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Hi sweet ladies!!

Emmy, hun, I'm so happy for you!!!!! :-) I keep thinking of you and your little rainbow baby (not so little anymore! :-) ) and sending you lots of positive vibes!!!! Have you decided whether you want to find out gender? It will be possible to know soon! :-) When is your due date? I hope your sickness will ease off soon, hun!!!

Jada, how are you doing? I sure hope you haven't seen any red; even though it doesn't need to mean anything, that's a scare you just don't want right now. You are in my prayers, always!!! I hope you get to relax and enjoy during this pregnancy!!! Have you thought about whether you want to find out gender?

Missy, I hope you and your little girl are okay!!! I'm very curious to hear your story!!! :-) But you have more important things on your hands right now, so I'll be patient :-) Enjoy your little girl, hun!!!

Nikolina, I still can't believe your little boy is here!!! :-) I can't wait to hear more about little Mason :-) And about you of course :-) But I even had trouble finding time to eat, sleep or go to the bathroom in those first days, so take your time ;-)

Welcome, Van, and I'm so sorry for your loss... How are you feeling? I remember I was mainly angry and sad, and it didn't go away quickly. But I found some comfort in knowing that at least I could get pregnant. 8 years is a long time, ttc is emotionally hard... A loss feels even more unfair when you had to wait that long... I'm sorry you are going through this... I wish you a lot of strength and good fortune...!

AFM, not much to report. Anna is such a sweet little girl and I hope that we make her as happy as she makes us... I can't believe how fast the months have past. In 10 days I have to get back to work... I'm not going to think about it too much... Not yet... I'm just going to enjoy this time with her as much as I can!

Lots of love!!!

Alice

Hey ladies,

Sorry I have been a bit MIA lately...just dealing with getting my butt kicked by the baby, LOL.

Alice, hi! How's Anna? How are you with getting your mind ready for work? Is the daycare close to your job? Thanks for checking in, no red seen and actually went for another scan this afternoon, will update below :)

Emmy, hello there and CONGRATS officially!! So excited for you and to have someone going through this with me. You are few weeks ahead, so I may need some tips/advice!! How are you feeling? So happy for you and to have you back with us!!

Nikolina, hey luv, pray all is going well for mum, dad, and baby Mason?! Can't wait to hear from you hun!

Van, how are you? Are you still here with us?? Hoping everything is ok and know we are here if you need us!

AFM, so you all know (except maybe you Van) that we had to go the IVF route. We had our first cycle Jan/Feb in NC due to being in the military. They transferred two five day blasts and we have six more on ice! Due to previous issues with fibroids I asked to be seen weekly for majority of the first trimester and that has been granted, so today I had my sixth ultrasound :) I am 9+1 today based on the LMP for the IVF cycle and the baby is measuring at 9+3! S/he was just moving around and heartbeat was at 176...just amazing. So as of now we are only seeing 1 and I am ok with that. Thank you all for the support and encouragement. Our EDD is 24 Oct 16 :)

Jada

hi ladies!! I'm so bad at updating I know! Aubrie will be 2 weeks old in 2 days and I can't believe how quickly it's already flying. She was born 3/12/16 at 9:06am weighing 8lbs 14oz (my biggest baby yet!) and was 20 1/2 inches. She looks so different from my first 2 girls, she has olive skin complexion and has a ton of dark hair! My other 2 are fair skinned and were born with barely any hair, and what they did have was blonde. She's a wonderful baby and sleeps 3-5 hours at a time. Her sisters adore her, especially my oldest who pretty much thinks she's her mom. >.< That's been hard to deal with. Plus she's having a hard time feeling displaced... But she wants to hold her all the time and is very helpful to get things for me. I've had a hard time adjusting to being a mom of 3. It's a lot to take on, but I'm hoping to get the hang of it soon. I'm still in a lot of pain from the c-section and hubs goes back to work on monday, so it'll be all me. O.o Send lots of prayers I don't lose my mind! lol.

hopefully I'll be able to get back on soon and read everyone's updates! Sorry I haven't been, it's been crazy!

Hey girls I was wondering also if I could join this group last week was the week I had found out I was pregnant march 14th to be exact I had went to the hospital because I was having sharp pains in my left side which they had concluded was a cyst and then had hit me with some devastating news. I had been bleeding that whole month from my regular AF and it had just never stopped it would get light and heavy I took a pregnancy test on Feb 20th and it was negative so I didnt pay much more attention because the test was negative and I was bleeding. The doctor had told me that it was possible I had a ectopic pregnancy. But that it could still be to early to tell i seen my obg the day following and she said she didn't think it was a ectopic pregnancy but a high risk miscarriage. And sent me to do blood work. The next day Wednesday. Well Thursday morning around 6am I couldn't stand couldn't walk was having unbearable left side pain and I had already dropped my husband off to meet his ride for work so who do I call to take me his mother in law and we haven't told no one up to this point but his granny and that's because she asked me if I was pregnant... Well his mom asked me for what and I just said I'm pregnant its a possible ectopic I need to get to the hospital. Wonderful way for her to find out right??? She was kinda upset that we hadn't. Well I drove myself and had confirmed it was ectopic and was causing internal bleeding. Went into surgery to have my left tube cut and my 7w4d old child removed. I'm 19 married to my 26 year old husband have been ttc for a year and three months. Cycles are particularly long. 36 days regularly. Everything has been checked and nothing seems to be out of place. Have been trying like hell with opks and 3-4 pregnancy test a month. I was actually doin opk while pregnant and didn't even know. But was thinking I was ovulating because for a week and a half they where all BFP. I had actually done one that morning and night before finding out I do the clear blue advanced digital with 20 test but each test test for that day and the next but still do 2 a day... We have been trying for so long and to end up with a ectopic my first pregnancy hurts alot and still trying to recover from it. They say to wait three months so idk For sure If we are going to. I may get on birth control pills because I hear sometimes that makes you fertile when you do them for a certain amount of time. Thought id share my story good luck to all of use! And baby dust!

How is everyone??

Hey ladies!

Welcome to the new ladies! So sorry for your losses we all know how it feels but hopefully you can take some hope from us xxxxx

Nikolina I hope little Mason is doing well and you are recovering well??? Big hugs to you lovely xxxxxx

Missy I hope Aubrie is doing well & you are recovering well? Lots of hugs Hun xxxxx

Alice hope all is well with Anna? Can't believe how time has flown! Lots of love xxxxx

Jada Hun I hope all is well with your pregnancy so far? How are your symptoms?
Will you be finding out the gender? It's all so exciting!!! Lots of love xxxxxxx

AFM I am still feeling very ill :(
Have had 24/7 nausea and sickness since just after 4 weeks. I am now 14+4!!!
I hope (fingers crossed) the nausea is easing a little.
I have lost a fair bit of weight but luckily I had put on a little before falling pregnant so not so bad.
We are having a private gender scan on 9th April so I shall update you ladies providing all is well!
So only 9 days to wait!!!
So excited to know pink or blue!
Other symptoms- constant cold, excess saliva, tiredness, feeling cold, bad skin, aching hips. Big veins on chest!
Oh my due date is 25th September!

xxxxxxx

Hi ladies I hope all is well!!

Emmy, I'm sorry you aren't feeling well, I'm not either lol but it's all for good reasons right?

I threw up for the first time this morning, fun times :/ I still went to work for awhile but came home early. Been in bed the rest of the day and now bad weathers in the area. Much more to write but not feeling well so I'll try tomorrow...

Jada

Hi sweet ladies!!

Sorry it took me so long to reply, back to work and still adjusting... Headaches! :-s

Jada and Emmy, sorry you are feeling so miserable, hopefully that will ease off for the both of you!! But indeed, good signs and for a great cause ;-) Emmy, OMG, this Saturday you'll find out gender!!! Hopefully your little baby will cooperate! :-) Jada, do you also have plans for finding out gender later on?

Nikolina and Missytwoshoes, I hope you are both enjoying your little newborns, and I hope Mason and Aubrie are doing okay!!!

Van and Shyann, I wish you good luck and lots of baby dust to you two!!!

AFM, getting just to working again. Very mixed feelings, but Anna is in capable hands, so that's a relief :-)

Best wishes!!!!

Alice

Hi Ladies!!

So sorry i wasnt here for a while, but Mason keeps my hands full!! So finaly i can update my story while he is a sleep :)
Well, after 20hrs of labour i ended up with emergency c section, cos Mason desided to come out with face instead of top of the head, so glad midwife noticed that on time otherwise it would have been v messy labor. And i managed to go true 20 hrs with no pain relief, it was hard but my hubby kept me strong! But once i found out i have to go for c section i got v sceard and disappointed, cos it wasnt what i was planned. But once lil Mason was born, and i heard him crying, i forgot all about everything!!! Hes soo cutte, love him sooo much!! I still can not believe he is here already!! Had a feeling its gona be a boy from very start, so my gut feeling was right!!! :) He has dark ayes and black long hair and ganing waight so well :) im still breastfeeding, but thinking of stopping cos its so demanding!! And its hard!! So we got formula and slowly gona introduce that to him, and hopefully in 2 weeks he will be on formula :) Im still bit sore since operation and have to take easy for next 3 weeks, but can not wait to feel normal again! :) Mason has been good to us at night, he sleeps well and i have to get up only once at night :) but every evening he is soo unsettle, and nothing helps, he just dont settle, v cranky, and every evening the same time, so we think he could be lil bit colic! Hope that will pass soon. But once he smiles we forget all about it :) my hubby is back to work this week, it was so nice to have him helping for two weeks :) still getting used to it doing all by myself now untill he comes home from work! Its hard, and im taking one day at the time, and hopefully soon we will have routine with him, cos at the moment he is all over the place with feeding and stuff :) But all what meters that he is here healty and happy :) We still getting used to it beeing parents :)

Hay Alice, how you feeling beeing back to work? Do you miss Anna while you gone? As long she is in good hands, its makes that bit easier doesn't it? How is she at night? She sleeping well? Hope you are doing well and little Anna is growing healty and happy!! Lods of love xx

Hay Missy, how you are getting on with lil one? O God, i can imagine how busy you must be with 3 girls!! Hope you are coping well and lil Aubrey is good to you and sleeps well at night, and give you a lil break!! Lods of love xx

Jada and Emmy, so sorry to hear about feeling unwell, hope that will pass soon, and hay, its all for good couse right?? Soo nice that yea two get to be pregnant at the same time!! Have a lods of rest and take it easy while yea can :) sending yea lods lods love and can not wait to hear the gender Emmy :) so exciting :) Jada are yea gona find out??

Nikolina

Nikolina, hun, so glad to hear you and your story!!!! What a ride! I understand your disappointment with the c-section, but also that it went away as soon as Mason was born :-) I hope you're recovering well! 20 hours of labor without pain relief!!! Respect, hun!!! :-) I understand your thoughts about breast-feeding, it's not all sunshine, isn't it :-p Don't feel bad about your choice, I felt like I was more worth as a mum once I was done breast-feeding, since I was too exhausted from the pumping and stuff. And don't feel bad about things being a little chaotic right now, I think it took me about a month or two to feel like things were going well-oiled :-p Take all the time you need :-) It's normal :-) You'll see, at some point you'll realize it's going much easier :-) But it happens gradually, you don't even notice until you realize it has :-) At least, that was my experience :-) I'm sure you are an amazing mum!!! :-) Lol, you're so right about how their smile just makes all the difficult stuff go away :-)

Yes, I miss Anna when she's gone, I always look for to going to get her :-) But I see that she enjoys being around the other small children, she likes observing them. Ans she likes the lady of the daycare. I really think she gets bored at home sometimes, although I try to entertain her a lot :-p She seems to be at ease in the daycare and yes, that makes it easier :-) Anna is sleeping very well lately, she goes to sleep around 8-9 in the evening and drinks a bottle around 5-6 in the morning. Now I just need to try to go to sleep early as well :-p Silly me :-p

Lots of love!

Alice