Hi, Sorry you have to go through this stressful experience, still having to remain calm for your surviving twin. Did you have any invasive exam completed recently? Doctors are reluctant sometimes in recognizing that some losses are related to investigative genetic testing. Another possible factor (a...

Hi all, I am glad to read that the cervixes (plural?) are behaving well, fighting gravity and holding our treasures as they very well need. I cant' write much as I don't want to miss my "bathroom privileges" still maintained as long as my BP stays under control. Never imagined peeing sitting down as...

Hi everyone! So we are all meeting at this new corner - thanks Esperanza! I am writing very short sentences as like Sony I feel numb...there is not much energy left in me for more than metabolizing proteins and waking short of breath to one more of too many bathroom breaks (why at night, Jenifferwit...

Hi everyone, Well, they found a bit more of protein than the normal cuttoffs so here I am - in the hospital, on bedrest. They check the babies twice a day (1 and a half hour each time) and - I never believed that to be possible - I am exausted and not that interested if baby C makes a funny twist at...

I have really enjoyed the "venting" thread and the responses it brought in. I come from a different country and from a different time. I come from a place where poverty kills 200 babies in each 1000 before they reach one year of age. And I do read about less than a century ago, when half women would...

Hi Girls! I moved my office downstairs so the old room can be converted into the babies room - no Internet for quite a while...missed you all. We are no longer those frantic threaders, with lots of questions, hopes and fears. Now our babies are viable and we need to travel inwards to face the big ri...

Hi all, My internet collapsed when I moved my office downstairs (it is going to be the babies room). Now I had a chance to post-really miss you all! Stefanie, I read that fetuses sleep every 20 minutes or so...then they get up and running. Sometimes they get hiper with tons of sugar if we eat refine...

Hi all, thank you Esperanza for starting this thread. I need to learn a lot about modern ways of taking care of newborns and going green requires a lot of effort and commitment. Thank each one for posting suggestions - it saves us time and give us hope for this planet. The economic crisis make it mo...

Hi girls! So good to have time and energy to check our thread and find you there! I am turning 50 today. Funny how tearful and sensitive I am, thinking about struggles, hard decisions and daring steps. DH made me his wonderful pancakes and family is already starting to call. I had a baby shower two ...

Dear Babies galore, My heart goes to you and the father of your child. Many posts gave you important information. I'd just say: learn as much as you can, as fast as you can, about Down Syndrome - from specialists that are not pushing for an abortion or for having your child. You may want to visit yo...

Hi all, I am turning 50 today. The babies are ok, all of them and DH made me my favorite pancakes this morning. What else can I ask from Life? BabyHope1, hope things are developing towards a normal pregnancy (whatever IVFers can call normal!). Get ready to learn that in reproduction science (as in S...

Hi, Just sharing what a friend who has worked as an OBGY nurse for 20 years told me: falls are the most frequent cause of miscarriages in normal pregnancies. They are unpredictable but their consequences are not . I am learning how to accept help. It is a humbling experience. My friends came in yest...

Hi all, Another snow storm in New England telling me to listen to my thread friends and take is easy!!!!! I started having contractions, nothing serious but they want to check every week. My cervix went from 3.8 to 3.4 but it still holding on pretty good. We did have a baby shower and now the room s...

Hi all, Nice to read you all telling how things are progressing well in spite of shortened cervixes, embarrassing constipations and worrisome anemias... I am wishing you all a restful time, no matter which religious tradition you embrace. I have pushed myself a bit to host our older children and cel...

Hi all, Nice to hear that Jenniferpd's cervix has calmed down and the babies are getting stronger. Hang in there, Jennyferpd! I am thinking of you every night, wishing you calm and strenght. Breathe in, breathe out! Welcome newbies! Vadermom, I am seeing a nutricionist and that has helped me to pick...