hey everyone -- it feels like I've been gone for ages, and not just a week and a half.
Gelly and 5GBaby: I am so, so sorry about your BFNs! It's hard not to get discouraged, and I think both of your decisions to move towards foster-to-adopt is a good one. Hopefully you'll both get the BFP you're hoping for, but if you end up loving a child who had a hard start in life, that's wonderful too. My DP and I want to foster/adopt in the future, regardless of whether we have a bio-child, but we're holding off for a couple of years. 5GBaby, I just wanted to add that I understand your concern about age. I'm turned 36 in July, and although I'm not someone who gets uptight about birthdays, this was a really hard one for me. I had planned to be pregnant by the time I turned 36, and when I wasn't, it was difficult. It was like I could picture my eggs shriveling up or something.
Handerson, Pleasantly Furious: So sorry about your BFN/AF! I hope that next month brings the BFP!!
Cananny: I am so sorry about your DPs decision. This process is harder on a relationship than we realize. I hope you're able to sort out what's right for the two of you. Take care of you on this break from trying.
Sara and AdAstra: CONGRATULATIONS!!!!!!! 
Midwife Steph: That sucks about your donor's sperm. We haven't had ours tested for motility either. We tested for all the bad stuff, but just not that. We're moving to the frozen stuff in 2 months, so there's probably no point in doing it at this stage, but I wish we had at the start.
To all those in the 2WW - Desert, Carmen, Yeledov, SwtRainbow and anyone I missed - baby vibes to you!!!!!!!
Cortina Colorado: WELCOME!!!!!
AFM: I'm in L.A. at the moment, and looking forward to heading home on Sunday. My research has been going well. For those who asked, I research the early lesbian movement in America, particularly the print culture. I'm focusing on a magazine called The Ladder, which was produced by the first national lesbian organization from 1956-1972. I had the pleasure of interviewing one of the founders of the magazine while I was in San Fran, and now I'm here looking up some old archives.
I'm 11 DPO and not thinking about symptoms at all (or trying really, really hard not to). I haven't tested, and I'll wait until I get home. I'm due AF on Sunday, so if she hasn't come by then, I'll be testing on Monday. I'm really tempted to test tomorrow morning, but I'd like to wait until I'm home with DP. We'll see if I can hold out. I'm dreading seeing that BFN on the stick again, and I think that's enough to make me hold off a bit longer. I probably won't have a chance to check back into this forum until after I get home, but I'm glad I was able to catch up and hear the wonderful news from Sara and AdAstra! Here's hoping for lots more BFPs this month!!!!!
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(I do feel MUCH better than I did earlier in the week. I really think the hormone drop is what was killing me mostly. It's good to start to get leveled off.)
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