And We Have Started TTC!!!

[purplepoet20]

This morning we started...

Hubby had a scare with hives caused by an allergic reaction but luckily they are going away and about 60% faded, and he is only using the steroid ointment once a day for a few days now. He has held off for over 14 days because AF came a few days early (more info below). He has taken his pills with little complaining since AF started, plus benidryl 4x's a day because of the hives. He has held strong to not eating redmeat and salty foods so I owe him many steak dinners before the summer ends.

I have been doing rephresh every 48hrs, pills at the normal times, and monitoring like normal. I fell off the diet and decided to just stick to skipping breakfast and only eating 2 meals a day. I am limiting salt and potassium and only eating 40g of protein. I am not eating any carbs, real sugar, or dairy. Using the rephresh every other day because ph is just a little high but the rephresh has worked to lower it. DS2 is not nursing at this time because I started pumping months ago to store it for this time so I could increase some of the pills without affecting him, I will nurse him again after the pills are done. Last monday I accidently took extra Vitex because I was worried about hubby's hives and I didn't write it down. So I took triple what I normally take and AF came early on the 22nd instead of the 26th... It was a very bad heavy and painful 6 days of bleeding. I normally get cramps but not that bad and AF is only 3-4 days for me. I do not know if I will Ov on the predicted day but we have already started TBM/lime and we will stop 3 days before Ov and then maybe do one TBM/lime after Ov.

I am a little afraid to get pregnant because doing research made me feel like I will 100% get a girl but now that we are DTD I am nervous. And oddly I am not sure what I want to conceive anymore because sometimes I want another boy, other times I want twin girls so they have each other, and then sometimes I just want 1 girl because of the teen years.

So at this point I am doing what I can for a girl... and then I will wait until delivery to see what I get!

[zanacal]

Good luck Purplepoet, I'm nervous about actually starting too and I know what you mean about sometimes not even knowing what you want! I hope you get a BFP very quickly so you can start serving up (and eating!) those steaks.

[Zivic-Bubac]

Best of luck!!!! :luck::luck::luck:


And oddly I am not sure what I want to conceive anymore because sometimes I want another boy, other times I want twin girls so they have each other, and then sometimes I just want 1 girl because of the teen years
I completely understand, same here and I'm soooo glad I'm not alone with confusion what do I want ( and do I want another baby in the first place etc...)

Sometimes I think it would be so much easier if I got another girl, sometimes I would die for a baby boy, but, like you, at this point, I'm doing everything possible to get my :DS:

Sending you my pink dust!!!!

[purplepoet20]

Best of luck!!!! :luck::luck::luck:


I completely understand, same here and I'm soooo glad I'm not alone with confusion what do I want ( and do I want another baby in the first place etc...)

Sometimes I think it would be so much easier if I got another girl, sometimes I would die for a baby boy, but, like you, at this point, I'm doing everything possible to get my :DS:

Sending you my pink dust!!!!



Sending you tons of blue dust!

[purplepoet20]

Thanks... I need a vacation after this!

[Zivic-Bubac]

Thanks... I need a vacation after this! :rofl: I know what you mean! Thanks for blue dust!!! :kiss:

[shouldihope?]

We started the other day too. I agree sometimes if I want another at all. I have no confusion about wanting a girl more than a boy, but sometimes I think it would be great to have twin girls so they have each other but then the chaos in my house snaps me back to reality. Good luck and hoping we all get our desired gender.

[purplepoet20]

shouldihope? - I hope we both get our girls!

I wouldn't have really thought about wanting a girl but my MIL only has 1 child and she has stepped in as grandma to her nieces B and G and she has a step-granddaughter. To see her face light up around them makes me want to surprise her with her own biological granddaughter.

I have spent my whole life trying to please my own family and failing no matter what I did but never once have I wanted something for me... I just want to do something for someone and have them be proud of me. I finally unpacked my journals from my childhood and made the mistake of reading some of them. I am a little sad today again... How could a mother tell 2 of her kids they are so smart and will be whatever they want to be and tell another they are stupid and would be lucky to get a job at a fastfood joint. I would burn the journals but I want my kids to understand why they will never meet my mother.

I need some cuddle time with me boys!

[Glittergirl]

Good luck....Funny I'm in the same boat as far as confusion! I wanted two of each so they have eachother, now that I have 3 boys I kinda think it would just be easier to have 4 boys and be done (we only ever wanted 4). Sometimes I'm afraid to have a girl....I just love having all boys! I just leave it to God and try my best for a girl since DH wants one badly and it would be nice to have a little pink in the house!

[Glittergirl]

shouldihope? - I hope we both get our girls!

I wouldn't have really thought about wanting a girl but my MIL only has 1 child and she has stepped in as grandma to her nieces B and G and she has a step-granddaughter. To see her face light up around them makes me want to surprise her with her own biological granddaughter.

I have spent my whole life trying to please my own family and failing no matter what I did but never once have I wanted something for me... I just want to do something for someone and have them be proud of me. I finally unpacked my journals from my childhood and made the mistake of reading some of them. I am a little sad today again... How could a mother tell 2 of her kids they are so smart and will be whatever they want to be and tell another they are stupid and would be lucky to get a job at a fastfood joint. I would burn the journals but I want my kids to understand why they will never meet my mother.

I need some cuddle time with me boys!

Wow...HUGS to you!!! At least you know you could never be like that to your kids!

[Flava]

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[purplepoet20]

It's easy with them now...

DS1 wants to fly airplanes and helocoptors so we go to ALL the airshows in NV and AZ. He spends all day in one plane or another. DS2 is only 1 but I think he wants to be a car but he is crazy about cars and trucks. I could never crush my childrens dreams. They are so little now but I know they will go through their I want to be a pilot, racecar driver, rock star, sports player and maybe I will get a little dancer.... No matter what they want to be at whatever age I want to do what I can to help them learn about it. I am keeping journals of the things they do and like so they can look back on in when they have kids.

All I ever wanted to do was to teach College level Anthropology and Archaeology (Egyptology) I am crazy about mummy's. Maybe I still have a shot since Hubby is going to let me go to college when #3 is a year old. So I have until then to decide if that is still my dream but I will have to move to Rhode Island if I really want to study Egyptology.

[purplepoet20]

Thank you Flava! Good luck with your boy sway!

[swish]

Good luck, purple!!!!

[Mochagirl]

Hey purple - I'm an archaeologist. I don't do it anymore since I'm a SAHM right now, but I did my Masters in Anthropology with a specialization in archaeology, then worked as a curator in a museum for many years before I started having kids.

Good luck with your sway!

[purplepoet20]

Hey purple - I'm an archaeologist. I don't do it anymore since I'm a SAHM right now, but I did my Masters in Anthropology with a specialization in archaeology, then worked as a curator in a museum for many years before I started having kids.

Good luck with your sway!

I wish we had museums here... I miss them more then the beach!

Thank you... good luck to you too!!!

[shouldihope?]

Purple poet so sorry about your mom. There are people in our family that we have a limited relationship with if at all. It sounds like you ate wise to be aware of who is healthy for your kids to be around. So kudos to you. Btw Egyptology sounds so interesting. Hoping we both get our pink bundles.

[atomic sagebrush]

I totally agree with everything you say! I had all the same emotions when I was starting my sway!

That is CRAZY about the vitex - if you have half a sec and feel in the mood, drop by the Vitex thread and add that info there so we have it all under one roof.

Wishing you the very very best!!

[atomic sagebrush]

Wow...HUGS to you!!! At least you know you could never be like that to your kids!

Totally! They say you have two chances at a happy family, one is the family you were born into and the other is the one you create yourself! (((hugs)))