Kris - CONGRATS on the BFP! We are a crazy bunch aren't we... even when we get good news and reassurance from the doctor, we obsess about it! 55 is fine. Both times, my betas have been super high (around 400) and I've lost all of my babies.... so numbers don't mean all that much. But we *all* understand how you have to obsess over SOMETHING!
Shrunkinapole.... hmmm... now I'm wondering if you are MY husband!

I constantly talk about all the ladies on the message boards and my pen-pals to my husband. In some ways, I'm closer to everyone here than even my best friend in real life. We are a bunch of crazy IVFers (see my comment to Kris - we are ALL completely nutters!) I also totally get your analogy to being 6 cans of beer, but missing the plastic thing-y..... My life is going so well (I'm happily married, have a good friends network, a good job, a great education), but there is just something missing. My IVF craziness stems from that!
We love having men on here too - just don't get offended or repulsed by the TMI we give on our lady bits!
Speaking of TMI.... I'm really wondering WHERE THE F*CK IS MY PERIOD! I'm tempting her every way I can! New, white underwear, nice khakis, not carrying a single pad or tampon in my purse --- everything that usually conincides with a period starting!
I called my clinic today to ask when we start to 'intervene'. The nurse had the nerve to ask if we'd been having unprotected sex (of course we are - why the heck would we use birth control?). I'm supposed to wait a week and take a HPT. If it's negative, I can come in and talk to the doctor about taking something to start my period. WTF? Nurse lady, please. You work at an IVF clinic. No need to ask me if I'm pregnant and it's unplanned. GEEZ. Doesn't it say "NEAR AZOOSPERMIA" on the front of our file? Goodness. I spoke to a different nurse and she said to forget that and come in on Sunday in any case to see what's going on.
Hopefully my period will come.... NOW! (okay, off to the bathroom to check if that PMA helped!)