MARCH-CYCLE BUDDIES

[MarciaL-OurHope4Baby]

OMG ITS A BFP FOR US IN SOOOOOOOOO MUCH SHOCK

Wonderful news Sha...Woo hoo really happy for you guys to you both.

[sokru8]

THIS IS OUR GROUP



AMANDA: Missouri, US (age26)
ANIE: (33yrs)
ANNA: Ohio, US (age33)
BIG WHITE DOG (Janice): Virginia, US (40)
BRIDGET JONES: Surrey, UK (age45)
CARBEV aka Caroline: Singapore
CHVONNE: Essex, UK
COCO: Winter wonderland, US (age37)
COOKHOLMES: California, US (25)
HOLLY: The Netherlands. – now Miss Piggy
FIJIBABIE: South Island NZ
IDONVITO aka Lisa: New York, US
JENN: Toronto (age28)
JILL (jstandlund): Minnesota, US (29)
KANDICE: (26)
KAREN (moonk): Connecticut, US (28.)
KARIA:
KARINA: Northern Ireland
KARINA1: Aberdeen, Scotland
KARMA_K: San Francisco Bay (age35)
KAT: Tallinn,Estonia (age 30)
KIA aka SHA: Portsmouth UK (age33)
MAMACARDENS (Natalie) California (age 22)
MANDEEQ: London, UK
MARCIA: Coventry, UK (age33)
MELLY: UK (Age 33)
MRS B: Reading, UK (age25)
NELLYA:
NERMS: Middlesex, UK (age32)
NIMBLE (Jackie): Surrey, UK (age38.)
NICKI: Suffolk, UK (age31)
PEP23 (Steph): Indianapolis, US (age28.)
QUITA
RAE: Dallas, US (age30)
REACH AEJ: Charlotte, NC (Age 35)
RILES:
SHANTALA: Berkshire, UK (age21)
SHER8: Pennsylvania, US (38.)
SMATTISON: Texas
SOKRU (Sonya): N.Carolina, US (33)
VICKY: Florida, US (age29)
Yarnista: Connecticut (32)



CONGRATULATIONS!!!! BFP!!!




Mrs B
?dpt?dt = 168
23 Mar beta = 458
10 Apr – 1st scan

Steph
9dp3dt = 98
11dp3dt = 263
1st scan 12th

Chvonne
1st Scan 18th April

Cookholmes
1st Beta 198
2nd Beta: 528!!!! Possible Multiples!!

Quita
1st scan 26th April

Amanda
1st Scan April?

Mama Cardenas
1st Beta= 195 1st Scan April?

Miss Piggy
16DPT= 377 1st Scan April?

sokru8
16DPT= 460 1st Scan 2 May

Kia 1973
1st Scan ?May

RAE Natural BFP due 8th Oct 07
12 week milestone 29Mar
Carbev Natural BFP due Nov 07


On the 2WW



Anie 2007 : 2 little ones snuggling in – testing 18th April

Marcia : 2 little ones snuggling in – testing 23th April





DOWN REGGING, SCANS,INJECTIONS

Karia – waiting for AF





Karma K Starting Injections!



STIMMING & FOLLICLE COUNT







EXPECTED EGG COLLECTION




12 april –Melly- 17 embies collected!



Embryo Transfer




17 April Melly
Aprox 18th Apr – Fijibabie (donor eggies)
24Apr – Vicky (FET) (est.)


FET



End Apr—Vicky --FET


Expected Test Dates



Annie- 18 April
Marcia—23 April



We are thinking of you….And we are here for you.
Bridget Jones we are thinking of you
Katt we are thinking of you
Shantala we are thinking of you
Anna we are thinking of you
Yarnista we are thinking of you
Kandice – your in our thoughts and prayers
Karma-K we are thinking of you
Nerms- Thinking of you
Nick- Thinking of you. Hope you feel better soon.
Nimble-Thinking of you sweetie!
Jstrandland- Thoughts of you and your dh
Smattison-Thoughts of you



IN WAITING

Mandeeq: postponed waiting for lining test results
Lucy – not starting til May/June
Nick: Waiting on more information.
KarmaK: Ready to start again. Shots Starting!!
Nimble: Starting a new round of IVF in May!!!




FUN STUFF…… NON-IVF RELATED STUFF THAT’S OCCURING!


April—Karen -- 29th birthday this month
01 Aug Sonya—B’Day
02 Oct—Nicki -- B’day!!!

[rae76]

Sha, WOO HOO!!! CONGRATULATIONS!! * jumping up and down* That's wonderful hon!!!!

Sonya, thank you so much for your understanding and encouraging message. You're so right - this is a different baby and a new try. Thanks sweetie!!

Stephanie, I am so sorry There really are no words. I understand not wanting to put yourself and your family through that again - and I truly, truly hope that the tube reversal will do the trick for you. Thinking of you....

Natalie, I'm so happy that my messages helped you feel more reassured! I know the feeling of wanting to go up and beyond - and being used to it too. That's why it's good to remember that it's a nice, strong BFP and that's ALL that matters - and also know that it's the rise not the number.

About high betas very early - it's true they often signify multiples, but many get high numbers and yet turn out to be pregnant with a singleton. Also, like I mentioned, a very high number may be cause for concern as it may indicate not multiples but a severe problem. So it's best to be somewhere in the middle I've also heard of several women who got started with a middle range (singleton) HCG level but turned out to be expecting multiples. So who knows, maybe twins aren't out of the question for you yet!!! My doctor has told me time and again that a single beta within the normal range tells pretty much nothing besides the fact that there is a pregnancy. (And to mess it all up, there are also women whose numbers defy all the stats and they go on to have healthy, normal pregnancies with HCGs that are way too high or too low.)

Anyhow, I hope you can put your worries aside and enjoy this wonderful time of your life! Your first scan will tell you much more about your pregnancy than a beta ever can. When are you going in? Good luck sweetie!!!

[Quita]

Well done Sonya - better getting on your Christmas Bed jacket. Hope you are spending the day wisely sewing panels into your nighties!!!!

Well done Kia - brilliant news. Can you make me some bed socks in red and green.

Anie just doing the final touches to your side seams now.

Steph do you mean you haven't been getting your boss to deliver your vacuum flask of weak tea to you in bed before work each day?

Love to everybody this weekend.

Thinking of you all xxx

Quita

[kia1973]

hi ladies,

firstly i'm so sorry i haven't been around lately but we have been unable to connect to the internet since thursday last week!!!! it has done my head right in.

so this is just a quick post to say thanks for all your support over the last few months, i just couldn't have done it without all you ladies.

we are still in shock here it just hasn't sunk in yet!!!! we have waited so long to see that BFP.

of now to catch up on whats been happening around here while i have been away.

thanks again ladies

xxxx

[Mrs B]

Hi girls hope everyone is ok just a quick one for you MAMA we had two beta test done two days apart, But i had a bit of spotting so i called my clinic and they let have another another one just to put my mind at rest. We didn't have any more on the last one though it was nearly 7000!!! Im so happy for you xx
I hope everyone had a good weekend Kia congrats to you my darling.
Stephanie Im so sorry for you my thoughts are with you xx

[MamaCardenas]

rae76 Thanks again I have put my worried aside and have been very much enjoying this time of finally feeling like a MAMA!!!! Im not sure if I mentioned it but yesterday I had morning sickness and I was so happy haha but today I didn’t have anything! I think morning sickness comes and goes though so Im not worried, and I know people don’t usually have it this early in pregnancy anyway so Im really not worried, I go for my second HCG check tomorrow and I should get the results around noon So I will post asap!!!

Mrs B- Wow you had a really high beta!!! Thanks for helping me out I was stressing myself out about it!! But feeling better now! How are you feeling? Enjoying pregnancy?? Any morning sickness?

[Anie2007]

Hi babes

It's fab that we have the same symptoms, and yes he is amazing and we're taking good care of each other as I feel bad that's he's been doing so much. Saying that though I've not done any lifting or too much stretching. It was my nan's birthday yesterday so we went and had a chat, she's excited and was giving me tips on what it's like having twins in her day as I was asking her lots of questions. She didn't need a C section and said it was no harder than having one.

Today mom called to see how I was doing, and she said that if I start to get a hardish skin over my nipples, not to peel it off. Don't think it's dry skin or anything as it's perfectly normal. It's your boobs protected themselves for when you're ready to breastfeed. If it comes away during having a wash or anything, don't worry it'll grow back, but it's like a safety thing your body does to protect your milk ducts until the baby's due it'll come away.

I told her it's a good think she mentioned that, because it made sence. I had that in one my pregnancy's and it was just my left nipple, and I peeled it off. Hubby was the one that notice, and I won't say how, but we didn't know I was pg at the time and thought it was dry skin. I creamed it, and the next day it was the same and I took ot off . Mom wasn't amused by my giggling, and stressed it's important not to. She said my aunte peeled hers off when she was having my cousin (she's 2 months younger than me) and it bled and her whole nipple swole up and was in a lot of pain and discomfort.

Soooo it looks like you're on your way as well hun, but how weird you should ask that qyestion, the same day I've had it explained. Hubby says your my sister-from-another-mother . Man I'm so excited for you .

OMG that's really weird coincidence, ya your my sister-from-another-mother weird huh! while hubby and I were reading your note tonight he keep saying this is so weird.

Thanks for that really good information you can't believed how you make me feel at ease after reading your note. When I noticed the peeling skin I was so concern I was doing lots of research online but I can't find a good answer, so thank you very much sister . I'm pretty happy to know that the peeling might be a good sign that I will get BFP...please..please..please..everything is crossed..

I've noticed that your name and my name are the two remaining names on the 2ww list at this time..I really hope and pray that both of us get a BFP..BFP..BFP..

I hope your holding up OK on your 2ww, it's getting closer one step at a time the next time we know the time has finally come...Take care and God Bless...

[sokru8]

Hey Ladies
Our lil group has become very quite!

Mama: yep your pregnant and that is all you can know at this point!!

Rae: Wow 15 weeks amazing! Are you big and fat yet?

Q: yes you should be preparing my bed jacket and I am spending every waking moment on adding panels into my clothes. Hee Hee

Kia: I know it still amazes me that we are pregnant!! But it is fun to get out of doing things because "I am growing are kids honey" hee hee

Mrs B. How are you sweetie?

Marcia and Anie: How are you ladies doing on the 2ww? Sounds like your boobs are doing some interesting things!!

As for me.. I had 2nd blood test today and HCG is 2336!! So we are right on track! Wooo Hoo

Love to all
Sonya

[nimble]

Melly - just popping in hun to wish you luck tomorrow with your ET - welcome home embies - settle in and be good to mommy

steph - I'm so sorry to read about your result - I wish you loads of luck with whatever you decide to do in the future and hope that your dreams come true.

hey sonya - great figures - are you sure there is just one

Nims xx

[rae76]

Sonya, here's my bump at 15 weeks:



(yeah not huge but not flat any more either - and my abs are gone...)

And here's the baby at 13w2d:

[MarciaL-OurHope4Baby]

Hi ladies

It's hubby's birthday today so we've been spending the day chilling, dancing to music together, shopping looking at baby things as he's interested in seeing what new things have come out on the market since we last bought baby things a few years ago.

He wants to make tomorrow 'Baby day' lol he's so excited.

I've gone from having a neg hpt to a really faint pos test today, and on his day of all days. He's making be crazy with excitement, as I've had nothing but cramping and twinges and little stabby pains in my lower abdomen since Friday. And the fatigue is crazy, and it's weird having those pulling and stabby sensations in my tummy. I've all that since 2dp3dt, but I was so worried this morning when I didn't feel anything. It carried on later in the afternoon though and I was so relieved. I'm going to bathroom what seems like every 3 hours, but I know that's just due to the progesterone relaxing the bladder. As I'm on supossitories that's bound to happen, but the fatigue and the pully painy feeling I'll take as a really good sign with my faint faint hpt .

We've been mega positive and at the same time, I was thinking that if for any horrible reason this didn't work, I'd have another try at IUI. My first one got cancelled, and now we know what dose Menopur works for me, if they put me straight onto 225iu's and then onto 300iu's like instead of starting me in 75iu's and upping to 150iu's, I'm sure I'd have a much better responce on the higer dose for a shorter time. That way I won't have to have my meds put up 3 times like my IVF. Even though it's had a fantastic responce and I didn't OHSS like I was expected to.

So that's my thinking, even though we won't that plan B.

So how is everyone doing?

Anie - how you doing babe? Anymore things adding to your symptoms yet? I must say I didn't read any of this mornings posts, let me go see what you left.

Sha - I'm hoping that you guys are doing as best as you can, and the both of you having a really good cry is an excellent way to start the grieving process started. My hugs go out to you guys

Sonya - Fantastic Beta you have there...that's a really wonderful count. Feeling any different yet? I've been good thanks hun, much better than last week, but since getting the meds from my acupuncturist I've been fab thanks. Nice of you to ask .

[MarciaL-OurHope4Baby]

Sonya, here's my bump at 15 weeks:



(yeah not huge but not flat any more either - and my abs are gone...)

And here's the baby at 13w2d:

Hi Rae

What beautiful pictures. Your baby looks cool in your first pic and even more lovely in the second. You have a very motherly figure and I'm sure being so slim to start with, you'll have no probs going back to normal . Good to see things are well, what you been upto over the weekend?

[MarciaL-OurHope4Baby]

Anie - It's crazy how these things happen, and I'm sue people come in our paths for a reason, and the fact that they same people of the same sigen to through some of the same things at the same time is weird. It's times like this that I really think it's real. At school out of all the girls that I hung out with, hardly every any 2 girls had AF the same time. You know when they say get a group of women in an office togther they'll get AF the same time. Well at school there one of my best friends and her birthday was Jan 15th, then there was me Jan 17th and Marieanne Jan 19th, and you can bet around each birthday we're all on the same cycle, and just for January. Totally weird, but I'm always having things like that happen to me. So it's no suprise we're 2 days apart and answering each other questions without even knowing it and having the same symptoms also.

I've had moments of doubt, where I hadn't felt any pains or tugging since last night, and I was so worried this afternoon I'd convinced I wasn't even pg. I kept thinking did the doc say they were both in when they checked the cathiter, and hubby had to console me. I don't know what was up with my brain, but I had almighty stabbing pain in my side, and carried on, on and off since then. And it was like the babies were screaming out 'we're here, stop your panicing woman.' Felling that pain was such a relief. When I had my meal today I felt ever so nauseous after, but I'm even more positive now, that things are good and the more I act like everythings fine and willing this journey along, with as much happy vibes and positivity I know I'll get there.

Hubby's making me even more of a POAS'aholic with his excitment. He'd like to see the tests get darker and darker as I got a really faint line after yesterday's neg. But I don't want to test till Wednesday or Friday. I didn't do a FMU today, and it was more like just after 10, something to 11am when I wee'd again, and the faintest of lines was there. I secummed to his 'ohh go on your due for another wee, go and try' lol.

So we'll see how long I can hold out. My cycle is due to end in 3-5 days. I'm 10dpo or 10dpER whichever, it's the same thing, and my LP is 13-15 the latest. It's normally 13 days so I only have 3 days left until the time I'd normally test. My charting site has already started a count down saying I have 5 days and then I'm allowed to test, so don't know when to do the next hpt. It's still hard to get my head round the fact that after nearly 9 yrs, I have twins in my tummy and I'm pg. We know they just have to stick around this time, and it's just a matter of time before I get confirmation that all is well in there, it's just overwhelming and crazy.

And ranting over!

[rae76]

MARCIA!!!! That sounds SOOOO promising!!! It's early so I don't know if it's OK to congratulate you just yet - but that's what I'm thinking anyway!!! I have my fingers crossed for you! Another BFP.....

So you're going to test on Wed next? When is your "official" test date? Oh, I'm so excited!!

Thank you, we're doing quite well at the moment - I'm not as anxious any more (maybe some day I'll even start truly believing in this pregnancy), I feel great and energetic and the small bump makes me very happy (and let me tell you - it's not small at all in the evening when the bloating starts: I look like I'm 5 months then ). I'm eagerly waiting to feel the first movements but that might still take some weeks.

We had a super fun weekend - Saturday we chilled and ate at a fab restaurant, Sunday we rocked at Edgefest (a one-day rock festival with the Killers as the main act). Baby's first concert and by dancing to the Killers I made sure s/he could participate some Rock-a-baby