We get our info in such bits and pieces over here so let's wipe the slate and gather our info:

Me: DH and I are in discussions.IVF or not IVF. I'll be 40 in June (act like I'm 12, sigh). I'm on CD2 today. Gonna try my herbs, acupuncture, and meditation again. It's waht I was doing when I got pg those two times, so hey, if it works, it'll save me approx. 20K, right?

Who's next?

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I'm still here. In the 2ww. Ovulation was really odd this month and my temps are a little low, so I'm confused. We'll see what happens though. I keep dreaming of babies. That can't be a bad sign.

I'm 38. This is my third cycle TTC, but I've gotten pregnant pretty easily in my past. Hoping this is the month we nail it!

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- Deb (39)
- Nathaniel : Born September, 2003
- Spencer: Born December, 2006

Well I'm 39 (40 in Oct.) and getting very frustrated (or continuing to be anyway!) I've been ttc #3 since Jan. 2004. Femara seems to be the drug for me but I'll be starting round 5 (since my last m/c) probably next week! So femara, baby aspirin, pre-natals and hope is what I'm going on! I'm sure I'll have to see my doc. before my next cycle of femara. I just thought this would be the month!

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Staci 40
Darryl 43/ Samantha 10/ Christopher 7
m/c 10/95 @ 6wks
m/c 5/95 @ 14wks
TTC#3 since Jan 2004
Clomid: Mar-Oct 8 attempts with and w/o IUI failed
Femara: 3/05 1st dose pregnancy
m/c 5-24-05 @ 8wks
Femara:
07/05 w/ IUI failed, 08/05 failed
09/05 4th dose + pg test
m/c 10/24/05 @ 8wks

5 cycles w/femara after m/c
April cycle-femara free and a BFP!
14 dpo= HCG 58
18 dpo= HCG 475
Heparin shots 2x a day. On the "Cocktail" plan!
1st u/s 6wks hb 120 bpm.
2nd u/s 7wks1d hb 163 bpm.
3rd u/s 8wks hb 167 bpm. EDD January 10th

Didn't make it to Inducing on January 8th...
Tyler Nicholas came on January 7, 2007 @ 1:22pm
9lbs. 9oz. and 21 inches

I will be 39 tomorrow!

As I mentioned earlier, we are making an offer on a house tomorrow in Colorado. We would probably move there in September. So, having a December baby would be totally inconvient as I would not be able to find work if I were 7 months pregnant.

I figure this will guarantee our chances this month

Seriously, I am giving this one more month of "serious" trying, then taking a break from thinking about it all.

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I am still here and there, checking up on you girls and praying for you all. Kara is 8 months already and quite a handful. But she is healthy and I thank God every night. We are not trying to conceive another, but not NOT trying, follow? I'll be 39 in June.

Next?

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......I too am just hanging in
Went off Estinyl Dr Check had me on for 7 months
got two follies each month but they never matured
I wanted to give my body a much needed break from
the meds....
started taking maca Dee.....
went on this web site
www.macaperu.com
and clicked on left column "infertility"....
starting off slow and we'll see....hot flashes esp at bedtime sucks!

then I read about this product on another site
and spoke to the "rep" whose wife used it to conceive his
last 2 babies.....

it is called ovacue fertility monitor by zetek
impressed me!
I just typed ovacue,zetek
if I get af back I think I would give this a try

got application for de program
I want T & I to go speak to the therapist first
since I am still teetering on the fence with this one.
I so want one of my eggs to join dh sperm
but another part of me does not want to deprieve
him of fatherhood b/c of my feelings of
the genetic link "thingy"

I'm with you and the herb route.... Everytime I am in
the healthfood store and see sam~e I am very
tempted to just purchase it.
So far its just "green foods" and "maca"

I think about u so often yr ears and soul must be ringing!


xoxoxo

Barbara

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may someone love you enough to forgive your faults,
be blind to your blemishes, and tell the world about
your virtues. And may we live in a world at peace
and with the awareness of God's love in every
sunset, every flower's petals, every lover's kiss
and every wonderful, astonishing miraculous beat
of our Heart.

I'm still here--just not much energy to post these days. We're in cycle 4 since Ella, and I have had an ovulation reserve test and some other bloodwork done. The big 4-0 comes for me in July. I could care less about being 40, if I could just have 20 year old eggs. I was really hoping that I would be pg by now, and that it would help me navigate all the painful anniversary reminders, but maybe I'm supposed to walk through them on my own? We're coming up on the anniversary of her diagnosis, and I'm remembering every detail of the pregnancy--how happy I was a year ago right now, and how devastated I was about to become. What a life changing event.

Here's to tons of babydust to us all--I would love to have our own DI board!

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Love,
Julie
Mommy to
Brian, 12/25/02
Brady, 01/19/07
M/C, 01/04
Angel Baby Ella Lorine,
diagnosed Trisomy 13, born at 35 weeks, with us for six precious hours, 08/31/05

Ella's Website

Well I lurk off and on. Lauren is 8 months old and loves chewing wires. She's already crawling and standing up holding onto things. I'm terriefied of her hitting her head onto something.

I would love to have another baby but DH has said a firm no. My pregnancies are too difficult and I couldn't do them with a baby. So I guess that's it for me, although my heart aches for more. I wish all of you ladies well and I will hang around this board till all the old timers have declared their BFPs and held their babies.

I will be 4-0 this June. Can you believe it? Guess it's time to hang up my jeans. Oh wait a minute, I still look good in them!!! Eat your heart out twenty-somethings.

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I'll be 39 this May, and after nearly 3yrs of trying, 5 failed iui's, 1 heartbreaking m/c that i still cry about, and a few very early m/c's,...... i think i finally have a keeper. I'll know by Halloween.


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Hey gals,
Just wanted you to know that I'm thinking about you a lot. I am hoping/wishing/praying that there are a lot of BFPs soon.

We are finished with babymaking. I'm 39 and dh is scheduled for vasectomy next week. There is a part that would love to have more, but with my history of loss and difficult pregnancies, it is not going to happen. I consider myself fortunate to have two and call it a day, kwim?

I lurk and post and want you to know that you have a cheerleader over here!

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Mom to Clarise born 9/1/01
Mari born 9/16/05
Miles Angel - lost 8/21/04 - 20+ weeks gestation
Miscarriages - 6/03 and 9/03

I'm here lurking (yes with new screen name due to bitchy stalker!)

I'm keeping everything crossed for all of you that I see some BFPs real soon!

Carlie is 13 months and baby girl 2 will be here in about 5 months.

Seeing that I'm 38 and DH and I have a running joke that when we do Inj/IUI (which we had to do with both girls) the doctors seem to wash the boys away, I think this will be it for us unless God has a plan to give us #3 on our own.

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I'm around. Turned 38 back in January and have been trying for #2 since May 2004. I just changed docs and new doc has my on my first cycle using clomid. Feeling very weepy and depressed on it. I think I will O today or tomorrow.

I am happy to give clomid a whirl and see if it works for me, but anxious about what our next step (or lack of step) would be after these 3 months. I don't know that we'll take more drastic measures, so I am hoping clomid works - but worried that I have put all me eggs (pun intended) in one basket.

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I've been lurking to see how everyone has been doing and keeping thinking lots of dust for all of you. I hit the big 40 last summer when my little girl was 3 months old! We are going to start actively working on #2 next month, I hope. Right now I'm on some medication which is not compatible with pregnancy. I hope that it works out and that we are able to make Aileen a big sister.

Jilda

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Well I want to have a baby but maybe we'll adopt. I pray that God blesses us. I am unaware that we have anything medically between us but it's hard ttc when hubby is only good for one day when I need him to be there for at least 3 days. I don't know. I shouldn't complain. We have been trying loosely since November and again in January and this month I guess. Time will tell but I wish the bd activities would be more than they are!

Anyway hoping to have #1 one day, with God's blessing.

Maybe after my break to London, he'll feel differently about the whole ttc front. Here's hoping

Blessings.

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Vanessa (36)

My Chart

I'm Susan and I'm mostly a lurker anymore as we are not actively TTC but are pursuing adoption. I started TTCing 3.5 years ago and have went through 2 rounds of clomid, 2 rounds of femora, an HSG, a lap, 2 rounds of IUI, mood swings from hell, and multiple u/s. DH & I decided a year ago that the emotional & financial costs were prohibitive and decided to focus on adoption. We have been through all of the classes and are now waiting to be matched (we're going through our state's foster/adopt program).

Good luck to all of us and may we all be mommies soon!

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Susan
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Susan, 41 & Kevin, 35
Getting on with our life and our furbabies.
Nikki & Schnitzel