It's Snowing!
It's snowing! The first storm of the season. It's so windy that it woke both of us up at 4:30 this morning. Of course we can't go back to sleep. The minute we wake up we start thinking baby thoughts! So, I'm up reading email before I get ready for work. Roxi needs to go to the bathroom but won't go off the back porch because it's so wet and windy. She's our big baby.
We bought the $60 pillow! Hopefully it's worth it. I've been reading that the full body pregnancy pillows from Babies R Us are well worth the money. Shelly's having such a hard time sleeping we thought we'd give it a try. Her biggest problem right now is she feels so bloated. It should be here in a couple of days. Hope it helps!
Our friends LB and Erin, Tate's Mom's, are pregnant again and just three weeks behind us. It's pretty neat to be pregnant at the same time. But, LB is so sick this time. She's even doing IV therapy to help get her through it. I feel so bad for her. Plus, Tate's an active two+ year old. I watch how awful Shelly feels and think how hard it would be to be pregnant AND run around after a two year old!
It's going to be a crazy, wet, cold, day. Guess I better get ready and hit the streets before all the other crazy people are on the roads!
Our Conception Story
After eight years together we were pretty sure we'd spend our life with our four legged kids, doing lots of camping, and traveling the world. On August 12, 2004 that all changed with the birth of our God Daughter Tate. We immediately fell completely in love with her and soon began to re-think our decision of not having kids.
In October 2005 we began the process of trying to conceive. As soon as we started trying Shelly began having very erratic cycles which made the process that more complicated. After four tries over six months we decided to schedule a consultation with the a Reproductive Specialist. We were desperate to conceive and on a limited time frame since Shelly had just turned 41. Dee was 35 at the time but not able to conceive due to a medical procedure.
Our first appointment with the Repro Man was May 2006. He suggested we try IVF using Dee's eggs and Shelly as the gestational mother. He felt this scenario would give us the highest chance for success of a healthy pregnancy. We spent a short amount of time weighing our options and decided this was the best choice. We began our first IVF cycle in August. They did the Egg Retrieval and Fertilization on 8/31. Three days later, 9/3, they transferred three embryos into Shelly. Then the wait began.
Shelly promised not to begin the home pregnancy test too soon. Dee had to travel out of state for business a week after the transfer and asked Shelly to please wait to test. BUT, the wait was too much for her and she started testing after a week. At first there was no line. But after a couple of days testing a faint line started to appear. When Dee came home from her trip Shelly told her, "I know I'm pregnant." Dee didn't believe her and insisted the line wasn't dark enough so she tested herself to compare. There was absolutely no line. She began to believe Shelly was pregnant but still had doubt. Dee went to the store and bought another brand of testing strips. After five home tests, we were convinced we we're pregnant due to all positive results. A blood test at two weeks confirmed it; we were going to have a baby!
4 comments:
Ah yes, I LOVE that pillow. Really, it is the best thing. Before we bought it, I was shoving pillows everywhere which just got to be a pain and Angele felt suffocated. Now just the one big pillow and another for my head if I want to be propped up more.
Snow? None here. I don't know if I'm ready for snow or not. Well, maybe. I do love the change in seasons and our Golden LOVES snow. Our little dog hates it though and I just dread trying to get her to go on a walk in the winter. It just doesn't happen.
Let me know how the pillow works out. I just have a regular long body pillow, but takes up so much room...
Trust me it will be a god send for the Other Mom. No more suffocating with hills and mountains of pillows!!!!!
Laurie, as Angele said it is worth it. The pillow curves so you can place part of it under your head and then along your belly or back and then tuck the other curved part under you legs. I like that it curves because it fits nicely everywhere. :)
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