Margi - oohh - I miss my POAS queen. My attempts at filling your shoes as POAS queen seem quite feeble indeed. I'm so happy you got your beautiful twins -- but don't you feel the urge to pee on something still?
Maria - I hope the holidays go smoothly and you find some peace. This is just so tragic. Congrats on starting Lupron again.
as for the roll call -- BFP - beta 8dp5dt = 21, 11dp5dt = 122, first u/s Monday 12/5 at 5w3d
Patricia (Ninde) - I know how you feel about being the unlucky one. When statistic say only 5% chance of miscarriage and then you ARE that 5% - that sucks. Here's how much I hate "my" stats: at age 21, 95% of couples conceive in the first year - NOPE! After seeing a heartbeat - chance of miscarriage is 5% = NOPE! After passing first trimester, odds of losing the baby = less than 1% - NOPE! Sheesh. I guess "I am the 1%" (unfortunately, not in the Occupy Wall Street sense!) Until I have that baby in my arms, I'm going to believe that I'll finally be on the right side of the stats. I'm so sorry that your husband's disease affects your sex life like that. I can't imagine. I'm so sorry that you have IVF/loss to deal with on top of all that shit.
here is a joke making fun of statistics to make your day a little lighter
Julia - you've had your TL and his vasectomy reversed? I thought you hadn't and that's why you were doing the IVF. Good luck buying the house!
It's for you to move into or as an investment property? My mother started buying houses and renting them out as an investment. She hates dealing with tenants (and has learned to do a vigorous screening process!) but she makes good money on them, and will continue to (especially after their mortgages are paid off). Four kids - and we all went/are going to college! Christy - I'm hoping you do get to be part of that 5%! I hope you get to avoid a UTI after your exciting weekend
Gina - what the heck? I hate when your body messes with you! I had been on the pill so many years (due to excessive menstrual bleeding that would make me pass out... I started the pill when I was 12 to control that) but when I stopped to TTC, I got such wonky periods - only a few a year. I wasn't ovulating at all. I'm PCO and Clomid worked great for me (until we discovered our male factor issues and IVF/ICSI became our only choice). My GP also recommended Metformin/Glucophage (same drug, brand/generic name) to help with my insulin resistance and said it might help make my periods more regular. My IVF doctors nixed the idea - because starting/stopping Metformin can affect your IVF drugs --- but I'll probably start it when I'm done having kids (because of the insulin resistance that is part of PCO and the risk for developing diabetes).
Laura -TMI - but what are we here for anyways?
I definitely need sex at least once a week. My husband's first girlfriend would only make out with him because he wanted to and made him feel like it was always a chore for her (they didn't go very far, this was in high school, but still). When he met me and I'm a really into it and love having sex, he thought he had hit the jackpot. I think that more women are like me than her. This is TMI - but funny - when we first got married, we used to set alarms for the middle of the night so we could wake up and have sex again! Now we are 'old married people' (6 years!) and life/stress gets in the way of my "multiple times a day" plan... but definitely once a week! One note about dtd during the 2ww.... if you are using progesterone suppositories (vaginally) our doctor highly recommended that we use a condom. The purpose of taking the drugs vaginally is because they are absorbed better through the genital tissue than through the digestive tract. But you want to make sure that your husband isn't exposed to too much progesterone! Ironic that we've bought more condoms since TTC than before! I'm excited for your ER results today!
Neffi - F*CK. double F*CK.
UGH. I'm so upset with you.
I hope you get good news on Friday. Jen -
HURRAY! That is such exciting news! I'm so happy for you. 
Jayne - I'm so sorry to hear that your mother's cancer might be back. Good luck at work.
AFM -
I'm actually surprised how calm I am. My goal is to 'forget' that I'm pregnant and just chill for the next few weeks.
We told our parents last night. I called my mom - she was shocked (since she was expecting us to wait longer before TTC again) and then she started crying so hard she had to hang up the phone. I think that's a good thing. I'll call her again tomorrow.
My in-laws came over for dinner (ordered in sushi!) and 'projects' around the house. (Both DH and his dad are really handy - they like doing projects together. There was a bunch of small stuff to do - re hang a cabinet door, hang a picture, fix DH's bike odometer, fix the toilet seat -- all done now! MIL and I sat and chatted.) We told them our news. They are super excited too. My MIL started talking about buying cribs and strollers (they are planning a trip to the USA for her niece's wedding in June and she was asking if she should bring back a stroller, since they are much cheaper there). I told her that we were still a little early for shopping (especially since I like to wait until I know the baby's sex), but I'm optimistic and just trying to chill until after my cerclage surgery, which will hopefully be in late-Jan, early-Feb. They are super excited.
I also told my sister (she's 21 and in college in NYC). We are super close. She is so excited too - but like our parents, also a bit hesitant to be too excited.
We are waiting to tell my two brothers and D's brother until after we see the hb (hopefully in 2 weeks!).
I'm trying to just chill and wait for my u/s, but I can't help POAS!
Here's today's and a few others for comparison. I think it's looking good!
definitely darker than Sunday's:
and here is 17dpo (12dp5dt) with my boys - my beta at 16dpo (11dp5dt) with them was 200:
) Indeed I am a card-carrying member of 
and still have a good number of leftover sticks....hm....maybe I should dust some off.... 
My OB asked me about birth control at my 6 week check up postpartem. AS IF!!
Talk about deprivation.....but it was for such a wonderful cause, I wouldn't change a thing looking back.
