GOod morning ladies!
How are you guys doing? How was your weekend? OK, personals first!
Lee,
Hi baby... so sorry to hear about your POAS disappointment. I have to agree with Angel though, false negatives are far easier to obtain than false positives with those evil sticks. I think it's perfectly normal, expected and healthy, especially when you're an IVF veteran, to prepare for a BFN in all kinds of ways. You cycled differently this time, so you still can't rely on the signals your body is sending you. The only thing you can rely on at this point is a bood test. Sorry to hear about your friend's daughter darling... you're going through lots of emotionally packed events right now, I hope you're taking the time to do nice stuff for yourself, do activities you enjoy to keep yourself busy and entertained. No matter how this turns out, never forget all the other good things going on in your life right now. You're a wonderful, caring, generous person, and you're hot and sexy in addition!
ANd lastly, thank you so much for taking the time to reply to my long post. What you said went right to my heart and you can be sure I'll put it in my pocket.
Carolyn,
Glad to hear that AF has shown up!
Wow, time flies... your PUPO status is coming fast! yay! I'm very excited for you! It's a matter of days now, woooooohooo!
Rachel,
great to have news, and GOOD news about that ultrasound!
Ruby already sounds like a little troublemaker! She'll be so surprised when she meets her sibling!
I understand that your baby wasn't ideally placed to see the gender?
Shantala,
Will pm you in a minute! Thanks hun!
Angel,
Lucky you with the good weather! Here it's been really sunny, which is awesome, but warm? Depends... we had a chilly weekend. BUT I officially spent the week in my shoes (no winter boots), and that's a clear improvement!
What kind of week do you have, work-wise?
Miracle,
Missing you sweetheart!
Hope you had a great weekend and was able to finish that nasty homework! When does your semester end?
As for me, well my friend had false labor on Friday morning but as far as I know, she hasn't delivered her baby yet. Spent the afternoon with her and had a nice dinner in a very fancy restaurant with DH in the evening. It was great, but I was quite disappointed in myself: I've become boring! I was almost falling asleep on the table right after the meal and it was not even 10pm yet! Sheesh... so we just ate our meal and left. But it was a great date all the same. This weekend, my friend created some super strange drama: her DH left us a message saying she was out of control with a kitting situation. Turns out she managed to screw up the binding off of her blanket... I can understand it was upsetting; she's been working on it since November. It's her first knitting project and she panicked. I called them back, but no matter how DH put it, she refused to take the phone and was just there crying her heart out in a complete rage! DH told me she would call me back, but she hasn't called back yet. Hehehehe proud like she is, I bet she's a bit embarassed!
I'll give her until tomorrow; if she hasn't called me I will!
OH, and just a note... I notice that some of you sometimes mention pregnancy hormones affecting my mood. There are many possible messages behind take that kind of comment, and it makes me uncomfortable. I just wanted to say, I'm a very intense, but very "together" kind of woman most of the time. I still haven't cried over a toilet paper commercial with puppies or kittens!
I didn't see any change in my emotions since I became pregnant, and DH didn't see any change either. Same for the IVF meds; no change, same for PMS, no change. Sorry for the rant, but I really needed to say this.
And that being said, I wanted to thank you again for giving me so much support and clever advice about my family situation. My friend and I discussed this and she had a brilliant idea to add to your suggestions (which I'll all apply). When we visit them, we feel obliged to spend all our time with them in the house, because we don't visit often and only for 24 hours or so. But we don't have to do that. In fact, it becomes awkward because everyone just disappears after meals and do their own little business, and we're practically left clueless in the living room watching TV or reading. Plus right after a 3-hour drive, I feel tired and much less capable of facing the music. So we thought that we would first go to my grandparents' and have lunch with them instead of the brunch we usually have the next day with them. My grandma hates to get up early, so it will be the perfect excuse. Then towards 5pm, we'll go to my father and his wife's, have a great dinner, and then to go bed, which will be a nice break. Then we'll go to a restaurant and have a brunch with my sisters and brother downtown, spend some time together, the young ones. Come back home, spend some more time all together with father and his wife, have lunch, and then leave. It would be perfect. Like my friend says, after a long meal you've pretty much discussed all you had to discuss, the rest is practically just rambling. So, why not vary your activities a bit more? It was a light at the end of the tunnel for me, and DH agrees that we should really try this next time.
Okay, enough rambling for me! Hugs and kissies to all!
Sophie xxox
CRYING all the time with no one to talk to because I am all positive all the time because thats me and what people expect!!!
. And I really do hate Mondays! Miracle, have you counted the number of times I have said that????!!!! 
