I'm Sick (cough cough) lol

I decided with the amount of emails that I have currently in my inbox that I am really behind with, that I am playing hookey with work tomorrow. I will be taking my daughter to daycare tomorrow as normal and coming home and getting right to work. I wrote a note for the girl that works with me for tomorrow (we double up on wednesdays) that I was not planning on coming in lol. (this is my Monday to Wednesday Full time job)

I have still been feeling nausea, but not nearly as bad as I was before I was taking the materna pills. So I guess I can be thankful for that.

Someone emailed me a storey of inspiration that I wanted to share. I just wanted to point out that in life, although you may not be presented with exactly what you wanted, there is always a lesson there to be learned. In the case of the storey below, shes been trying for 6 years to conceive a baby, her sister instead fell easily pregnant, and now she is able to enjoy her niece, gain a stronger connection there before she meets her baby.

So be patient, as I always said, everything happens for a reason ;)

I'm not sure if I would be a good story for you to post, or if it's the sort of story your looking to post, r if I sent it to the right place....but here goes. I'm Sharon, I am 27 years old. I am married to the love of my life Jamie, he's 31. We've been together for 9 years, and we have been trying off and on for the last 6 years to have a baby. I wish that I could say that finally I am pregnant, but alas, I am still with empty arms. I am constantly on the web looking for new ways, new methods, different things that people try and have had success with. But so far, nothing has worked for me. We don't have the money, nor insurance for extensive fertility testing. But so far as I know me and my husband are in good shape, no known fertility problems. He has a daughter from a previous marriage, so how could it be him. Last November I found out my lil sis (18) who lived with me at the time was pregnant. Not trying, not married (not that I care about that, but its the things that had popped into my head) so young, and she is pregnant. I never for a minute thought that my sister 8 years younger then I, would be having a baby before me. But in July, she gave birth to a wonderful, beautiful little girl, 7 lbs and 13 oz. A little butter ball lol. She is a great joy. My sister never knew of the problems I had dealing with her pregnancy, even though she lived with me until she was 6 months along. But I helped raise her, and she is one of my greatest joys in life, as is her baby girl. I would never burden her with my feelings, but before she had the baby I thought that the jealousy, and hurt, was going to eat me alive, I had been trying for nearly 6 years for a baby, and now a pregnant person was living with me, my sister. Life goes on, and I held in there. I am so glad that I did, because I am now the proud aunt of a 3 month old, and she is a joy and a blessing to be around. As for me I am still in the ttc mode. I still temp, chart, buy opk's and baby dance month after month waiting for our little blessing. I guess if I had a story of inspiration it would be that no matter what life hands you, as long as you strive to do the best that you can with what you are handed, somehow you will pull through, and whether or not you can see it at the time, you will be a better and stronger person than what you were starting out. I still have no baby to call my own, but I am still trying, hoping, praying, and pushing along. My niece is here every day that my sister has to work, and I am loving it :) And an old saying that I will pass along that fits my life as I am sure it fits alot of others as well.....When the world says give up Hope cries out try one more time.

Sharon

Turns out my Nausea is from

the materna pills! I just had my first prenatal with my dr this morning and he asked me if I was taking Folic acid. I told him I was taking materna. This is when he asked me if I was feeling nausea and I said yes. He explained that materna does this to ALOT of women and for me to stop taking it. He said that you do not need to take materna until you are 16 weeks pregnant, and before that, just to take the folic acid and eat extra greens. I said that I had to agree as last night I forgot to take my materna pill before bed, and today I felt "fine" about 95% anyways! So I guess that explains why I have been feelings so off the last few weeks and its my own doing!

So like I am sure alot of the women who are currently trying to conceive, the majority of you are taking materna, consult your dr. Supposedly there are a lot of vitamins in it that your body can not digest until you are 16 weeks pregnant, and should be only taking the folic acid vitamin. Hopefully this will help others so they do not have to go through feeling like crap for the last three weeks! lol

On another note, my daughter (who is 4.5 years old) insists that our baby will be a girl. I asked her what would happen if this baby is a boy and she tells me that she will be mad. I know previous based on a vision I had before having kids, that I feel that this baby should be a boy... I have asked my guides to tell me the gender in a dream, and for me to remember when I wake up. Both dreams were that of baby girls. This is the same thing that happened when I was pregnant with my daughter and asked for the gender of the baby. (those dreams too included baby girls, including me giving birth to lego twins)

I can not read myself, so I am unsure to stick with boy as per my vision, or to go with girl based n the dreams I was provided and the convincing tone of that of my 4.5 year old who INSISTS its her sister (kids younger than 5 tend to be more psychic as they have not turned their gifts off)

On other news, I had to have my door lock re keyed. Okay not something that happens everyday, but would you believe its due to the fact that my MIL (Mother in law) treats my house as it has a revolving door? She seems to think that its okay to come in and out of our house without letting us know, and this really irks both me and my husband. He wants ME to ask her for our key back, but how do you ask without her getting offended, or making some excuse as to why she can't, and then secretly copying the key before giving us the "original".

When she stayed with us (she moved to BC from Ontario with my husbands Dad) and was with us for just over 4 weeks, she copied down my work number, and both mine and dh's cell number off a paper on the fridge. I told her to just take the paper, and she said "no, what if I need to call you guys while I am here" and I said" well wouldn't one of us be here?" and she was like "well I don't know, I might have to come for something and then need to call one of you guys".

So basically in a round about way, I told her that I did not want someone coming in and out of our house when we are not here (and I KNOW She snoops!!!!) and I know she has not listened.

I also told her, that I am not the type of person to want to see someone every single day. I don't mind with my husband or my daughter, or even my husbands sister, but there are only so many people you can see "everyday" before they start to annoy you and get on your nerves . I have amazing patience, so you know when this happens, its got to be really bugging me!. I told her even before she moved to BC that I could not do that (her and my husbands dad went almost every night to her sisters house - most of the family back there did that) and I said I don't know how her sister can do that. Anyways, I was completely honest with her about how I felt, and she said she agreed with me, That there was nothing to do there so they just go there, and that when they move here there are tons of things to do.

Did I mention that shes been at our house EVERY single night since last thursday? Including showing up yesterday without calling. I don't mind once in awhile someone pop in for a surprise visit, but she does this ALL THE TIME. Today, (its around 6pm as I right this) She has yet to show up.. I will be shocked if she does not show up, or at least call. They showed up yesterday and neither DH and I were home, so called my husband at around 8pm, to ask where he was, and why he was not home.. can you believe that? Asking my husband why he was not home and where was he.

I may sound like I am complaining, but I have been around this women for 11 years now, and she treats me and my husband like we are babies. Shows no respect for me or my feelings, including re-arranging my house and items in the house because its how she likes it, and thinks it looks better . (NO EXAGGERATION)

I am sorry you guys had to read this. I just need to vent and any advice on how to deal with her is always welcome! I have tried honesty, being straight forward, I have tried keeping my mouth shut and going along with it.. but shes controlling, manipulative, and if you give her an inch she'll take a yard.

I keep saying " i know she means well" but I am starting to realize if she really cares about how I feel. Having to re-key our locks sounds extreme, but when you think of the alternative, sounds much more work lol.


If you made it to the end, first person to reply in the comment section to say hi or cheer up or heck, even share their own mother/mother in law storey wins a prediction bypass (7.00 value)

For those of you who suffer with PCOS

I wanted to pass some information along that I was told from someone who suffers from PCOS. I thought that if it worked for her, perhaps other women might try it and have just as much success with it as she did. What I have done is copied and pasted the information below as she wrote it in her email.

"The brand I used is Nature Made Soy Balance. They come in 65mg tabs. I think the dose that is normal to start with is 80 mg and I've seen ladies go up to 200mg (like clomid, the right dose varies person to person). I actually just start with the 65mg tab right before bed on CD 6-10. Ideally, you would take it the same CD days you take Clomid CD 3-7, 5-9 etc. But if the lower dose worked for me on CD 6-10 then I guess it can work any days with any dose depending on your body. Because of my weight I assumed I would need to move on to the higher dose - but I got my BFP. :) Some women report headaches while taking soy- I didn't notice anything different at all. Soy does make most women ovulate later in their cycle, I O'd on CD 28. My cycles are always long though so this was not surprising. It's probably worth mentioning that soy is not a magic pill...women who ovulate on their own normally may/may not benefit from it. It's used best when the woman is not ovulating on her own/normally. If you have any other questions, please let me know. I'd love to spread the word about my success using soy. I had unprotected sex for 7 years and the very first cycle I took soy I ovulated and got pregnant"
Amber

If you have any questions, I am sure that I can ask Amber, and possibly get her to answer it for you. As always, please consult your DR before trying something that might or might not interfer with things that you are already taking.
As for the update, I am feeling a bit better, I have gotten a few tricks now thanks to alot of people posting. I plan on looking for the seaband things here, and going and picking up some gingerale and gingersnap cookies today. I have some peppermint candy here and will start with those things. This morning I have felt a bit better, not nearly as bad as it was yesterday and almost everyday last week.

Our turkey dinner was last night. We had about 12 Adults, and 3 kids come for dinner (includes me and my husband and our daughter) and my mother in law made dinner. She ended up spilling over the gravy onto the stove and "TOLD ME" that I was going to be the one to clean it up. Usually this irks me (her TELLING me what to do) but because she made dinner I just said nothing. You might find other posts here of me telling that my Mother in law drives me crazy at times. I know she means well, but she can be overbearing, demanding, and sometimes just rubs me the wrong way.

I'll be back online tonight and answering hopefully tons of emails!

Feeling BLAHHHHHHH!!!!

As most of you know, I am pregnant with baby number two. By my calculations i am about half way through my eighth week. I for the last few days/week have been feeling really nauseous and today was one of those days that I wish I could have just lied in bed all day or at least in front of the couch.

I find that when I eat, I feel better for a little bit, but starting to realize that I need to eat more often but smaller meals. My "normal" regular sized meals for breakfast/lunch/dinner leave me feeling just as sick, and not really able to eat it all. I feel "stuffed". So, I think that I am going to try and eat smaller meals but more often and see if that takes the edge off the nausea. I am all ears for any solutions! I have yet to puke (knock on wood) but certainly close!

This weekend is going to be busy. I am not sure if most of you know, but this weekend (monday specifically) is Canada's Thanksgiving weekend. We are celebrating our dinner on Sunday instead of monday and should have about 12 people over for the dinner. It should be fun. My MIL will more than likely do the turkey for me as I probably wont really be feeling 100% and certainly don't want to be sticking my hand up a turkeys you know where when certain things already make me gag! lol (including my tooth brush)

I had a birthday party tonight for my friend to attend. We went to a restaurant called Red Robin with a bunch of family/close friends. My daughter (4 years old) was VERY well behaved, I was really impressed. I ordered what appeared to be like a taco salad. I am very into eating beans right now (so would love any recipes anyone cares to share) and it said it would come with tortilla strips and black beans. My meal arrived (half an hour after we all ordered) and there was NO Tortilla strips and barely any black beans. You really had to look for them. I was disappointed. I asked about the tortilla chips, they ran out, so I requested some garlic bread. What I got was two barely cooked pieces of bread (with edges burnt) and a PILE of garlic type butter! DISGUSTING! To make an already long storey short, he brought me some nacho tortilla chips things and I put it in my salad which did make a huge difference!

Tomorrow, I have a baby shower to attend as well as take my daughter to swimming lessons and my sisters house, so I will be back online tomorrow night.

So if anyone has any tips on beating the nauseous feeling or even how to get rid of all this gas I keep getting I am all ears! I don't like feeling sick!

Blog "contest"

As promised, I am planning on doing a bit of a contest. Anyone who purchases any of the prediction bypasses in the month of OCTOBER is already entered into this draw, and anyone who supplies a inspirational storey or a tips/tricks for conceiving will also be entered into this draw to win.

This is a 19oz jar of warm apple crisp CANDLE. When lit smells like baked apples drenched in sweet honey. This will be bought from Gold Canyon (https://shop.goldcanyoncandle.com/Products.aspx?category=3) and delivered to your door at no charge to you. These are high end candles with very yummy smells! If the winner does not like apple crisp they can choose from one of the other scents available.)

So if you would like to be added to the draw, please email me with your inspirational storey, or your tips/tricks to cheri22@gmail.com with "blog contest" in the subject line so I can add you to the draw.

On a bit of an update, I am about 4 days behind right now, and should be able to knock off two days worth between today and tonight if things go well! Thank you all again for your support and patience!