[Shellyhume]

Yep... 7.5 lbs two weeks ago... can we now understand a little better why I'm getting a little anxious to have him out?!

Egats... I just watched Special Delivery on Discovery Health... this woman just delivered a 10 lbs, 6 oz baby!!! Oh, Lord have mercy...

[jencat215]

Wow Shelly, I had no idea Danny was so big! Come on Danny!!!

Rach-did I read that right...your ILs still haven't met Aiden? WTF? Where do they live?

I am going crazy. I can't sleep more than 2 hours w/o getting up to pee. Where the hell is it all coming from?

Devan-your pics are so cute. I love the b&w one. They all turned out great. Your poor feet though...

I bought a bunch of maternity clothes yesterday. Nothing is fitting anymore. Thing is, I look so huge when I wear them. Even the baby doll clothes that aren't maternity. Guess that is why I never bought anything like that before...

[dndtaylor]

Jen I know what you mean about the middle of the night peeing. But wait, it only gets more frequent. I could go pee and then by the time I wash my hands have to go pee again. And the kicker is there is always something that could come out, weird, where does it all come from? That urge should taper off for you soon and then come back full force in your 3rd trimester. Can you even believe you are almost finished with your 1st trimester, time flies doesn’t it?

Shelly I think that Delly is going to be the perfect size of about 8lbs “ish”. How often is Delly moving these days? I’m sure you can’t feel him moving too much anymore, right? Geez I can’t wait to see his handsome face. Have fun with the ladies today at lunch, can’t wait to see pics. Wow, you were up early.

Susan I hope your OB appointment is great. Enjoy lunch with the Ladies. How are you and DH this morning?

Amy the kicks/movements were not hard enough for Derrick to feel until about 25-26 wks and even then it took a few good ones for him to realize what it was. I do think any day/week now he should be able to feel it. The coolest thing happened the night before Derrick was leaving for training. I was attempting to spoon his the best that I could and after a few minutes baby starting moving around and Derrick felt the movements on his back. I must say that was the best night thus far with Derrick and him experiencing the baby moving. It’s the moments like that along with thousands of others that make this journey one we’ll never forget.

Brenna I think of you often. I hope you guys are all doing well?

Alana I miss you (we miss you). Hope all is well on your end. We’d love another bump shot when you have time-LOL.

Rachael (our poor drugged up friend) I hope you are doing well and feeling better. Hopefully your meds kick in and you feel better soon.

Well, work is work. I dislike Mondays. I didn’t sleep as well as I hoped but it could have been the mid afternoon nap I took. I’ve got a court on Wed so work right now is busy busy. I’m not planning on working over 8 hrs so I hope nothing falls through the cracks. This week is supposed to be another hot one so I’m exciting to go to my OB appointment tomorrow so he can see my swelling on a hot day. My appt is at the end of the day too which is great because that seems to be the worst for me. I’ve been having dreams of half days … that would be so nice. Yeah, Yeah, wishful thinking on my part I’m sure. I hope everyone has a great day.

[MissBish]

April - thanks for posting the furbabies pics. I forgot you had a black lab (though it is in your signature). Bella reminds me a bit of my Porter.

Devan - thanks for sharing the pics!! you look great! You & your DH are such a cute pair!

Shelly, Susan, & Heidi will be meeting in ONE HOUR! YAY! So I must get back to work.

Josee - how's your back?

Rach - your dinner did sound yummy.

Alana - I PM'ed you.

Hi Everybody!! I will be back after lunch!

[MissBish]

Wait ...Shawna ...when is your next follie check???

Jen...I want BUMP SHOTS!!! In your cute maternity clothes.

[Angelwithhope]

Kelly- I had another follie check this morning. I now have somewhere between 12-14 on my right ovary and four big ones with 12 or so little ones on my left. They talked to me about OHSS, but the nurse said that my E2 level is still low so there isn't too much concern there. Does anyone know any thing I should be doing to help prevent the OHSS? That is, if I can?!

Oh and does anyone know what the smallest is that they will take out on ER? They are talking trigger tomorrow. I have one follie that is over mature at 2.5 cm (25 mm) and the rest are under 1.7 cm (17 mm)

Enjoy your meet up today ladies!!!

Hi to everyone!

[mia23]

Shawna- Gatorade and protein to keep OHSS at bay. I dont know if there is anything you can do to truly prevent it but that is what they told me to do on my 2 IUI cycles that I had ohss. I bought specialk protein drink mix that I could add too water, beef broth, anything protein and I love gatoroade so that wasn't difficult. Hope some IVF vets can help you a little more!!!
When are we thinking trigger?

[mia23]

Ooops just read trigger tomorrow, woohoo!!!! Oh and I went to doctor today and I guess I am joining the hurt neck/back group. Doctor thinks I pulled muscle in neck and gave me meds I have never heard of, Daypro and norflex. I am hoping it helps we have a six hour drive tomorrow, ugh!

[MamaSoon]

Have fun together girls!

Yep shawna, I think it is a TON OF PROTEIN and Gatorade type products. Will you go in tomorrow to check if you can trigger?

Hey kelly, my back is great. thanks for asking. Hows your flare up?

[ara79]

devan, your pics are precious! you and derrick are too cute together.

shawna, yay for stimming tomorrow!

rach, how you feeling over there?

jen, how fun! i want pics of the new maternity clothes.

shelly, i am guessing danny will come in weighing 8 lbs 10oz. that's my guess! oh, and he will be born on july 12th!

kelly, are you feeling better?

heidi, susan, shelly and kelly...are you all 4 meeting up? have fun!

i am still hurting pretty bad. i am going to call my dr today when school gets out to ask if i can do anything else besides heat/cold treatment and tylenol.

i LOVE the kiddos that i am working w/ today. they are ESL (english as a 2nd lang) students (most spanish speaking) and are so sweet and actually here to LEARN! i could work w/ these kids daily and never tire of it.

sorry i was pretty short, gotta run. i'll write more during my next little break.

[mmikowski]

Hello everyone, I hope all is well with all of you. Hannah is keeping me so busy I have had no time for catching up. If there is anything I have missed please let me know as I do not think I can read back on all that I have missed.

I cannot believe Hannah is going to be 8 weeks old this week. She has grown so much I will try to get some pictures from this weekend up soon. She went in my mom's pool kinda but she did not like it much. I am hoping she will start to sleep through the night soon, but it does not seem to be happening yet. The other night she was up the whole night I thought I would never get any sleep. Thank goodness DH was home during the day and he watched her and let me sleep.

[AviatrixRN]

Hi Martie! I was wondering how you were doing. I'm sure you have your hands full over there (literally!). I hope you can post some pics soon!

Shawna..Sounds like things are growing perfectly in there..Yay for triggering! I'm not sure what size is the cutoff for retrieval..My RE said he would try to get any he saw in there. When they did Mel's last retrieval he got 21 and of those I think 16 were mature if I remember correctly.

Marissa..glad it isn't anything serious..I hope your neck feels better soon.

Amy..Sounds like a great bunch of kids! Don't you wish they were all like that?!

Gonna take the pooch to the park..see you all later!

[JustPeachy]

Hope our NE crew is having fun at lunch right now! Perfect time for little Danny to arrive in my humble opinion...

And, yes, everyone read right. My ILs have not met Aiden yet. I've sent them pictures once. They've made no attempt to get down here or even ask for more pictures. They live in Pittsburgh and have more than enough $$ to jump on a plane and come down. Their loss right??

Susan - Hope you are feeling better about dh's message today.

Mia - Rest up and take good meds!

Amy - Glad your ESL class is a little more inspiring students.

Devan - Fingers crossed for half days!

Shawna - Yay for triggering tomorrow!!

Martie - Hang in there. The sleep does really happen around the 3 month marker.

Gotta go get put together. I'm still just sitting around lounging and I gotta get out of the house!

[ara79]

hey martie! we've missed you! post pics of hannah, it makes me excited about my little girl! hope you get some sleep soon.

hey april! i love the pics of your doggie at the beach, too cute! hope y'all are having a good time today.

rach, you have got to be kidding me. does that hurt your dh? what kind of relationship does he have w/ them? have they always been so distant?

[MamaSoon]

Hi Martie! I can't wait to see those pics of Hannah. She will eventually sleep through the night until she's 18 and then she'll be out all night!

Rachael, you sound better today? it is making slow progress?

Amy, glad your ESL kids are more fun. You only have them once a day?

April, any results back on the immunology stuff?