Dec 30th 2005

Avery's Birthday, she is 3 years old, we had a fun day yesterday going to see Disney on Ice and she got to meet Cinderella, but she was too shy to wave to her, her words not mine.

We had a long but fun day - Birthday party is this weekend.

LABOR DAY - Dec 30th 2005

When I had Avery I was induced at 8:00am on Dec 29th due to high blood pressure. I was in 20 hours of labor, the epi did not work for me so I did it completely med free, I was tired hungry (did not eat or drink for a total of 36 hours - they would not let me)I pushed for 2 1/2 hours and then she arrived int he world, it was the most profound moment of my life. I fell in love immediately. So did Dh. We tried BFing but she was tongue tied so I pumped but that soon became awful or after 4 weeks we went totally to formula. Labor day was awful but it gave me the best gift ever and if you had asked me that day if i would have done it again, I would have said YES!

Happy 3rd Birthday Avery!

18 weeks... and 3 years ago today...

I am 18 weeks, wow where did time go... here is my first real belly pic.



Here is DD and I two weeks before Christmas



Also DD's Birthday is tomorrow we have a big day planned to go see Disney on Ice.

3 years ago today I was induced to have Avery, and as of 6pm EST I had already been through 10 hours with no relief in sight... will talk more about that tomorrow... because for the next fews posts I am going to talk all about Avery. Let her shine for a while.

When Dh and I started TTCing for Avery my Doctor was giving us 6 months to conceive on our own, after the sixth month we were being referred to the RE for meds, I have one ovary and long cycles without BC so I decided we would chart right off the bat. Read Taking Charge of Your Fertility and off we went. At the 6th cycle I realized I Oed 5 days later then expected and thoutght the cycle was a bust, called the DR made our referral appointment and one week before our appointment I took the pregnancy test ans saw a blarring BFP. Now I was 10 days late and just thought it was my body being stupid again. Nope, Avery had been conceived. Over joyed and very nervous we felt so blessed to be able to conceive on our own. My OB/GYN who did my surgery when I was 16 to remove my tumored ovary cried when I told her. That shows you what a surprise it was we were able to do it by ourselves. Not so much luck the second time, but here we are after a long second road having baby #2, in which Avery is so excited about. So BIG SISTER posts will be the topic for the next few posts, with a few others inbetween I am sure.

TO ALL MY BLOG READERS

In the next few days I will be updating my list of blogs I read daily and other things on my Blog, it is time for an update. If you update your blog regularly I will continue to read you but those of you who have not updated in months I will be replacing. If you read my blog and am not on my blog list please let me know, I would love to read you blog. Please leave a comment and I will add you to my list. I love reading anything really, mostly topics such as pregnancy, IF, toddlers and Secondary Infertility. Please come forward and allow me to read your blogs too!

THANKS FOR READING MY BLOG I APPERICATE IT!

Merry Christmas (the day after - Target Day!)

Hope everyone's Christmas was merry and bright! Also that Santa treats you well.

We had a good day yesterday despite running on a tight schedule from house to house. Will tell more on that later.

Today is the day after Christmas or also known as TARGET DAY. Today is the day we venture out early to go shopping at Target, not for gifts we did not receive but for Christmas stuff to use for next year! I got a ton of wrapping, gift tags and cute boxes to use for next year. I usually after get decorations like lights but this year I did not pick up anything. I got a few ornaments to sell on ebay and small things DD just had to have.

If you have a TARGET near you go check out the after Christmas sale on all their Christmas stuff, I even got two rugs for 50% off that I can use all year around. If you want to wait a few days that is fine too they will eventually mark everything down to 75% off. But pickens will be slim. If it is related to Christmas it will be on sale.

Beware it is crazy over there, everyone wants Christmas stuff for less.

jealous

I was reading the second trimester board today and there were so many post of ladies who found out the gender of their babies recently (last two days) and most were between 16 - 19 weeks, I could not help but be bitterly jealous. I told my Mom I was so looking forward to going shopping now I have to wait, waiting is not my strong suite.

Vent over.

BACKFIRED!!!!

I had my gender check today and the baby was very uncooperative, the tech even kept me longer then my time just in case the baby woke up. We tried everything, drinking juice, rolling me to my sides, poking my belly, nothing worked. She did get a look, but did not want to give me a definite, plus I want a definite answer before I start to announce anything. She just was not comfortable saying one way or the other. The baby was all curled up and had it's legs crossed, sleeping. I was disappointed to say the least, but that just means I go back in two weeks to try again. BOO. Guess we are waiting.

Thought we needed a face lift.