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Hi all! CC, Congrats on the follies!! That is awsome. I only had one that was 17 when they told me to take the hcg shot. Tip: ask for the preloaded one, it is much easier. I am keeping my fingers crossed. Lynn, good luck with your injections. Tracy, just be honest-your RE needs to know everything so he can help you. You are not the first nor the last smoker to go through fertility treatment. Hang in there. Sorry about the migraine. I had one everyday for almost 3 weeks with this pregnancy, nasty. There were days that I could barely survive with a migraine, no energy and a toddler. But I seem to be coming out of the 1st trimester haze yeay! My belly is starting to pop out and am feeling some movement I think. Lori, Goodluck with your decision, I wish I had a crystal ball to tell you what the future holds, but you and dh are going to have to spend time with that little guy and make your own choice. There is so much to think about long term and short term. I know my friend has a down girl, high functioning. She says you never know love until you have a special needs child, they love unconditionally. Her big concern is when she gets older and who is going to take care of her child? Just food for thought. You will know what works for you when you spend time with that little guy. D, sorry about the knee-get it taken care of before that belly comes. But murphy's law is you are going to be pg and not be able to get the mri!! I had a tooth I needed dental surgery on and just wanted to wait to make sure I wasn't pg before going thru it when wham bfp. So be prepared!!! Emm, I hope you are doing well. Gotta run toddler on the loose-getting dressed who know what todays style will be. Have a good one and this is the lucky thread-their are going to be 2 bfp's this month my prediction-I aint no Cheri though!! hugs.

Tracy, I agree, you really should be honest w/ your Dr. They have heard it all Im sure, and they need to know your habits, good and bad. Its only fair to yourself as well. Remember, you are paying good money and you want to help them help you in any way they can. He wont refuse to treat you because you smoke. In this case, honesty is the best policy. Let us know how it goes, I will be anxious to know your plan! jcr, I did the trigger shot this AM, I didnt have the pre-loaded on, but we didnt have much trouble. Just a little trouble getting the liquid into the syringe but it wasnt so bad. Now I just wait! Movement, how exciting!! Have you picked out any names yet? d, is the mri done ? Lori, have your meeting yet ? Lynn-day 1 is done, how are you doing ?

JCR - how exciting that you are feeling movement! CC - It's IUI time!! Looking forward to hearing how that goes for you!! Our caseworker called this morning and they are presenting at 3 pm. she said if we didn't hear from her today then we would tomorrow. They are pulling the child from the home today due to protective reasons. He is then going into a home very close to us so that we can do visitation. She said that he is just adorable and does not present with any physical features of MRDD what so ever. She also said that he has a half brother that was tested for fragile X and it came back negative. Not that it means anything in Johnaton's case really. I am leery and excited at the same time. I just keep reminding myself of all the things that they said about the foster son we had, and he was developmentally delayed (5 going on 3). By the time he left he was just about developmentally on target. And they said that he was possible MRDD too. So, that is why I just have to see for myself. I hope that doesn't sound shallow! Check in later.

Hey just a quick check in. Just returned from the airport picking up my mom. She came for a visit. I am finished with work tomorrow at noon until April 24th...so needed. CC, I believe you will survive this experience. I had to laugh checking and seeing/reading you going CRAZY. We have all lived through it, I just wish I knew someone at the time I was beginning all this. Lori....I agree with taking things slowly and seeing what happens. I just want you to proceed with caution and yes, I agree also with jcr, most special needs children are the most loving wonderful children. Tracy....I am dying here waiting to hear how your appointment went. So, ????????D, take it easy adn get better. We will be here when you can chat. EMM, glad to hear from you. How are things going with you? jcr, I so want to feel all that you are feeling. I hope those of us with no children and those who want to feel again the chance to do that. until later girls

Lori, what you are doing doesnt sound shallow at all. You are doing what you feel is right for the given situation. Its a very emotional and highly charged time. Its like ttc only different and worse to me in a way, because there is a "real" child already here. You said they are removing him from where he is for protective reasons, do you know what is going on ? Lynn, so nice that you are on vacation soon. Im jealous. I feel like I havent had a breath since getting back from my Dad's passing. I will survive this whole 1st IUI, but I want to survive with a baby at the end! I laughed to, I was out of control for awhile. I am still so very nervous, I just want everything right to know that everyone did their best at the end. We have to leave our house about 7:00 am tomorrow and I am already a ball of nerves. Please pray, wish me luck, cross your fingers, whatever you feel comforable with! Tracy, I have peeked on here a million times today hoping to see your post. Hope things went well today.

Lori, I meant to ask, are you taking your Clomid through this all ?
Lynn, when you did your trigger last time, did you feel anything different after you triggered?

CC......You will be fine. This may seem like strange question......is dh giving his sample at the office to be washed? We did since we lived over an hour away. My RE requests samples being washed to ge there under an hour. I did not or do not remember feeling any different from the trigger shot other than my allergic reaction. I had a huge red mark and it was warm to the touch. The nurse said I just had a reaction to the shot. I so pray this is successful for you. If I can give you one point of advice (I am going to give it anyway...lol). Relax and enjoy this time. It is easier when you are relaxed. Also, as much as you may want to test, try to hold out for the 2 weeks. Ask of they are going to do a beta test to check for positive or if you will just need to take a HPT. Good Luck girl and be real nice to dh so he can give his sample.

CC - Being nervous about the unknown is totally normal. After your first IUI you'll be fine. For me, there was no pain during the procedure at all. And then differing degrees of discomfort that started about an hour afterward. I definitely will be thinking good thoughts for you tomorrow!! Lynn - how was your shot today? Tracy - like CC, I have been peeking in all day and waiting for any news from you!! CC - basically the reason that Johnathon is being removed is because at this point he is a foster child and foster parents have to follow certain guide lines when it comes to preventative and intervention services and these parents were denying Johnathon these services. I am a firm believer in early intervention. I have seen first hand what Easter Seals can do. And as a parent you learn from them how to better help the child learn so that you are a part of the development and you know that you are doing things correctly. Also, I haven't heard anything from the casework so I don't know how the presentation went. Hopefully she will call first thing in the morning.

Hey ladies. Sorry I kept you on pins and needles all day, but when I got home from the doctor I had to go to my in-laws for Passover. The appointment went well. I really like this guy. He is on the ball and patiently answered all of my questions. The first thing we are going to do is re-check DH's sperm on Monday and I have to take him the actual X-rays from the HSG. Once DH has his sperm analysis, that will give a definitive answer on whether we go for Injectilbles w/IUI or straight to IVF. My old doctor never sent over my records as I requested, so when I finished with the new doc, I went and demanded them in person. I got my records, read over my file, and DH had an issue on his analysis from November that concerns me. It said he has 94% severely amorphous sperm. Total count, motility, Viscosity, etc....all great. I think if his new test doesn't yield better results, we will be doing IVF in July. If his sperm are OK then we will probably do injectibles. The old doctor said he was fine, but that is not what I am seeing. I am content with this new guy like you would not believe. He is the shit. He also brought up Glucophage, but wants to see my bloodwork and such from the old doctor before he starts to make decisions. I will drop all that off to him tomorrow morning. Well, I have got to go put more ice on my head. I still have migraine pain in my face and head, so must lay down. I hate living like this. It sucks.

Tracy....I was beginning to think we were going to need to send out the army looking for you. I am glad you really like this guy. Let me tell you this really helps when doing all this IF stuff. Question....if he is not a RE, how can he do IVF? Does her refer you to a RE? Even if there is something slightly wrong with dh SA, can you not attempt one IUI + injections? It would save money and who knows. Then if you try it once and it does not work, you know you can always move onto IVF. Just a thought. CC.....last check in to wish you luck. Let us know how it goes. I will say after 3 IUI's the first one (which nurse did not RE) was uncomfortable. The other 2 were fine. FYI...ask them to tilt the table so you are elevated after IUI and if you can stay there like that for 15-20min. I did all that after 3rd IUI and got prego. Lori, I am a firm believer in Early Intervetion also. One it makes my job getting the child with special needs at three a little easier. Set them straight girl and get that little guy some help. Talk to y'all tomorrow....oh, shot #2 done. later

Tracy, sounds like your appointment went very well. I dont know what amorphous sperm are ? It makes me think of morphology which is how they are shaped? I agree w/ Lynn, if you are candidates for IUI I think thats what you should try 1st, I have said that before..Just a few times, so as to not waste much more time or money but it would be worth it to try. How long will dh's sperm analysis take to come back once he gives the sample? Lori, I hope the caseworker calls you 1st thing tomorrow so you know whats going on. I was thinking maybe he was being removed from where he was due to abuse or something along those lines, so I was relieved to read your post. Lynn, my dh is giving the sample in the office. We live too far and I dont want that stress w/ traffic etc. I have already decided I am not going to test. I have a beta test already scheduled for the 28th and I will wait till then. I will be taking progesterone suppositories from Sat on, so she said I might not even get period without her making me have one. If my preg. test comes out negative, I am already dreading that Sat and Sun. I have a weekend of hell that weekend. Baptism for my 3rd Godchild. Ugh. Holding the baby in the church, pictures, etc. It will be hard, but I am praying I will be thankful and pregnant by then. After the IUI they will make me lay there for 15 min or so they said. I would lay there all day if I could! Thanks for all the well wishes and calming thoughts. Im going to get to bed. Lynn, how are the shots coming, ok ? I asked about the trigger only because I have been so crabby all day since. Could just be stress I guess. I had lots and lots of ewcm today, hoping thats just a s/a of the shot and not real ovulation. Going to ask for u/s before the IUI, I need to make sure for my sanity I didnt already O before we do it. Otherwise, it will be what drives me crazy during the 2ww and it will make me wonder if my preg test is negative. d, hoping you are ok ? EMM-I miss your posts. Have a good night all.

Good morning everyone. My little one is still asleep so I got to read all the posts that I have been missing. I really have no stories to relate, but I enjoy reading yours because it lets me know what to expect in case I have to take any of your routes to get baby #2. I always wanted to have 3 or 4, bur now I will settle for 2 so that my son is not an only child. Anyway, I am not too sure what exact cycle day I am on either cd 9 or cd 7. I had a tiny bit of spotting early last week, and then nothing for two days, but I am using OPKs again this month; I am not too worried about getting the right day with those. Yes, my little brother 21 got married last Saturday. We aren't extremely close, but I cried anyway, on stage, in front of everyone. Then I laughed my butt off the rest of the time about the lame music. He had the craziest groom's men, and they all blamed their laughing on me. Oh well. It was a nice wedding even though the bride's family would not let her do anything. I told her that one day she will have a daughter and that she should learn from this and make sure that she gives her the wedding she wants. Don't like the cycle repeat itself! I hope she takes the advise, she cried a lot. Her mother and grandmother are horrible. My son walked down the aisle (ringbearer) in practice but wanted nothing to do with it come time to "perform." Oh well, he looked cute as anything in his little vest and tie!!! I can't believe that he will be 2 in less than 2 months. He is growing up so fast. For those of you who don't have children...as soon as you find out you are pregnant invest in a good camera. He has grown so fast and even though I have a ton of pictures I feel like I always could have taken more. On a more serious note...my DH and I have been having problems for a while. I think that they are starting to get a little better. It just seems like after the baby was born I just didn't want to be intimate with him. This, as you would think, makes it extremely hard to conceive a child. Well, last night I rolled over and put my arm around him while he was sleeping, and I actually got goose bumps! Just like when we were dating. It was such a nice feeling, and I would have woken him up right then but it was late, and since I have the luxury of staying home and sleeping until 8 that means he doesn't. Well, I don't think that I have shared my DH issues before, but maybe things are on there way up now. Check back later.

I love it when I read my post and there are tons of errors. You all would never believe that I type medical records for a living. I am good, I promise. If I ever get yours there won't be any mistakes!

Ok headache is gone for now. Worked out this morning for the first time in 6 days. Had just been busy, having headaches, and AF, of course. The doctor is a fertility specialist and does IVF in his office. He has his own labs, and does everything for infertility. He consults or refers patients to RE's as needed, but he won't know until he has my records in hand. When he does cycles of IVF there are specialists from all over South Florida who come and work in his labs for the month. He has a full staff as it is who do the IUI, sperm washing, sperm analysis, bloodwork, etc...

Emm-sorry to hear about your struggle with DH. I am glad however that it sounds like things are going better. It's nice to kind of fall in love all over again. That's what long term relationships are like. They aren't always easy, and being able to get through tough times is what makes your relationship stronger in the end. I am a newly wed, so I have yet to deal with long term issues, but I have learned a great deal by watching how my sister and her husband handle things. There was one time they did not really speak for two months, (long story...no cheating involved) but got through it and have a wonderful marriage. CC-how goes it??? D-how's the knee??? Lori, what's up with the wee one??? Heard from the caseworker?? Lynn, good job on the shots??? JCR-how's the stylin' and profilin' child of yours??? You sound like such a good mommy. Well, I am going to chill and watch some TV. I'm still feeling tired from the Immitrex I had to take last night.

Hi everybody! Just a quick note to let you know that they had to cancel the meeting for yesterday.... a long story. It is now set for next Wednesday.. He is in the new foster home, but the caseworker said for our sake she doesn't want us to do visits until everything has been set and it is 100%, due to everything we went through already. I don't know if I had mentioned that last summer we were suppose to get two little boys. Then 3 days before they were suppose to come to us, an old foster parent showed up and the kids agency decided to go with that foster parent over us. Well, we had those boys for visits and became close to them, thinking that they were going to be ours. And when that didn't happen it broke our hearts. So, we are once again in the waiting mode. I'll check back later to catch up.