June 2WW

[DoulaMama]

LOL at your smiley-fest DoulaMama! I hope your timing works out (whether this month or another) to go to your conference and I think that is a perfectly reasonable thing to plan around; it is clearly a passion of yours so should be a priority. We mama's waaaaaaay too often put ourselves about 5th in line when it comes to our own passions. I know I do. So true!!

And I do love this one so I'm throwing him in:


With all the excitement I might just POAS tomorrow, LOL! At 8 DPO, what are the odds? I should just pee on my $5 bill

LOL! You never know....you could get a faint, faint line...and then you could post pics....and then we could obsess over them and then.... LOL..... You see where I'm going? Go for it!!!

[begonia]

OH all right, I totally will, LOL Twist my arm why dontcha

[DoulaMama]

OH all right, I totally will, LOL Twist my arm why dontcha

Love it!! LOL

Hey- Quick question.... Do all you loverley ladies in the 2ww actually feel ovulation every time?
I felt O when I got pregnant with DS2 and DS3 (was kinda clueless about my body with DS1 plus I was on the pill when I got pregnant with him ...) but this time around I felt nothing. And after the fiasco 2 weeks ago when I thought I O'd but I didn't...I'm a teensy bit worried that I should have felt something....
BUT I don't always have O pain during cycles, and most for that matter but I would still get a regular cycle every month and I'm pretty sure I was ovulating(I'm 29). Anyway, interested to see what you guys say!
xoxo

[begonia]

I never, ever, ever have felt an O in my life DM! Though I guess until this past year I wouldn't have noticed b/c I never paid a bit of attention to my cycle... so it is possible I had them a time or two. But since I started doing OPKs and keeping tabs on it almost 9 months ago, I've never had an o pain. I was surprised to find out so many women do!

I usually don't have AF cramps either. And I certainly haven't felt implantation cramps or had implantation bleeding. Apparently my body tries to keep it all a secret from me

[DoulaMama]

I never, ever, ever have felt an O in my life DM! Though I guess until this past year I wouldn't have noticed b/c I never paid a bit of attention to my cycle... so it is possible I had them a time or two. But since I started doing OPKs and keeping tabs on it almost 9 months ago, I've never had an o pain. I was surprised to find out so many women do!

I usually don't have AF cramps either. And I certainly haven't felt implantation cramps or had implantation bleeding. Apparently my body tries to keep it all a secret from me

ME NEITHER!

Thanks for making me feel better! I just feel so out of the loop when it comes to my body right now....it's a tad confusing. I did get a VERY dark opk for 9+ hours but after doing some research that doesn't mean much unless you've seen a temp shift....ugh(just started temping so have no idea if I had a shift or not....). All I can go by is the fact that the last dark opk I had 21 months ago got me pregnant with DS3.
Ah well.
So Begonia...how many kiddos do you have? Have any hobbies? DPO obsession has set in(for me) so I thought we could chat about other things

[begonia]

LOL, DM ... I surprisingly have not been super obsessive about this 2WW, thank goodness! It's really my 1st one since DD1 was completely unplanned, and DD2 we weren't trying but also weren't preventing ... it was the 1st month off bcp's. So this is the 1st time I've really "tried" to get pg, LOL!

Just the 2 DD's ... one is 5, and one just turned 2, and both are tomboys Which suits me well ... Disney Princesses scare me When DD1 was little she used to say she was allergic to princesses, she's always been a little tomboy! They are currently playing with a big ol' pile of legos and I love it bc that's how I grew up. That said if either of them wanted to do something princessy or what have you I'd be all over it ... I want to encourage their interests even when they don't mesh with mine.

Hobbies ... we're building a house right now so most of my spare time is spent trying to pick out roof color or light fixtures or things like that. It's super fun! Other than that I do a couple different volunteer things and am trying to find some to do with my oldest. Last weekend DD1 and I spent an afternoon shopping for stuff to take to the animal shelter nearby and that was a great one for her But of course now she wants to adopt them all

Your turn! Hobbies and babies

[DoulaMama]

Begonia, your girls sound so much like my sis and I growing up! We were always outside mucking around with the horses and playing in the dirt and manure! LOL It was awesome. I love the "allergic to princesses" comment! Hilarious! That's exciting about the house! And good for you with the volunteering! So good for your kids to participate in things like that! I can understand why she'd want to adopt them all.....I would too.

Let's see, my kids are bonkers! LOL The oldest is 5 and he's a mama's boy Loves to go places, see things, explore the outdoors. I think I'm going to have a hoot homeschooling him My middle guy, who is 3, is a red haired tasmanian devil He goes and goes and never slows down. He climbs EVERYTHING and gets into EVERYTHING. He's got a temper on him that is actually a little frightening....LOL I think once he grows up a bit he'll be much easier but right now I do all I can so he doesn't accidently kill himself...LOL My littlest is just the sweetest peanut He's a BIG mama's boy and loves trying to walk, eating food and having BOOB! He's so easy and calm most of the time. My angel baby

As for my hobbies, I love to sew, quilt and crochet. I make lots of different things depending on my mood. Here's my facebook album with things I've made
https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?...5&l=09f98a423e
I also used to ride quite a bit (before children) in Hunter/Jumper competitions. We also fly fish, camp, hike, travel. I love gardening and I'm out in my garden every day. I just built 5 raised beds in our back yard and they are full of seedlings, soon to be yummy vegies! I also attend a few births a year as a doula. I'm pretty passionate about birth, breastfeeding and babies I birthed my little guy at home, unassisted with just my hubby and close friend in the room. Not everyone's cup of tea but I thought it was pretty awesome I plan on having another unassisted birth with my next one too

XO

[DoulaMama]

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[pinkin2011]

Hi Girls , thanks to Doula Mama i have found my way over to this thread... I am now in the 2ww although i am quite depressed now as i have just found out that too much aci jel will kill sperm.. :-( anyway i had a 2.5 day cut off and have been using aci jel pretty much every 4 hrs big no no so i doubt i will get a bfp this month. how silly am i feel terrible i have ruined my chances by doing something stupid.

[3boys]

Hi everyone!

Doula that is so fantastic that we are cycle buddies!! We can obsess over pee sticks together. My eldest will be five in a few weeks so yeah... Wow our kids are close in age as DS3 is only just 1!!

Begonia have you pee'd on a stick today?? Can't wait to hear the results! I love living the 2WW through the excitement of others testing until it is my time.

OOTB really hope you get your BFP today!! Good luck! fXD

AFM 4dpo and I swear I'm getting every PG symptom imaginable even though it's pretty impossible for me to even feel PG this early in the game. My stomach feels so bloated! It could either be the fertility meds or for some reason when I feel I might be pregnant I get paranoid about squashing the baby with my jeans LOL HA HA! Which means I notice how tight my trousers are more than usual. Crazy I know.

I will not be testing until 10dpo which is next Monday! It will go so slowly. Doula I can't tempt you to test on Monday with me? LOL