Cycling In 2012 Board (formerly Fall/Winter 2011-2012)

[Sunshine1576]

It's so good to be here after that frightening experience last night! Remember don't text while driving it's just not worth risking yours or anyone out there on the road. I wrote a note promising not to ever again, dated it and left it in my Papa's bible last night. He always told me growing up I was a good driver, but here lately I've been wreckless with my life. I need to get my perspective together and remember life is too short. We don't always get second chances and I know that especially when thinking about all those who have lost loved ones in traffic accidents. May God be with our loved ones.

[WeHaveHope]

Gina-I have a website for you but I'll have to text it to you once I get to work.

Sunshine-I'm so glad your ok. No text is worth your life.

AFM-saw my RE and had another u/s. I am going back to work today. We got to see the heartbeats and hear them as well. That was a bonus we were not expecting. Baby A is measuring at 6w/5d with a heartbeat of 126 and Baby B is measuring at 6w/4d with a heartbeat of 130. Next u/s next Friday and if all is well I will be released to an OB. As far a's the bleeding it has stopped but there is no telling if it will return. More personals later. I am heading off to work and I hear that there is already some drama brewing which I will have to handle when I get there.

[Gina1976]

Christy- Good for you! No text is worth it. Your life is too precious to take chances like texting. I have a couple of good friends back home that text non stop driving. So far no accidents but it's bound to happen. They usually do it at red lights/stop signs but you never know who might run theirs etc.. I tend to just get sleepy driving when it's only been a few minutes. I'll probably never been allowed to drive first thing in the morning ever again, by DH. because I fell asleep not even 15 mins after driving once leaving MD going back to GA. Luckily the gravel woke me up and I wasn't going too fast and it was flat area by the road!

Maria- I'm glad you got to see and hear them again! Everything you have been through, you deserve to see them every time you go! I'll look forward to that link!

[Sunshine1576]

Gina,
Oh my goodness that sounds like something I would do! I sleep whenever I'm on roadtrips with dh. He controls the radio while I have the thermastat...Truth is most of the radio shows he listens to puts me quickly to sleep! I used to text on road trips to help time go by faster (mulit-tasking, maybe? or possibly from plain boredom who knows). Sometimes I'm on road trips by myself and often roll down the windows and crack up the stereo. What helps me most is having a beverage and something to munch on or making a stop at the nearest shopping outlet. Long drives make me delirious, dh mentioned downloading some podcast to listen to, but I don't have any favorites out there yet. I hope you can find an alternative route to getting some meds for a better price, the cost are sky high and it will something we pay completely out of pocket too. Sometimes I wish our doctors could order from a wholesale pharmacy, lol does that even exist?

Maria,
That is WONDERFUL news, so glad to hear your beans are growing nicely!

AlwaysAngel,
Honestly I think it's too early too! I would wait until closer to beta day, we know those embryos sometimes implant late.

Leora,
Yay it sounds like your new clinic is much more efficient, and I believe waiting is the best thing to do on the surgery. Could the next cycle even help flush this out? Time will only tell but girl you better get started packing for your upcoming cruise! How are you enjoying your new job? That was too cute what you wrote about you and dh's personality corresponding to your type A and type B personality...loved that!

Felicia,
Yay!!! We get to find out what flavor your bean is tomorrow, I know you cannot wait to start decorating the nursey!

Lydia,
I hear your'e already 8.5 weeks, wow you have been too quiet! Maybe quiet is a good thing...with no morning sickness? I'm wishing you the best tomorrow at your u/s as well!

Kerpupples,
4 mnths is nothing in comparison to the years we've been patiently waiting..I would of changed dentist clinics too, some men have no clue!

Ninde,
You keep yourself busy girl and February will be here before you know it! When do you start stimming? About Hershey, I haven't heard anything more but I've been burrying myself in work at the boutique since the new fiscal year starts on Sunday. I close Saturday night and will have to make sure all updates are complete and we're ready for 2012. We're revamping our business and will have quite a challenge to beat sales for 2011. Our celebration dinner party is coming up in two weeks. Store manager is taking all the managers out for a manicure and later on meet up with the crew at a local restaurant called FireFlies. Glad you got to see some old friends at the graduation reunion party, sounds like it was a hit!

Anton,
All about sphere of influence of who you know...and it sounds like you have something brewing with this upcoming job interview! Keep us posted girl.

AFM:
I appreciate the replies on the mother/child blood type and glad to know it's more riskier if your Rh-, in knowing this a shot is given to keep your risk low at around 25 weeks. Anyway, we educate oursleves the best we can, hence why this board is so great! Anyway, I called my clinic back AND guess what they took ya'll recommendation on the CoQ10! He said it shouldn't counteract with my meds I am already on and I should take 200mg once a day! Most importantly He said CoQ10 could certainly help with the quality of embryos for our upcoming IVF treatment! I want to run out right now to the nearest GNC and stock up!

[blueeyedreamer]

I get my meds thru freedom fertility. They have discount programs for paying out of pocket. I will check with my friend. She orders online from Europe and Canada.

[Sunshine1576]

kala, did you ever hear back from your RE?

[Waitingkay]

Hi everyone,

I find it so hard to believe I'm back on this board again. I never have been very active, and I find it hard to keep up with everyone but will give it a try.
The last half a year since our late loss has been very difficult for us, and we were utterly shocked to have gone through another bad trial in December. We are not any wiser either since we really don't know what caused the PTL or 3 chemical pregnancies. Now that we know about the APS I hope it will help. We hope to start over again in February.
Both DH and I are struggling to keep our spirits up. This has not been easy for us as a couple, but when I think about him coming back from abroad tonight, it fills me with joy and I know we'll make it through. With a little help from my friends?

Still waiting,
Kay

[Sunshine1576]

WaitingKay,
You have so much support right here and we're glad to have you back! I know it's hard but you must keep moving forward to make this dream reality. So many of us understand the emotions and toll this can have on our marriage. If this is something you cannot live without, you two will find a way to make it happen.

[Gina1976]

Thanks Nicole..will have to check them out also. Hopefully IVF will be done in GA or MD/DC area.

[fvrogers]

Just crashing to let you guys know I am having a boy!!! We are so stoked. I continue to pray for an uneventful pregnancy. Will pop back in after my nap.

Hugs to you all,

Felicia

[Ninde]

Evening ladies

Akdelp: welcome back. I really hope this cycle will work for you and that the gets are not as bad as you think x

Leora: sounds fantastic at your new clinic how long before your trip will your diagnostic be?

Always: I think its too early for your negative to be a definite. Seriously. Hang in there

Gina: cant help on that one im afraid. How is your dh?

Maria: that's really great hat both little ones are both good how are you?

Felicia: oh so many congratulations!!!

Christy: oh believe me im busy!! The graduation was nice, I like seeing my old students. And it sounds like your party is going to be great how many of you will be there?

Nicole: how are you?

Waitingkay: im sorry your journey has been so difficult and i look forward to getting to know yo. I know this is difficult on couples

Afm: had some osteo today to try and calm my hip and pelvis down. It is a lot better but there are still quite a number of exercises I can do. I was really hungry today!!

Ninde

[bodie1011]

Maria - preggie pop drops, and sea bands helped me a bit with the nausea. Glad to hear your two LOs are doing well!

[Gina1976]

Ninde- No problem Thanks for asking about DH. He is doing pretty good. He came off the good meds 3 days after his surgery. Just took something mild. He goes tomorrow to get all the bandage and wrap off and getting his cast tomorrow. Hopefully it is healing well and no further surgeries are needed. With this break he had it can sometimes not heal well.

[LYD10]

Hi ladies, I am sick with a cold and resting at home. Although I didn't go into the office I still worked until 3pm. Just too much stuff to do. Now I am lying down to gather strength before I go pick up my DS. The hardest thing is trying not to talk into his direction so as not to give him my nasty cold. And washing my hands lots and lots when I feed him.

I am starting to freak out about tomorrow. What if I don't see both or one of the heartbeats. What if one baby or both stopped developing. Or are seriously behind. I am freaking out and can't wait to get the u/s behind me. My DH is coming with me. So nice of him. I just can't wait to see that everything is ok. Without nausea its hard to know if things are on track or not. And even with nausea you can't be 100% sure.
My u/s is at 2pm pst and then I have to go back to work most likely. Which would be awful if it's bad news.
Oh my. Anyway. I am going to take a drowsiness induced nap now.

[blueeyedreamer]

Lyd- You will be fine! Take a deep breath and a good nap.

Ninde- I'm ok. I am unbelievable tired. I think the estrogen patches are really messing with me. The did during the fresh cycle as well but not with my last FET. Weird. I have to go exercise later and do 5 miles in prep for our half marathon. I have another training session tomorrow night and then we have to go up to Canada to see the inlaws for the Chinese New Year celebration. That's going to hurt my diet but I'm going to try really hard to stay on target. Next Tuesday is my first weigh in. I'm not going to have no loss. I might weigh myself there tomorrow just to get an idea. All I know now is that my right side is tingly and weak and all I want to do is sleep.

WaitingKay- Glad to see you here. I'm so sorry about your losses. I'm glad you know about the APS now and can get on some lovenox or heparin for your next pregnancy.

Sunshine aka Sunny I'm glad you made that pact with yourself. There was a horrific accident in Missouri involving a teen that was texting. You can google that and find it if you want. It's so easy to not realize how much time you are looking away from the road while doing it. I have texted while driving but I have a voice to text feature on my phone. I can talk into it and it will convert it into a text message. I've only done that if necessary. Other times I do it at red lights.

Maria- How are you feeling?

Felicia- Congrats!!!!

Gina- Falling asleep at the wheel scares the crap out of me. I lost a friend while in middle school to a sleeping driver.

While on the driving topic- Did you see the report that driving while sick like with a cold is just as bad as driving drunk? I don't doubt it.

AFM- Busy week for me or at least it feels like it. Monday was hard and then I had to go to personal training which was really hard but good. Tue was a half furlough day for my school district so we had to leave early. I took a long nap and then ended up with a seriously bad migraine. It was one of my worst in a while. Two vicodin and a muscle relaxer finally kicked it but then I couldn't sleep which didn't help my fatigue. Yesterday was nuts-NONSTOP nuts. I had back to back students all day with my two large group social skills autism classes plus my university student shadowing me. Then I had ASL class and then a board meeting for my Endometriosis group. OMG! That's a lot for me especially in one day. I am trying to talk myself into going to work out. My legs feel so weak. I don't know if laying around is making it worse or better. UGH.