I haven't posted in quite some time! Last time I posted, I was planning to stop fertility treatments and try to get pregnant on my own...well, with the help of my spouse, that is.

Anyways - IT WORKED!!! I am pregnant with a baby boy - and I start the third trimester today (embarking on week 27)!

I am very fortunate - the pregnancy has been going very well - to include morning sickness the first trimester (well, it happened any time of day - but it really made me feel...

No success again with IUI and Follistim - in spite of having 6-8 follicles stimulated and dumped upon by millions of healthy sperm.

I'm skipping fertility treatments for a month. Been through 7 months worth with no luck - so I'm going to try Fertilitea and PreSeed.

Anyone out there have success with either - or both - of these products?

Looking for inspiration!

Ok - I have to share a teeny bit of TMI - if you don't mind. If you do... stop reading.... (but can you really stop now that I've built such suspense?).

And while I know I said I was taking a break from posting - the "writer in me" just couldn't resist.

I've gone for 4 inseminations now.

The first month, a nice, elderly nurse named Sandy did the honors - insert speculum...insert "the goods"...withdraw ...done. (the closest DH will...

I started my second round of Follistim shots this past Saturday (my birthday present - woo hoo! More exciting than a shot of tequila at this point in my life!).

Last month, they had me on 150 units of "the goods". That stimulated 1 follicle - which grew into an adult egg... and then took a nose dive off of my uterine cliff and ended up as AF.

In scientific words - not pregnant.

In the cartoon world that is my mind - egg-suicide....

I'll try to keep this short and sweet - but I tend to ramble off the beaten path from time to time, so please bear (beer?) with me...

I just turned 41 years old this past Saturday (wow - I can't believe I'm in my 40s now! I remember when I was in my 20s... and the television show "Thirty Something" was on... the spouse and I used to think THEY were old. Now I've surpassed that!).

We have been trying to conceive for just over 2 yrs now. Due to various "life...