TTC BOY November Chit Chat Thread - All welcome!!

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Originally Posted by TTC5

Bec sounds like you got it perfect!! Well done and FX for a blue BFP!!!

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You too!

Lola: I am going out tomorrow....time to get the Netti. The ballet will just be DH and I. We thought about taking the older ones, too, next year. We are trying to decide if we are going to go with the Atlanta ballet or the Duluth ballet. The Duluth one is half the price and has great reviews. Any advice? I can not believe your daughters are going to be in the Nutcracker!!! What could be better than that?

TTC5: I have no idea about all the + OPKs?!?! Twins? Faulty OPKs? I hope your doc can give you an answer.

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Originally Posted by Hobbermittens

I know you didn't ask ME this question, but I thought I would tell you that my 7 year old is AWESOME with my 19 month old. She is such a great big sister! THe baby asks for DD1 now when she falls down, or wants something... she loves her big sister better than anybody!

Your girls will do great when you have that little one, Lola. And you WILL have another baby!!!

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Thanks for answering too! I should have actually directed that at everyone because most of us have oldests that are up there in age for baby assistance!

And thanks for the encouragement....I do believe it will happen also. I just have my shaky days when I get despondent about it. xxoo

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Originally Posted by 3Pink1Blue

I love seeing a little sister run to a big one when they get hurt! I always wanted a close relationship with my sister but don't have one due to her judgmental nature and my mothers "you two figure it out" method of child raising. I want my girls to genuinely love and depend on each other so when mine do that it makes me feel like I've helped them acheive something so wonderful.

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THIS is exactly why girls are awesome and why I love having daughters. My girls are best friends for life, and I love spending time with them myself. They would be so great with a baby, boy or girl. I am sure that poor kid would end up being the worst spoiled child on earth with having essentially 3 moms and then a dad who is the sappiest doter of a man ever. (See, this is why I want him to have his own baby so badly.)

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Originally Posted by Kris217

I think she might be a snuggly baby, at my 12 weeks scan she was snuggled into my placenta and she was doing the same thing at the 20 week scan.

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Ahhhh those are the BEST! I know what you mean about getting used to the idea of a girl. I had to do the same with my #2 because everyone had me convinced it would be a boy (the ex's family mostly, because they wanted it to be a boy). I wouldn't say I had GD, but just had to rearrange my "thinking" so to speak. I am sure we all know exactly what I am talking about. Your baby sure is a cutie, Kris! All of them are! I love u/s!!!

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Originally Posted by TTC5

Ladies need advice, do you think I should go to the dr and check that my levels are all ok?

I am worried something is wrong with me :(

I have had + OPKs all day today and last night. They are VERY positive no doubt about it!

My chart shows O was 4 days ago. And I am sure I did too....

I do not feel like I am ovulating right now...

And I am only 4 dpo so there is no way the OPK is picking up on conception this early.

I am freaking out something is wrong with me :(

So so sorry I keep going on about it but this has never happened to me. After O, I get - or a faint test line, if that...

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Not a bad idea to get a blood draw and check.....I had 4 days of +opks the month I took a bunch of DHEA (and also conceived the last time). Atomic said maybe I ovulated twice, and I saw your post about that but haven't had time to read yet....but probably nothing to worry about. Are you having o pains anymore? You would not even have implantation yet, so they are still detecting LH in your system.

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Originally Posted by Bec

I sure hope there was more at the cervix. We ended up getting the timing perfect. DTD at 5.30am and I O'd some time the same day.

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Bec, sounds perfect!!! Nice job! Vacation always ups your fertility, doesn't it? FX this does it for ya!

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Originally Posted by WashingtonPromise

Lola: I am going out tomorrow....time to get the Netti. The ballet will just be DH and I. We thought about taking the older ones, too, next year. We are trying to decide if we are going to go with the Atlanta ballet or the Duluth ballet. The Duluth one is half the price and has great reviews. Any advice? I can not believe your daughters are going to be in the Nutcracker!!! What could be better than that?

TTC5: I have no idea about all the + OPKs?!?! Twins? Faulty OPKs? I hope your doc can give you an answer.

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What a fun date night! Well, I can tell you this: the reason the Duluth Ballet is cheaper is because they are a civic company, meaning their dancers are all students (youth-high school at the oldest). The Atlanta Ballet is all professional, like my company is, meaning all of my dancers are paid, this is their job all day long...they were once students also, but now are expected to get on that stage and not ever mess up, LOL. MOST of the time, the professional shows are way, way better, because we have a bigger budget for production and, of course, our dancers are the cream of the crop. However, civic companies are important, and it is good to support them too, because I pick graduating student from civic companies to join our pro company. I'd say go for whichever you feel like! Hope you have a blast!!!

And yes, Netti it up, you will thank me. :wink:

HI Begonia! How are you doing? I miss you. xxoo

OK everyone, check this out: I used to be a size 6, went up to a 12 with the boy diet for about a year and 4 months, and now have been back to my old eating habits (AND a vegetarian for 4 days now, LOL) for only a month and am a size 8 now. LOVIN' IT!!!!!!! I am so excited about the vegetarian diet....our whole family is doing it.....I have this hope that it will turn our situation around and make my DH become a super sperm factory. I've been reading about how it can change so much in your body in "The China Study," which I highly recommend!

:bluesperm::bluesperm::bluesperm::bluesperm::blues perm::bluesperm::bluesperm:

Kris - oh I hear ya darlin, it never occurred to me I'd have one girl let alone 3! I wouldn't trade it for anything in the world, you'll love it :) I've got a snuggler, they are the best!

B- Nothing to offer?! Love is enough :)

Bec - great timing, fx!!

Lola - FX for turning dh into a super sperm factory lol

Hey everyone, AF showed up yesterday afternoon, so I am on to round two. We won't attempt this cycle, because I screwed up the diet for the entire 2WW and DH wasn't good about taking his supps--I was completely sure I was pg! I felt pg and everything. Oh well. I am stuffing my face to make up for lost time!! Next attempt will be in December.

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Originally Posted by Bec

Hey ladies, before I go back and catch up on everything just wanted to update you on me :)

DH and I had a great few days away. I am 2dpo at the moment. I ended up getting my first positive OPK on our first night there and we were going to attempt then and 24 hours after that. Didn't quite work out that way though because I had a migraine and bad nausea. Poor DH even had an energy drink. Anyway we DTD the next morning. Unfortunately no energy drink for DH but I'm still pretty happy with our attempt. I am so hoping for a dirty weekend away baby ;)

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I hope you get that "dirty weekend away" baby! GL!

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Originally Posted by begonia

FWIW I still have a hard time referring to this baby as she/her when I speak about her. I usually still say the baby or it. It does take getting used to.

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That's how I was with #3. I really held on to a shred of hope that my u/s was wrong and that she was secretly a boy. I hated telling people I was having a girl; I felt embarrassed, like I failed at making a "good" baby. Begonia, I know I probably don't seem like I should be giving advice on this, since I have a boy, but I have read a lot of your posts, and I COMPLETELY understand how you are feeling right now. A lot of what you say I could have written myself. I just wanted to tell you that there is light at the end of the tunnel. I am FINALLY starting to really enjoy my DD2 now that she is 19 months. I feel awful saying this, but for most of her first year, I really didn't enjoy her at all. :( I hate GD! I feel so guilty now for wasting all of her baby time wishing she were someone else. :(

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Originally Posted by LolaInLove

REALLY? Maybe mine does too and I just don't know it, LOL. How do you know? Sorry to be TMI....I am kinda curious if mine does, because I am always accusing him of having zero sex drive, although he did surprise me last night. We've only been together for 3 years now, and my DH is pretty private about that stuff. The whole semen analysis thing was kinda awkward for us.

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Oh, well, it took me a few years to figure him out. But he gets up really early in the morning (he works at 7am) and while the rest of the house is asleep, he looks at naked ladies on the computer and has fun! I accidentally caught him a couple times, when I couldn't sleep, and got up a few minutes after him. :oops: Now that he knows I know, we talk about it freely. He would be mortified to know that I am telling you all this!!

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Originally Posted by Hobbermittens

Hey everyone, AF showed up yesterday afternoon, so I am on to round two. We won't attempt this cycle, because I screwed up the diet for the entire 2WW and DH wasn't good about taking his supps--I was completely sure I was pg! I felt pg and everything. Oh well. I am stuffing my face to make up for lost time!! Next attempt will be in December.

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Ooops!!!! join me for december...

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Originally Posted by TTC5

Ladies need advice, do you think I should go to the dr and check that my levels are all ok?

I am worried something is wrong with me :(

I have had + OPKs all day today and last night. They are VERY positive no doubt about it!

My chart shows O was 4 days ago. And I am sure I did too....

I do not feel like I am ovulating right now...

And I am only 4 dpo so there is no way the OPK is picking up on conception this early.

I am freaking out something is wrong with me :(

So so sorry I keep going on about it but this has never happened to me. After O, I get - or a faint test line, if that...

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TTC5 - sorry...i dont know nothing about this...hope everything is fine with the doc appointment.

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Originally Posted by LolaInLove

Not a bad idea to get a blood draw and check.....I had 4 days of +opks the month I took a bunch of DHEA (and also conceived the last time). Atomic said maybe I ovulated twice, and I saw your post about that but haven't had time to read yet....but probably nothing to worry about. Are you having o pains anymore? You would not even have implantation yet, so they are still detecting LH in your system.

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Well last night the test was negative!!!! Who knows? Will recheck today. Def too early for hcg as implantation only starts at 5dpo at the earliest.

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Originally Posted by Hobbermittens

Hey everyone, AF showed up yesterday afternoon, so I am on to round two. We won't attempt this cycle, because I screwed up the diet for the entire 2WW and DH wasn't good about taking his supps--I was completely sure I was pg! I felt pg and everything. Oh well. I am stuffing my face to make up for lost time!! Next attempt will be in December.

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Yeah we have been off diet and supps too during this 2ww! Good luck for Dec!! I will prob see you there too!

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Originally Posted by LolaInLove

OK everyone, check this out: I used to be a size 6, went up to a 12 with the boy diet for about a year and 4 months, and now have been back to my old eating habits (AND a vegetarian for 4 days now, LOL) for only a month and am a size 8 now. LOVIN' IT!!!!!!! I am so excited about the vegetarian diet....our whole family is doing it.....I have this hope that it will turn our situation around and make my DH become a super sperm factory. I've been reading about how it can change so much in your body in "The China Study," which I highly recommend!

:bluesperm::bluesperm::bluesperm::bluesperm::blues perm::bluesperm::bluesperm:

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Oh I am jealous! I am size FH stands for Fking Huge!!!!!! :(

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Originally Posted by Hobbermittens

Oh, well, it took me a few years to figure him out. But he gets up really early in the morning (he works at 7am) and while the rest of the house is asleep, he looks at naked ladies on the computer and has fun! I accidentally caught him a couple times, when I couldn't sleep, and got up a few minutes after him. :oops: Now that he knows I know, we talk about it freely. He would be mortified to know that I am telling you all this!!

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Oh wow, really? You don't get upset about that?

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Originally Posted by TTC5

Oh I am jealous! I am size FH stands for Fking Huge!!!!!! :(

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LOL! Someday after your baby boy is born, you can join me in weight loss land, K!

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Originally Posted by TTC5

Well last night the test was negative!!!! Who knows? Will recheck today. Def too early for hcg as implantation only starts at 5dpo at the earliest.

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Interesting! Well, maybe wait to see if you are preggers and maybe test next month? It may be a good sign of a super strong or double ovulation!

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Originally Posted by LolaInLove

Oh wow, really? You don't get upset about that?

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Nah. I don't care about porn. As long as he isn't looking at anyone under age (he's not!!).

Hobber - sorry about af, I want to say that 2wks isn't going to kill your sway but if I got a girl after that I would so be blaming myself.
My dh does the same thing, if he can't sleep him and his iPhone visit the bathroom lol I found out a similar way, I woke up and he was in the bathroom, concerned he was sick I went to check on him oops lol I feel the same about porn, as long as it's not under age (not here either) or really creepy like animals I really don't care, especially at 4 or 5 am.

TTC5 - yeah I'm FH too even without the belly, I chose to ignore Lola's comments about her skinny ass lol
FX you're having crazy pre-preg stuff :)

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Originally Posted by LolaInLove

Interesting! Well, maybe wait to see if you are preggers and maybe test next month? It may be a good sign of a super strong or double ovulation!

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As long as it isn't twin girls LOL

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Originally Posted by Hobbermittens

Hey everyone, AF showed up yesterday afternoon, so I am on to round two. We won't attempt this cycle, because I screwed up the diet for the entire 2WW and DH wasn't good about taking his supps--I was completely sure I was pg! I felt pg and everything. Oh well. I am stuffing my face to make up for lost time!! Next attempt will be in December.

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Good luck for next month

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Originally Posted by Hobbermittens

That's how I was with #3. I really held on to a shred of hope that my u/s was wrong and that she was secretly a boy. I hated telling people I was having a girl; I felt embarrassed, like I failed at making a "good" baby. Begonia, I know I probably don't seem like I should be giving advice on this, since I have a boy, but I have read a lot of your posts, and I COMPLETELY understand how you are feeling right now. A lot of what you say I could have written myself. I just wanted to tell you that there is light at the end of the tunnel. I am FINALLY starting to really enjoy my DD2 now that she is 19 months. I feel awful saying this, but for most of her first year, I really didn't enjoy her at all. :( I hate GD! I feel so guilty now for wasting all of her baby time wishing she were someone else. :(

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I hated telling people aswell, only cause of the comments I used to get.

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Originally Posted by TTC5

Oh I am jealous! I am size FH stands for Fking Huge!!!!!! :(

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Same size as me lol

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Originally Posted by LolaInLove

Thanks, Skrimpy! I may not be the *best* one to live vicariously through, LOL, but we can both do that through the lovely preggos on this board! I really love that first year of babyhood, and I think it is so important for mommy and baby to really bond during that first year, so hopefully concentrating on that and the other kiddos will take your mind off it. How are your older kids doing with the baby? Are they helpful? My oldest is 9 right now too, younger is 6, and they are so eager for me to have a baby (which kinda makes it harder, too) so they can be little mamas.

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My big kids are so great with Honor! I was actually surprised b/c when Galen was born they didn't show a lot of interest in him. Maybe b/c we'd just had so many big life changes... Anyways, they adore Honor - talking to her, changing her, holding her. They are also a really big help around the house :D

Sorry about AF Hobber!

TTC5 are you going to call your dr tomorrow? Maybe you did O twice?? You're too early for an OPK to indicate pregnancy right? I know some gals get a positive from them a couple weeks after O.

Bec sounds like you guys had a nice time :)

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Originally Posted by 3Pink1Blue

Hobber - sorry about af, I want to say that 2wks isn't going to kill your sway but if I got a girl after that I would so be blaming myself.
My dh does the same thing, if he can't sleep him and his iPhone visit the bathroom lol I found out a similar way, I woke up and he was in the bathroom, concerned he was sick I went to check on him oops lol I feel the same about porn, as long as it's not under age (not here either) or really creepy like animals I really don't care, especially at 4 or 5 am.

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Oh, those horny DHs! I wonder what it is like to be a man?

Yeah, I agree about the diet thing--it MAY not make a difference, but I would seriously kick myself if I made a girl this time because I had slacked the last two weeks!! I guess I will see how I feel in a few weeks at O time... I might go through the motions in case we decide to DTD at the last minute or something. But I have had 3 separate predictions from psychics that I would have an August baby girl, so I really doubt I will try this cycle anyway! (my EDD would be Aug 12).

Oh, and all you ladies complaining about weight...I am fat as a house, so gross, seriously... thankful it is winter weather here now so I can hide under lots of layers!!!

Lola, I am totally jealous of your weight loss!!!

TTC5, keep us posted on what the doctor says if you go. I am curious about what's going on.

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Originally Posted by skrimpy

Sorry about AF Hobber!

TTC5 are you going to call your dr tomorrow? Maybe you did O twice?? You're too early for an OPK to indicate pregnancy right? I know some gals get a positive from them a couple weeks after O.

Bec sounds like you guys had a nice time :)

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Yes way too early. I am 5dpo today so the earliest it could implant would be from now.
I tried to get an app but because it isn't an emergency I can't get in until Monday :(

I thought I got a - last night but my urine must have been too diluted before bed, today I am back to +'s still.

Hobber sorry to hear you got AF! And FWIW I totally appreciate your understanding. I am EXACTLY that way - I really hate having to say "it's a girl" when people ask. The fact that you (and Skrimpy) have boys doesn't in anyway exempt you (IMO at least) from having GD with your daughters. I think it will get easier for me for sure once she is here... when I think about holding her right after she's born I can't wait :bigsmile: But part of me is pretty sure this is going to persist in some form for a while after her birth; it didn't with DD2 bc I knew we'd have one more shot, but this is for sure my last baby I birth... we have talked a lot about adoption the past couple of weeks so IF we do a 4th that will be how he arrives.

Lola I owe you a PM :) I keep re-reading the last one you sent me so thank you. You're the best. Really. Glad the new veg lifestyle is suiting everyone well!

Jen just think though, one day you'll be back to your skinny self AND have a son to show for it :)

5, what on earth?!?! I mean I don't think you need to be worried but it definitely is quite odd. Did you get a chance to talk with anyone at the office who could even offer a potential explanation? FX Monday brings an answer.

They won't give advice over the phone where we live :(

BOOOO! If my OB and his nurse didn't already know I was pg I'd call them and pretend it was my problem. Obviously at this point they'd just wonder WTH I was doing POAS anymore!

LMAO!!!!


Ok so tonight is back to - LOL hardly a hint of a line!!!

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Originally Posted by LolaInLove

Bec, sounds perfect!!! Nice job! Vacation always ups your fertility, doesn't it? FX this does it for ya!

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Thanks Lola!

Well done on the weight loss. Can't wait to get back to my pre diet bod.

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Originally Posted by 3Pink1Blue

Kris - oh I hear ya darlin, it never occurred to me I'd have one girl let alone 3! I wouldn't trade it for anything in the world, you'll love it :) I've got a snuggler, they are the best!

B- Nothing to offer?! Love is enough :)

Bec - great timing, fx!!

Lola - FX for turning dh into a super sperm factory lol

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Thanks :)

Hobbers, so sorry about AF showing. Sucks :(

I noticed that you and TTC5 have been off the diet for the 2WW. I am still doing the diet and supps (all the ones I take apart from ural are fine safe all the time). I read somewhere that Atomic recommends staying on the diet especially during the 2WW as if you conceive a boy it helps it implant etc. Someone correct me if I'm wrong though.

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Originally Posted by TTC5

As long as it isn't twin girls LOL

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DH and I always joke about having twin girls. Just imagine!