I do so hope this board gets some visitors....and I would love to see even just a brief post from you all.

I used to host the TTC 12+ months board, was a regular on the TTC IVF board, and then hosted the PG after IF board (all as "wishingbabe"), and I hope many of the grads from those boards find their way over here, along with anyone else that wants to visit and share stories of their precious babies, or their struggles to become parents.

As my siggy says Mason came to me after TTC 4 years and 1 IVF. He is the light of my life....an absolute little gem....and quite the little devil at the moment as he crawls around exploring the house and pulling himself up on everything! I almost can't remember what it was like BM (Before Mason!!).....well actually I do remember the heartache and bitter disappointment...but that has now been tucked into a distant corner of my memory.

best wishes

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AJ what a great idea! I used to post on the 12+ board and we were really close to the 2+ mark when we got pregnant with moo. I used to be TTCWALDOGIRL (kim) I guess I still am Kim.

I had to go back to work and I am hoping once DH is done with his MBA (April) that he will find another job and I can stay at home. I hate working and my favorite part of everyday is seeing Morgan smile and giggle when I go to pick her up. I do have a wonderful babysitter for which I am grateful. I have to travel at the end of the week and I am dreading not seeing her for so long.

Morgan is the silliest and happiest baby I have ever seen. She loves to play and giggle and pet our Boston Terrier (my mom calls her a Boston Terrorist). She is not a cuddly baby but she loves to see all the action going on around her. She loves to eat table food and although it make me nervous to feed her, she really does not give me a choice. I had her six month appointment today, but after taking time off work and driving all the way over there, I had to reschedule. I am excited to see how much she weighs. She has her bottom two teeth and she is really mobile when it comes to rolling. She loves to raspberry and she (I SWEAR) sings along to radio disney or anyother pop station. There goes all my radiohead and travis.

My mother in law comes in next weekend. I will need this board to vent all my frustrations! Sorry this turned longer than I expected.

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Kim (32) I forgot my own age.

I was Bakersbears on the old IVF boards as well as doner boards.
DH and I were TTC for 4 years. I donated my eggs to help pay for our IVF. On that cycle they got 13 eggs all of which we donated. On the next cycle I did what they called a "shared" cycle. This is where we would only keep half of the eggs they retrieved and donate the other half. On that cycle they got 44 eggs. Needless to say I suffered hyperstimmed ovaries. We put back 3- 8 cell embies on day 3. All of them took and then two went on to have heartbeats and the third was reabsorbed. We currently have 9 frozen embies and are undecided on what we are going to do with them. I had a very rough preg and we are fairly sure we are done with two. Looking back it was the best thing we have ever done and I would do it all over again for these two little kiddo's.


My kids were born at 32.5 weeks and stayed 3.5 weeks in NICU. They have done wonderful every since. They have been very healthy and now have two teeth on the bottom and william has one on top. They are working on sitting on thier own and both are crawling. Their newest trick is pulling each others hair. I spend all day doing ground patrol. They are functioning at their due date age. So all their milestones are delayed about 2 months. Which is completly normal for preemies.


Whew! OK I guess that's about all I can think of (for now). I can't wait to catch up with all of you!

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Hi, I guess I can post here.
I am Sharon, mom to Sam (17) Micale (11) from a previous marriage and Dave and I's wonderful miracle Grant (2)
We TTC 5 years, 5 failed IUI, was setting up to do an IVF, and got PG.
DR cant explain why, they were shutting my system down, I just say God has a wonderful sense of humor.

Infertility after 2 children is very difficult, people just dont get why you want to do it again.......

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How exciting.....3 replies so far!!!!

Welcome to all of you.

Of course I remember you Kim....though wouldn't have recognised you from your new UserName! So glad you found this board and hope to see you often (as often as having a littlie and working allows). I too am back at work, (since Mason 6mths) and wish I wasn't. I miss Mason so much when away from him, he took so long to "make" that I begrudge missing even an hour of his life! So far I've been lucky enough to take Wednesday's off....at least until he turns 1. I hope you are able to stay at home once April comes around. btw when MIL arrives....vent away!!!!!

Angi I laughed at you mentioning "ground patrol"....it's a bit like that for us too. Though we only have one, so it's just the dog and Mason's own head we have to protect! and when we go visiting.....he is always so eager to reach out and bang the other babies YIKES! I really love the photos in your siggy....your babies are so adorable.

and a new face....welcome Sharon, you certainly can post here! I'm so glad you were finally able to create your little miracle Grant. I can only imagine how frustrating and sad it must have been to have 2 older children, and then not be able to have a baby with your 2nd husband....and I bet you had to suffer people saying "at least you have Sam & Micale", that would have been hard. I look forward to getting to know you.

and speaking of secondary IF....I wonder if UKJane will find us?????? I wonder how she and her little girl are doing......

best wishes to all

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I'll chime in!
My name is Anja (or Ani) I was on the TTC 2+ board under the name AniC. My wonderful daughter Riley was born Easter Sunday this year. We TTC for almost 2 years -DH had varocele which was surgically corrected. We got pg 2 cycles after the surgery. We are hoping that our next try will be much easier and are going to start in the spring. I'm not getting any younger, after all, and who knows how long it will take. I'm not sure I can handle another battle with infertility so we will see!
Ms. Riley is such an amazing little being-she fills my heart up every single minute!
Congrats to you all-so glad to have this board!

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Anja, 35 DH Chris, 36
Daughter Riley Larkin, April 11, 2004

My name is Alisa, we were TTC for two years before we got PG after IVF#1. We were incredibly lucky!! Our issues are MF. We have two frozen embryos left and I would like to try to use them even though DH's sperm count is up enough to try other options. I was thinking of trying next Spring but now I am not sure if maybe I need a break to get our life stable again (finances/schedule/etc.) Our little guy's name is Keegan and he is 8 months old. He is very cuddly and lovey but also has an independent streak. He is crawling like a fiend and more importantly pulling himself up to standing. That means we just put away all of the knick knacks and such to keep him from using them as projectiles or teething rings. He is alot of fun and I have enjoyed him since the minute we got our positive HCG report. I had a wonderful pregnancy until the end when I developed PUPPP (a hideous rare pregnancy rash) and then I was induced due to low amniotic fluid. Despite all that I am definitely looking forward to doing it all over again. Except for of course the shots. Ugh. I have been home all this time since I was laid off from work right before I did my IVF cycle, so unfortunately I have to find a job. I have spent the last couple of weeks touring daycare centers but I know no matter how wonderful a place is, it will still be torture to leave my precious smiley face.

Glad to see you all again and meet the new people too!

Alisa (32)
DH (34 today!)
DS Keegan (8 months 1 week)

Hello, everyone!!

I'm Karen (41), and my hubby is David (46 and a wonderful man!). After 8 grueling years of infertility treatments, including 4 IVFs, I gave birth to my beautiful son, Zak, on 6/4/04, one day after my 16th wedding anniversary!! (My water actually broke on our anniversary!)

It's been quite challenging, and absolutely wonderful being a new mom! I work part time, and have a house full of feline furries (9 to be exact). We just moved into our first home, and my life couldn't be more complete!!

I'm a bit ecclectic. I love home crafts and cooking. I'm into UFOs, gardening, and wildlife conservation. I look forward to meeting all of the nice people here at this BB! (I'm also posting on the 40 and over parenting BB)

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Hi!! I am Lisa, I was nicurn96 when I was on TCC-IVF over 2 years ago. I am the proud mommy to Lydia born 5/13/2003 after 2+ years of infertility with our first cycle of IVF.

I am a SAHM now, I used to be a NICU nurse and I miss my job but I hate the thought of leaving Lydia and working night shift! Lydia is the light of our lives!! She is running around and talking our arms off!! She says new words everyday and keeps us on our toes!!

We are ttc #2, I don't ovulate but I am charting just in case! We are planning IVF again in the Spring of 2005.

I am so glad to have found this board and see it active!!

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Mind if I pop in?? My name is Jennifer, I was Swatwife on the old board. I am 31 and DH is 36. We have one son, Garrett, who turned one on Sept. 12th. We were ttc for 3.5 years before I got pg with him from FET #2. That was the last of our frozen embies and we just went through IVF #2 to try for a sibling. Unfortunately I overstimmed very badly again (like I did the first time)... but this time we did a freeze all and I have 15 totsicles waiting for us. Looks like transfer will be the first week of Nov if my ovaries have calmed down by then.

I see some familiar faces on here, and some new ones as well. I look forward to chatting with you all. I post here and there on the Born in October board (Garrett was due in Oct but came a month early) but it's nice to be in a place where others have gone through similar struggles to get their little miracles. And, I dont care what they say... IVF babies are some of the cutest babies around!!

Jennifer D

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Garrett Caden - 9/14/03
Braydon Thomas and Devon John - 7/28/05

Oh my, I put the wrong birthdate down for Garrett.. I am losing it. He was born on the 14th like my sig says... SIL is on the 12th and I get them mixed up sometimes.

Jennifer D

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Garrett Caden - 9/14/03
Braydon Thomas and Devon John - 7/28/05

I finally have a few free minutes after lunch to type a quick introduction of myself. My name is Jen, I used to be sshine2002 (I think) on the old boards.

Our main IF is male factor. We went through 4 years of TTC before we finally were blessed with our little guy on 10/21/03. We have done 3 IUI's and 2 IVF's. Mason was from our second IVF cycle, and we have one frozen embie waiting for us.

Mason is the absolute joy of my life. I never thought that I would be so happy and in love with being a mommy. All of the fertility treatments and struggles were worth it.

I hope to get to know all of the wonderful ladies here.

JenM

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Hi there,

I'll jump in and say hello.

I'm danni (babyg1) used to be co-moderator on the TTC 2yrs+ board. Posted on the pg after infertility board.

Had my dd Sarah ughhhh 8mths ok. My time flies when you're having fun!!

Absolutely adore her and love being her mum.

Sarah is just now starting to crawl. Has no teeth as yet thank goodness as she is very attached to her feeding items and that could end up very painful for me!!!

Very active beautiful baby!!!

danni

I see lots of familiar names here...so nice to see some happy endings for once.

DH and I (married now almost 8 years, but together about 15..since highschool) tried for about 3+ years. Had 1 m/c @ 12 wks, then they found a large fibroid on my uterus so I had fibroid surgery the following year, 2 rounds clomid and 2 injectible IUI's before moving to IVF. We got lucky on the first IVF. Our two beautiful twin girls were born at 36 weeks on Oct 7, 2004. They are 6 months old already. Time is going too fast for mom. I am having so much fun with them. I love watching them interact and love being a mommy (FINALLY!!) even more!

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Hi all!

I used to post on the IVF boards under the same screen name.

We TTCd #1 for 3 1/2 years (3 rounds chlomid, 2 iuis, 2 IVFs (1 BFP ending in miscarriage) and 2 FETS BFN before we moved on to adoption. Miss Mia was born on Jan 1, 2004 and we got to bring her home the next day!

Started thinking about #2 so we went for a second opinion. I had a lap and removed stage 3 endo. New RE wanted to try an IUI and bam we are pg. I am 20 weeks today! we found out last week that it is a girl! We are thrilled and so excited that Mia is going to be a big sister. Still pretty shocked after all that we got pg off an IUI.

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Mia Bella born January 1, 2004
Gwen Elizabeth born June 7, 2006
Noah John born June 23, 2007

My name is Tina and I'm also a (very, very slow) straggler from the TTC 2+ years board. I think my old username was curlyhair10, or something like that. DH Joe and I had been trying for 4 years for baby #1, when we found out last Easter Sunday that I was pregnant. We had male factor infertility and was given about a 10% chance of getting pregnant naturally. Low and behold, I turned up pregnant when I least expected it. I had been hit with a lot of devastating news in my family within one weekend in March, and I believe that that is what made me forget my problems and caused my body to allow me to get pregnant.

I now have a beautiful son named Joseph Aven, who was born December 21st @ 10:49am via c-section. He weighed 8lbs and was 21". He's now at 10lbs 7.5oz and 21 1/2".

I remember a lot of the names here and I can't believe it took me so long to find this board. I post a lot on the Dec. '06-Stocking Stuffers board, but I plan to share my time here, if that's ok.

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Hi, I'm Sharryn live in Australia, aged 43 been married 21 years and have a DS Brady (soon to be 5) and DD Evany (2.5) both from IVF. Brady took 9 ivf's and I got PG on transfer 7 and Evany was a FET, first attempt after I had Brady. We had a very long ivf journey spanning 15 years and 3 ivf clinics.

Btw Brady's turns 5 next Wednesday and starts school the following Tuesday. Sad

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Mum to DS Brady 23 Jan 03, DD Evany 11 April 03