Week of Dec 4

[mpc]

Happy Monday all!

[mpc]

My baby is killing me overnight. She had been waking up 1-2 times a night at home, then we were out of town this weekend and she got up every 1-2 hours. Literally 7 times a night. We just flew back this morning and I'm praying that she will go back to normal once we are home again. I thought maybe it is teeth but I still don't see or feel anything.

I have one unused GonalF pen that expires next month. I don't know why I've held onto it cause the chances of cycling by then were so small. I'm not sure what else to do with it. I'd pass it on if someone needed it but shipping is so complicated. I'm also wondering, would you use it if it was only a few months expired?

[thoseareradishes]

Happy Monday!

We gave E some oatmeal yesterday. She LOVED it. It was the cutest thing- she kept looking at us and smiling. I thickened it up a little more this morning and she ate a fair amount. She was a little extra pukey yesterday, so I'm curious to see how she'll do this afternoon.

[thoseareradishes]

mpc, can you give it to your clinic? My nurse gave me donated meds a few times.

[shauni27]

mpc, I would NOT use expired meds at all. Not because I would think it could cause harm, but instead because I would worry about effectiveness. If you are paying that much for IVF, I would want the best meds, you know?

thoseareradishes, cute! S is still not convinced with solids. HATED bananas (we tried all weekend). Oatmeal is so-so. Avocado was so-so. I am torn between trying one of the foods we know he does ok with or moving on to trying pears or sweet potatoes.

Question: I feel like I am going to go bald with this postpartum hair loss. When does it stop? Was there anything you did to prevent it? I already have thin and fine hair, and I am losing it by the handful. My hair looks ridiculous. I can hardly put it up in a ponytail because there is none left

[scm1011]

shauni27 , my post-partum hair loss peaked months 4-6. I seriously thought I was going to go bald, too. I don't think there is anything that can be done. At least its hat season? Good news is that mine started growing back quickly after that and my hair looks normal again now at 12 months PP.

mpc , I wouldn't use expired meds for the same reason Shauni mentioned. I think donating it to your clinic is an awesome idea.

So after a year of sleep deprivation we finally decided to sleep train for real last week. Two nights of brutal CIO and my kid has now slept through the night for FIVE straight nights. OMG. He has averaged 2-4 wake ups a night for the past 6 months (and up hourly for the 6 months before that). I feel like a new person. :::knocks on all the wood::::

[shauni27]

scm1011, im going to PM you!

[mpc]

Dec 4, 2017 12:49:16 GMT -5 scm1011 said:

So after a year of sleep deprivation we finally decided to sleep train for real last week. Two nights of brutal CIO and my kid has now slept through the night for FIVE straight nights. OMG. He has averaged 2-4 wake ups a night for the past 6 months (and up hourly for the 6 months before that). I feel like a new person. :::knocks on all the wood::::

We sleep trained DS right at 6 months and I don't know why I'm dragging my feet doing it with DD. This past weekend just about did me in so it's probably time to get on it.  I'm glad you're sleeping again! It's life-changing!

[mpc]

I am hating my body so much right now I'm thinking about starting my new year's diet tomorrow. I know christmas is coming up and there's so much food everywhere but I am feeling so desperate. (are we sensing a theme here? maybe sleep would help me in this arena too...)

[scm1011]

Dec 4, 2017 14:12:01 GMT -5 mpc said:

Dec 4, 2017 12:49:16 GMT -5 scm1011 said:

So after a year of sleep deprivation we finally decided to sleep train for real last week. Two nights of brutal CIO and my kid has now slept through the night for FIVE straight nights. OMG. He has averaged 2-4 wake ups a night for the past 6 months (and up hourly for the 6 months before that). I feel like a new person. :::knocks on all the wood::::

We sleep trained DS right at 6 months and I don't know why I'm dragging my feet doing it with DD. This past weekend just about did me in so it's probably time to get on it.  I'm glad you're sleeping again! It's life-changing!

DO IT. I regret waiting so long now. I'm sorry you're struggling. I know how hard it is!

[scm1011]

Dec 4, 2017 14:14:51 GMT -5 mpc said:

I am hating my body so much right now I'm thinking about starting my new year's diet tomorrow. I know christmas is coming up and there's so much food everywhere but I am feeling so desperate. (are we sensing a theme here? maybe sleep would help me in this arena too...)

Maybe a modified diet until New Year's would work better? Let yourself indulge on Christmas Eve/Day and other days you have holiday events/parties, but otherwise be good? And yes, I think sleep would help there too!

[shauni27]

Dec 4, 2017 14:14:51 GMT -5 mpc said:

I am hating my body so much right now I'm thinking about starting my new year's diet tomorrow. I know christmas is coming up and there's so much food everywhere but I am feeling so desperate. (are we sensing a theme here? maybe sleep would help me in this arena too...)

I'm right there with you. I feel so gross all the time. I hate how I look. My body is different than it ever has been, my hair is thinning, my eyes have bags. I just feel so blah and unattractive :/

[cherryvalance]

My hair is out of control. I didn't notice a difference when I was pregnant, because it's always been ridiculously thick, but now there is SO MUCH FUCKING hair around my house. My friend picked 10+ strands off my sweater this morning at work.

I thought I looked good PP and felt good, but literally no one complimented me on our Christmas pictures, besides that the baby is adorable. Which, of course, I love hearing because he is the cutest ever, but can a bitch get a compliment? Jesus. So now I'm in a depression spiral figuring everyone must be adhering to "if you don't have anything nice to say, don't say anything" lol. ::cries internally::

I'm so ready to be pregnant again, which is hard. I love this kid so much, I just want another, but we should wait for various reasons. That sucks.

[cherryvalance]

Also, my principal told me I looked exhausted one day after it was my night with the baby. THANKS, LADY. She's actually very nice, so I think it was just a one off dumb remark.

[loira]

I had been dreading being home with A for a full 4 days (her daycare teacher took Friday and today off), but we actually had an awesome long weekend. We did a nature walk, went to the park, and also the aquarium.

[dellabear]

I'll preface this by saying I know I am abnormal, but I had terrible hair loss with both kids. It never grew back the same after my first and it was only during my second pregnancy that I got my thick, beautiful head of hair back but alas, ''twas temporary. I actually got extensions put in a year ago at 6 months pp and I love them so much. I don't love the cost however it looks and feels great and the hair is much more manageable than my actual hair ever was. I had to have them removed for surgery last month and my hair is still ridiculously thin and hideous and I just wanted to put a bag over my head and hide. So back in they went after, and there they shall stay, for the next while at least. I've started taking hair/skin/nails vitamins and I will give it another six months and see how I am looking and feeling. I plan to ask my doctor to do blood work to rule out thyroid problems as well.

[pandora89]

I have super thick hair and it has been falling out like crazy, even more so than usual. I got a haircut on Friday and had them thin it out so I hope that helps.

Baby flutters have grown out to full on little kicks. Anatomy scan is on Monday, nervous for it. I also didn't use the Doppler for the first time yesterday since I found the heartbeat on it around 9 weeks. The movement has really helped with my anxiety.

[knx9211]

I'll hop on the "fuuuuck I hate how I look" bandwagon. I've got extra skin (and let's be honest, some chub) on my stomach, my skin looks dull, I look exhausted.. and my baby sleeps well! I'm just a wreck. My hair came out in clumps and now is growing back near my temples in crazy directions. I will look in the mirror and think that I look ok until I see myself in a picture

Also we had a hell of a weekend. I left DH with the baby for 5 minutes and he set him on the couch. And then turned around. I think we can all guess what happened next. The baby is totally fine (we went to the doctor to be safe). But DH is a wreck. He's beating himself up over it a lot. It could have happened a million times to me. We just learned the hard way that he is SO fast and we have to be really careful now. Poor little peanut. He screamed a lot, but I think it just scared him. He was back to his perky, dancing self within 10 minutes or so after he fell.

[knx9211]

Oh also after not feeling well all last week, I peed on a stick just to be extra safe (really, self? You haven't even had AF return yet). I was RELIEVED when it was negative. I want another kid really, really badly, but that made me realize that we can definitely wait a little while longer. I'm enjoying DS in this stage and don't want to rush! I anticipate that we'll go back to the RE to start the process for #2 over the summer after DS turns one.

ON THAT NOTE, HOLY SHIT MY BABY IS GOING TO BE SIX MONTHS OLD ON THURSDAY

[oneslybookworm]

hey everyone! G is 5 months today, which is completely crazy. And, of course, poor little nugget is sick. He's home from daycare today because of a fever yesterday, so we're all just hanging out as a big happy family (while J and I try to work from home every so often).

I am so ready for the holidays!!! The house is decorated, I've been baking up a storm, and making a ton of Christmas presents (quilting, burp cloths, etc.). Things have been going well here...we had to postpone G's appointment with the craniofacial doctor (it was supposed to be today) so we'll go next week. He has a bit of torticollis, but we're starting PT to work through that. Luckily, they come to the house to work with him, so we don't have to go anywhere!!

That's about it! I'm excited for Christmas, because that's when we'll try solids for the first time, and I'm curious to see how he responds. He watches us eat all the time and I feel bad we're not sharing, but...oh well, he'll live. Otherwise, things are going really well and we're all just rolling along!

[icedcoffee]

I hear you all on feeling ugly. I have so much acne, my hair is always a mess and I really need to lose 20-30 lbs. Now that I am finally weaning there is no excuse not to lose the weight.

I have been sick since last Wed night with a horrendous cold that DS gave me. It's so bad. I have a feeling this will be a LONG winter.

ETA:  Now that I'm not pumping in the morning I do have more time to do my hair which is a start!

[King26]

I think I'm on the other end of the spectrum as I feel good about my body and my clothes from prior to fertility treatments fit agaub. My hair is starting to fall out but it has always come out and I have plenty.

However, j is in leap 4 and is a bear. I hope it doesn't last. His night sleep has been amazing as he has slept 6.5 hours the last 3 nights then another 4 hours. However he has been cranky during the day. I think it's a combo of a growth spurt, this leap, and being constipated.

knx9211 that sucks the baby fell. I know it happens to a lot of people but it still sucks. Glad he is ok.

[mpc]

OK. Low carb day 1. This is ridiculous because there are 3 holiday parties at work just this week. But my baby isn't sleeping and my milk supply is almost gone and I am sick over how I look and it seems like only one of those things can I actually do anything about.

[thoseareradishes]

E had preemie follow up clinic this morning. It took her awhile to warm up (plus the toys they tried to get her to play with were boring), but she eventually got into it once we put her on the floor where she's more comfortable. Doctor said she is right on target for a 5.5 month old for fine motor skills, and a little ahead for gross motor skills.  I won't be surprised if this kid is crawling by the end of the month.

Of course she fell asleep in the car and then wouldn't nap when we got home, so I tried again a little while later and she woke up after 35 minutes. The kid has to be tired. I'm so tired of short naps.

[donthasslethehoff]

I had my first ultrasound with my OB this morning! There are still 2 healthy looking heartbeats in there. Everything is progressing nicely. I need to schedule my NT scan in a few weeks. I am hoping to sneak it in before Christmas.

[grover]

AF showed today. Onto cycle 7 TTC #2 I guess. I had told myself after we had A in March that I wouldn't get my hopes up for avoiding IF treatments this time around, and lo and behold, I get my hopes up every month again.

A is awesome, and I'm so thankful for her, but at the same time I'd love a second and I don't want to go another 4 years of trying. I'd actually do an IUI now if I could make it work with missing work, but I have no PTO left that I can spend on treatments so we'll consider IUI over the summer. I just want to be pg now though.

[konapoppy]

Ugh I feel so gross postpartum. I can’t wait to lose more weight and get some new makeup.

[shauni27]

pandora89, SO exciting. I love reading your updates because I am so happy for you and remember those feelings so well. I am so sad that I will never feel those feelings again, but I know that those feelings alone are not a good reason to have another kid. So keep posting so I can live vicariously through you!

thoseareradishes, S only takes short naps right now too and it kills me dead.

aw, knx9211, that is so scary. I keep waiting for something like that to happen to us. A friend had a similar experience but the baby fell off the bed onto the hardwood floors. It was so traumatizing for them. Glad little P is feeling ok (and holy crap that he is 6 months!!!)

oneslybookworm, you are so on top of things! While we are all decorated, I am in denial that Christmas is so soon and have not bought one single gift yet. I know what I am getting everyone and my amazon cart is full, I just need to wait until payday to pull the trigger, lol. And I need to start baking but I seriously cannot find the time. I don't understand how you get so much done with little G! S gets bored after 15 minutes on his own, so I have to stop what I am doing and entertain him and play with him. Makes baking tough!

[shauni27]

S slept 11 hours straight Monday night. I was so pleased. Last night the little turd was up every 2 hours.

[donthasslethehoff]

Was anyone here prescribed Diclegis for morning sickness? What were your experiences? I am a bit over 9 weeks and finally threw in the towel and asked my OB to write me a prescription. I couldn't function and it was pretty bad. I took my first dose last night, and normally I feel like complete shit right now, but I feel pretty decent. I am a little more tired than normal, but I am always tired, so no huge change there.