple days at least!

Exactly what I was thinking! Omg.

[pooh8402]

Apr 23, 2019 7:05:13 GMT -5 lovelyshoes said:

Apr 22, 2019 15:06:24 GMT -5 stellelinds25 said:

I saw the segment and it totally made me cry. I adore Dylan and I love that she’s sharing her story and will be blogging as she goes through IVF. Jenna went on to do the big gender reveal on her show and then right after had Dylan on to talk about her stuff. I think it’s insensitive 🤷🏼‍♀️

I was crying watching Dylan too. It was so raw. She is seeing our re too, so that made me extra emotional.
Jenna should have waited. There was no need for any of that.

They asked Dylan more questions today and she mentioned that she wouldn’t even be doing ivf if her insurance didn’t cover it. I wish they’d do a story about that. The cost is so huge and such a huge component of this.

That's so true. Money is the biggest barrier to conceiving when IF, and it is not talked about, like at all. We were OOP for all treatments when conceiving E1. And when we were TTC again, we had 3 frozen embryos, so we were like, eh, we'll pay OOP for FETs, which are much less than full IVF cycles. After losing all 3 embryos during our first (cancelled) FET, I was devastated because I knew there was no way we could afford to do a full IVF cycle again. I was convinced we were done having children. A month after, DH got the news that his company's health insurance was covering IVF, effective immediately. That was the only reason we did it again (and again)... because insurance covered the majority of the cost.

[lovelyshoes]

Apr 23, 2019 11:45:46 GMT -5 pooh8402 said:

Apr 23, 2019 7:05:13 GMT -5 lovelyshoes said:

I was crying watching Dylan too. It was so raw. She is seeing our re too, so that made me extra emotional.
Jenna should have waited. There was no need for any of that.

They asked Dylan more questions today and she mentioned that she wouldn’t even be doing ivf if her insurance didn’t cover it. I wish they’d do a story about that. The cost is so huge and such a huge component of this.

That's so true. Money is the biggest barrier to conceiving when IF, and it is not talked about, like at all. We were OOP for all treatments when conceiving E1. And when we were TTC again, we had 3 frozen embryos, so we were like, eh, we'll pay OOP for FETs, which are much less than full IVF cycles. After losing all 3 embryos during our first (cancelled) FET, I was devastated because I knew there was no way we could afford to do a full IVF cycle again. I was convinced we were done having children. A month after, DH got the news that his company's health insurance was covering IVF, effective immediately. That was the only reason we did it again (and again)... because insurance covered the majority of the cost.

Absolutely! We were completely out of pocket and there were numerous costs that came up which we never explained to us. I remember the day before retrieval I was told it was another 1k+ for the OR fee and some other fee that was almost another 1k shortly after. That was all on top of the huge amount I had already paid. What was I going to do, cancel retrieval? It is so expensive and adds up so fast.

[stellelinds25]

Apr 23, 2019 12:23:38 GMT -5 lovelyshoes said:

Apr 23, 2019 11:45:46 GMT -5 pooh8402 said:

That's so true. Money is the biggest barrier to conceiving when IF, and it is not talked about, like at all. We were OOP for all treatments when conceiving E1. And when we were TTC again, we had 3 frozen embryos, so we were like, eh, we'll pay OOP for FETs, which are much less than full IVF cycles. After losing all 3 embryos during our first (cancelled) FET, I was devastated because I knew there was no way we could afford to do a full IVF cycle again. I was convinced we were done having children. A month after, DH got the news that his company's health insurance was covering IVF, effective immediately. That was the only reason we did it again (and again)... because insurance covered the majority of the cost.

Absolutely! We were completely out of pocket and there were numerous costs that came up which we never explained to us. I remember the day before retrieval I was told it was another 1k+ for the OR fee and some other fee that was almost another 1k shortly after. That was all on top of the huge amount I had already paid. What was I going to do, cancel retrieval? It is so expensive and adds up so fast.

They did touch on the cost a bit yesterday on the 10:00 show...they had Kyle Busch (Nascar driver) and his wife on who did IVF for their first child and recently revealed their 2nd round ended in a miscarriage. They've started a foundation to help families afford IVF because of the huge cost and I believe they are currently lobbying Washington to pass something to mandate coverage.

[pooh8402]

GMA touched on costs today.

And I opened up Facebook today and got a notification that I'm a "top contributer" to Resolve and NIAW this week. Holla.

[red]

*Waves* Hi! Thought I would finally migrate over here. Today we were able to see a heartbeat and things are measuring good. We are 7 wks tomorrow. Still feels surreal and we are still nervous, wish we could just enjoy pregnancy. I’ve been super sick with a cold and lost my voice this week, a little nausea off and on, but overall good. We go back in 2 wks and then graduate to an OB, I need to find one! We moved out of state in Aug so I need to research who is around here.

[lo]

I think this might be a dumb question, but if you did a medicated cycle (IUI with Gonal f and menopur), then it makes sense your hormone levels would still be higher after ovulation than a natural cycle, correct? I just did my first cycle with injectibles and my RE tests progesterone, tsh and estradiol 7dpo. I was on vaca so it was actually 10dpo. But my progesterone level came back at greater than 40 (but not sure if it was 41 or 100), and estradiol was over 500. I know my dr would have called me if things looked wrong, but it makes me nervous.

[EllenGriswold]

red yay! So glad to see you over here! Hopefully everything keeps looking good and you get your voice back soon!

[pooh8402]

red, yay congratulations! Glad to see you here!

lo, maybe, maybe not. I've never had my hormones checked during an unmedicated cycle. I'm sure your doctor would call if he/ she was worried. Usually doctors won't release abnormal test results to patient portals without speaking to the patient first. (And those aren't abnormal results to me. Progesterone is high but it's not a bad thing)