Calling All Women of Strength!!!

[mommyin10]

A Strong Woman VS. A Woman Of Strength


A strong woman works out every day to keep her body in shape…
But a woman of strength builds relationships to keep her soul in shape.

A strong woman isn't afraid of anything…
But a woman of strength shows courage in the midst of fear.

A strong woman won't let anyone get the better of her…
But a woman of strength gives the best of herself to everyone.

A strong woman makes mistakes and avoids the same in the future…
A woman of strength realizes life's mistakes can also be unexpected blessings and capitalizes on them.

A strong woman wears a look of confidence on her face…
But a woman of strength wears grace.

A strong woman has faith that she is strong enough for the journey…
But a woman of strength has faith that it is in the journey that she will become strong.

Author Unknown.
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Michelle: (You have our continuing support & prayers!!!) Blood test 5/11!

Leighanne: 2/10/09 Jaedyn Michael was born beautiful & healthy!
Check out his pics!!!

Vortex: 4/20/2009 Had her baby girl Sahana!!! Congrats! :) Posting pics soon!

Joyce: BFP - 35 weeks!!!
Jessie: BFP - 30 weeks!!
ArmyPrincess - 28 weeks
Stacey: BFP!!! 22 weeks!
Kaylee_Frye: BFP- 17 weeks (u/s 5/12)
Luvkayln:  BFP!!!-6 weeks! (2nd u/s 5/11!)

Arlotheslug:  Adoption in June!
naf38:  Welcome Home!!!
mrspace:  Kya's a mommy!!!  Check out the pics!
Guesito: FET 5/20!
Keyan:  Last Lupron shot tomorrow!!! lap 6/3
DreamingofaSon:  TR in December
ad_06:  Moving forward ;)

Mommyin10:  CD5 (blood test tomorrow, consult 5/15)
Hannah:  CD12
wishandaprayer:  CD13
Lina:  CD15
rachjas:  C19
Pyar:  CD45

Candie: 4dpo!!
dnikki:  5dpiui! (beta 5/12)
jmh2005:  10dpo
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Keyan:  Yay!  Your last Lupron shot is tomorrow!!!  I'm so excited for you & so happy you're yet another step closer, my friend ;)

Vortex:  It's great to hear from you!  Congrats to you & dh!!!  And welcome little Sahana =)  Can't wait to see pictures!!!  Take care, mommy ;)

Michelleinhawaii:  Hey, that's wonderful news!!!  I hope your numbers drop to 0 & you can enjoy your 30th b-day, a relaxing summer & continue moving in a forward direction ;)  Best, best wishes to you!!!

Stacey:  Yes, definitely good preparation! ;)  I can imagine it's pretty exciting that Jake is keeping you on your toes.  He's an active little guy! ;)  I hope you had a nice weekend.  Thanks for the note :)

Candie:  Wow, you're 4dpo!!!  Woo-Hoo!!!  I'm excited to see you on that part of the list ;)  Keeping my fingers tightly crossed for you! Thanks for the note ;)  I had a great time, but it was just me, not dh.  So, I missed him & was so happy once the plane landed ;)

Luvkayln:  Thanks for keeping up our thread!!! How are you feeling?  Sounds like you had a busy day!  I go in for my blood test tomorrow morning, hoping to see my numbers have dropped down to 0 on their own...  I guess I could be getting close to O again ;)  Thanks for the note.  I'm glad to be back home.  We live right by a super tiny airport, which is where I flew into & dh greeted me with Carmelo! ;)  What a nice warm welcome home!!!

dnikki:  How are you doing in your tww?   Hey, your beta is just after Mother's Day?!  That's not too far off & what a great treat that would be ;)  Good luck!!!

Arlotheslug:  How was your weekend with your best woman?!  I bet you guys had a great time ;)  I'm sorry about the birth mom.  I hope you're feeling a bit better about it & that she still loves your dh! ;-)  Take care!

Hannah:  How fun that you're redecorating! :)  Sounds great!!!

[candie429]

Good morning ladies!  I hope everyone had a wonderful Mother's Day Weekend and got to spend time with the ones you love.  :)

mommyin09 - Hey there.  Hope your weekend was good and your time with DH's parents went OK.  You can update my status to cd3 today.  :"(  I'm sorry, I thought I had told you about the cruise.  We leave May 31st for 6 days and it's going to the Bahamas (Nassau and Freeport).  We've never done anything like that before, so we're very excited!  

luvkayln - Sean's card to you was so adorable!  I saw your u/s picture and it is beautiful!  :)  I am so happy that all went well and the hearbeat is nice and strong.  Now hopefully you can relax a little and enjoy your journey.  

dnikki - Sorry about the BFN, I know exactly how you are feeling.  Take care, hugs to you.  

Stacey - Hope you had a great weekend with DH and your family.  That's so wonderful that you just about 24 weeks, I know that was an important milestone for you.  Yay!   :)

ad_06 - Glad to hear you are doing good.  I know this break will be hard, but maybe this is a good thing.  You can relax, let your body heal, and enjoy the summer with DH and your stepson.  It's so sweet that you take such good care of him and are so close with him.

rachjas - Wow, you'll be on your way to IVF before you know it!  Good luck to you.

naf38 - I'm so sorry you lost your mom so young.  I'm sure yesterday was tough, but at least you have your precious little boy to get you through!  Great news about your IVF, good luck!

mrs_hynes - Welcome!  Hopefully this 2ww ends happily for you!  

[mrspace24]

Good morning everyone.  First of all, Happy late Mother's Day to EVERYONE.

AF is still here, on cd10 and she's kickin' my behind.  It's been light/medium the whole time but the cramping is killing me.  I swear each cycle it gets worse.  This time, instead of having normal (but big) clots, I have tissue.  LOTS of tissue.  And it hurts so bad.  So I'm debating whether or not to call and get an earlier appointment with the doctor.  This is driving me crazy.

DH, my momma, and I talked about all of our fertility stuff this weekend and DH decided to let me know that he HASN'T been paying attention.  The new obgyn we're seeing is about 20 minutes away. But he delivers babies in Omaha which is 1 1/2 hours away.  He's known this the whole time, but now he wants a different doctor again. So our choices are to stay with him or go to a specialist near KC which is where my mom lives.  But then he says that he doesn't want that either because "He shouldn't have to drive that far when he's the dad, my mom should have to drive".  I told him (and I know its' harsh) that it's not about what makes him happy right now.  It's about what doctor can help us the most and which hospital makes ME (the one who will eventually give birth) comfortable.   He agreed and was sweet about it after that.  

The puppies are doing GREAT! I have new photos up and you can see their little pretty eyes SO well.  They are walking around a lot more and growling and starting to do little puppy barks.  But everyone's doing great.  

dnikki- I totally know what you mean about your facebook story.  On myspace I got a bunch of "happy mother's day" comments from some of my friends, who know the trouble we've had.  Then this girl writes me a HUGE email saying how I didn't deserve them since I have no children.  And that while it may sound harsh, I needed to hear it.  Because then maybe I'd try harder to be a good mom while pregnant instead of always losing my babies.  I wanted to punch her in the face.  Bah!  I agree with the other girls here.  Keep testing! You do have good symptoms!

luvkayln- Congrats!  I can't wait to see the pic.  I will go look here in just a minute!

stacey- Your comment was so sweet and really touched me.  I hope that you, dh, and Jake had a great mother's day weekend.  

[mommyin10]

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Michelle: You have our continuing support & prayers!!! Blood test today!

Leighanne: 2/10/09 Jaedyn Michael was born beautiful & healthy!
Check out his pics!!!

Vortex: 4/20/2009 Had her baby girl Sahana!!! Congrats! :) Posting pics soon!

Joyce: BFP - 36 weeks!!!
Jessie: BFP - 31 weeks! (sonogram today)
ArmyPrincess - 29 weeks
Stacey: BFP!!! 23 weeks! (appt 5/25)
Kaylee_Frye: BFP- 18 weeks! (u/s tomorrow!)
Luvkayln:  BFP!!! 7 weeks!!! (2nd u/s today!!!)

Arlotheslug:  Adoption in June!
Keyan:  lap 6/3
DreamingofaSon:  TR in December
ad_06:  Moving forward ;)
Mommyin10:  Consultation Friday!

Guesito:  Started Estrace, u/s 5/14, progesterone 5/18, FET 5/22!

Mareski:  Awaiting AF...
pyar:  Awaiting AF...
jmh2005:  CD8
Mrspace:  CD11
wishandaprayer:  CD21
Lina:  CD23
rachjas:  CD27
naf:  CD40 (consultation 5/26!)

Hannah:  4dpo!
Mrs_Hynes:  12dpo - Welcome!
Candie: 12dpo!!
dnikki:  13dpiui! (beta tomorrow)
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Good morning!  I hope everyone had a wonderful Mother's Day! =)  I was so busy, I didn't get a chance to log on all day.  I started off with Pilates at 9am, breakfast with dh, then went to work for 4 hours (they turned the air off, so it was unbearably hot!) Then maybe 1/2 hour after I got home, my MIL came over & we had a cake for her & flowers, then she joined us for Carmelo's walk ;)  It was good 'cause she hasn't spent much time with him & the last time she did, he was still too shy and afraid of her.  This time she saw him run & play & just be himself ;)  We finished the day with a nice dinner, glass of wine & the finale of Amazing Race!  We're getting excited for our consultation on Friday!!! =)

luvkayln:  Yay!!!  I'm so happy for you & dh!  How cute that he so wanted to see the h/b ;)  I'm glad you both were able to see it and feel more at ease.  What a wonderful Mother's Day gift!!!  I'm glad you were able to spend some time with Kayln before the rain.  What a perfect day, mommy!!! So, is your next appt in two weeks on Monday?  I can't wait til you get to see your little teddy bear ;)  

dnikki:  I'm sorry you got a -'ve ;(  I agree, though.  Don't give up hope yet.  We'll all be thinking of you & hoping for great news tomorrow!!!

Mareski:  Good luck with the new RE! That is exciting :)

michelleinhawaii:  Thinking of you today & hoping that your beta is negative!!! =)

Jessie:  Good luck today!!!

[luvkayln]

Good morning!! We just got home from our u/s, and got great news! :) We saw the baby and the h/b!! I'm just SO happy!! :) The h/b was 141, and Kaylns at this stage was 147! :) I've already uploaded our new u/s pic. It was so cute at the doctor's b/c the h/b was so tiny, and I saw it right away b/c I knew exactly where to look but Sean kept having a hard time finding it! So I kept asking him if he saw it, and he's like..."Ya.." but he really didn't so the nurse zoomed in on it for him. :) It was like that episode on Friend's where Rachel kept saying she saw the baby, but really didn't and Ross kept having to show her. :) Our next appointment is in 2 weeks, and then they'll release me to the high risk doctor right across the street from them. :) And I have an appointment with them 2 weeks after that. My next u/s pic the baby should look like a teddy bear, that's what Kayln looked like at 10 weeks. :) Yay, I'm just so over the moon happy right now!! I can't wait until we all get to experience this! There's nothing like seeing your baby's h/b for the first time. I still remember the first time I saw Kaylns, it's just absolutely amazing!! :)

Well, I hope everyone had a great Mother's Day yesterday! We went and saw Kayln yesterday, right before the rain came so it was perfect timing! :) I'm off today, so I'll finish what I didn't get finished on the house yesterday, and of course, after that I'll take a long nap! :) Hope everyone has a great Monday!!

dnikki- Did you test again? I hope it was just too soon yesterday! Good luck! :)

[GUESITO]

Happy Mother's day to everyone!!!! When I say everyone is because I know someday god will make it happen!!

Im home just thinking and spending time with hubby preparing mentally for whatever happens with my FET.

Lots of love always xoxoxox


Brenda

[luvkayln]

Happy Mother's Day!! :) Sean got me a Mother's Day card and signed "Love, Baby, Sean and Baby Kayln." I thought that was sweet, being as I told him not to get me anything. :) My u/s is early in the morning at 7:30, so I'm sure I'll have an update before a lot of you are on here in the morning. Wish us luck! :)

dnikki- Oh, I'm sorry for the -ve! But like Stacey said, don't give up! Positive's show up at different times for different people, so hang in there! I'm holding out a ton of hope for you! You're having great symptoms!! :) Enjoy your Mother's Day!!!

Stacey- Are you enjoying your first Mothers Day?? I hope so! :)