INTRODUCTIONS

[hkenny]

Hi ladies! Welcome!

Thanks Ds...cant remmeber the rest of your screen name! Sorry

So I guess we should introduce ourselfs, to make it easy copy and paste

1)screen name
2) Real 1st name and age (if you want to share)
3) where you are  from
4) edd
5) 1st pregnancy or other kids
6) your ttc journey
7) how you are feeling so far!
8) who got you pregnant

1) hkenny
2) Heidi 27
3) Canada...to be more specific Fort Saskatchewan, Alberta Canada
4) April 4th...not 100% sure but by my wacky cycle that is my best guess
5) I have a daughter! Brielle and she will be 15 months on the 11th
6) starting ttc #2 in...mmm not sure, we ttc for 3 months. I had to quit bfing to O. I stopped bfing Brielle on July 10th and got my bfp July 28th. We are very excited and cant wait to find out what this baby is!
7) feeling pretty good, its quite a bit different than last time, been having a lot of diarrhea (sorry if thats TMI) and been gassy, oh and very tired!! only feel a bit nauseas if I let myself get hungry.
8) my husband Connor! our 7 yr wedding anniversary is the 16th

cant wait to meet you all and share our pregnancy journey's together!

[dscoqn]

Hi hkenny,

It's dscoqn (short for discoqueen) LOL

Yeah I thought I should start up a group since I couldn't find one!  Thanks for getting things stated with the introductions - I wasn't sure what to do :)

1) dscoqn
2) Kahli 34
3) New Zealand (Auckland)
4) April 5th (from LMP)
5) Will be my first baby but I have been pregnant 7 times (none of them made it)
6) Been trying for over a year with current partner and have had an ectopic and 2 miscarriges.  The rest of my losses were with a previous partner.
7) Feeling very anxious and worried as I started spotting yesterday and just found out my progesterone has dropped.  I am on progesterone suppositories and they were helping but not sure why it's suddenly dropped.  I hope I get to keep this pregnancy.
8) My partner Joaquim - we will hopefully get married one day but want to concentrate on having a baby right now.


Congratultions to everyone who got their BFP!

[Loveday511]

Hello ladies.....so happy there is finally a place for us!

1) Loveday511
2) Bri 31
3) Maryland
4) April 7th
5) This will be my first child but I have been pregnant in 2008 but unfortunately miscarried.
6) My husband and I have been TTC a little shy of 4 years (Nov 2006) to be exact w/ 1 pregnancy but ended in m/c and finally went to a fertility clinic & went through 5 IUI cycles and 1 IVF cycle, and the IVF cycle is the only that worked!!
7) I am feeling quite worried and nervous since I had the previous m/c.  I have been doing accupuncture to help ease the anxiety.  I lost all my symptoms as of yesterday so I am scared and I went back in for 2nd beta test today.....just waiting for the call.
8) My husband Johnnie....and we have been married for 3 years....will be 4 in October.  

Congrats to you ladies!!!  I hope I will be able to continue to be on this forum :-)  Hope we all have a Happy Healthy 9 months!!!!

[tuie]

1) Tuie
2)Theresa 29
3)Kansas United States
4)April 1st
5)I have 4 children. Only 1 living with us. And the only one we have together. 3 of my children are living.
6)Have been trying for over 2 years. My DH had surgery to remove a blockage last year in October. 8 months later. BFP!!!!
7) I am feeling tired alot. And now I have a terrible cold. Hoping this pregnancy sticks. My last 2 ended in m/c. Feb 2010 I had a chemical. And Sept 2008 I was 9 weeks when I found out I was having a blighted ovum. I had to have a DNC at 9 weeks. We have been trying ever since.
8) Eloy is my partner. We are not actully married yet. But we have been together for 9 years this Sept. We are planning a wedding for March 2012. We have a 4 year old daughter together named Mia.

[tuie]

What was your 1st beta number?

[Loveday511]

My first beta # was 95.1.....I haven't heard back from the Dr. yet.  Still waiting for my 2nd beta #'s.  This waiting is horrible!!!

[Loveday511]

Just got my 2nd beta number.....1900!  My Dr. said those were great # for being 5wks.  So I feel bit better.....I am not putting my guard down completely just yet!  I have my 1st u/s scheduled for Thursday 8/19.

[Amber623]

1)screen name : Amber623
2) Real 1st name and age (if you want to share) : Hi my name is Amber and I am 27 years old!
3) where you are  from: I am from the Capital Region of Albany, NY
4) edd: April 15th, 2011
5) 1st pregnancy or other kids: 1st timer!
6) your ttc journey: I had a Paraguard Copper coil IUD removed that had been in place for about 2 years...had a difficult retrieval and had to wait a cycle to ttc. I had been charting for a while so we did the BD everyday from CD 9-17 (O'd on CD14)...and the following cycle we seem to have been successful!
7) how you are feeling so far!: Pretty good...recognizing changes..i'm tired!
8) who got you pregnant: My darling husband got me "sick with baby" as he likes to say..lol, he is so excited to be a dad..we've been married for a little over a year and together for almost 3

[tuie]

That is a good number. I wonder why mine is so high. At 5w4d mine is 3600.

[GUESITO]

Hello Ladies,
My name is Brenda, knows as GUESITO, this is my 3rd IVF cycle previous 2 ended in m/c's, for this cycle 2 Blastocysts where transfered on day 5,my first Beta 255  @ 9dp5dt & 667 @ 11dp5dt,. 1st U/S 8/18 very nervous but have faith in god....This will be our 1st baby together and have been married for 9 years we are cautiously excited,  currently 4 wks and 3 days preggo. Have preg symptoms on and off which make me more nervous, just hoping this first trimester flies by and our dream comes true after 2 heartbreaking M/C"s. Hate even pronuncing that word! Well nice to meet you all  and hope god blesses all with a happy healthy pregnancy! here's a song that came very close to my heart through my IVF journey..

Many nights we prayed
With no proof anyone could hear
In our hearts a hopeful a song
We barely understood
Now we are not afraid
Although we know there’s much to fear
We were moving mountains
Long before we knew we could

There can be miracles
When you believe
Though hope is frail
It’s hard to kill
Who knows what miracles
You can achieve
When you believe
Somehow you will
You will when you believe

In this time of fear
When prayer so often proves in vain
Hope seems like the summer bird
Too swiftly flown away
Yet now I’m standing here
My heart’s so full, I can’t explain
Seeking faith and speakin’ words
I never thought I’d say

They don't always happen when you ask
And it’s easy to give in to your fear
But when you’re blinded by your faith
Can't see your way clear through the rain
A small but still resilient voice
Says hope is very near...

[tuie]

I take back what I said. My nurse told me she was wrong on my beta #'s.My 1st was 36,000 not 3,600. And my second was 49,000. Im not sure why my numbers are so high. Its kinda freaking me out.

[hkenny]

tuie maybe its twins!

[dscoqn]

Unfortunately I just got my 4th beta results back and my hcg didn't double, infact it dropped by 4.  Just waiting now for the miscarrige process to begin.  Good luck to all the lovely ladies on here - I wish you nine months of blissful pregnancy without any complications xxxx

[tuie]

hkenny - Thats what everybody keeps saying. That would would be great.

dscoqn -  I am so sorry for you loss.

[hkenny]

tuie- do you think you are growing faster than most? I am sorta worried about having twins, only b/c 5 or 6 ppl have randomly said oh maybe your having twins! however my sil is currently pregnant with twins so I am hoping its just that. They do run in my family though.I  would freak a bit! but of course me happy in the end.

dscoqn- i saw your status today is there anyway the bean is ok? I dont know anything about numbers really or stopping progesterone but if your not yet bleeding is that a good thing? I am so sorry for what you are going though.

[tuie]

My pants are tight already and my bra is too small already too. But this is baby number 5 for me. So it could be that. I am also extremely tired. And if I dont eat every few hours I feel like I havent eaten all day. I just dont know what to think. Twins runns in my family and dh's too. His brother has twins and my grandma's sister had 2 sets. So we both have it in our familys. We just have to wait until Tursday and find out. It kinds scares me b/c I have read alot that levels as high as mine can be bad. Its a sign on down syndrome and molar pregnancy. Im hoping its twins and not something bad.

[waitingformysunshine]

Hi Everyone!  So excited to finally get to post on one of these forums!  Thank you for starting the April 2011 babies....I have been looking!!   :o)

a little about me.......

1)waitingformysushine
2) Stephanie - age 36
3) Chicago, IL
4) We think 4/12/2011
5) 3rd pregnancy...hope this one sticks...no children just yet!
6) I have been annovulatory for most of my life!  Thought it was great in highschool and college but realized a couple years ago that it would affect our ability to conceive.  We have been trying almost 3 years now...started with Clomid July 2009 and got pg 1st time...ended in chemical pregnancy.  We have been trying since...with 2 failed IUI's and then this cycle I had a crazy double LH surge...we missed the IUI timing and went on vacation and we now have a little Puerto Rican vacation baby that we made all on our own!  Crazy!!
7) I have been nauseous since a week before I got my BFP!  Hoping that is a good sign...didn't have that with the other pgs.  I'm alse very gassy and bbs are super sensitive.  Very anxious about another m/c but numbers were 42, 93, 292 @ 12. 14. 16dpo!  Hoping this little one sticks!
8) Husband, David...we have been together for 9 years and married for 3 in September!

So happy to meet you all and hoping we have a very uncomplicated next 9 months!

[naniadri]

1) Naniadri
2) Adriana 26
3) NYC
4) April 15,2011
5) 3rd pregnancy but no baby yet :(
6) I had a M/C two years ago because a blithe ovum. i started with Novarel shot on april 2010 and got prego first round but unfortunelly end in m/c and D&C at 5 weeks. On july i started clomid 50 mg and got my BFP las sunday. im so happy but at the same time so nervous i just cant go through another loss. But i know this time is different this one gonna sticks lol....
7) Well a have i lot of symptoms: my bbs started to get super sensitives and bigger 5 days after ovulation, nausea, vomiting twice and very tired and moody :)
8) My husband Daniel.... we have been together for 9 years and merried for 5 1/2

Got my first beta tomorrow and hope those number goes upppppp!!!!
Congrats to everyone who got BFP this month!!!!!!!

[kyang401]

Hi Ladies-

1) yang_k23
2) Kelly... 26 yrs old
3) MA
4) I think 4/17/11. I triggered on 7/23 so I O’d either 7/24-7/25
5) 3rd pregnancy and no previous kids(one was a chemical and the other a mc)
6) chemical pregnancy via ivf with previous partner in 2002... did 1 iui and numerous ivf back to back between 2002-2006 but was always bfn month after month. Been with new partner since 07 and was on bc pills at first due to no af and I don’t O. Got off the pills april 09 and fell prego in may but had an early mc. Been TTC by getting af induced every month but I wasn’t O’ing. Tried one clomid and one femara cycle the beginning of 2010 with no luck as I did not respond to them at all. This past june we had to pick up seconday ins b/c our work ins don’t cover infertility. Had our first cycle of relations/follistim/ovidrel in July and got my bfp August 8th so here I am today. I thank my parents, grandmother(who are all in heaven now) and god everyday that I finally have been blessed with god’s miracle child!! I thought I was going to die w/o ever having kids of my own.
7) Happy and nervous at the same time!! Still hasn’t sunk into me that I really am prego this time. Just hoping and praying for a happy and healthy 9mnths. Don’t have many symptons right now besides the heavy/sensitive bbs, peeing more and the extra creamy cm I get thru out the day and then come night time the cm slows down.  
8) My amazing boyfriend who had so much confident that it will happen for us sooner or later... especially when I really thought this cycle was a bust he insisted I was prego due to the symptons I had since 5 DPO.

Went in for my 2nd beta this morning so just waiting for nurse to call back with results. I pray for double-tripple hcg levels!!!  SSBD to all and wishing us all a happy & healthy 9 months!! xoxo

[Trytryagain84]

1)Trytryagain84
2) Emme, 25
3) New York
4) April 5th, 2010
5) 1st pregnancy
6) We tried for 5 years, only to find out DH was sterile, we did 2 IUIs using donor sperm, and Ta Da!
7) Like I have the flu....
8) Technically a technician.  : )  But let's say my husband, since that's what we're telling everyone else.  

[prayingforpatience]

A little nervous about joining so early with history, but I'm glad there is a group out here.

1)Prayingforpatience - since I have none
2) Heather - 36
3) TN
4) 4/20/2011
5) 5th pregnancy - 1 m/c at 23, a son who is now 11, 2 m/c this year
6) We have been trying since Jan 2009.  Started seeing a RE in Jul 2009.  Have done 4 IUI's (1 with clomid, 1 unmedicated, 2 with femara).  Decided to do a natural cycle in Jan 10 and got a BFP that ended in m/c at 6 weeks.  This cycle was all natural as well.  Beta at 3w5d was 65, today at exactly 4wks it was 176.  Ultrasound scheduled for 9/1.
7) Happy & nervous.  Have nausea, sore bbs, tired and going to bathroom a lot more.  Waking up in the middle of the night already.
8) My husband Dave.  We have been married 14 years and together for over 16.

[waitingformysunshine]

Just checking in....how is everyone doing?

[GUESITO]

Hello,

How is everyone doing?

AFM- Just a little crampy and had a little bit of brown discharge 2x less than a rice size and  kind of fleshy you can barely see it. Im just worried sick and my u/s isn't til 8/18 i'm 5wks 2 days. Transfered 2 blastocysts on day 5 on 7/25, betas are as follow, 1st 255, 2nd 667, 3rd 4445. I had a previous mc and chemical so im worried. My symptoms are on and off,.

[Trytryagain84]

My first ultrasound is on the 18th too...I am so nervous about it...I'll be 7 weeks 2 days by then...so we should see a heartbeat if everything is okay...I just want to see a heartbeat.  I haven't been sleeping very well, and I'm blaming it on my worries...hopefully I'll be able to sleep better soon.  : )  My first beta was 16dpo and was 243, on 18dpo it was  646...I just wish they'd done one more test.

[prayingforpatience]

Is anyone else bloating really bad?  Anything to relieve it?  I feel like a stuffed pig.