Got Baby? Avez vous un bebe?

[Marilyn. 340]

I like Nicholas David or Jonah David for a boy but the hubby vetoed those names

[VeeNDee 44]

Awwww that's too bad. I really really like the name Jonah though! Huh why didn't we think of that one...

[Marilyn. 340]

I might eventually convince hubby to come around to liking the name

the thing is he hasn't come up with any ideas. He just starts being silly and rattling off names of baseball players and actors

Edited April 5, 2013 by Marilyn.

[Marilyn. 340]

oh I just thought of a boy's name William David and then I remembered that Lilac had picked William..

William would be for my dad and my grandpa and David would be for my husband..

[Peachey 10]

AFM, last night I was having terrible back pain. Keep having stabbing pains on the left side of my uterus and this morning I have the weirdest metallic taste in my mouth that hasn't gone away from eating or brushing my teeth. I have a headache that keeps coming and going too. I did a hpt this morning and there was just a shadow where I know the line should be. Hopefully tomorrow there will be a distinct line. Sunday April 7 will mark 2 years of TTC for my DH and me so I am hoping that we get a bfp on an hpt by then. I am still pregnant until proven otherwise because of our infertility treatments this cycle so I will not lose hope yet.

Sorry if someone already answered, the metallic taste is from your extra hormones! I've not been pregnant, but I was on high dose steroids last summer and the same thing happened to me. My doc said it's the same in pregnancy.

I remember the only thing that tasted normal was popcorn lol.

[Ontarkie 14,193]

oh I just thought of a boy's name William David and then I remembered that Lilac had picked William..

William would be for my dad and my grandpa and David would be for my husband..

That's a great name. I like how it flows.

ok I will spill the first name. it is Emily. so I was thinking Emily Lynn or Emily Grace. I had originally wanted Emily Rose but then I remembered I have an aunt named Rose and we aren't that close..

yeah I am showing. I think I look a month more pregnant then I actually am.

I hardly have anything that fits. it is either too small or to big..

I like Emily Grace

[Marilyn. 340]

I told David about the name William David and he said "but we named our first child, Noah William". so he thinks it might be strange.

yeah I am leaning towards Emily Grace too. I just have to get David on board with it..

[Ontarkie 14,193]

Those are adorable names, what about combining Lynda Grace with a sightly diff spelling?

Hubby and i have pretty much already had a boys name chosen for years, Joseph Connor, but the name we had picked out for a daughter we cannot use anymore I wanted Kayla, but our friends had a daughter last year and named her Kaylee)

Also, i grew up a tomboy, and never had any real parent interaction etc. I still have no idea how to be a girl. i never played with dolls, i never read beauty magazines, i never wore dresses. i dont even use makeup. I am so scared to have a girl cuz i'm not going to know what the heck to do. and i already know i'll be way way super protective due to the fact i was molested as a child by my stepfather, and then later on raped as a teenager. If i have a daughter she'll be chained to me for life, and wont go out of my site. That is how paranoid i am abour raising a girl.

So sorry Kimbear, please don't be afraid of raising a little girl. You will raise a very strong daughter.

love the boys name too

[Ontarkie 14,193]

Yeah Kimbear, it has been an interesting experience. I have a whole new appreciation for the miracle that is the ability to have a baby. The fact that sperm ever find eggs and grow to be new humans is simple a miracle! Having gone through the waiting of immigration and infertility has given me patience and more of a wait, it will happen eventually, attitude than I ever had before. Immigration and fertility are two things that we as humans have no direct control over. Once the immigration package is in the mail or the sperm goes in search of an egg we have no more control. We just wait and hope that good results come in the end. I am sorry to hear that your family wasn't more excited about your pregnancy. Us VJers are ecstatic for you! :dance: After all the troubles you had with immigration, I am glad that getting pregnant was a bit easier.

Marilyn, I love the names you picked out. Very cute. DH and I like William Ernest B. (his initials will be WEB to memorialize how DH and I met) and for a girl we like Veronica Estelle although the middle name is still up for negotiation. I just learned that there is some cartoon character "Veronica Mars" so I need to check the SSA name database to make sure Veronica hasn't become too popular.

AFM, last night I was having terrible back pain. Keep having stabbing pains on the left side of my uterus and this morning I have the weirdest metallic taste in my mouth that hasn't gone away from eating or brushing my teeth. I have a headache that keeps coming and going too. I did a hpt this morning and there was just a shadow where I know the line should be. Hopefully tomorrow there will be a distinct line. Sunday April 7 will mark 2 years of TTC for my DH and me so I am hoping that we get a bfp on an hpt by then. I am still pregnant until proven otherwise because of our infertility treatments this cycle so I will not lose hope yet.

Congrats on the transfer Lilac, sending lots of sticky dust for you. Stick baby stick. I like the way William Ernest B. looks seems so professional. Maybe he will be a Doctor

[lilacvioletiris 11]

Kimbear, there is actually a website http://www.whattoexpect.com/what-to-expect/landing-page.aspx that I think is the digital version of the book. It has come in handy, and yes it talks about the weird metallic taste being totally normal. Headaches and backaches are the other things bothering me right now. I think regardless of the gender of your little one you will love him or her. Be the mommy you know you want to be. Find some older ladies that you can admire and talk to about being a mom and especially about raising little girls if you end up having one. Abuse is a hard issue. Raising your children to be self-sufficient and self-confident young people who can trust you and your husband explicitly is a challenge I think all parents have.

Marilyn, when I saw Gracelynn I couldn't help but think of Elvis and Graceland. My younger sister has a middle name of Jeanann so I think putting middle names together can work. I havea friend whose 7 year old daughter is Grace Emily M. She is her parents GEM Emily seems to be popular again as well as Grace. Even if you picked William for your son's name I wouldn't mind. I think William is such a nice masculine name. It was my Great-grandfathers name and his daughter's name was Wilma. William was also my great-great-grandfather's middle name. William is my DH's best friend's name (it is the main reason DH really likes it). Funny thing is that the doctor who did our embryo transfer is Dr. William Dodds but we had the name William picked out from early married times when we were dreaming of having babies.

Ontarkie, I like the fact that you think William Ernest B. sounds professional. I tend to agree.

VeenDee, Oh I am so with you on the the sinus issues where I can't take my favorite antihistimane, oh man this is going to be a tough spring.

AFM, nothing new. No positive hpt yet (again it has only been 9 days past ovulation). I have a headache, my heck and back hurt and I think I am just going to go back to sleep.

[Marilyn. 340]

I like old-fashioned names.

yeah the Graceland thing crossed my mind too...lol I think I might just go with Grace.

[lilacvioletiris 11]

This baby name generator was fun.

http://www.indiachildnames.com/baby-name-generator.aspx

[lilacvioletiris 11]

I got a positive pregnancy test today! I am so excited. My mom was ecstatic. I can hardly believe the ivf worked. Beta test on Wed and Friday. Two years of trying for a baby and finally with a little help from medical science and a miracle from God I have a baby or maybe two growing inside me.

[VeeNDee 44]

Congrats lilac. How exciting for you!!!

[Marilyn. 340]

Congrats lilac!!

Edited April 7, 2013 by Marilyn.