And the Big U/S Reveals

That we are more than likely having a girl. Our U/S tech couldn't find any evidence of boy parts but couldn't get a 100% definitive shot either. So as of right now Mr. Daffodil Bud and I are expecting little Madeline Rose aka as Little Daffodil Bud.

I am starting to feel definite movement now and boy she has been active the last few days, the most active times have been while I am at work and right when I want to go to sleep. I just can't believe that in a few short days I will be halfway through my pregnancy and that much closer to meeting my daughter!

The next few weeks are going to fly by with Holiday things happening. Next weekend is my mother and I's yearly baking weekend for Christmas. I am hoping that in a few years my daughter will join us and enjoy it as much as I have through the years , my mom and I have baked together for the holidays for about 30 years, of course I do more now than I did way back when. I am making this post a short one.

Hopefully I will have some more to report soon. Until then I leave you with my 19 week Bump pic and little Daffodil Bud's 1st picture :)

And it’s Just the Beginning…

Hello and welcome to bloomin; Babies Blog!!! I really hope that this blog will be able to help you out in some way as this is our place to express everything that is going on in our lives…

To start off with I am Flora Bud, and my husband is Mr. Bud but we can call him Mr. OP for Mr. Over Protective, just kidding. Although he is going to be that parent that if I would let him he will send our child to school wrapped up in bubble wrapping just to make sure nothing happens to him/her. And this is one of the best features that he has… He is so caring, I have never meet any other man that has always been there for me and love me for who am I. We are high school sweet hearts that separated while I was in college but we could not stay away from one another. :)

We knew right away that we wanted to get married and start a family, so we stop using protection and hoped that I would get ku. Three years later we started to planned our dream wedding and it truly was the best day of my life. It was everything that I could ever dream of. It was beautiful March afternoon with the Ocean behind us and surrounded by our family and closest friends. Here is one picture of us right after our ceremony…

We live in a beautiful, Beach surrounded sunny city in Miami Florida. We enjoy boating and taking vacations down to the Florida Keys.

We are the couple that loves to travel and plan lots of family gatherings and be with our god children. All of our friends have their children and we are that couple that unfortunately has been trying for over a year and no luck until 7/28/09 when we FINALLY saw…

Pregnant!!!! I could not believe it, here is a recap why not... That month I missed charting a few days and we BD 3 days before my ovulation day. So I thought no way we missed it by at least 3 days. Well 3 Dollar store pregnancy tests and 2 digital 'Pregnant' tests we were FINALLY pregnant. We were so excited that we knew that we wanted to tell our families right away; however I always have had that fear of m/c and wanted to wait at least until the first doctor’s appointment which was only 3 weeks away. The following day I already had the hungry symptoms and was dead tired after lunch time everyday oh and let’s not forget peeing like a racehorse!! Mr. Bud could understand me being KU (knocked up) and not having any morning symptoms.

2 weeks pass and it’s the Sunday morning before my doctor’s appointment. Mr. Bud and I were out buying a few things for the barbecue that we were planning on hosting to surprise our family about 'The Big News' and things were not looking too good. When I went to the restroom and I swiped all I can see was blood. I kept swiping in disbelieve. Mr. Bud was already getting things ready to go to the ER, but I know that they cannot do anything and will keep you in the waiting room for hours so I decided to stay home and try to relax until the doctor’s office opens in the morning.

Sadly we learned a lot of information at that appointment information that no one wants to hear. The doctor explained the baby is not growing and there is no heartbeat so this will likely lead to a m/c.

I will share with you our journey of being told we had a chemical Pregnancy later to find out that was not correct.

P.S. I have my follow up appointment on Monday 8/24/09 and hopefully we get some correct answer

Flora Bud

Bloomin' Babies is officially up & running!!!

::waves hello & shrieks in excitement::

Hi everyone! I am sooo excited to finally do this post & welcome you to Bloomin' Babies - we are a group of women at different points in the TTC journey and came together to document our different experiences all in one place. I want to thank all of the Buds for being patient as we worked hard to get this all ready & especially the amazingly talented, steadfast, most awesome, amazing co-admin EVER (seriously) - Sunshine Bud who can pmb (pretty.much.basically) take full credit for the look of this lovely blog!

And last, but certainly not least I would like to thank our readers - that's you :o) - without you there would be no reason for us to do what we do. I think that you will find that there is a good mix of women here and hopefully one will be able to shed light on or help you understand the things you are going thru in your own TTC journey. It is my sincere hope that you enjoy Bloomin' Babies as much as we all enjoy letting you in on one of the most important things we will ever do - become mommies! I hope that you will follow each of our journeys - and join us as we laugh, cry, ache, and (especially in my case) worry along the way! So, sit back, relax and enjoy the ride as we bloom some babies!