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bump- u/s #3 in about an hour-- DVD as a keepsake today. And, I'll thrilled because DH is taking the time from work to go with me!! Hope everyone is well--- ~~DUST & RUBS~~

hi girls seems to be a friendly thread over here. iam 26 dh is 35, we have been trying for 2 years now. several clomid cycles inducing ovulation with no pregnancy. one of them was successful but i miscarried 6 weeks later. i am doing a Lap. next month and iam starting injections afterwards. hope they will make what clomid fails to do.

Welcome KOTKOT: I had a sperm issue- but injectibles is what did it for me. Hope evryone is doing well. My bean is 1.71 cm and the heartbeat is now 162 bpm. We even got to see the bean in 3D. Very cool. We saw the spinal cord and little hand/feet nubs, the rear end and head!! I will say that the baby looks more like a puppy right now--- ha!!! DH took the DVD to work so I have to wait for him to get home to see what it looks like. My RE has released me and I have an app't with my regular ob/gyn in two weeks. 8 weeks already- time does fly!! CENDY: How are you and Wyatt doing?? ERICKA: How are you feeling?? DLONGEN: I hear you about self-absorbed people. I have a few of those in my family. Most of the time I try to let their comments roll off my back. STEPHANIER: Where are you in this cycle?? CC: Still hoping, thinking and praying...miss you- ~~DUST & RUBS~~

Dea, you are 8 weeks already? Holy moley, time does fly!! I am 13 weeks today and will have my next appt. at 15 weeks. You are so lucky to have u/s already, I will be setting up the appointment for mine at my next visit, but they won't do one until you are at least 18 weeks and I think I am going to wait until I am 20 weeks.......so only 7 more weeks, I think I can handle it, time will fly by like it has been. The end of this week and I will be in my second trimester already! I can't believe it!! My belly is starting to pop out just a little, my sister actually noticed it today!! Yeah, I love showing during pregnancy. I think pregnant woman are beautiful and they look great when they show off their bodies. My friend is due in November and she is always wearing baggy sweatshirts...I told her to show off her beautiful belly and she's like, no I just look fat...HOney, you are pregnant!! But she is still beautiful so it does't matter!! How is everyone? I'm getting better, not feeling as nauseous all the time, so hopefully that will all go away at the end of this month!! Well, I better go, I have some studying to do yet. Babydust to everyone :)

Hi all - Welcom Kotkot - I conceived with clomid twice and the first time had an ectopic. I think that since you conceived once, that is a great sign that it will happen again. Seems like with a lot of ladies, the first time the body has to work some stuff out. Good luck with the injections! DEA and Tammy - sounds like you two are enjoying being preggers! I'm glad to hear the fun reports. The u/s at 20 weeks is amazing-in our case the baby was moving all around and I couldn't believe how big she looked compared to the last one. Long legs...face...that is so cool for both of you to have that to come. We started childbirth classes last week so had our 2nd class last night. I was a bit nervous after watching the 1st birth video, but I know it will all be fine. I'm amazed that our bodies can do all this. I knew about it all before, but totally different perspective now that it's really happening to me. Phoebe kept me up last night for like 2 hours straight with nonstop kicking. I wondered if she had the hiccups because the kicks were real consistent in the same spot. hmmm... Anyway - belly rubs to all and dust to kotkot! Prayers to CC. Ericka, how are you doing??? How is your back? Any braxton hicks? Lashunda and Cendy - hope you are enjoying your newbies... XOXOXO

Hello all. I'm hanging in there, five more weeks to go. I'm just real tired all the time and have the usual backaches. I don't think I've had any BH contractions. I think Sammy is moving down, so I'm hopping he might decide to come a little early. Welcome Kotkot. I got pregnant the cycle before I would have started clomid, so I don't have much experience with that. I hope your lap goes well and you are able to get some answers. Dlongen, aren't those u/s great? I had one at around 20 weeks and another at 28, there is so much change in that time. The first one he was all boney and at the 28 week one he looks all chubby. Will you be having more u/s or are you getting a 4d one? Dea, 8 weeks already! Is time going by fast for you? I remember the beginning and it dragged, but after the second month time flew by. Tammy, I don't know how you are waiting so long for your u/s. It would drive me insane. I'm glad the nausea is going away. Enjoy the 2nd trimester, because the third is real uncomfortable and no fun. Cendy, I hope you are doing fine, I know you are busy with Wyatt. Baby Dust.

Hi Girls. Ok- I'm a bit miserable. I have this terrible headcold and can't take anything for it. Anyone know of safe meds for decongestion??? I can't sleep with my mouth open but I'm soooo stuffy that my nose will not let air pass through! What a pain...Talk about sleepless nights. ERICKA: It's hard to believe you are only 5 weeks away. Are you ready or what??? The first two months did seem to take their time but time is speeding up for us now. TAMMY: I feel the same as you about showing. My lower belly is starting to pop a bit. But, that is the only place- the rest of me is staying the same. I told dh it's a good thing we are telling family this Friday- because I don't know how much longer we can "keep it under wraps". Enjoy the week everyone!! ~~DUST AND RUBS~~

bump-have a great day!

Hi all. Thread has been quiet lately. I'm doing well. I have my baby shower this weekend, so I'm looking forward to that. It will be a relief to finally have everything I need. My stomach is getting lower and I'm having shooting pains "down low". I think I read that could be a sign of dialation, I hope it is. How is everyone else doing? Dea, are you still sick. My dr. told me I can take benadryl or chlortrimeton (sp?). Hope you get better soon. Dlongen, how are you and Phoebe doing? How far along are you again? Cendy, I hope to hear from you soon. Wyatt must be changing a ton in these last two weeks. Have a great evening.

Hello all. I am sorry that I have not posted in a while. Mr. Wyatt has his days and nights mixed up and I am suffered from extreme sleep deprivation. He will be two weeks tomorrow and I can hardly believe it. It kind of feels like the last two weeks are a sort of a blur to me.

I did have my c-section after 10 hours of waiting for it. Someone asked about that, but I am not sure who did.

Since this is the first time I have ever went into labor I thought I would share what it felt like. You all might benefit from it later. Well, I had one pain at work that actually hurt and I thought was that a contraction? I wrote the time down, but it never happened again. For some reason, I just knew I was going to have my baby that night because I cleaned out my desk at work and got everything ready for my fill in. Anyways, I went to bed that night and around 1am I woke up out of a dead sleep and it felt like when you first start your AF. The tiny cramps you start to get. I waited a while to see if they would go away and no they did not. I got up and went to the bathroom and nothing unusual about that. No discharge or blood. I came back to bed and decided to time the pains. They were not very painful, but were coming every 5-6 minutes. I woke my husband up, who bless his heart had taken a muscle relaxer because he hurt his back, and told him something was not right. He said maybe its just gas and you need to go to the bathroom. I got up and decided to walk around and see if the pains got worse. I had the pain that starts from the top of your belly and shoots down with a progression of pain that gets harder and harder to stand. This is when I knew I was in labor. My husband was so out of it, but he got up and we drove to the hospital. He was asleep for a few hours of labor, but he could not help it.

The sharp pains you are having Ericka are probably contractions or braxton hicks. I would have them examine me to see if I had dialated.

Dlongen, I think the two hour kicking was the hicups. Wyatt did that all the time. It feels like a little kick in the same place, but its them hiccuping.

By the way Wyatt has thrush in his mouth and I took him to the doctor today to get meds for it. It is the white yeast like stuff that gets in their mounth and it hurts for them to nurse. He has been fussy. I have a photo album on yahoo photos, but I am not sure how to share it with all of you without your email to invite you to look at it. For those who want to see it, please post or send me your email address. Mine is [email protected].

Well, I will get off my soapbox and try to get some sleep. BABY DUST AND BABY WISHES TO YOU ALL!

Hi ladies. Just checking in. Nothing really new to report except I am definately getting my appetite back, except for at the wrong time! I have been really hungry right before I go to bed and it drives me nutz!! I just ate a 1/2 cucumber, what was left of the pringles and I am still hungry! I don't know what to do!! If I keep eating like this before I go to bed, I am going to gain like 80lbs this pregnancy! I gained almost 70 w/ my first one! We have our next doc. appt. next week and I can't wait! I will be 14 weeks on Thursday, so 15 weeks at my next appt., and we will be able to set up our u/s appt. I can't wait!! I got my cloths from Old Navy today but had to send some of the shirts back for a bigger size. I was going to send the pants back too, but figured I would keep them and just buy a new pair when I out grow them. I got my sons halloween costume today too, its a police officer outfit, but it was too small, so I have to send that back too and order the next size up. He is going to be so cute!!

Bumping us up- Hi Girls- well, we are telling the family tomorrow night. Both sides at the same time...less drama that way. ~~DUST & RUBS~~~

Double Bump.... very quiet lately. hope you are all doing well. ERICKA: Are you ready or what!?!

hi ladies - sorry it's been awhile for me. seems like all of a sudden I got slammed at work. I hate it when you really have to work at work. haha ERICKA - I'm 31 weeks now. It sounds like you are getting really close! We are taking childirth classes right now and they just covered all the signs that your body is getting ready for labor- the baby dropping is the 1st one, then losing your mucus plug, then closer to labor, you lose approx. 3 lbs, have diarrhea, and start nesting. I am excited for you! So far, the 3rd trimester hasn't been too bad for me. I have experienced some MS coming back, but not severe. I keep trying to motivate myself to walk, but can't seem to do it unless it involves a mall (it's still 93 freakin degrees here), and I can't afford to keep seeing cute baby stuff everywhere. :-) Phoebe is kicking ALL the time. It is really cool. She's not a hard kicker - I call it tap dancing. i just feel little pats and taps all the time. CENDY - Thanks for the labor pain breakdown. I hope Wyatt's sleep schedule adjusts soon so you can get some rest. My email is [email protected]. Send me baby pics! DEA- my doc gave me a list of ok meds during pregnancy and sudafed was the cold relief/decongestant on it. Benadryl is also fine. I had a cold a couple of weeks ago and it really sucked. I did a lot of showers with eucalyptus oil. Tammy - I am with you on clothes woes. In my opinion, maternity clothes suck. All the sizes are inconsistent, and I swear the quality is horrible. I bought a bunch of shirts from motherhood maternity and they all shrunk horribly even though I washed them per the instructions. argh. I bet your little police officer is going to be super cute. :-)
Talk to y'all later. XOXO Belly rubs

Bump-- CC: Thinking of you....~~DUST~~