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CanadaGot Baby? Avez vous un bebe?

Lilac, i have to say that is a most interesting experience your going though. it was going to be our next option had i not gotten pregnant. So glad things worked out well for you.


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: :dance: :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.
lilacvioletirisFemaleCanada2013-04-05 08:54:00
CanadaGot Baby? Avez vous un bebe?
VeeNDee, I hope that time and maybe some gatorade will help you feel better.

Kimbear, how are you feeling these days?

Marilyn, glad to know the surgery went well. Yeah, recovery can be hard but I hope today is better for you.

AFM, of the 14 fertilized eggs 13 made it to day 2 (last Saturday). Embryo transfer was so painless in comparison to the egg retrieval. I have a picture of our two four celled little embryos that they put back inside me. It was simply amazing. Been feeling "different" the last couple of days but then I am also on progesterone supplements that mimic pregnancy hormones. Blood test is Wednesday April 10. I will probably test this Saturday just to see if I can get two pink lines. Right now I am "pregnant until proven otherwise" by my fertility doctors.
lilacvioletirisFemaleCanada2013-04-04 05:50:00
CanadaGot Baby? Avez vous un bebe?
Oh, Kimbear, that is scary. I hope your doctor can find the best way to deal with the polyp through our your pregnancy. I had a friend who has an internal fibroid that basically grows as the baby does and takes up almost as much space internally that the baby was having trouble developing. turned out baby was born fine and now she is pregnant again. I hope your pregnancy continues to go as well as possible.

Yesterday, I had my egg retrieval for my in vitro fertilization yesterday. The were able to get 18 eggs yesterday. This morning I got the call with the fertilization report. I was so scared that the sperm we had frozen wouldn't do the job of causing fertilization. Boy was I wrong! Four eggs were either immature, broke, something about a zona pellucida, and another one had some other thing wrong with it. So they used intracytoplasmic sperm injection on all 14 of the eggs and all 14 fertilized! Tomorrow we will find out the quality of the fertilized eggs. It has been an emotional morning. DH is very happy and we both cried a little when we got the call. Transfer is tomorrow at 9 a.m. This news has definitely made it a GOOD FRIDAY! Plus today my abdomen doesn't hurt any more like it did yesterday. Today is a good day.
lilacvioletirisFemaleCanada2013-03-29 08:34:00
CanadaGot Baby? Avez vous un bebe?

I am not sure if i mentioned it already but I am seeing the high risk doctor on Monday. I am assuming I am going to get stitched up within the next week or two..


Hope your appointment goes well. I hope the stitching goes well.
lilacvioletirisFemaleCanada2013-03-23 20:51:00
CanadaGot Baby? Avez vous un bebe?
So cool! Marilyn and Kimbear so glad to hear you are pregnant! Hopefully I will join you here in the next few weeks because I am in the middle of an in vitro fertilization cycle.

Kimbear I hope your family is excited as you expect. I am sure it will be exciting time for you all.

Marilyn I hope you are able to get the treatment you need to carry your little one to term.
lilacvioletirisFemaleCanada2013-03-22 18:25:00
CanadaGot Baby? Avez vous un bebe?

Yay!!! My lil' guy is here :blush:.


Congrats!
lilacvioletirisFemaleCanada2013-02-08 13:18:00
CanadaGot Baby? Avez vous un bebe?
Colleens, I am so sorry about the challenge with your DH's PTSD. I hope that he gets the help he needs and that you and your family can grow closer together.
lilacvioletirisFemaleCanada2012-12-23 10:31:00
CanadaGot Baby? Avez vous un bebe?
Huggles, glad to hear that your little girl is developing her own personality. We do have some progress on the baby front. We have almost all the money saved in order to start the IVF procedure. Either March or June will be when we start everything. We need to make an appointment for a few weeks from now to get the low down on what exactly we need to do and when. It feels good to almost have the money saved. Today I opened mail telling me that my DH's ROC was approved and that he has a 10 year green card coming so it was the second best Christmas gift I could have received - a BFP would have trumped ROC approval but a BFP for us will mean some intense medical procedures.
lilacvioletirisFemaleCanada2012-12-15 14:18:00
CanadaGot Baby? Avez vous un bebe?

Thanks gals! When I was in labour and she started crowning Bill loudly said "she had your hair!" :lol: It was cute.

You're right Colleens, I spent all week in the house and felt so confined. The baby is just so consuming I forget about everything else... like eating. Who ever thought I would forget to feed myself?


Ah, huggles, your little girl is so cute! I hadn't been on vj in so long that I missed your arrival. Hope your days are getting better and better.
lilacvioletirisFemaleCanada2012-11-05 20:17:00
CanadaGot Baby? Avez vous un bebe?
Huggles, I will be praying that the baby stays at the perfect size to exit into the world without you going through a c-section. Exciting now for you as you are getting close to the finish line!
lilacvioletirisFemaleCanada2012-09-06 05:15:00
CanadaGot Baby? Avez vous un bebe?
I am excited. The nurse from the fertility clinic called and let us know we have enough sperm frozen so we can schedule a in-vitro fertilization cycle. One more stress removed with DH's very low sperm count. Now we just have to wait to save our money. Kind of like waiting for our removal of conditions. We need an educational reimbursement to come through for DH so we can have all the money in one shot that we need to pay. DH's boss keeps saying "it is in the works" but each paycheck is a disappointment with no extra lump sum of money. Waiting, waiting, waiting.
lilacvioletirisFemaleCanada2012-08-29 18:04:00
CanadaGot Baby? Avez vous un bebe?
Hope to hear some good news for you Peachey in a few days!
lilacvioletirisFemaleCanada2012-08-13 08:48:00
CanadaGot Baby? Avez vous un bebe?

My wife just gave birth to our first, a little girl, on July 14th.


Congratulations!
lilacvioletirisFemaleCanada2012-08-12 20:16:00
CanadaGot Baby? Avez vous un bebe?
Kimbear, sorry to hear about your thyroid issues. I just found out last October that I am hypothyroid. Being on meds has given me so much more energy. My DH and I thought that was why we weren't getting pregnant since the thyroid levels can majorly mess with other hormone levels required for pregnancy as well. Hope you get things figured out and your body can be all go for a baby.

HuggleBuggles, a little girl will be so much fun! Right now I am sewing up a little dress a baby shower next weekend. It is amazing to see how small things are.

Edited by lilacvioletiris, 02 August 2012 - 09:35 AM.

lilacvioletirisFemaleCanada2012-08-02 09:35:00
CanadaGot Baby? Avez vous un bebe?
Baby fever is alive and well! I am the oldest in my family, second daughter to get married, and myself and 2 of my sisters are all trying to get pregnant. So far none of us have (even though we all thought "oh, we are from a family with 7 kids, getting pregnant will be easy"). Yeah, so I am 36 already, been happily married for a little over two years, and I want a baby to round out the picture I have had of a family. Given the fact that we have to go IVF because of my DH's extremely low sperm count, I will be happy with at least one baby if I can get the two DH and I have always talked about that would be great, but I want a little bit of my DH's DNA running around mixed together with my DNA. Come on BFPs!

Edited by lilacvioletiris, 31 July 2012 - 03:37 PM.

lilacvioletirisFemaleCanada2012-07-31 15:35:00
CanadaGot Baby? Avez vous un bebe?
Looks like there could be lots of Can Am babies on the way soon.

Hugglebuggles, I can't wait to see your little one when he/she arrives.
lilacvioletirisFemaleCanada2012-07-30 16:50:00
CanadaK-1 people waiting for interviews at Montreal
Thanks jmd77 for the information. Once again it gives hope that there could be an avalanche of interviews once they get people properly trained and in place. Or at least there will be a few more interviews than seem to be scheduled so far for all the people waiting.
lilacvioletirisFemaleCanada2010-01-13 13:47:00
CanadaK-1 people waiting for interviews at Montreal
I am praying Montreal will be able to get more of us waiting for an interview at least scheduled. Having a date gives some sort of hope and a goal. Hopefully more of you will hear something soon. Tomorrow I am going to call the NVC to see if my package for my fiance' has gotten mailed to the Montreal consulate. Then I will be in the "waiting to be logged" boat :) One step closer!!!!
lilacvioletirisFemaleCanada2010-01-13 07:33:00
CanadaK-1 people waiting for interviews at Montreal
It definitely gives us waiting for Montreal interviews hope. Later this week I will be calling the NVC to see if my petition has gotten forwarded to the Montreal consulate.
lilacvioletirisFemaleCanada2010-01-10 12:35:00
CanadaK-1 people waiting for interviews at Montreal
Oh, yes, I know what I want and where I want for the wedding. But we haven't booked anything officially although the church I want takes "my wedding application" to church board in order for me to marry there so I am actually reserving a date at my church for July 11, 2010 with the understanding that the date may be pushed back due to immigration issues. Everything else that requires booking (reception, photographer, etc) has not and will not have money laid down for it until we know the visa is approved, but we know what we would like. Only so much money to go around.

Priority One: Medical Exam fee
Priority Two: Visa fee paid at consulate
Priority Three: moving expenses
Priority Four: wedding expenses

Can't have a wedding without the groom!
lilacvioletirisFemaleCanada2010-01-09 15:31:00
CanadaK-1 people waiting for interviews at Montreal
I am glad that the California Service Center has sped up. The wait for the Montreal Consulate will likely make up for it though. My fiance' and I are hoping to get married July 11, 2010. But until we have an interview date really planning for the wedding is at a standstill. I just hope that the "hiring of new staff for Montreal" that someone talked about on this forum really is the case. I hope that all of you with NOA2s before me get your interview dates scheduled soon.
lilacvioletirisFemaleCanada2010-01-09 08:37:00
CanadaK-1 people waiting for interviews at Montreal
I got my NOA2 tonight at 8:15 p.m. (I was surprised people were working that late at the California Service Center but I am sure glad they did although it may just be the computer auto-updating). Now to wait for the application to get through the NVC and then on to MONTREAL! I am so excited. Tried to call my fiance' but he took the phone off the hook for the night. He had just hung up with me from our evenings talk but I had to check my email just one more time to see if the NOA2 was there and IT WAS!

Now I have to get ready to sit back and wait some more. But I am glad one step is cleared now on to the next step.
lilacvioletirisFemaleCanada2010-01-08 21:12:00
CanadaK-1 people waiting for interviews at Montreal
Each of us wants just one Canadian, each :)

I am sure the people at Montreal are working as quickly as they can. I am just praying that the interviewers and other works stay well, that the weather does not keep them from work, and that they will be able to process our materials as quickly as possible. I will be more excited when I see more of us here saying an interview is scheduled especially as I get closer and closer to getting my NOA2 and really, really wanting my fiance' to get his interview.
lilacvioletirisFemaleCanada2010-01-08 14:06:00
CanadaK-1 people waiting for interviews at Montreal
What seems to be the average amount of time from the embassy receiving your information from the consulate, the embassy logging that information, and then the embassy sending out packet 3? I am trying to get my fiance' prepped for the quick work of filling out packet 3 that needs to be done so it can get returned quickly to put us in the queue for an interview date. I am hoping our NOA2 will be processed by the end of this month but just trying to learn all I can for the next step.
lilacvioletirisFemaleCanada2010-01-08 08:11:00
CanadaK-1 people waiting for interviews at Montreal
The wait time looks like the serious hold up. I am hoping that my NOA2 will be on its way by the end of Jan. but it looks like I should plan on my fiance' getting his interview in June or July. Maybe plan is the wrong word. Hope, maybe. We are hoping to get married July 11, 2010 but we will definitely not be purchasing invitations until we have an interview date. No use buying something we can't use. Each step in the K-1 process is wait, wait, wait. Sure is teaching me patience.
lilacvioletirisFemaleCanada2010-01-05 12:20:00
CanadaWeather & Road Report
My future father-in-law is concerned that there is "terrible snow" just the other side of Toronto and that my fiance' who is driving from Kingston, Ontario will have difficulty making it to Michigan. Yes, it is snowing along the 401. Yes, it will be snowing tomorrow but there are no warnings of snow squalls or anything. Radar seems pretty clear except out East of Kingston. My fiance' is coming to Michigan to visit anyway. Yeah! Hope it doesn't snow too much tomorrow...
lilacvioletirisFemaleCanada2010-02-25 18:21:00
CanadaWeather & Road Report
Well, yesterday I arrived home to about 8 inches of snow in my driveway. Cleared that out enough to get my car off the street, ate supper (meanwhile it continued to snow another inch), then went back at snow shoveling. Finally got the driveway clear and my car in the garage.

This morning I woke up at 5 a.m. for no reason, checked the close closing lists and saw that all the districts around my private school were closed so I expected a phone call around 6 a.m. saying we were closed too. At 5:45 a.m. the principal called, "There is no school. Have a wonderful day." At 6 ish my fiance' called, and we talked for awhile. When he hung up I decided to fall back asleep. Ah, peaceful sleep. Awoke at 9:30 to the phone ringing, "Hello sunshine." In my half-comatose state I had no idea who the FEMALE voice belonged too. It was a friend around the corner. Chatted and made plans to get together for supper. Now breakfast has been eaten and I am going to remove the final 4 or 5 inches of snow before the mail man comes. Yeah for snow days!
lilacvioletirisFemaleCanada2010-02-10 10:26:00
CanadaStill waiting for AOS check to be cashed
I know my DH AOS got sent back because I put the wrong birthdate on the form so therefore it was teh "wrong amount". I sent the package in July 2010 and put his birthday on one of the forms as Oct. 2010. My DH hadn't even been born yet. DOH but the check was back in my hands 2 weeks after I mailed the package. Hopefully they are able to find the package. If not, then you should be able to use the copies you have of your package to recreate it.
lilacvioletirisFemaleCanada2011-08-17 19:54:00
CanadaFirst day back to work
Congrats on the job! Glad your DH can be around to help out with your little girl's care. Hard to believe how fast time flies. I haven't been on in ages and was going looking for the baby thread.
lilacvioletirisFemaleCanada2011-08-17 19:58:00
Canadasarnia/port huron poe today
DH and I came back from Canada yesterday. The construction is still there on the Port Huron side but it actually seems they have most lanes open, just redirected. The Canadian side is finished (finally) coming into Sarnia. So glad for our NEXUS cards yesterday. The bridge was backed up to almost the toll booths on Canadian side for those trying to enter the U.S.
lilacvioletirisFemaleCanada2011-12-28 07:57:00
CanadaWhat's For Dinner - Part Deux
I had blackberries fresh from the blackberry bush in yogurt, baked potatoe, baked beans, broccoli, and cottage cheese. A very yummy supper indeed. I can hardly believe that in 2 days I will be cooking supper for my fiance' and he will be HOME to STAY! I am making his favorite sweet and sour meatballs and baked potatoes with asparagus for Wednesday night :)
lilacvioletirisFemaleCanada2010-06-29 06:00:00
CanadaWhat's For Dinner - Part Deux
My students had a bake sale of the most awesome cinnamon rolls. So I had 2 of them as an appetizer, some lentil soup and toast, now eating some mango sorbet. Delicious.
lilacvioletirisFemaleCanada2010-05-14 18:32:00
CanadaWhat's For Dinner - Part Deux
I was feeling so ill from tree pollen attacks on my allergies that I forgot to go get bread yesterday. I didn't want to drive to the store tonight so I made homemade biscuits and gravy with sausage crumbles. Yummy!
lilacvioletirisFemaleCanada2010-04-10 17:38:00
CanadaWhat's For Dinner - Part Deux
I made spinach noodle bake (yummy alfredo sauce with spinach/garlic noodles and chopped spinach) and a tomato sandwich to give my meal some color besides green. Dessert was some key lime yogurt.
lilacvioletirisFemaleCanada2010-01-25 16:50:00
CanadaWhat's For Dinner - Part Deux
Oh, I had the yummiest black bean burritos with cilantro and lime rice, followed by dessert from just from the freezer Michigan Blueberries and some Reese's peanut butter hearts.

My fiance' on the other hand is eating boiled green peas and a hard boiled egg sandwich. I think his evening meals will get definitely better once we are married and we are living together!
lilacvioletirisFemaleCanada2010-01-22 19:14:00
CanadaWhat's For Dinner - Part Deux
My fiance' will be eating the peanut butter cookies with Hershey Chocolate kisses that I made him for Christmas and he has kept frozen in his frig to eat at his leisure.

I am eating whole wheat rotini with spaghetti sauce and Ritz crackers with sharp cheddar.
lilacvioletirisFemaleCanada2010-01-21 15:47:00
CanadaWhat's For Dinner - Part Deux
This last week I had been totally carb-loading as I was on pins and needles waiting for my NOA2! When it came on Friday night I celebrated! Cookies! Hum, the cheese, bread, olives, and pickles sound like a good combination though.
lilacvioletirisFemaleCanada2010-01-10 20:05:00
CanadaWhat's For Dinner - Part Deux
Homemade macaroni and cheese with some Bush's vegetarian baked beans on the side. Making extra mac and cheese to have this next weekend when my fiance' comes to visit so I can feed him but not have to spend much time cooking! Seeing him is SO much more important!
lilacvioletirisFemaleCanada2010-01-10 18:20:00
CanadaThe Way We Were
What has brought be me back is the ROC. Trying to get ready for it.

DH has a full time job, has had it for a year and is up for a raise. Trying to figure out some issues with trying to have a baby and that has been up and down lately. Do we refinance the house that is in my maiden name or just go forward as we have?

I missed VJ and figured I should see what is going on with people here.
lilacvioletirisFemaleCanada2012-05-26 22:27:00
CanadaOff Topic Part Cinq
There is a heat advisory for MI today as well. Ugh, and my dear husband thinks that air conditioning makes him sick. Great.
lilacvioletirisFemaleCanada2010-07-23 08:36:00