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[BNE2009]

Hello,

My partner and I are planning to get pregnant this year. We are so exited. I have been looking for a place to express my thoughts and have feed back. By the way my partners friend, who is now one of my closes friends as well, and her partner are also planning to get pregnant around the time we are planning. It is great to have another person to talk to about the up and downs. We both feel that at least we have a good support system. But we both felt alone because we did not want to feel like we were going thru the up and downs alone. It is not easy being a lesbians and getting pregnant. Especially since we do not know how our families will feel about it. We are so afraid to tell them. It is something that we will not be able to deal with. But that will not stop us from creating our family.

[JORACH]

Hi and welcome. This forum is great! I'm actually only new to it (probably been on for about 2 or 3 weeks now).

My partner Jo and I are hoping to get pregnant this year. So fingers crossed for all of us.

I have decided not to tell my mum until I'm pregnant (mainly cos at the moment she "doesn't want to talk about it" or "can't talk about it"- she's just a little to straight thinking and believes in upholding high christian values) And yes I am afraid to tell her. But I'm sure the rest of our families will be happy for us. Most of them know that we want to have children.

But your definitely not alone.

[BNE2009]

I know how u feel? I came out to my parent a little over a year even though it was hard for them at first they accept it and wlecomed Beth as their own daughter. They are so happy that we have decided to get pregnant since I'm not getting any younger. Nthe problem is Beth family, they are conservitive Catholics. She has come out f the closet about 4 times. Her brother at first wild not allow her to be near or alone with the nieces because he thought the gay is a disease that can be caught. Now she says he is better, but he barely directs a word to her. We have been dating for 2 years now and becuase of her family had a private commitment ceremony in Hawaii just us too. Her parents are now starting to accept me. I'm so afraid to tell them our plan. At this point we have decided to get pregnant first and then sit with her parents. There is a big possibility that I will not be allowed back in the house for visits. Since they are all about appearances and how will they be able to explain it to the nieces that Ely is pregnant with out a husband. Beth has told me that if they do not want me to attend family functions becuase of the baby that she will not go and she will cut all ties. I told her no. At the end f the day they are her family and she needs to forgive them and just love them. Hopeduly love will be enough for them to see the wrong and how they are hurting their daughter. But in their eys she is the one in the wrong and she is the one that needs to pray for her sins. I will take it one day at the time snce o ly time will tell us how they will react. I love them dearly so no matter the outcome, I will love them just the same even if they do wrong to us.

[lalashamarla]

Hi Everyone

My partner and I are new to this site but are really impressed with what we have come across so far

We started the baby process back in late Dec 09 with our fertility specialist - who is just wonderful. I had tried to prepare my body as much as I could by cutting out caffeine over a couple of months ,taking pregnancy vitamins containing folate etc , walking and trying to eat healthier so that when it came time to do the IUI, my body would be in its best shape.

The process for us has been quite quick as I was fortunate enough to not require any drugs except for the ovulation trigger the day prior to the insemination. After the insemination, exactly 2 weeks ago today my body has been on a bit of a rollercoaster...but an exciting one. I have found myself bloated everyday, along with sore nipples, a bit of irritation and nausea. If I can give advice of any kind it would be to never ever take a home pregnancy test before the 2 weeks after the insemination, as we did it too early and both times had our hearts broken. However, today was a different story....we did the test and "unofficially" we are pregnant. I won't be totally relieved until after the blood tests come back but so far so good!

Cheers