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Hello girls! so glad to see activity on this thread again :D. Welcome @pui:!

@marionberry: ooh, are you finding out gender today?

@chibee: Massive amounts of baby dust to you, darling!

It took me a while, but I'm guessing V-day is viability day? I had to look it up, but apparently once you hit 24 weeks you have a viable pregnancy and your baby COULD potentially survive outside (with severe medical intervention). In which case...tomorrow is my V-day!

@Cherrybee: 16 weeks is still plenty of time to get things done :). We still need to get our crib, though I have been a busy little 'bee' in the shopping department. I can't help it! Have you thought up names yet? We're pretty set on Ella Margaret.

@StrawberryBee: Yes we are! How funny that you're naming your daughter Ella, since if ours is a girl that's our name too! For a boy I think we're leaning toward Jackson, but it's not as 100% as Ella. Congrats on hitting your Vday (almost)!! Mine is 7 weeks away.

@cherybee: I just bought a pair of ballet flats! I had sworn never to because I have long feet, but figure that later in pregnancy they'd be better for more formal outfits than my flip flops. Good luck finding a great pair! And I like the name Elliott! Good choice!

@marionberry: I kept on coming back to 'Ella' and DH really seemed to like it (he nixed my boy name Jeremy, so thank goodness she's a she ;)). Great minds! Do you have a middle name picked out yet (if doing one)?

Do you worry about 'Ella' being too popular? I hope there aren't too many kids in her class with that name. I always loved having a unique name, but having gone through the baby name list a million times with nothing else jumping out at me, I am bowing to the inevitable :).

@StrawberryBee: I did worry at first about the name being popular but my name was fairly popular when I was in school and I never cared.
@cherrybee: My second favorite name is Avery and many people used to think that was a boy's name. I'm really a who cares what people think girl so I'd say to go for it!

@Cherrybee: I do have to admit that Elliott strikes me as a boy's name before a girl's, but I think a lot of that is based on personal experience with a name and I could see it swinging either way. What matters is that you two like it! For instance, I know that Rowan is considered to be primarily a boy's name, but I identify it with a female character in a book that I read as a teen, so to me it always reads as 'female' first.

@marionberry: congratulations on your little boy!! Ha, it's always the name you don't have fully picked out that the gender ends up being ;). How cool that you got a 3d peek!

@StrawberryBee: Ya we didn't even pay for 3d, just 2d, so when the lady asked if we wanted to see him in 3d we were like sure!!
@cherrybee: Ya we've been discussing the name a lot since finding out it's a boy and I really think it will end up being Jackson. I like little boy cardigans too but I'm not sure about DH. We're already disagreeing about the clothes we want him in and what we want to do for the nursery. I had a million girl ideas but boys are SO hard! Especially when you grew up with all girls, like I did.

@chibee: Congrats on a positive opk! Fx for you getting a bfp this month! Oh and tomorrow is my anniversary so we're going out to dinner tonight. Hooray for April brides.

@chibee: Happy anniversary and happy crosshairs day!

@chibee: The PAP can definitely be the reason for the spotting, so try not to worry. Plus Idk that there's a true color implantation spotting should be. Just wait a day or two and see if it goes away and what your temp does. I'm really happy that your doctor agrees something is up with your cycle. Let us know what your bloodwork shows! Are you open to medical intervention or no? You could start with something as simple as clomid before you do anything like IUI like I did, however I'm a total proponent of interventions!

@chibee: Your chart looks fabulous! Oh I am so crossing my fingers for good news for you!! Try not to worry about the spotting. It's probably no big deal.

Sooooo my dr's office just called - blood work came back completely normal. She said I am definitely ovulating, and all my levels are good - so what the f! It's kind of frustrating, I mean I'm glad that there's nothing wrong with me but then why isn't it working?? Wahhh I am feeling sorry for myself today because I'm in that obsessive TWW phase and my temp dipped today and it's just not a good day! Sorry for the rant!

@pui: Exactly! My doc and I talked about Clomid but it's like.. why would I take that now if I know there is nothing wrong with me? It's a long story, but even though I have been TTC since July of 2012, this is only our third cycle of really trying, so I know I should give it a couple more tries before really freaking out but I really do want this so badly, as soon as possible!!!

@marionberry: now i'm wondering if i should stop temping because it's giving me anxiety!! she checked for progesterone, TSH, FSH and prolactin. She took my blood at 6 dpo and the progesterone came in at 21 - so according to the reference range that shows I have definitely ovulated so that's a good thing. the TSH, FSH and prolactin were within the normal range as well - so now I guess it's just a waiting game to see what happens this cycle. I'm really trying not to get my hopes up too much because the higher my hopes are the harder i fall with a BFN, you know? Thanks for listening to me rantabout this!

@chibee: Just sending you big hugs and positive vibes. Testing is brutal! Its still early yet though.

@chibee: Did you test today? It does look great!!