Fit for Future Families - June 2011

Hope I didn't miss anyone!

Pam – Sorry to hear about your flooded garden. Here we either go weeks with no rain for weeks with rain every day, so I feel your pain. Enjoy your vacation with the fam!

Amanda – I know what you mean with the grandbaby talk...luckily my BIL had another one, so that hushed them for a while. Appetizers are my fav…but they are evil. I think I could snack on them for hours. BTW, great job on the treadmill. I have been trying to do C25K and I never get past week 4.

Peggy – Sorry to hear AF showed...I just had a cycle where I ovulated on day 41

Ashley – Happy BDing

Pixie – Hopefully AF will regulate herself soon

Karen – I know what you mean when trying to schedule your fertility treatment around hubs schedule. I am sure hospitals and insurance companies are always out to get us…at least you got a deal out of it.

Dani – I read “What to Expect Before You Are Expecting” and it was really insightful

Alisa – I hated the HSG…the doc said that my cervix was twisted and he had to use a catheter to get the dye in. Then I felt like I was peeing on myself…definitely don’t want to do it again. Can you please pack me in your suitcase??

Jalara – that was a funny little WW story. I am so jealous of you getting to see Garth. I just told DH the other day that if he ever went on tour again, I was going. We just went to the Grand Canyon in January and it was awesome. Hope you have fun!

Mrs Dec – the 1st day back is always the hardest…so good for you

Carina – So sorry for your troubles…this is a great group of women who are always here to listen

Redheadmommy – Welcome and sometimes a break is just what you need

Suzanne – Welcome and good luck with your transfer

Laura – Welcome and good for you to want to have those babies so close together…that takes a lot of guts

Stephanie – It seems like everyone I know is having a baby…I can’t get away 

AFM – Wednesday my friend and I went to see New Kids on the Block and Backstreet Boys. It was awesome. The youngest person there was probably 20 yrs old. They really put on a great performance. I have tried to stay within my calories but making it to the gym has not been so good. The gym at out apartment is not real good. I am planning on joining a real gym on Monday. I really need some classes and better equipment. Hope everyone has a great weekend!

Oh yea! I screamed like a little girl too!

Happy Monday!

SW: 211 (March 2011)
Calendar week 19: 193.6
Calendar week 20: 189.8 (-3.8)
Calendar week 21: 189.2 (-0.6)
Calendar week 22: 187.4 (-1.8)
Calendar week 23: 186.2 (-1.2)
Calendar week 24: 184.0 (-2.2)
Calendar week 25: 184.8 (+0.8)
Calendar week 26: 183.4 (-1.4)

Starting the week on a good high! Treated myself to a spa morning on Saturday and then had a fun sushi dinner with friends for my birthday yesterday. DH & I even went to the gym for over an hour yesterday afternoon so I could really enjoy dessert last night with no guilt. Love that we're keeping each other motivated! The best surprise of the day though was my crazy digital scale flirting with 180. It wasn't consistent enough to record this morning, BUT, usually when I see that much variation on the low end it means I will probably see good results at the next weigh-in. Yay!

In other news...
Welcome newbies! Glad to see you here! I hope you will find the support you are looking for. These gals are amazing!
Jalara - AWESOME!!! So excited for you. I love Vegas and Garth Brooks!
Katie - I guess I didn't realize you were in Georgia too. When you posted about NKOTB, I thought, wasn't that the night they were here? A few of my girlfriends went and had a blast! I wasn't really into them when they were big, I think I was going through my country phase then. ha!
Carina - Still sending good thoughts your way.
Pam - nice loss! FC for your 2nd half goal.

Have a great week everyone!
:flowerforyou: Stephanie

Hey everyone,

Down to 220.6 this week, which is a 1.6 lbs loss for the week! :drinker:

Carina - I hope things get better for you, and all I can say is to listen to your instincts when dealing with heartache and trouble. We're here if you need to talk!

Katie – I’m jealous! I wish they would come to Halifax, I love them! Although I do get a kick out of their abbreviated name NKOTBSB....my husband said the last two letter stand for *suck balls*.... he's SO not a groupie

Pam - I love your outlook for the next year! I hope you gain that weight too (thanks goodness we know what we're talking about or that would sound HORRIBLE). I wish you nothing but the best!!!

AFM - WW is going pretty well (obviously). Even if this weekend I ate a little too much than I should, it seemed to work for the scale.

Today I'm going to apply for my passport - yay! The last time I ws in the US, all I needed was my birth certificate, so I want to hurry up and get that so we can book everything.
Also - can you ladies tell me what the team buying websites are for the US? And do you have any tips about Vegas?

TTC - Today is CD27 and I don't feel any different - although with clinical this month I haven't been in the mood to BD as much as we should have.

Have a good day ladies!

Happy Monday!!!

Jalara - thats awesome!! Sooooo exciting!!!! Btw I've never been to Vegas (which is a shame bc I live 6 hours away....) but....I have heard the billagio buffet is AMAZING....probably not the best considering ur most recent awesome progress but that is the one and only reason I have any desire to go to Vegas these days haha

Carina- I'm sorry ur dealing with stuff...we're here if u need to vent, chat or cry to...one of the beauties or boards like this; anonymity on a personal level.

Ashley - at least u have some exercise to justify bad eating! I am impressed w the whole moutlntain climbing! That stuff is no joke! I have had a huge desire lately to go hiking.....hmm...here in the states have a long weekend coming up this weekend....I have too many half completed projects around my house to go anywhere and do anything really fun...

Katie - I was a diehard NSYNC fan so even though I loved NKOTB attending a BSB concert would have been blasphemy.... All I can think is what a complete ego boost....20years later and still having GROWN WOMEN screaming at them like 13 year olds....I know I would have been screaming right there w the best of them :-)

AFM - I started spotting 2days after i had my HSG and still kinda spotting which is SO annoying....I have my follow up w my GYN next week but if it hasn't stopped by thursday I
Going to try to be seen bc I'll have been spotting for a full week...AF doesn't even last that long.... Also according to FF I O'd on CD 12!! I'm hoping it's right bc that would be AWESOME!!! I haven't ovulated that early in my cycle....since October!! I also got an appointment with a dietitian on the 8th. He's going to go over natural ways to manage the PCOS. I spoke w my friend who is a dietitian and she said even with the PCOS if I stay active I can have 40-60 grams of carbs per meal! As long as the carbs were from veggies and whole wheats.
Weigh in today: 149lbs...I leave 9 weeks from tomorrow...I plan to hit the gym for 30-60min tonight...but I need to finds HRM so I can properly log my calories....

Hi everyone! Sorry, it's been a minute since I logged in here on the computer; I tend to just track from my phone.

Congrats to all those who lost weight the past week! I sure hope to be in that club next Monday!

Jalara - congrats on hitting double digits! We went to Vegas for our HM in December and had a blast. We stayed at the Bellagio and the buffet IS delicious! (They do have long lines though, just fyi.) Oh, what's a team buying website?

Carina - I'm sorry you're having a rough time. Just know that there are people out here thinking about and I hope things change for the better soon!

AFM:
TTC: I got a negative HPT last Wednesday, so I'm now waiting on AF and then we are cleared to start TTC again! woot, woot!

Thanks to all who encouraged me when I was getting back to working out. I had been working out regularly before my d&c, so I'm good. I have had some great workouts last week and this week, but my eating was the.suck. Hoping, no expecting to see a loss after this week.

Puerto Rico in a week!!!!!!!

Jalara, FC for you that this is your month even if it does mean no drinking in Vegas!
Oh, and congrats on the double digits!

Alisa, The spotting could easily be because of the HSG and not your actual cycle, especially if it hurt as much as yours did, it might be from that but your Dr. will be able to give you a better answer. As for food, I’ve heard a low GI diet is what is often recommended for both PCOS women and diabetics. I’ve been loosely following the diet (even though I don’t have PCOS or diabetes) but am trying to get back in it, so if you’re looking for new recipes or have some you want to share let me know.

Welcome godblessourhome!

Newmrsdec, Sorry to hear about the BFN, baby dust being sent your way for this month.

Karen, I love how you manage to have a silver lining about everything! Your upbeat attitude in all this is refreshing! FC you ovulate early or late!

AFM, well I’m trying to crack down on my eating, and am not doing so well. Last night I was fine till I got home and binged! I wasn’t even hungry, it’s all mental! I need to work at this one meal at a time, the good news is that I’m still working out regularly so at worse I’m maintaining.

Ashley

Hi, I'm new to this group. :blushing: My husband and I would like to get pregnant sometime in the next year. I started at 353, and I'm 331 right now. I'd like to be 230 before I get pregnant.

Anybody care to explain some of the initials I've been seeing here?... :ohwell:

Sure! We haven't done this in awhile. This is going to be BIG!

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2WW - Two-week wait until time to take pregnancy test (approximately 14 days after ovulation)

a
AF - Aunt Flo (menstruation)
AI - Artificial Insemination
AMA - Advanced maternal age
AO - Anovulatory
AP - Adoption Process
AR - Assisted Reproduction
ART - Assisted Reproductive Technology
AW- Attention Wanted

b
BBs - Breasts
BC - Birth Control
BCP - Birth Control Pills
BBT - Basal Body Temperature
BD - Big Deed (baby making sex)
BF or BF'ing - Breastfeeding
BFN or BF0 - Big Fat Negative (home pregnancy test result)
BFP - Big Fat Positive (home pregnancy test result)
BIL - Brother-in-Law
BIO - The Nest Baby Community Bio
BM - Bowel Movement or Breast Milk
BOTB - Babies On The Brain
BRU - Babies R Us Store
BW or B/W - Blood Work

c
CB - Cycle Buddy
CBEFM - Clear Blue Easy Fertility Monitor
CD - Cycle day
CDs - Cloth Diapers
CF - Cervical fluid
CIO - Cry It Out
CL - Corpus Luteum
CM - Cervical Mucus
CNM - Certified Nurse Midwife
Colpo - Colposcopy
CP - Cervical position
CVS - Chorionic Villae Sampling

d
D&C - Dilation & Curettage
DD - Dear/Darling Daughter or Designated Driver
DC - Dear/Darling Child
D&E - Dilation & Evacuation
DH - Dear/Darling Husband
DI - Donor Insemination
DPO - Days past ovulation
DS - Dear/Darling Son

e
E2 - Estradiol
EBF- Exclusively Breastfed
EBM - Expressed Breast Milk
EDD - Estimated Due Date
EFF- Exclusively Formula Fed or Eco-Friendly Family (board)
ENDO - Endometriosis
EP- Exclusively Pump
EPT - Early Pregnancy Test
ER - Emergency Room
ET - Embryo Transfer
ETA- Edited to add
EWCM - Egg White Cervical Mucus

f
FC- Future Child(ren)
FET - Frozen Embryo Transfer
FF or FF'ing - Formula Feeding
FI - Fiance(e)
FM - Fertility Monitor
FWP - F* With Purpose (baby making sex)
FMU - First morning urine
FP - Follicular Phase
FRER - First Response Early Response
FSH - Follicle Stimulating Hormone
FTTA - Fertile Thoughts To All
F/U - Follow-up
FWIW- For What It’s Worth

g
GMA - Geriatric Maternal Age
GP - General Practitioner
GTKYFB- Get To Know Your Fellow Bumpie

h
HCG - Human Chorionic Gonadotropin
H&H - Happy and Healthy
HOM - High Order Multiples
HPT - Home Pregnancy Test
HRT - Hormone Replacement Therapy
HSC - Hysteroscopy
HSG - Hysterosalpingogram
HTH- Hope That Helps

i
IB - Implantation Bleeding
IC - Incompetent Cervix
IBS - Irritable Bowel Syndrome
ICSI - Intracytoplasmic Sperm Injection
IF - Infertility
IHO- In Honor Of
IM - Intramuscular
IMO- In My Opinion
IMHO- In My Humble Opinion
IR- Insulin Resistant
IRL- In Real Life
ITA- I Totally Agree
IUI - Intra-uterine Insemination
IVF - In Vitro Fertilization

k
KU- Knocked Up

l
LAP - Laparoscopy
LGBT - Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender
LH - Luteinizing Hormone
LIP - Link in post
LMP - Last Menstrual Period
LO - Little one
LP - Luteal phase
LPD - Luteal Phase Defect

m
MC - Miscarriage
MF - Male Factor Infertility
MS - Morning Sickness
MUD- Made Up Drama

n
NAK - Nursing at the Keyboard
NBR - Not Baby Related
NFO - Not Finding Out (gender)
NFP - Natural Family Planning
NFT - No Further Text
NIP - Nursing In Public
NMS- Not My Style
NP - Nurse Practitioner
NTD - Neural Tube Defect
NWT - New With Tag

o
O - Ovulation
OB - Obstetrician
OB/GYN - Obstetrician/Gynecologist
OC - Oral Contraceptives
OHSS - Ovarian Hyperstimulation Syndrome
OP - Original Poster
OPK - Ovulation Predictor Kit
OPT - Ovulation Predictor Test
OTC - Over-the-counter
OV - Ovulation
OWT - Old Wives Tale

p
P4 - Progesterone
PA - Physician's Assistant
PC - Post-Coital (after sex)
PCO, PCOD - Polycystic Ovary Disease
PCOS (POS) - Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome
PCP - Primary Care Physician
PCT - Post-Coital Test
PG - Pregnancy or Pregnant
PI - Primary Infertility
PIAC - Pee In A cup
PID - Pelvic Inflammatory Disease
PIH - Pregnancy Induced Hypertension
PIP - Picture in post
PIT - Pitocin
PM- Private Message
PMS - Premenstrual Syndrome
PNP- Pack and Play
PNV - Prenatal vitamin
POAS - Pee On A Stick
POMF - Pee on My Fingers
POTW- Picture Of The Week
Pough - Pee+Cough
PP- PostPartum or Previous Poster
PROM - Premature Rupture of Membranes
PTL - Preterm labor
PZ - PregnantZilla (self-centered pregnant woman)

r
RE - Reproductive Endocrinologist
RPL - Recurrent Pregnancy Loss
RSA - Recurrent Spontaneous Abortion

s
S/A - Sperm/semen analysis
SAHD - Stay At Home Dad
SAHM - Stay At Home Mom
SAHW - Stay At Home Wife
SAIFW - Success After Infertility Welcome
SHG - Sonohysterogram
SI - Secondary Infertility
Sniss - Sneeze+pee
SO- Significant Other
S/O - Speaking Of
SonoHSG - Sonohysterogram
STD - Short Term Disability
STTN- Sleeping Through The Night

t
TCOYF - Taking Charge of Your Fertility (book)
TI - Timed Intercourse
TIA - Thanks in Advance
TL - Tubal Ligation
TMI - Too Much Information
TR - Tubal Reversal
TRH - Thyroid Releasing Hormone
TSH - Thyroid Stimulating Hormone
TTA - Trying to Avoid
TTC - Trying To Conceive

u
UC - Unassisted Childbirth
US or u/s - Ultrasound
UTI - Urinary Tract Infection

v
V - Vasectomy
VBAC - Vaginal birth after caesarian
VR - Vasectomy Reversal

w
WAHM/D - Work at home mom/dad
WBC - White Blood Cells
WDYT- What Do You Think
WOHM/D - Work outside home mom/dad
WTEWE - What to Expect When You're Expecting (book)
WWYD- What Would You Do

x
XP- Cross Post (Posted on multiple boards)

y
YGM- You've Got Mail
YGPM- You've Got a Private Message
YI - Yeast infection
YKWIM- You Know What I Mean