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Tuesday, January 29, 2008

2 Teeth & Weekend Update

First, thank you to those of your who responded to my post on the Fluoride Debate. I decided to buy the Water Purifier but am still doing research. Problem is there are so many differing opinions.

Now, on to fun stuff. I told you last week that Miss Riley got her first tooth. Well, she's now the proud owner of two bottom teeth!

These two little opaque jewels must have been the culprit behind our three hour cuddle marathon last night. And if today is any indication (non stop chewing and fingers in her mouth) we could have a repeat performance tonight.

Here's pictures of the beauties (Never mind the soaking wet shirt in the middle of winter. I was cleaning out email and let her go a little too crazy with the sippy cup of water. Bad, neglectful Mom. These are the things that happen when I'm on baby duty and Shelly leaves the house.) Also I think she looks a little bit sassy in the first picture. There's some mischievousness behind those eyes.
Saturday was an eventful day for our family. First the three of us went to lunch at a nice restaurant. We were prepared with snacks, toys, and lunch for the little one. It couldn't have gone better! It was so much fun sitting in the restaurant as a family. This was our first restaurant outing in several months and she did amazingly well. Pictured here is little Miss enjoying lunch with her Mama's.

After lunch we went to meet my friend Shelly's new baby boy Sawyer. What a beautiful little boy. Riley had fun seeing the baby. Really she enjoyed watching/playing with Shelly's dogs the most. We enjoyed holding a newborn and that amazingly wonderful new born baby smell. Here's a pic of Riley being a big girl and waving while at Shelly's house and a few pics of baby Sawyer.
Sunday was a lazy day! Shelly and I took turns letting each other nap!!! It was wonderful!
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Monday, January 28, 2008

The Fluoride Debate

We are in the process of getting a water purifier installed because the water in our area is horrible, or at least that's what the salesman has told us. We know we have extremly hard water and are getting a water softener. But we are still up in the air on a water purifier. The salesman has me sold because supposedly our area has a higher level of contaminants (lead, sediment, chlorine, dissolved solids/mineral salts, cysts, radium & arsenic) than what the EPA recommends. Fact is, I think the water tastes fine and I can't really find anything that confirms his case besides what he can provide me with.

Then there is the fluoride debate. Our water is fluoridated. Some people have stated babies must have fluoridated water for their teeth. The dentist confirmed this for me and said if you don't use the fluoridated water you'll need to use fluoride supplements. Then I start digging around on the Internet and am now more confused. Some sites say not to rely on fluoridated water because you can't control how much fluoride your child is getting. Others scare you that you could be giving too much fluoride to your child.

So I was all set to cancel the purifier (saves us $800) in favor of fluoridated water. I called the salesman and he does his job on selling about how contaminated our water is and now has me on the fence again.

I'm looking for opinions on fluoride! Help!!!
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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!