♥ JULY 2011 TTC Boy Chit Chat Thread ♥

[babydes56]

TTC5, sorry hun about BFN. Better luck next month

Lola, when are you attempting? Is it in a few weeks?

Begonia, i see you craving watermelon, i too was last week but i think i ate too much of it that i dont want to see it now.

3PNB, what are your cravings & how's the nausea? Any vomiting?

Zivic, any news?

[3Pink1Blue]

Baby- I'm 10 weeks tomorrow and have thus far spent more time avoiding then craving. Luckily no vomiting just queasy, lately the queasy has faded a bit and now I'm pretty much back to starving 24/7. I'm fascinated how such a tiny critter can demand so much food lol

[begonia]

Baby isn't it funny how the cravings can come and then go quickly? Today I woke up and really wanted a nectarine. I'm just glad it is finally fruit instead of chips or candy. Sounds like you'll have another scan then soon, how exciting! I'm really hoping they do one for dating at my appt 7/28.

Jen I can't wait to hear how the appt goes! Will DH go along?

Lola your attempt will be last week of this month I think? And your 1st time trying the clomid too, right? It seems like the months have flown by since your "ttc break" started. FX it happens fast.

Cemas I think you definitely got enough swimmers there from the 2 BD so I wouldn't worry about not going again. FX your BFP is this month; I agree with Baby ... I've seen you (and our dear Lola!) at this for so long I would just LOVE to see you all get your sticky little beans ASAP.

Cheeky keep us posted on the POAS saga! Sounds promising, hope it is for real!

It's funny but the more the days go by the less I care what I'm having. I've been praying constantly for a healthy baby and I think that's just taken so much of my focus off the boy/girl issue. I'm loving that And hoping it continues; I had mild GD during pg with DD2 after finding out gender, and I think if I can avoid it while pregnant I won't have it all after birth. Once DD2 arrived I was fine, but of course I also knew that I'd have one more so still had a shot at a son ... this time I don't have that to fall back on. Anyhow, at the moment I feel great mentally and I'm just going to enjoy that while I can

Wonder how Skrimpy is doing these days! I need to go see if she updated the new blog, has anyone else been keeping up with it?

[LolaInLove]

She's right though about having 2 healthy babies & still complaining!

Yea, if I were unable to have children, I would want to kick her in the taco.

[begonia]

Yea, if I were unable to have children, I would want to kick her in the taco.

Ditto that! LOL :-)

[begonia]

Though I do think it is OK to vent about it and have it, there's for sure a time and a place, and the place is somewhere like here where people understand you ... not on TV to an audience where MOST probably will have no clue about GD, and how often it has nothing to do with not caring/loving/adoring the kids you already have.

[LolaInLove]

Good luck for tomorrow, i'm sure all will be well. How many weeks are you now? I hear you about having a girl & people passing insensitive remarks or making you feel that you didnt want the baby girl. I had my first midwife appt on Mon & she told me that all preg women in UK are now advised to take Vit D because of the lack of sunshine here, i was also pleased to hear that they now do 3 scans, one for down's between 11-13wks, a dating one at 12wks & final one at 20wks. I cant believe i'm already 9wks.

I can't believe it either! All is well, yea?

[LolaInLove]

Though I do think it is OK to vent about it and have it, there's for sure a time and a place, and the place is somewhere like here where people understand you ... not on TV to an audience where MOST probably will have no clue about GD, and how often it has nothing to do with not caring/loving/adoring the kids you already have.

Yes, exactly! I would not want to see it on television....you know you will get some dissenters when presenting opinions/feelings of gd to the public like that. Just gives it all a bad name, which gd and swaying and all shouldn't have.

[3Pink1Blue]

b- nope dh won't be coming, he went to every appt with dd#1 and 2 and lets face it they don't change and really aren't very interesting the 3rd and 4th time around. My midwife lets me record the heartbeat so he still gets the joy of that but neither of us see the need for him to skip out of work for it. He does come to the u/s though. We did talk about him coming tomorrow for support but the CEO of his company flew in unexpectedly and he's gotta going to lunch with him. Since no one at work knows I'm pregnant and there is no rational reason to think there's a problem he really has no reason to blow off the CEO so alone I go.
I hear ya on caring more for a healthy bean then a blue one, I'll take a healthy baby over a sick or lost one any day.

[LolaInLove]

Yes, I am still swaying somewhat. I am 9DPO today, so expecting AF on Sunday or Monday and off I go on the Clomid! Because of that, I will be definitely using ew or preseed and will dtd every other day starting CD10. I asked my doctor about that, by the way, and told her I would like to make sure DH has high sperm counts (didn't tell her why, of course) and asked if that is better than abstaining for 2-4 days and then having a well-timed shot, and she said dtd every other day is the BEST thing to do for high sperm count, better quality sperm (as they get turned over instead of sit in the balls and get exposed to toxins in the body), and the odds of pregnancy happening are way higher than one time shot. So, I feel a lot better about that. Otherwise, I am taking a bunch of supps and am starting some drinks (ACV and ASG) tomorrow, actually. Gonna do some robitussin and MAYBE a bsf and hour at least before each bding. That's my plan!

Know what, I am going to list my supps here, just so you all can see what we are taking. I personally think it's a pretty good regimen for someone in my category- old(ish) and concerned with egg and sperm quality AND swaying blue!

Antioxidant Mix vitamin (has a BUNCH of stuff in it)
Co-Q10 (100mg)
Vit D
Royal Jelly capsule
Bee Pollen capsule
DHEA (75mg) with some TT in it
Vit E (400iui)
Fish Oil (1000mg)
Flaxseed Oil (1000mg)
EPO (1200mg)
Folic 800mg +B12 capsule
Prenatal Vitamin with DHA in it
Zinc (30mg)
Grass shake daily (wheatgrass, alfalfa, and barley mixture)

DH takes all the same except no EPO and DHEA. He also takes 1000mg of L-Arg a day, which I do not take for drying up reasons. So that's the plan, STAN!