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Wednesday, November 22, 2006

Shoppers Block

I've been waiting three months to begin shopping for Little One. We've crossed that 1st Trimester mark which means I could begin to pick up a few things. Yesterday I stopped by Pottery Barn Kids. Three months ago I would have spent, spent, spent. Now that the time has come, I'm not spending! Everything I thought about getting I would tell myself to "wait until after the Baby Shower". What has happened to me??? I know I'm not becoming frugel. Sorry, Shelly, it's true, I can't be changed. But I think I do have Shoppers Block. Hopefully I'll get over it before Friday aka THE BIGGEST SHOPPING DAY OF THE YEAR!!! Maybe I'm just saving up my energy for Friday. I know I'll need it! I did buy a CD of Nursery Rhymes. Shelly and I were trying to sing with Tate the other day and couldn't remember the words to most of the songs. We agreed we better "brush up" on Nursery Rhymes before Little One is born. When I ran across the CD at PB Kids I thought I'd better pick it up and get a jump start on becoming a expert Nursery Rhyme performer. Did I mention I can't wait to shop this Friday???
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2 comments:

Holly said...

I couldn't wait to get out there and buy stuff! Lois made me wait until we hit 15 weeks.
Guess what? I have bought 1 thing since then. 1 $6 clearance outfit from Baby Gap. That's it. I can't believe it.
Same thing, all of a sudden I'm saying "wait until after the shower."
Shopper's block happens.

November 22, 2006 at 7:16:00 AM MST
Stacey said...

We bought a ton of stuff before conception. It's fun to shop baby stuff. And it all adds up so it's nice to get some of it out of the way. :) Have fun shopping!!! We love Pottery Barn Kids. Bought some things from there like a little reading chair, curtains with the rod & pullbacks, the book rack for the wall... Great store.

November 22, 2006 at 8:59:00 AM MST

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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!