Howdy Folks---

Kat-Score on the free meds for Jenn! I had a friend who did an IVF cycle before me and send me 20 vials...it was wonderful and saved me a ton of dough! I hope Baxter is feeling better soon and not so mad at you. Poor guy! GL on this next cycle!!!!!!

Jennifer-my DH went to almost all my appointments, he didn;t want to miss anything. I think he only missed one. With that being said, they are all about the same for a while. They generally measure your tummy, the general guideline is one cm for every week along you are, take your blood pressure, weight, and then listen to the heartbeat with the monitor and my doc would tell me the heartbeat count. It tends to slow down each time. He would also talk to us about the stages were were in, like what tests might be coming up and what things we needed to be doing or eating or whatever. I liked that my DH went with me because he felt like he was part of everything and we knew this may be the only baby we ever have, but I know lots of guys who would be okay with missing it too.

My best friend from Colorado was in town yesterday and I got to spend a little bit of time with her before she flew out today. She has been on vacation with her entire family (parents, sisters, neices, brothers, etc) in Galveston. I found out her younger brother, who was my dance partner in college and a great friend, now has 5 kids but that his wife just left him. Their ages are 1-10. She has also decided she wants the kids so she moved 2 hours away from him and took the kids. She decided she wanted to work and have a different life and not be married to him anymore, then she realized she wanted the kids too. This is a very devoted husband and father and I am sure he is devestated. The divorce isn't final yet and she is already dating. He drives those 2 hours every weekend and every Thursday night so he can have his time with the kids, he calls them every night to say good night....I just cannot beleive she has done this. She now has a nanny and the kids never get to see her. He wants custody but they live in West Texas and supposedly the husband never wins custody in west Texas, they always side for the mom. I just feel for him and the kids...they are great kids. I guess it just goes to show you that there are no guarantees in life, you just have to have faith that it will all work out. He had given her plenty of opportunites to go back to school and finish her degree but she never took him up on it and now her mother (very powerful woman in the area) has goteen her a really nice job that she is way under qualified for, she only has a year of college and probably was put in above people with years of expereince and degrees. Oh well, I just pray that he and the kids can make it through this...or that she realizes what she is doing to her family. He gave her all these options to try to help her out and try to save the family but she said she just wanted a new husband and a new life. I just want to call her and say "Hey, what are you doing? What is up?" I just can't beleive she would do this!

Anyway, sorry to be a downer...I just cannot believe it is happening!

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