May 7 weekly thread

[shauni27]

Happy Induction Week, pandora89! We are all so excited to meet that sweet little guy. I hope it all goes well!

I had my first weekend away from S and it went really well. I survived and so did G and S, lol. I actually did not miss him as much as I anticipated I would, it helped that I had a great place to stay and lovely plans fofr the entire weekend. It was nice getting home though and having him cuddle me so much last night <3

What else is going on this week?

[pandora89]

Thank you for thinking of me shauni27! Little guy didn’t want to wait, woke up this morning at 3 am because my water broke. Currently 8 cm dilated, he should be here sometime this afternoon

[thoseareradishes]

Yay pandora89! Hope you are snuggling your little guy soon.

I'm just prepping for surgery on Thursday. She has pre-op tomorrow, I'm nervous because she has been a bit snotty. I really hope she gets cleared and we can get this over with.

[shauni27]

pandora89!!!! This is so exciting! How are you feeling?

thoseareradishes, hopefully she gets cleared and you don't have to delay. Thinking of you.

[oneslybookworm]

pandora89, so exciting!! Good luck and a preempmtive congratulations!!!!

Keeping you guys in my thoughts, thoseareradishes!!


We actually cancelled our vacation to PR. With the infrastructure concerns and spotty power situation, we didn't feel comfortable taking G there. I was a little bummed initially, but it was totally the right decision, and (baring any other natural disasters) it's not going anywhere, so maybe next year it'll be a bit more up and running.

We're instead doing a staycation, lots of day trips and fun things for G. He won't care where he is, as long as we're all together. I can't believe J and I are coming up on our 10 year anniversary in a week!!!

[shauni27]

oneslybookworm, I know how excited you were about your vacation! I am really sorry you cancelled it, but it sounds like you are good with the change and have some fun things, planned. Good for you for being so upbeat! I would be murderous, lol.

[loira]

pandora89, hope you get to meet him soon!

[starryfish]

pandora89, ekkkkkkkkkk I hope you are snuggling your new baby boy!!!!!!!!!
oneslybookworm, hope you have a fabulous staycation!!!!!!
thoseareradishes, hugs to you! Hope the surgery goes smoothly!
shauni27, glad you got a chance to get away! So fun!

[starryfish]

S has her follow up apt with her eye doctor this week. She had mentioned surgery last time and this apt will confirm it.....ugh eye surgery on my baby!!!! On other news, S had a stomach bug on thursday that I ended up catching and ruined my weekend plans, including my girls sleepover! ;-(

[shauni27]

starryfish, ugh, that is stressful, I'm sorry. When do they think they will do it?

[starryfish]

May 7, 2018 14:15:59 GMT -5 shauni27 said:

starryfish , ugh, that is stressful, I'm sorry. When do they think they will do it?

Thanks. I find out thursday. I hope it is soon, her eyes are crossing even more lately 

[kellikans]

Yay pandora89! Hope you're snuggling your little guy right now!
Thinking of you thoseareradishes.
Sorry you had to cancel your trip oneslybookworm. It sounds like your backup plan should be fun, too.

My parents left last week, so DH and I are finally home with L by ourselves. It's been going well. I think we finally have his reflux under control. He's on Zantac 3 times a day and we had to. Switch to Alimentum formula. He's been doing so much better. Last weight check he was almost 8 pounds - he gained over a pound in 2 weeks! He seems like such a substantial baby now, lol.

I still need to work out my maternity leave with work. HR royally screwed everything up and no one is cooperating in communicating with me. Thinking about going back makes me so sad. I just want to be with him all the time.

[kellikans]

Oh, and we just got a king size bed over the weekend and I'm in love! It's so amazing! We finally have enough room for DH, me, L and one of our great Pyrenees lol. Our queen couldn't handle it.

[shauni27]

kellikans, S had a tough time gaining weight at the start too. By 5 weeks he was FINALLY 8lbs; he literally gained ONE POUND in a SINGLE WEEK. poor guy was starving!

[pooh8402]

Yay pandora89! Hope you're getting all the newborn snuggles right now!

[oneslybookworm]

shauni27 and kellikans, it sucked a little when we made the decision to cancel, but in the end it was the right call. If they were to lose electricity while we were there, we might be limited in getting bottled water for bottles, and with G still on formula, it wasn't worth the risk. The island is being powered by one power company, and they're having blackouts fairly regularly. If it were just J and I, we would have went in a heartbeat, but G is a little too young for "adventure travel."

[turboteal]

pandora89, ahhhhhh! How exciting! Hope everything went well!

[pandora89]

@daylily - ah it has been a whirlwind of a day but he is here! Elliott James made his appearance at 4:39 pm on the 7th of May after 45 mins of pushing. Will share my birth story and pictures shortly! We are hoping to be discharged within the next 2 ish hours

[scm1011]

Congrats, pandora89!! <3

[turboteal]

Congratulations pandora89!!

[boiler717]

May 7, 2018 10:49:03 GMT -5 oneslybookworm said:

pandora89, so exciting!! Good luck and a preempmtive congratulations!!!!

Keeping you guys in my thoughts, thoseareradishes!!


We actually cancelled our vacation to PR. With the infrastructure concerns and spotty power situation, we didn't feel comfortable taking G there. I was a little bummed initially, but it was totally the right decision, and (baring any other natural disasters) it's not going anywhere, so maybe next year it'll be a bit more up and running.

We're instead doing a staycation, lots of day trips and fun things for G. He won't care where he is, as long as we're all together. I can't believe J and I are coming up on our 10 year anniversary in a week!!!

What?! I didn’t realize that!! Let’s meet up at the zoo!

[turboteal]

General question for this board: what are your thoughts on social media announcements for yourself, like did you do it? I know I hated seeing them while I was TTC, and would hide people who posted a lot about their pregnancy/babies if we weren't close and I didn't want to see that. Mainly it was people I never/rarely see in real life, people from school or previous jobs and such. So I kind of feel like I should not do a fb announcement like that.
But I was thinking of doing one on IG, since that is a much smaller group of people who would see it, all of whom I actually see/talk to and I think would be happy for us. Another friend from work who also went through treatments with the same doc said I should just do a fb post anyways, since once I do it on IG the word will spread. I did also out myself on FB this year with an NIAW post, so I considered maybe saying something about that too at the same time. Friend said I could do that but it's nobody's business and shouldn't feel like I have to if I want to do a fb post. So just wondering what other IF vets thought/have done?

[Mushe]

Congratulations, pandora89!

[pooh8402]

May 8, 2018 20:03:21 GMT -5 turboteal said:

General question for this board: what are your thoughts on social media announcements for yourself, like did you do it? I know I hated seeing them while I was TTC, and would hide people who posted a lot about their pregnancy/babies if we weren't close and I didn't want to see that. Mainly it was people I never/rarely see in real life, people from school or previous jobs and such. So I kind of feel like I should not do a fb announcement like that.
But I was thinking of doing one on IG, since that is a much smaller group of people who would see it, all of whom I actually see/talk to and I think would be happy for us. Another friend from work who also went through treatments with the same doc said I should just do a fb post anyways, since once I do it on IG the word will spread. I did also out myself on FB this year with an NIAW post, so I considered maybe saying something about that too at the same time. Friend said I could do that but it's nobody's business and shouldn't feel like I have to if I want to do a fb post. So just wondering what other IF vets thought/have done?

I did on FB, but insta wasn't super big yet when I announced (I didn't even have it until like a year ago).

While it hurt me to see pregnancies and new babies all over FB, I didn't begrudge people announcing on there. It's my issue, not theirs. If I didn't want to see it, I avoided FB. So I announced at 12 weeks and enjoyed AWing on FB to my farflung family and friends.

If you don't want to, then don't. If you want to, then do. But don't feel like you shouldn't, just to protect others feelings, you know?

[Mushe]

turboteal, I would totally do a post! Even IF vets are happy to see someone who’s been through the wringer be successful.

I plan to do a post at some point, but I keep having a hard time pulling the trigger.

[kellikans]

Congrats pandora89! I can't wait to see him!

[cactuscookie]

May 8, 2018 21:12:12 GMT -5 pooh8402 said:

May 8, 2018 20:03:21 GMT -5 turboteal said:

General question for this board: what are your thoughts on social media announcements for yourself, like did you do it? I know I hated seeing them while I was TTC, and would hide people who posted a lot about their pregnancy/babies if we weren't close and I didn't want to see that. Mainly it was people I never/rarely see in real life, people from school or previous jobs and such. So I kind of feel like I should not do a fb announcement like that.
But I was thinking of doing one on IG, since that is a much smaller group of people who would see it, all of whom I actually see/talk to and I think would be happy for us. Another friend from work who also went through treatments with the same doc said I should just do a fb post anyways, since once I do it on IG the word will spread. I did also out myself on FB this year with an NIAW post, so I considered maybe saying something about that too at the same time. Friend said I could do that but it's nobody's business and shouldn't feel like I have to if I want to do a fb post. So just wondering what other IF vets thought/have done?

I did on FB, but insta wasn't super big yet when I announced (I didn't even have it until like a year ago).

While it hurt me to see pregnancies and new babies all over FB, I didn't begrudge people announcing on there. It's my issue, not theirs. If I didn't want to see it, I avoided FB. So I announced at 12 weeks and enjoyed AWing on FB to my farflung family and friends.

If you don't want to, then don't. If you want to, then do. But don't feel like you shouldn't, just to protect others feelings, you know?

This is pretty much how I felt about it. If I didn't want to see their posts about their pregnancies/babies, I hid them. I had a lot of people hidden for a while.

[kellikans]

turboteal, I never did a social media announcement until I posted a picture of L in his carseat ready to go home after he was born. DH didn't post anything until a week before he was born where he posted a 3D ultrasound pic. We have a lot of mutual friends, though, so it basically reached everyone I know too.

But you do you. It's an exciting time and you should be able to announce however you want. Don't let IF rob you of a fun announcement. It has taken so much away as it is.

[loira]

turboteal, I didn't announce, not on social media and not in any other way. The only people who knew about my pregnancy were my parents, H's parents, and anyone who saw me after 10 weeks when it was obvious. Since we lived abroad the majority of my pregnancy, and then moved in with my parents to an area where I have no friends, that left a lot of people in the dark. Many of my good friends didn't even know until I emailed them a photo of A. It probably caused some hurt feelings, but I just couldn't go through un-telling people again. But I know that this is a bit extreme and I'm not suggesting this approach.

[cherryvalance]

turboteal, I get where you're coming from. We did announce on FB because we were overjoyed. Not that it makes a difference, but our announcement was centered around how long it took us to get to the announcement--how many days, surgeries, shots, etc. So we also outed ourselves and invited anyone to ask us about the process. I've been very open about our IF experience since then and a few people have reached out about starting cycles, so it was a good experience all around.