30+TTC 1yearish or more June - Page 8

[polka123]

Home from surgery - feeling OK.
It went pretty well os says DH & Dr.
no big surprises (WHEW) & my tube is clear
I feel very fortunate that this part is over.

I hope everyone is doing well & getting tired now..
love you all a ton & Thanks for the support :

[fenwickmama]

hi everyone, just poking my head in to say hi and bye. we are done with ttc-it's too much for me emotionally and physically (the hsg experience really did a number on me mentally and it really really hurt-the thought of enduring so much more of that and far away and with no real assurances is just to much). so...............we are going to adopt from guatemala-we just sent in our application to an agency and are so so excited! we actually decided about a week ago and have been researching and researching and just did our app last night! i'm sure it's gonna be a crazy emotional journey of it's own but at least at the end, i know there'll be a babe for us! and we'll get to have the honeymoon we never did-just in guatemala
i'm sure i'll be lurking but, best of luck to everyone and thanks for all the support these last months!
kel

polka, glad the surgery went well.

[djs_girl517]

fenwickmama - good luck with the adoption. Please keep us posted on your progress

On a side note, would you ladies please take a look at my question about soy?

[May-lily]

Fenwick: best of luck with the adoption...do let us know how it goes! Several of us have talked about adopting at some point.
I went to Guatemala a few years ago. The Lago Atitlan region is fantastic. My dh and I spent 5 weeks in San Marcos de la Laguna and did a one month yoga,philosophy and meditation course there at the Pyramids center. There's some hot springs that we never made it to which I regret (I think they're called Georginas Aguascalientes or something like that) and Antiga is a fun little town. All this and a baby, yeah for you!

Johanna, I hate when $ just run through my fingers...I'm stressed about next year as I'm not sure how high enrollment is so I may be very part time and dh is going back to school (here goes $24,000!). Hope those next paychecks do the trick for you. I dont know where you buy your tickets, but have you tried cheaptickets.com?

I'm starting to think I might have some undetected hormonal issue because my period have been way short in the past few months. One day or two of bleeding + a little spotting, somehow that seems like too little.If you have any thoughts, let me know.

hugs

M

[AdinaL]

Good luck fenwickmama - come back and share pics with us!!

[Ary99]

Fenwick, CONGRATULATIONS! You are going to be a mom!! DH and I looked into Guatemalan adoptions when we came to the end of our treatments ttc #1. Please, please, please keep us posted. I am so very happy for you!

[Johanna]

Fenwick - Congrats on starting your new journey to get a little one. Please keep us updated. And thank you for the support you've given us during your stay in our little corner

[polka123]

Fenwick

Originally Posted by Johanna

Fenwick - Congrats on starting your new journey to get a little one. Please keep us updated. And thank you for the support you've given us during your stay in our little corner

yes, what an amazing journey.
please keep us posted as I know it can be a long road at times.
we are all here to help you thru any lulls in the process.
We love ya to pieces

[Velveteen]

Fenwickmama; I am so happy for you!! You are going to be a mom. Please keep us posted, and thank you for supporting us, we have loved having you here.

[chiromama]

Fenwickmama! Well, even tho you're not TTC.... you can still hang out here and keep us informed I think many of us are looking at adoption, if not soon, then definitley in the future. I'd love to hear your story as it unfolds.
Polka, glad the surgery went well. Hope you're feeling fab soon.

Just back from a great camping trip. Lots of and : and and . Oh and showed, of course. Ah. no suprises there. Ry started his steroids, and i'll start my IVF testing.
you all!

[polka123]

I hope with my plumbing a little "cleaned out" will help out the cause.

with the emerg-c with DS, I was NOT in labor & was 5 wks early....I'm not sure my body claened itself out had I had him naturally - just a theory.

I swear a few months ago....I lost my mucous plug !!!!
it was after O & it looked & felt just like b/f with DD.
Could that been??

[SweetTeach]

No personals, but I just want to let you all know that I'm reading along, sending postive vibes to all.

[HaveWool~Will Felt]

just poking my head in to see how things are for everyone!!!

[squeakermansmom]

congrats fenwickmama on your new journey! i agree with Korin ~ i'd love to hear about the process

chiromama - sorry about af showing again. question for you: how long is the process...from when you first start the testing for IVF and actually doing your first cycle?

polka - congrats on the clear HSG

ary99 - i can totally relate to your playgroup dilemma - it seems everyone at our playgroup is already on to their second and even third child. it really bums me out to see all those pregnant bellies. but, i don't want to make ds a social outcast just b/c of me. sigh...

speaking of pregnant bellies...i'm off to the La Leche League Conference next week (i'm going primarily for a work conference). this ought to be good for a full fledged commitment to the loony bin when i signed up to go last december i just assumed i would be hugely pregnant, but no such luck. i'm 10dpo and even though i had convinced myself that this was my month, i'm now pretty sure af will show instead. infertility sucks. it will be a year in august. sometimes i'm sad, but today i'm just p*ssed. grrr... i'm p*ssed that i have to purchase hundreds of dollars worth of herbs/vitamins for dh each month, i'm p*ssed that i have to remind dh to take hundreds of dollars worth of herbs/vitamins each month, i'm p*ssed that we have to arrange our schedules around weekly acupuncture appointments not to mention the $100 we fork over each time we go. but most of all i'm p*ssed that we're doing all this and we're still not pregnant. it just sucks.

ok rant over....

[squeakermansmom]

oh, i don't think i posted since ds went in for his tooth. The good news: he did great with the anesthesia. The bad news: they had to pull the tooth anyway. He doesn't seem bothered by it at all. Dh and I miss his old smile, but i think his new smile is growing on me already. We are undecided about doing the partial but they wouldn't do it for about a month anyway, so we'll just wait and see. My main concern is his speech ~ i'm hoping it won't be affected. Also i don't want him picked on once he gets into kindergarten but the dentist seems to think its the other way around. kids who lose their teeth late get more grief than those who lose their teeth early. apparently it's *cool* to lose your teeth early. hhmmm....maybe he's just saying that to make me feel better. anyway, we'll see. thanks for all your support - you girls are great!

[djs_girl517]

Jodi, my dss had her front tooth knocked out when she was like 2. The kids never did make fun of her for it. Just wanted to pass that along.

[May-lily]

cd6...blah...it's limbo land until o most months anyways right, and this time my next important date is my post-leep appt on 7/1....so I'm waiting...waiting...waiting....waiting....waiting. ...waiting....internet surfing too much...waiting...must do more yoga, reiki, toning of butt, abs and underarms...helps the waiting...a little...mmm.

squeaker: good news on the anaesthesia, hope everything works with the tooth in the long run.

ST: hello! thanks for lurking

Korin: what a long long road. I'll be very interested to hear if the steroids work, obviously...none of our doctors have suggested antibiotics or steroids. Is R on prednisone? Here's a link to another study I thought was interesting:
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/q...090&query_hl=6

dh is supposed to start herbs this week after his next acu appt.

love to all

M

[chiromama]

M, I read that study a while ago, but can't find anything on that herb. Normally, I'd not want r to take steroids (yes it's predisone) but frankly, I'm ready to have a baby, and we will do what we have to.

[Sleepymama]

Also reading along and sending babydust. I'm having a u/s next week but everything looks good so far. Hcg came back good again, I'm 6 weeks today.

Squeaker, don't count out that LLL conference--this one stuck while I was there! I think all the preggo pheromones helped. Breathe them in!!

[waiting4baby]

Sleepy - So very exciting! Keep us posted!

Fenwick - Yay! You are going to be a mom! I'm so very happy for you! Wishing you good thoughts on your journey, and your "honeymoon" - please stick around and let us know how things are going.

Korin - How did you know to have your dh tested for antibodies? And, how much did the test cost? I'm thinking that while in the wait between my surgery to remove my polyp and TTC again, perhaps we should also cross that off our list.

Squeaker - glad to hear your son did fine on the anethesia - what a worry!! Hope that the lack of a tooth will do him no harm - I'm sure he's adorable!!

May-lilly - Forgive my ignorance, what's a LEEP???? I see you kept referring to it and I just pretended I knew what you were talking about. I feel silly, but I should probably know this. :


Bummer, bummer, bummer. My RE is leaving the practice and moving elsewhere. She just sent out letters to her patients and they have not chosen anyone to replace her. So, this summer we have to find a new one - there's only one other RE at Virginia Mason and I really preferred my RE. Bummer!!!!