Melo_P , I'm so sorry about your hpts. If you were my neighbor, I'd head right over with marshmallows and fuzzy blankets. This is so hard, I know. I guess I used to think that having one little one home with us would make trying for a second one easier. But, now I don't think that's the case. I'm ...

Thanks, everyone, for replying. It helps to hear your experiences -- and to know that there are many others traveling for this.

Lynniecat, you mentioned that some clinics will take you on as a monitoring patient. Did anyone else do this? Did anyone have the monitoring done at a local ob/gyn clinic ...

We recently moved a little over 2 hours away from the clinic where I've had all my previous IVF work. I still have all my frozen babies there, and I'm inclined to do the next FET with them.

Anyone travel for IVF? How did it go? Did you travel for all of the scans and blood work or was some of it ...

I remember how much I love reading these posts! It is so fabulous to have you girls who are going through something so similar.

A good friend of mine just told me she's pregnant. She'd been trying for a year, but got pregnant naturally. She said something about there being forces wanting her to do ...

Zoe, yeah, I do remember feeling nervous about being pregnant again -- all the ups and downs of that time. Good luck to you!

Joyana, so sorry to hear about all you've gone through -- so unfair. My heart goes out to you. Good luck with your appointment. Let us know how it goes.

Melo, sorry to hear ...

Hello #2 Girls! Glad to see this thread is still alive and well. I'm just checking in. I'm still taking a break from all the IVF stuff. I'm thinking next summer maybe we'll start again.

Hello Joyanna, Melo, Laura. Hi Zoe. I think you joined after I dropped off.

Let me catch up an where you all are ...

#2 Girls

Melo_P: DD Nov 06

beth: DD Jan 07

lauradc: DS May 06

joyanna: DD Aug 06, fresh IVF July

kimmysq: FET July 30

hrobinson: DD

rlzysk: DS 02, beta 7/28, BFP

suzhan: DD June 07, fresh IVF August

steph2: FET 8/2

alreadyblessed: BFP

Yellow (me): DD June 06, taking a break

Thanks for all the kind words. It really does make it better to have contact with so many who know what this feels like. I have not yet had any bleeding or cramping to speak of. I'm worried that I may need a D&C or something. I just want this part to be over.

We have more frosties and we will try ...

Marynaz, thanks so much for your thoughtful words. I am very grateful for my little girl. I wish you a BFP very soon. You will be in my thoughts.

Thanks so much for your prompt reply. You did manage to make the rest of my weekend a little more enjoyable.

Unfortunately, my beta today (7/29) was 28.5. Ugh.

Is a "chemical pregnancy" a technical term? Should I consider this a miscarriage. I suppose it doesn't really matter. I just wish I could ...

Hi, girls. I'm very sad to report that my beta dropped from 420.5 to 28.5. It was so hard not to get my hopes up. Even with the low beta, it seemed to be increasing well. A little part of me expected this, but I was still really hoping things would work out.

Needless to say, I'm sad and a little ...

I have a question about my beta levels.

We transfered 2 thawed embryos on 7/3. Our embryos were frozen at the one cell stage. They were thawed 2 days before transfer. They grew to a 5-cell and an 8-cell.

1st beta on 7/15 was 7.7
2nd beta on 7/17 was 19.5
3rd beta on 7/21 was 202.1
4th beta 7/23 ...

Long overdue update...

#2 Girls

Melo_P: DD Nov 06

beth: DD Jan 07

lauradc: DS May 06

joyanna: DD Aug 06, fresh IVF July

kimmysq: FET July 30

hrobinson: DD

rizysk: DS 02, beta 7/28

steph2: FET 7/30

Yellow (me): DD June 06

Welcome, rizysk! I like our "#2 girls" thread a lot. I need post an updated list of everyone's stages in treatments -- maybe I'll get to that tonight.

I'm in beta limbo with a frozen transfer -- I had a positive beta, but the values are still really low. I'm feeling things differently, too. I think ...

Hello girls!

Beta #3: 18dp3dt, 202

Still very low, but it increased a lot. I'm testing again later this week. It's so hard not to get my hopes up. The increases look so good it's easy to forget that the number should be closer to 1200 by now. Keep your fingers crossed for me.

Joyanna, I'll be ...