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@LAZB: lol I got impatient and joined the May mamas thread. Both me and @Jessiemuller88 are June 2 due dates so we just hopped on there. Otherwise it would have just been the two of us talking to each other on the June board. Lol. The other moms from Sept POAS made the May cut off! I suppose I could do both threads... lol. I hope this one fills up!!! The May thread is quiet. Our Sept POAS thread was SO active and I loved it.

I am totally lurking in Oct POAS! It’s my fave thread.

It's more fun with more people so we could totally just combine may and June

I'm waiting for my beta results on Friday and as long as those are good, I'll join! (Ahhhh-never thought I'd get to say that!!) As a first-timer, I'm going to have a thousand questions.

Super hoping I'm not jinxing anything, but I tested this a.m. at 12dp5dt and the line was equal to the control, so I think it's safe to post here! (AHHHH!)

Location: Southeast USA, from Cali originally

EDD: June 15 according to my phone app

How far along: 4 weeks 2 days according to my phone app, but I think this is wrong? We transferred 1 (5-day) blast on 9/26. Is that the date I count by? That's totally different than what the app says.

First child? YES!!!!

First doctor appointment: I'm working with an RE, so I haven't made my first OBGYN apt yet. I just went in for my second beta draw this a.m., and this morning's HPT has me feeling positive!

Any symptoms so far? I think so, but I can't tell if I'm making it up. Waking up multiple times a night, vivid dreams every single night. Tender breasts some days. I'm a vegetarian, and the other day DH's lunch (a hot dog) smelled amazing. He thought this was hilarious.

Who have you told? DH, immediate family, and very close friends who knew we were doing IVF. This has been a long journey, and I'm feeling quite hesitant to have the rest of the world know. We were private about TTC, and some people in my workplace oppose IVF for religious reasons. The idea of people I work with knowing makes my stomach churn. I'm hoping I feel better about this later on. We aren't planning to announce until after Christmas.

@foodiebee: I have no idea about the due date - I'm guessing there's a due date calculator for IVF somewhere on the internet!

Beta is 403!!

@skinnycow: I found a due date calculate for IVF via Princeton, and it matched pretty closely (just a few days difference) with the app, so I guess it's right and it just doesn't make sense to me.

@SupernovaJ: The sinus infection sounds miserable. I hope it clears up ASAP. And my family will not know what to do if I crave meat for the first time in my life. I guess I'll have to give myself a break and indulge if that happens. I've never had spam either!

@skinnycow: wondfos in early pregnancy are not great at tracking “progression”. I stuck three in the same FMU and the variance among the three tests was crazy. It definitely made me panick when a more recent one looked lighter than the previous. Those didn’t get progressively darker until much later.

@foodiebee: I'm catching up on this board (stalk way too many due date boards), I have to know what religion opposes IVF. Like who would be against making a very wanted baby?

@SupernovaJ: @Sams Mom: I'm so grateful for modern medicine too! To answer your question about religion, some are Presbyterian and others Evangelical. One example: I was having a conversation with someone earlier this year and she told me about her struggles TTC without knowing mine. She was going to my same clinic (different RE) and she'd told the RE at her first apt that she would not do any IUIs or IVF because it was against her religious beliefs. She doesn't believe in medical interventions that involve conception, she said, and went on to imply that it was morally wrong. I immediately zipped my lips on our own journey. I was shocked and hurt by the whole thing. I remember leaving and crying on the phone in the car to my husband about it. I had never encountered someone with such judgment about it, and it really made it hard for us to open up about it to anyone. (I believe she's Presbterian.)

I'm not in any way ashamed of the path we took to get here and I'd do it again if it gives us the chance to bring a child of our own into the world, but I'm undecided about how best to approach the inevitable announcement at work. It's the gossip, whispers, and judgment I don't look forward to.

@SupernovaJ: Oh yes, I don't think it's representative. Thank you for being so sweet and supportive!

Hi ladies!

I’ve been off HB for months after two early losses in 2017/2018. Decided it was time to quit trying and put it in God’s hands. So I’m part stunned and part worried that I’m posting in a due date board. Didn’t notice anything this month (and ironically we only dtd once) so I was finding every excuse to explain a late AF other than pregnancy. With some insomnia - I took at FRER an hour ago and it definitely shows pregnant - the pregnancy line came up in 19 seconds and is seriously darker than the control. No idea what will happen but I’m trying to be hopeful.

Location: Tacoma WA

Edd: 16 June 2019

How far along: 4w2d

First child

First appointment: will get bloodwork confirmed this week and probably will have first appointment in a month. But we just moved back to the US in June to a new location so I may end up with a different timeline as I adjust to Non-German pregnancy care.

Who have I told -just this board. DH is sound asleep and I haven’t mentioned to him my hunch yesterday. He was fine with trying to have kids but also liked the idea of no kids so I’m not certain how he will feel about a baby as this is a huge surprise to us both. I work lots of hours so I’m thinking of chickening out and leaving him a card with a handwritten note congratulating him for his magic sperm given that we only DTD once in September.

Good luck to everyone. I love the discussions on here but may stay a bit quieter on here until i feel more confident that I’ll make it out of the first trimester with a healthy pregnancy. This road is so hard!

@MrsJBeeG: Yay, welcome! I totally understand being cautious after losses - I hope this is your sticky baby.

@skinnycow: Looking goooooood.

June 2019 Moms

Jessiemuller88: June 2
SupernovaJ: June 2
Foodiebee: June 15
Mrs. Toad: June 15
MrsJBeeG: June 16
Skinnycow: June 18

Am I missing anyone? Any May honorary mamas want to join? The due date boards are quiet! Crossing fingers we get more June mamas...they are a riot on the Oct POAS board

@Mrs. Toad: Woo hoo, welcome! Just updated the list.

I'm 6 weeks today and feeling that increased saliva and an awful queasy feeling if I go too long without food. I got morning sickness around 7 weeks with my prior pregnancies. I'm dreading it...

@SupernovaJ: I'm scared. The saliva thing is new with this pregnancy and I very occasionally feel a tiny bit nauseated. With symptoms starting early, I'm worried about twins.

@Sams Mom: Today was my 1st "lurk" here but I felt like a "creepy-creeper" stalking the lucky pregnant ladies, so I had to say SOMETHING. 🤣 Now I feel even weirder ... back to the POAS Board.

@SupernovaJ: I'm totally lurking as I know some of the other June mommas but I'm due the beginning of May so might make you guys feel pregnant forever if I join over here

@MrsJBeeG: Hi! So glad to see you here. Hope this is your sticky baby

@Mrs. Toad: i had much earlier symptoms this time and crazy dark tests at 14dpo and there's only one little in there so fingers crossed you only have one as well

@foodiebee: I finally threw away my 2 clearblue digitals when I moved a couple years ago. My son was 5 months old.
I would pull them out of the bathroom drawer and check them for some crazy reason up until I felt him move; and still on occasion when I was huge pregnant.