44, I hope your stiffness goes away soon and you get past the post tramatic stuff. If it is not one thing, it is another.
Pj, I am so sorry to hear about your cat. It is very hard to lose a pet. It is crazy how they become such an important part of our families. You are a great pet parent. Don't let that get to you. Like 44 said, everything has to die, and unfortunately the pets we love so much don't live long lives.
I pray for all of you girls daily! Babydust to each one of you. Justme
33 years old, DH 34, married 9 years, one DD-5 years old concieved naturally after 2 years TTC, TTC for 2 years for #2, Clomid for 5 months, IUI 4 times with Gonal-F (2 canceled, 2 failed), 1st IVF in August, BFP 9/5/05, Due Date May 17, 2006, DS born May 8, 2006
I too have been lurking around. It is great to hear how everyone is doing. I have so much gratitide toward all of the ladies on this site and hope everyone gets a BFP very soon!!
44, I am glad you were not hurt and you sound very upbeat. That is great!!
I am 38; DH is 37. No children; PCO; 1 partially blocked tube; 2 failed IUI's; 3rd IUI cancelled; 1st IVF in May resulted in m/c; 2nd IVF in August, BFP on 9/6/05.
Forty Four years old, hubby is 52 married 4 years, TTC 4 years with this hubby, 14 years with first hubby, One adopted daughter, 2nd ivf done, 1st one pg with m/c, second no pg. Uses egg Donor. PG with twins on 3rd IVF mc twins on 8/25/05
PJ - I'm so sorry about your cat. I've had 3 during my lifetime so far, thankfully I didn't have the heartache of watching them die. Mine just didn't come home one day. My dad used to tell me that cats know when they're going to die and wouldn't ever do it in public (they're too classy for that), especially in front of the family they love so much. Rather, they leave to find a nice cozy spot in a sunny meadow somewhere to curl up and go to sleep. I was just a girl then, but when my last cat "went away" when I was 26, it sure made me feel better to think my kitti was basking in the sun in some happier place. I'm so sorry you had to watch you kitti suffer, it must have been very painful for you. I'm sure kitti is in a happier place now, purring away, basking in the sun.
44 - I'm so glad your accident was not serious. Hope you recover quickly. Re: HSG - my first one hurt so bad I couldn't stop moving (trying to get away from the pain I guess!). They had to call in a tech to hold me down cuz I just couldn't lay still while they tortured me like that! My second one, about 5 years later, was totally painless. I didn't feel a thing. They said, OK thats it, all clear, I was like "what? its over?" Hope your second one is painless too!
37, unexplained infertility (no M or F factors), TTC for 1 yr, 3 failed cycles of Clomid 50 mg + IUI, 2 failed cycles of 5 mg Femara + Gonal-f + IUI, having extreme difficulty coping, esp. with all the blissfully new moms around me
Forty Four years old, hubby is 52 married 4 years, TTC 4 years with this hubby, 14 years with first hubby, One adopted daughter, 2nd ivf done, 1st one pg with m/c, second no pg. Uses egg Donor. PG with twins on 3rd IVF mc twins on 8/25/05
37, unexplained infertility (no M or F factors), TTC for 1 yr, 3 failed cycles of Clomid 50 mg + IUI, 2 failed cycles of 5 mg Femara + Gonal-f + IUI, having extreme difficulty coping, esp. with all the blissfully new moms around me
pj I am terribly sorry about your lovely cat and that you are feeling so down lately, I hope you are feeling a little bit better than the weekend.
44 I hope you're recovering from the stiffness, it's always a pleasure reading from you. Sue it's good to hear from you, I wondered about you and am glad to know you are keeping on. I continue to miss Meridith.
Wantsbaby the housekeeper matter is getting interesting, she's understandably tired all the time and last week asked not to come to work, this has not happened before, I'm in conflict I like to have her work in the house, but what will I do if this request for time-off continues? Should I start looking for somebody esle?? We are going into summer in the next few weeks and it gets sizzling hot this side of the world and I already feel guilty to have a pregnant lady cleaning up after us. What to do?
35 yrs. Married 3years. BFP on 25/04/2005. ~~AngelBaby 6 May 2005~~. D&C and Laparoscopy: stage 2 Endometriosis 12/05/2005. BFP 29 June = Blighted Ovum - d&c August 2005. Conceived 11 March 2006 and had beautiful and healthly BabyGirl at 33wks on 10/10/06.
Debi - Where do you live? Forgive me if you have told us before. I am sorry to be so forward but I vote for a new housekeeper. You can be happy for others later - for now your heart needs protecting. Thats it for my nurse-mother lecture.
My neck is finally tolerable today. I have had so much pain and have felt a little angry and depressed because it has stopped me from doing so many things. But today I could lift my arms without cringing. Yeah!!!!!
Forty Four years old, hubby is 52 married 4 years, TTC 4 years with this hubby, 14 years with first hubby, One adopted daughter, 2nd ivf done, 1st one pg with m/c, second no pg. Uses egg Donor. PG with twins on 3rd IVF mc twins on 8/25/05
thank you to everyone for your condolances on my cat. i really appreciate them. he is sorely missed by all of us. i'm still numb from all the grief lately. i guess it's good that we have a forced break from this cycle of hope & despair called fertility treamtent. i think we may try again sometime next year if that clinic in new york city is all it's cracked up to be. until then, i may be hard to find. but i will check up on everybody once in a while. good luck and baby dust to all of you on the journey. may your babies come to you sooner rather than later. -pj
37 yrs. old, DH is 39 -- TTC for a year and a half.. One blocked tube. Completed two IUI's (both on 1050 iu's of Gonal-F). BFP Sept. 28. Annabel born on June 7th - 1 day after my official due date!!
PJ, Good luck to you on your journey. Keep in touch with us here. I have enjoyed your posts and your poems you have shared and I hope you stick around here with us during your wait.
Again, I am sorry about your kitty. When we had to put ours down, I thought I would literally just stop breathing. I felt so guilty too...even though she was so sick. It has been 3 months since and I still cry once in awhile.... but I suppose that is normal. Take care PJ.
38 yrs. DH is 31 yrs. Married November 2002. No children. TTC since the honeymoon. Infertility treatments 2 yrs. 7 failed IUIs. 3 cancelled IVFs due to poor response to meds. Poor ovarian reserve. DH has male factors. Chicago, IL Presently looking into adoption!
Forty Four years old, hubby is 52 married 4 years, TTC 4 years with this hubby, 14 years with first hubby, One adopted daughter, 2nd ivf done, 1st one pg with m/c, second no pg. Uses egg Donor. PG with twins on 3rd IVF mc twins on 8/25/05
I know I have been MIA for quite a while. It was a very sucky summer for us here. I have been through 3 cycles in 4 months and all were disasters of their own kind.
PJ- Sorry things are so rough for you right now...I felt so bad when I read about your cat. I wish you the best...
I saw your post, 44, asking about me. It was funny to see the date of your post...my 37th birthday! Thank you for thinking of me. I think about you too, a lot. All of the women here go through my mind every night when I lay down and have time to ponder everything.
I am joining all of you in the holding pattern. After such disastrous cycles and with dh's severe infertility, we will be moving on to IUI with donor sperm if we continue trying. I say "if" because I am concerned about my RE's views on this and mine. He wants to do natural cycles which holds only a 4-6% chance of pregnancy and I want to use either Clomid or injections. IUI with injections has a success rate very close to the general population, per month. So, I will see on Nov. 1 if I am going to get a battle with him or what. I am not up for fighting much anymore...I don't have the drive to find a different RE, etc. So...if he agrees to what I want, I will do 2-3 IUI's with donor sperm and hope and pray for the best. That's where I am.
I have been watching everyone's progress and for some reason needed to just lurk for a while. I have to say, it's nice to post again. No one knows what we are considering this time around. All of my friends and family think we are done trying and that's that.
I can't believe how many of this group did actually get pregnant and how many of those are nearing their due dates. That's amazing to me. I'm glad some of us are beating this thing.
If I do an IUI in November/December, wantsbaby2, 44 and I might be cycle buddies again. That's kind of cool. All I can say is...the site better not go down again!
Ok, enough ramble...I will post more and I always read.
36 years old. Married for 17 years. 1 son, 7 years old, conceived w/ ICSI. 2nd IVF w/ ICSI in June=No Fertilization. August cycle cancelled for poor response. Considering options.
Thank goodness you are ok. Meredithhasfaith. I wrote to you on your Birthday? Maybe I should be a psychic eh? I am sorry your cycles did not work out. Donor sperms sounds like a great approach and good luck with that. Once again I am glad you are back and wish you buckets of baby dust. Wouldnt it be great to cycle again with everyone. If this thing goes down again I will have a nervous breakdown this time.
Forty Four years old, hubby is 52 married 4 years, TTC 4 years with this hubby, 14 years with first hubby, One adopted daughter, 2nd ivf done, 1st one pg with m/c, second no pg. Uses egg Donor. PG with twins on 3rd IVF mc twins on 8/25/05
Meredithhasfaith.. it is good to hear from you again.
I can imagine the pain and frustration you are going through from your horrible summer..but as 44 says.. the IUIs with donor sperm do sound positive.. so I hope all that works out for you. Let us know what you decide! Baby Dust!
37 yrs. old, DH is 39 -- TTC for a year and a half.. One blocked tube. Completed two IUI's (both on 1050 iu's of Gonal-F). BFP Sept. 28. Annabel born on June 7th - 1 day after my official due date!!
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