Hi everybody...........we are on cycle 4 of TTCing, and this is our first baby. We both are very healthy, and the only thing that we know of that has a small chance of creating issues is my husband's chromosome relocation syndrome (can't remember exactly what it's called). However, even with that, the doctors said we have a 5% chance of m/c and 1% chance of mentally retarded baby (i think that's over the norm). So really, we have nothing to worry about.

I have read that even under perfect conditions there is only a 20% chance of conception....so a big part of me says to give it time...... and then, there is a little part that is starting to get annoyed, and a little worried, that 4 months have gone by, and I'm not pg yet.

I was just wondering if any of you would maybe like to share your experience in how long it either took you to conceive, if you are pg or have babies, or how long you have been TTC... I hope it's not too personal of a question, I just want to reassure myself that what I'm going through is quite normal.....

Lots of baby dust to all of us!! :awink:

With my first it took about 2 days! :) We tried a couple of times and then I got really sick and by the time I felt like trying again I was already pg. The second time we tried for 3 months and then I got frustrated and bought a cheap Ovulation kit. Using that we got pg that first month.

Good luck to you and lots of baby dust! :)

Mary

I charted when I was TTC. We got pregnant on our first month trying with all 3 pregnancies (I MCed the first one). I feel very fortunate because I know that most people are not as lucky as we were.

Rebekah was an accident. I was charting to avoid and we got lazy. This second one took 2 months.

4 cycles isn't so bad, really. But I know it's frustrating. It took my friend 18 months, 6 with Clomid. I wouldn't even count your last cycle because you were travelling.

I got pregnant on my honeymoon during my "testing" month charting (first month I had done it) Then, with the twins, I was still breastfeeding my son and I got pregnant and didn't know it until I was about 10 weeks or so along :dunno: I consider myself EXTREMELY lucky b/c I'm not even supposed to be able to have kids :dunno:

Four months is not really that long. I know it's frustrating when you're going through it though. It took me about 8 months to conceive our DD and about 5 months with our son. It's so hard when you're going through TTC. I hope it happens soon for you. :hug99:

Thank you for your responses, ladies........

I don't feel overwhelmed yet, and only a little frustrated....I just expected that because in my family women never had problems conceiving, he'd breathe on me and I'd turn up with twins (which run in his fam) LOL.......and here I am, taking temps, keeping the Ovulation Kit industry in business (and the pg test industry, for that matter, too)......and nothing...:dunno:

Another thing that's driving me nuts is this.....I LOOOOVE full size baby carriages, and won't dish out $600 for a new one, and they are so rare here....I found a lady with a Peg Perego Culla that was only used for 4 months who'll sell it to me for $200, and we agreed back in December she'd hold it till March..........I was SURE I'd be way pregnant by then, and March is here, and I will be :bawl: if she sells if off........I want my carriage! (I know, I'm vain)....

It helps to hear everybody has a different story.....and Brooke, I agree with what you said about the last cycle....never thought of it that way, but I was traveling and had flu twice in the same month....that cycle prolly doesn't count....Hey, I got a whole other month to be on the 4th cycle again!!

Also, I thought I wanted a spring baby, and a girl, since I already have a name I LOVE (Alexandra, and she could be Sasha, which is Russian, or Alex)but at this point, I will take them any quantities, in any gender, with any delivery dates LOL.... I want to be a Mommy :pray:

Lena - buy your carriage if you want it! Don't pass up a great deal. There's another girl on here who has several nice strollers and she's not pregnant (Valeria, I think). You wouldn't be ther first one.

i got pg accidently with tony (and i was 35!)

with #2 we tried for 3 months, and had a chemical pg. then took a break for 4 months (selfishly because we had a kid-free vacation planned :lol: ) . i got pg on the first cycle we started trying again.

good luck!

i say buy the stroller! especially if it's a deal! i bought my double before i got pg with #2 :nod: because it was a bargain.

With my first, Avery, it took us 6 cycles of "trying." I charted, temped, took robitussin, vitex, baby aspirin, etc. I cried every time my period came. Right before my birthday, I had a lot of ovarian pain, so I saw my doctor. I showed him my charts and stuff, and told him everything I was taking. He told it me it appeared that I was ovulating, and to dump the charting, temping, etc, and just have fun. :awink: That cycle I just kept an eye out for EWCM, and we just enjoyed ourselves. Plus, we went to Ohio for a Jimmy Buffet concert. That very cycle, I got pregnant. :banana:

With Sabrina, I got pregnant on our 3rd cycle of trying. I didn't chart, temp or anything. We just had sex during my fertile period. We also went to Baltimore during my fertile time and came home with a souviner of the trip. :lol:

Vacations seem to help us! :lol:

I'm a firm believer in not stressing out about it. I really don't think the stress helped me with it. Good luck!

And buy that stroller! :)

Yes, buy the stroller!!! :lol:

I think you know I have a Teutonia, and I've also bought a Quinny Freestyle 3XL. (and a Roundabout in Cowmooflage--at least I could justify that one b/c it was being discontinued... ;) ) My DH thinks I'm crazy.

Anyway, we were OTL for 14 months and have been actively trying for 2. Nothing yet. I'm sending baby dust to both of us. :)

With my first, it was my first cycle off the pill, I was charting to avoid, and just getting my body ready to TTC in a few months. Well, after a few nights of binge drinking during Summerfest (a weeklong summer concert thingey here), I got pregnant :blush: oops, buy YAY!
We wanted them close in age, so we started TTC very early on. Unfortunately, my body wasnt cooperating. It didnt want to ovulate, so my OB put me on Clomid. On my 3rd month of Clomid (6 months of TTC), I was ready to give up. We had a wedding to go to, I said screw it, drank a lot, and guess what? I got PG that night :lol:

Oh yeah - I would buy the stroller, as well :aok:

First cycle off BCP with my first 2, 3rd cycle after IUD was removed with my 3rd.

You guys are funny! I'm glad I'm among the fellow stroller nuts who think it's a good idea to have many nice strollers.....( I think we could open a Sam's club for used strollers between all of us)..

My ONLY hesitation with buying another stroller (even though I stopped after Prestige, Valeria...you left me in the dust!) is that twins run in Damon's family, not like A TON, but his sister has twins (even though she had IVF, so I don't if that really counts)...and I'm just afraid that if I buy the carriage, I'll be pg with twins heheheheh wouldn't that be a surprise....

Actually, I had a dream the other day that I gave birth to two girls (a little wishful awake thinking going on???), and the first thing I thought was, "Oh no, my Prestige won't fit!" (NUTS), but when I walked outside ('cause in the dreams, you are magically right by the stroller even though you were just giving 20 minute birth a second ago LOL)....and like that, my Prestige was a double HAHHAHHAHA My mind is taking me for a ride...all them brain cells must be laughing their little butts off at my dreams.....hehe

You guys think I should still buy it and hope it's 1, and not 2?

Oh, and maybe I should follow Karri's example LOL..I recently discovered I like beer...hmmmm...drink lots and pass out in the bedroom? hahhahhahhahhahah

Your chances of twins are determined by your side and your mother's family, not DH's family, if I remember correctly.

Identical twins are just freaks of nature that happen randomly. Fraternal twins happen when 2 eggs are released, and that depends on your body.

I say go for the stroller. Also, I could be wrong, but I believe that only fraternal twins actually "run" in a family, and it's through the mother's side because it's her body that releases 2 eggs at the same time. I think that identical twins just kind of happen. I would say that the IVF twins don't "count." So, that being said (and assuming that it's true :lol: ) definitely go for the stroller. :)

To answer the original question, we didn't try for either of our babies... they moved in without an invitation. :lol:

Thank you, Brooke and Magoo........I feel ignorant LOL but that's ok. OH MY! That does mean I have to buy the freaking stroller!!!!! DH will have a heart attack hahaha...

I was saving up to buy an entry level (which is $500-600:woa: ) road bike, since I do triathlons and still don't have a bike.......I do a little mystery shopping and was saving up that money...I guess I will need to make arrangements to get the stroller maybe in May.....and just go for it!

Maybe I'll put more pressure on DH to :boink:if we have a second stroller in the basement? hehehe You guys are complete trouble makers!!!!

I'm a mommy of ID twins, and they don't run in my family and Brooke is right, YOUR blood genetics are the only determining factor in fraternal twins :biggrin:

Oops... I was posting at the same time as Brooke. :)

Identical twins are just freaks of nature .
Shanna is a freak of nature :lol2: (just kidding!)

Yeah -its all the lady. Mine were clomid twins. I was ignorant, thinking I wouldnt (couldnt) have twins...the chances were too slim. HA :lol:

Anyway --get the stroller!

Shanna is a freak of nature :lol2: (just kidding!)



Darn skippy!!! :rotflmao:

This is an awesome thread-you guys are AWESOME:ura1:
Well, I'm CD 25 and the temps are staying up (of course, they will until CD28 no matter what, but hey, a little fake support for self ...hehe), and the 4th cycle is not over yet, so I think I will say a few stroller prayers, maybe God will grant us a baby for all the strollers?

If nothing else, one positive thing of up temps is I like how my feet stay really warm in the Luteal Phase-usually my feet are so cold....I always have to go to bed in socks and then kick them off in the middle of the night....
Did you all find out the gender of your baby before birth? (do I want a baby girl or WHAT?)

I found out both times :nod: I'm too much of a planner not to :lol:

HECK YEAH! I am too impatient not to know. Our friends call us Mr. & Mrs. Instant Gratification :lol:

Did you all find out the gender of your baby before birth? (do I want a baby girl or WHAT?)
NO WAY!! We were surprised with Anna, and I just had the u/s for this one on Monday and we didn't find out. I sat there and compared the moment that I found out with Anna, which was beyond words, to me lying there in pain from having to pee so badly, and there was absolutely no comparison. If you really want one or the other, I think it's best to wait. I think that it's sad when people come home from their u/s disappointed that they're not having what they thought they wanted. In the moment that your baby is born, it really won't matter - you'll fall in love harder and faster than you ever dreamed possible. :)

Yes, we found out with Rebekah and we will with this one, as well.

That is a GREAT attitude, Magoo!! I like that! I never really thought about it, and DH once commented that he'd want to wait to find out. I really don't mind one way or the other, I guess...

In Russia, where I'm from, it's actually considered bad luck to buy all the baby stuff (furniture, clothes,etc), before the baby is actually born......I know I got the stroller mania going, but to me it's not as personal as baby's crib or clothes from a shower. So I really haven't even decided whether I would have a shower like most ppl here, or have one after the baby is born, or have a generic boy/girl shower and get specific gender stuffs later.

But I decided to figure all that out later, when i have little one inside my tummy....

We didn't find out with either of our first 2 and have no intention to find out this time either. I LOVE LOVE LOVE the surprise! (And to torture everyone else by not finding out. :lol2: )

Lena - I work with a woman from Jamaica (I think) and when I first started working there, the women in the office threw her a baby shower not knowing that in her country it was bad luck to buy anything before the baby was born. She flipped out, ran out of the office and drove home in a panic. She ended up having the baby that night! Boy did she blame the office people!

Wow Brooke... that's so sad.

Brooke, wow..............that's a bit much.... I feel bad for the lady who had the baby and the poor ladies who threw her a shower!

Well, I'm really not opposed to showers, it's just a tradition we have, but I think it's more vivid with my parents' generation, really. I will probably end up buying the baby's room furniture when I'm 5-6 months along, anyway, if I can find a great deal on ebay.... So, as you can see, I'm a total sucker for baby stuff hehe:crazy:

To answer the original question, the first time it took about 10 months and 2 rounds of clomid. This time feels like FOREVER :( We are approaching a year and a half and I am on my 4th round of clomid this time. :banghead:

Did you all find out the gender of your baby before birth? (do I want a baby girl or WHAT?)

The first time we waited. The second time we found out. To be honest, I liked waiting better. I love the mystery. It's just not as much fun when the baby is finally born. If we were to have a third, I would wait.

thank you for sharing your opinion, Theresa...that makes sense about the mystery part....hmmmm I'm intrigued now.....

I'm a planner. I have to know as soon as possible. I think I'd go crazy if I could find out at the U/S and I didn't for some reason.

Plus, with Rebekah, I wanted a girl so bad that I was afraid I'd feel sad or disappointed if I waited until the birth and found out she was a boy. I didn't want anything to make the birth less happy than it should be so I figured I'd get the disappointment overwith at the sonogram. My best friend was the opposite. She wanted a girl and chose not to findout until birth because she didn't want to feel any of those feelings for the last 20 weeks of her pregnancy.

Everyone is different.

It really is fun to sit and wonder about who is in there. :)

It really is fun to sit and wonder about who is in there. :)
It is!! :nod: It's kind of annoying not to be able to buy cute clothes of one gender or the other, but I think that the excitement of finding out at the birth FAR outweighs any pleasure that I'd get from shopping. There's plenty of time for that later.

Plus, how exciting is it to make the big announcement to your family! DH said it he LOVED calling everyone and saying "It's a girl!" This time I should have a phone in my room, so I've already decided that I want to call my parents because I want in on the fun too. I could honestly cry just sitting here and thinking about it. :lol: I remember how exciting it was when my sisters had their babies, and we were all waiting on the edges of our seats to find out. We would get the call, and my mom would make the announcement... man... it was wonderful... everyone jumping up and down and yelling "It's a ____!" So much fun! In contrast, my cousin knew she was having a boy, and we knew his name ahead of time, so when we got the call, we just said. "Oh... good... he's here." :lol:

Really, it's one of those things where people who really want to find out would probably never change their minds based on what anyone else says, but if you're on the fence, I strongly suggest that you wait. :)

As to the original question - it took us 9 months to get pregnant the first time and we have been TTC for a few months now for #2. All of the early posters to your question seem like such fertile myrtles! Don't let it get you down if it takes a little bit of time.

As to finding out the gender, we did. Loved knowing we were having a girl. I know Theresa said it is fun to sit and wonder who is in your belly - but even though we found out we were having a girl, we still sat and wondered who was in there! So, like Brooke said, everyone is different. Any subsequent kids we have I will want to find out as well.

Good luck!

Sandy

Plus, how exciting is it to make the big announcement to your family! DH said it he LOVED calling everyone and saying "It's a girl!" This time I should have a phone in my room, so I've already decided that I want to call my parents because I want in on the fun too. I could honestly cry just sitting here and thinking about it. :lol: I remember how exciting it was when my sisters had their babies, and we were all waiting on the edges of our seats to find out. We would get the call, and my mom would make the announcement... man... it was wonderful... everyone jumping up and down and yelling "It's a ____!" So much fun! In contrast, my cousin knew she was having a boy, and we knew his name ahead of time, so when we got the call, we just said. "Oh... good... he's here."

I think it's just as exciting finding out at the u/s (as we did with Joe), or in the case of Frances from the amnio results. I don't think it would have been any more exciting or fun telling people if we had waited. JMO.

Dennis

We are going on three years and still no luck. When we started out, we had no reason to think we'd have problems, and our IF is still unexplained. For a different point of view, I would say that I am glad I didn't buy anything early on when we were excited to TTC because now it would make me sad every time I looked at it. Nothing wrong with being optimistic, but I'm just glad I don't have anything tangible like that around the house. I did buy a book for a grandmother to fill out, and it makes me sad when I think of how long I've had it, but at least it's small so I hid it in a drawer.

I think it's just as exciting finding out at the u/s (as we did with Joe), or in the case of Frances from the amnio results. I don't think it would have been any more exciting or fun telling people if we had waited. JMO.

Dennis

Exactly... just as exciting for you... but I can't possibly see it being as exciting for me. That's why I said that last part about how people who want to know are never going to change their minds based on what anyone else says.

I'm actually a reformed impatient parent. We wanted to find out with Anna, but she couldn't tell, so we had to wait. Having experienced that moment in the delivery room, I just can't imagine that it would have been the same at the u/s for a myriad of reasons. Again... that's just me. :)

With the u/s I just had, I was in so much pain from having to pee so badly I could barely walk. She wiped the gel stuff off of my tummy and I actually ran to the bathroom with my pants undone. :lol: I just can't imagine that being the time that we find out if it's a boy or girl. :lol:

All of that being said, if I were to find out, I think I would have them write it down, and then go for a special dinner, or to a spot that has a special significance for you as a couple and then open it up there. :nod:

Original question: First time trying with both girls and not trying at all with #3... Finding out the gender: LOVED to know as early as possible!!! I cannot wait to find out this time and am really glad we're doing an amnio at 16 weeks b/c I get to see him/her and find out who is in there next month :) I hate not knowing!!

As to the original question - it took us 9 months to get pregnant the first time and we have been TTC for a few months now for #2. All of the early posters to your question seem like such fertile myrtles! Don't let it get you down if it takes a little bit of time.

As to finding out the gender, we did. Loved knowing we were having a girl. I know Theresa said it is fun to sit and wonder who is in your belly - but even though we found out we were having a girl, we still sat and wondered who was in there! So, like Brooke said, everyone is different. Any subsequent kids we have I will want to find out as well.

Sandy, thank you so much for sharing that!!! Sometimes I do feel like everybody around me is a fertile myrtle hehe....maybe it's because I'm ready to be pg, and I'm not..... it helps to know it might take a little time, but it'll still happen for us, sooner or later :)

We are going on three years and still no luck. When we started out, we had no reason to think we'd have problems, and our IF is still unexplained. For a different point of view, I would say that I am glad I didn't buy anything early on when we were excited to TTC because now it would make me sad every time I looked at it. Nothing wrong with being optimistic, but I'm just glad I don't have anything tangible like that around the house. I did buy a book for a grandmother to fill out, and it makes me sad when I think of how long I've had it, but at least it's small so I hid it in a drawer.

Becky, I think that is one of the big reasons people at home don't buy anything until the baby is born.. I honestly can't imagine how gut-wrenching it would be to come from a hospital if you have a baby tragedy, and see all that baby furniture and other stuff sitting around the house.....I would think it would be making it even more unbearable?

Original question: First time trying with both girls and not trying at all with #3... Finding out the gender: LOVED to know as early as possible!!! I cannot wait to find out this time and am really glad we're doing an amnio at 16 weeks b/c I get to see him/her and find out who is in there next month :) I hate not knowing!!
Bonnie, how lucky for you!!!!!!!!! Not even trying???? WOW:wow: You are certainly blessed! I always thought that it would be like that for me, too, but the good Lord has something else in store...perhaps, He was just giving me time to go visit my family and paint my house LOL.... Well, Bonnie, good for you! Thank you for sharing!

It is SO interesting to hear everybody's points of view on whether to find out the gender of the baby or not. You got me thinking in both directions haha....Please, keep sharing!!!:wavey:

I am another fertile myrtle. My first 2 were conceived first cycle and #3 was 3rd cycle. We didn't find out the sex with any and loved finding out in the delivery room. In my experience, when the gender is known beforehand, the name is normally known as well. Add in a c-section and everyone already knows the gender, birthdate, time and name. The only surprise is the weight. Like Magoo posted earlier, I love the excitement and anticipation when someone close to me is in labour. It can be a bit of an anti-climax if there isn't any surprise elements :lol: But some people like knowing everything in advance, so you have to choose what is best for you. I have heard both arguments about finding out the gender when you specifically want one or the other. Some people say it's better to find out early and do your "grieving" before the baby is born, others say wait till the birth and you'll be so overwhelmed with your baby that you won't mind what colour clothes you need to buy :dunno: I can't really say b/c I've always wanted a healthy baby, not one sex or the other.

It took us about 4 cycles to concieve our first baby, and our second daughter was a happy surprise. We were absolutely thrilled with the timing, that put our children 23 months apart.

When it comes to finding out the gender, I did not want to know either time. I am sure it would have been awesome to find out early, but for me the feeling of finding out in the delivery room was incredible. It was the one thing that kept me focused on what was coming, and not what was happening to me. Sharing that unbelievable moment full of joy and excitement will only happen to me twice in my lifetime. :heart: I'm glad it was at the birth, and not at the ultrasound. For me.

My very best friend had 2 baby boys, and found out both times via ultrasound. She needed to know what she was having...that's just the way she is and she was very happy and relieved to find out the sex of her baby before the birth. That worked out for her.

It's such a personal choice, and there is no right or wrong one. Whatever works best for you and your SO. :)

We didn't find out the sex with any and loved finding out in the delivery room. In my experience, when the gender is known beforehand, the name is normally known as well. Add in a c-section and everyone already knows the gender, birthdate, time and name. The only surprise is the weight.

Even though I am a "finder outer" I think this is comment above is also true. I didn't like that aspect of it. In our case, we did not name Rayna until she was born. We had a couple of names that we had decided on, but wanted to have a look at her first! When we saw that we had a baby w/ a head full of black hair, I just knew we had our Rayna. I always pictured a dark headed little girl being named Rayna. If she had blonde hair like me, I don't think we would have named her Rayna. So, that surprise was still there for us - and for the family. The first question was What is her name?

Also, I begged off an induction for a few days, hoping I would go into labor on my own, which I did. So that was not planned and was a "surprise" even though she came right as planned - on her due date!

Anyway, this is just to illustrate you can keep some mystery in the process even if you find out the gender. It truly is a personal decision. No right or wrong answer. Like Clare says, if you have a healthy baby at the end, that is all that matters. :)

Good luck and baby dust to all!

Sandy

I totally agree with you ladies. If I have a healthy baby, that's really all I want..... I think at this point I would prefer a baby girl ('cause I'm vain and hogged a name for her already), but if it's a boy, there totally will be just as much joy. My big thing is I want to have a baby, and I want it to be healthy. I really don't know how I would deal with it if my baby was born very sick....

All this gender stuff is really fun, though. I LOVE hearing all of your points of view on why you would or would not find out the sex of the baby. It is so fascinating~~! (and each comment makes sense) I think I might wait...because I know for sure I would not be disappointed with either gender, and I think it would be fun to wonder all 9 months.

I think we're going to keep our name choice a secret from our family this time, mostly because I know they won't like it and I don't want to hear crap from them about it. Once the baby is here and named, they can say whatever they want but they can't change anything.

I think we're going to keep our name choice a secret from our family this time, mostly because I know they won't like it and I don't want to hear crap from them about it. Once the baby is here and named, they can say whatever they want but they can't change anything.
Brooke, are you keeping it a secret, period, or just from your family? I'm nosy, so if you want to share, I'm all ears :)

Just from our family. Are you kidding? I couldn't NOT tell people on here!

For a girl we've chosed Adriana Lee (Adriana came from DH's grandmother Adrienne, and Lee because it is my mom and grandmother's middle name).

For a boy, well, that's another story. Right now we have both agreed we like Noah, no middle name yet. We're not discussing it too much until we find out if it's a boy, since DH is very set on Zachary and I don't like it.

Just from our family. Are you kidding? I couldn't NOT tell people on here!

For a girl we've chosed Adriana Lee (Adriana came from DH's grandmother Adrienne, and Lee because it is my mom and grandmother's middle name).


Adriana Lee is adorable!!!!!!!!! I love it! Good choice :) Are both you and DH set on it? It really is a cute name for a cute little girl:)

Yeah, it's pretty much set. We can come up with girl's names really easily. :dunno: That's why I'm hoping for another girl.

I went off the pill in March and was tempting just to see if I was ovulating, etc. The first month I charted I didn't O but the second month I did. During the third month, I went into the OBGYN to show him my chart, talk about conceiving and to get pre-natal vitamins. He said that everything was looking good. Lo and behold, a 1.5 weeks later, I was back in his office to confirm my pregnancy. :blush: I was actually pregnant when I was there the first time. :lol: We :brow: 2x during my fertile time and that was it.

I just :pray: that it is as easy the 2nd time around.

As far as finding out the sex, I REALLY wanted to but she wasn't cooperating during the ultrasound so we had to wait. It was neat to find out that she was a girl, I had totally thought I was having a boy. I am kind of leaning towards not finding out the second time. :dunno:

Good luck...I hope it happens soon for you. :thumbsup:

Hi everybody, picking up discussion again.............

I bit the fever bug again, big time~! Symptoms include surfing Ebay for pram bedding, Zippy strollers (good mall stroller?), mentally picking out fabrics to sew baby things, randomly looking things up on BabiesRUs which I cannot possibly need until after the baby is born, and I'm not even pg!..........UGH-HO........ I had it bad last May when a friend had a baby, and a few months ago it eventually sort of subsided, and now IT'S BACK..:sad: this makes it hard and makes me wonder why 5 months later we are still not pregnant...

Anyhow, I thought I would throw out there another thought- I like the idea of waiting to find out the sex of the baby because of the mystery aspect, but at the same time I think it would be fun to be able to sew boy- or girl-specific bedding and things during the pregnancy..... Anybody can relate?

I can relate. We pretty much found out with DD (they couldn't be sure she was a girl because of her position), but I don't plan on finding out with any future children.

As for the TTC we are now on month 18 :rolleyes:

We conceived on month #2 both times (with poor BD timing the first month both times :blush: ).

As far as finding out the sex... I don't think I could not find out :lol: It drove me crazy when she said Sara was 70% a girl. We are now 100% positive :) . The surprise for me is what they actually look like but I don't think I could make it through a whole pregnancy and not know the sex. I'm waaaay too much of a planner.

Hahah Nocona, I can understand :) 15 days to go, huh? WOW! You must be so excited!!

Thinking what was I thinking, actually :lol:

With David it took us 2 months. The second time around it took 5 months. We have been TTC again for 10 months.

Just a thought I had............

I guess part of me feels like a lot of you guys already have one or two kids, and while you may be frustrated about TTC (or not, lucky ones you!), but you already have kids....with the first one it's all brand new, and of course I find myself thinking from time to time, "What if it's not going to happen for me?" BUT on the other hand I think that's not fair to think that way and it's really tough ANY time, and there are certainly ppl out there who have had it much worse than just having this uncertainty that is nagging at me.....

Baby dust to all of us who need and want it :)

Just a thought I had............

I guess part of me feels like a lot of you guys already have one or two kids, and while you may be frustrated about TTC (or not, lucky ones you!), but you already have kids....with the first one it's all brand new, and of course I find myself thinking from time to time, "What if it's not going to happen for me?" BUT on the other hand I think that's not fair to think that way and it's really tough ANY time, and there are certainly ppl out there who have had it much worse than just having this uncertainty that is nagging at me.....

Baby dust to all of us who need and want it :)

Hunny, been there too. I cried COUNTLESS times over the idea of maybe never having a baby. Admittedly, it's easier the 2nd time around because I *do* have a child. But easier doesn't mean easy. Tuck that thought in the back of your mind for later because hopefully it will come back to bite you in the butt when you are TTC #2 ;)

And really, though it seems like it now, 5 months is NOT a long time. Do you have any reason to believe you will need medical intervention to get PG?

Andrea,

that's the thing-NO! We are both EXTREMELY healthy, I went to the Dr before TTC just for a physical and blood work, and everything is top shape......In my family women get pg easily, so I was SURE i would be pg the first time around...

The only thing that DH has is a Chromosome thing where two of his chromosomes exchanges pieces, and it potentially could cause one of two outcomes: 1)a physical/mental handicap, 2)be in a stable shape (like his Mom and he have it)... we did a Chromosome analysis, and they said we only have a 5% chance of mental retardation in a child and 1% for m/c (i guess over normal rates)...and it should not affect conception. He is in great health as well. We both try to eat well, work out, and all that........both need to lose a few lbs, but nothing that would prevent conception, again..

So all that said, I don't KNOW of anything that would prevent us from being pregnant already.... I'm just getting impatient, that's all.. I know no dr would even talk to me until we've tried for like a year (am i right?) I just really am ready for my baby :)

maybe your timing is just off. But I think it's only like a 20% chance of getting PG each month and that you shouldn't worry until after a year :hug99:

Lena, Maybe you are stressing to much over it. I know I do the same thing. My dr told me that a stressed body can't get pg. I know how you feel. Maybe try relaxing (easier said than done).

Although at this point I dont think it really matters ;). You know what I am saying! At least I hope you do and I don't come across sounding like a bitch!! :lol:

Melissa....hahhaa NO NO NOT AT ALL! I would take all the advice I can get....

Well, you already know, Melissa, but for the rest of the folks who were being so nice and encouraging to my moaning self...I took a pg test last night and got a barely visible pink line next to the test line... I'll test again tomorrow, but everybody is saying this is it for me!:ura1:

Congratulations!! Here's to a happy, healthy 9 months! :toast:

Thank you, Theresa!

hahhaaa......looking on Ebay at pram bedding and baby furniture...I'm so far gone!

Lena - buy your carriage if you want it! Don't pass up a great deal. There's another girl on here who has several nice strollers and she's not pregnant (Valeria, I think). You wouldn't be ther first one.

I now have an official reason to be buying my beautiful pram!!
tried to post a couple of pics, but they keep coming up as html codes when saved.... I'm not sure exactly what is going on....

Congratulations Lena!! :banana: What wonderful news! :woo: I'm so glad you have an excellent reason to continue your stroller shopping! :lol:

JustGerri, thank you!!