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HI all - sorry for the delay in posting. Have been swamped lately with school and work and also some ms. I am anxiously awaiting the sono today. The ectopic happened at 7 wks last year so I'll be very happy if I can make it over that hump. I asked my doc if we could check my levels again in addition to the sono in case it's too early to see something. DEA: So sorry about the insurance problems. They really are assholes. I will have fingers crossed for your O! Cendy & Ericka - sounds like you guys are truckin' right along. I have just started to feel some ms, so hope it won't be too bad. Certain foods and smells are really grossing me out (like lady's perfume in my office-GAG). Luckily, the stuff I'm craving so far is all healthy - can't get enough celery, tomatoes or basil. I'll post tomorrow and let you all know about the sono today. DUST!

Just wanted to post quickly to let you all know that my sono showed the bean in the uterus and we saw the heartbeat! All appears to be well!!! HURRAH!!!!

dlongen, what a relief you must be feeling. I am so happy for you. Are your doctors still going to keep a close eye on you? I recommend renting a doppler. Every time I'm feeling a bit insecure, I listen to my baby's hb and it puts all (well most) of my fears at ease. I know you are too early in your pg to hear it, but it is something to think about in the next few weeks. Lashunda, I'm glad everything is going fine. I can't believe you are practically in your 3rd tri. How time flies. CC, IUI is coming up, how is everything progressing? As for me nothing new to report, just chugging along.

dlongen, Horray for you, thats great news! When I finally get pregnant, I know I will never be able to relax and enjoy it, so I bet that was great for you to see and hear that its in the right place, doing what it should! Congrats! Ericka, glad you are doing well. At this stage, no news is good news I think, and Lashunda, honestly, it seems like yesterday we were on our old thread and none of us were pregnant. Im so happy for you all. Cendy, you sound well, and must be so tired..You have a lot on your plate, your kids, family, pregnant, school...Where do you find the time ? What are your school plans now that you are pregnant ? (And how exciting to feel the baby move!!) Dea, whats going on with you, are you doing IUI again (I cant remember from the last thread but your last post didnt seem like you were?) As for me, I have 5 follicles, will do the trigger shot tomorrow morning, and have IUI # 1 Thur morning and IUI # 2 Friday morning. Pregnancy test is 4-28. I am overly anxiety ridden and freaking myself out over every thing that could go wrong, everything my RE is doing or isnt doing. I just need to stop. Everyone here is so supportive, but sometimes I think coming on here makes me question everything even more when I read something different then what my RE is doing. I just need to RELAX and trust my RE and someone else said. So true but so hard. Wish me luck ladies. I am praying I can join you pregnant mama's in a few weeks!

CC: Hang in there with all the anxiety. I know it is so hard. I used to do that kind of second-guessing - try to be perfect - organic foods, exercise, etc... then total opposite f*** it all attitude would take over and I'd be like why stress over all this, I'm just going to go out and have fun, get drunk, etc... Thing is, there is no answer. I think the less stress you can expose yourself to, the more likely things will take. Of course, that creates stress too! I recommend buying a hot tub - stress went down, BDs went up, life was great. I attribute it to my pregnancy in large part. And now that I'm pregnant, I miss it!!!! Anyway, hang in there - think good thoughts. Let all of our good thoughts wash over you. Enjoy happy moments. DUST!

Hi everyone! CC: I think we might try IUI again- but for now we are taking it easy. We have an appt. with an RE in Aug. So- looks like summer is just for fun this year...unless by some miracle we conceive. This cycle we used PreSeed. I am now in the TWW. But, I am not expecting anything. Also- I know the anxiety feeling. But at least this is a very calculated/controlled IUI. I didn't have any drugs (it was like "Tell us when you get the second blue line!") So- maybe the RE will try a "controlled" IUI. It's also good that you are doing two together. Is your dr. going to combine samples? (2 samples washed together?) Best of luck...DLONGEN: What a relief to see you bean where they need to be! Congrats-- heartbeat too-- wow...CENDY and ERICKA: Glad to see things chugging along nicely for you! Take care all ~~DUST~~

Morning ladies! I am havig much anxiety today. My four year old is having his kindergarten physical and shots. It just makes me crazy to think my baby is going to get a shot. Anyways, I am feeling good. I am counting the days till my us. LASHUNDA-Wow, almost to the third trimester. Are you uncomfortable yet? DLONGEN-I am so glad that your little bean is attached where it should be. I know you are relieved. Did they tell you the heartrate? ERICKA-I am glad you are doing well. Can you track the heart rate with your monitor? I am still deciding on getting on or not. CC-I am thinking of you today. I believe your first IUI is today and the other is tomorrow. I know you will have anxiety when you do fall pregnant, but after the first twelve weeks you will be able to relax and enjoy it. As far as school plans I am still going. I should graduate in Dec if I do not take a leave of absence. DEA-I used Preseed a few cycles. I hear it really works. The only thing I did not like is it seems you use too much of the tube. They need to package it better. What did you think of it? Maybe this break is what you and dh need to conceive on your own. I am glad you are thinking about trying the IUI again. Well, I have to get back to work. Take care! BABY DUST!

Hi All-Dea, breaks are good, although they can be hard, but sometimes needed. Its good to go back to living life and not have ttc ruling what you do all the time. dlongen, your post made me smile. You are right about one thing, there are no answers. Its just different for everyone, and babies will come on their own time! Cendy, it would drive me nuts anytime my kids needed shots or were sick. I will be the biggest "babying" mother there is! Keep going school (good job!) It must be so hard for you and you must be so dang busy and tired! Thanks for all of your good thoughts. Had IUI # 1 today and it went well. Have some cramping/bleeding now and am anxious to go back tomorrow for # 2 and be done for 2 wks of painfully slow waiting. I keep thinking good thoughts though and willing it to happen. Dea, my RE is doing two seperate IUI's and not mixing the 2 samples. They just expect the 2nd sample to be small is all. Ericka/Lashunda, hope you are both doing really good with baby. Have a good night !

Hello everyone! this thread is interesting. Im TTC for 3 months. Its not that long but It will seem like it soon! We were kinda letting it happen for 6 months but trying for 3. I have only been using the ovulation predictor tests. Its also wierd because for the last 4 months, every time i tested-i had a positive, but it didnt happen. well the other night I took another test and again I had a positive. My last day of my af was on the 5th. We are gonna try harder this month and I think yesterday, today, or tomarow are my days. My temperature realy doesnt rise or I just didnt do it right. So we are waiting too. Im hoping for a girl-I have one son. Baby dust to all!!!

Hi everyone - happy Easter. I am goofin off at work since most of my colleagues took a vacation day today. Shame the office wasn't closed. CC- glad I could make you smile. good luck with the IUI. I am still not real familiar with that process, but it sounds a bit like torture, so my thoughts are with you and others going through it. Cendy - I share your busy schedule and admire you for keeping up with school and kiddos. My bean's hb rate was 100. Doc said that is normal for this stage. I have been having some ms. Figured out that peppermint water and pregnancy tea help a lot. saltines too. I also eat these things called gingertrips now and then which are giner and b-6. they seem to help too. Anyway - DH and I are taking things one day at a time. I wish you all lots of BDs and Baby DUST this weekend (and chocolate bunnies, of course!)

Oops - forgot to welcome Serious. Why so serious, I wonder. ;-) Strange all your false positives. That would make any girl crazy. Cendy is a good one to tell you all about the various methods of madness for those ttc. I used ov predictors, but found out the saliva kind don't work. I recommend the pee stick kind. In the end, clomid did the trick for me. My DH and I just started doing BDs every other day from like CD 10-25. That's one approach. Best of luck to you. It took us 3 yrs, so if it doesn't happen right away, just be glad about learning the Zen art of patience. :-) ~DUST~

Hi Dlongen and thanks! well i have been using the urine opt's. i have never seen a saliva one before. i hope this is not me imagining things, but i get a bit nasious occasioanly yesterday and today, but its more noticable today. And also today I started craving food I craved when I got pregnant with my son. I realy wonder if im making this up, or if I was just hungry and thats what i wanted at that moment. but im thinkin its too early for me to feel anything if something is there. I just ovulated...I realy feel like if AF will come in two weeks, i will be so dissapointed. But I guess reading some of your stories, I have nothing to complain about yet! Best of luck to all who are trying!!!

Happy Easter to everyone! Welcome Serious! Welcome to our thread and the TTC journey. It seems yours has just begun. I wish you much luck and baby dust! Well, my four year old just amazed me getting his kindergarten physical and shots. He is so tough. Three shots and a finger prick and no tears. I was amazingly sad at this. I guess my little man is growing up and he said that cool kids don't cry. How did he hear that? How did he grow up so quick? I feel like he is growing up way too fast. Maybe it is just my pregnancy hormones messing with me, but I was an emotional wreck before and after the appointment. Oh, did I tell you that my 6 year old is having his tonsils taken out on this Monday. I know I am going to just ball my eyes out when they take my baby away to the or. Anyway, enough about me. CC-I know your IUI went well. I just know you will get a BFP this month. Having had a painful HSG, I can imagine what a IUI must be like and to have two in two days. How are you feeling? I hope you are doing well. DLONGEN-You ms is wonderful! I am glad you are feeling sick. I know that seems weird, but it means the pregnancy is going as it should. I am glad you have found ways to curb the ms. I just did not eat well for three weeks and then I was fine. I am eating like a horse. The heartrate is great as well! When do you have another us? Are the docs going to keep an eye on you since you had the eptopic? I hope they do. Well, I will go for now. I will talk to you all later. I wish you all a blessed Easter holiday! BABY DUST!

Hi ladies. Welcome to our thread serious. Don't have much time to chat right now, but just wanted to drop in and wish everyone a very happy Easter.

Happy Easter everyone! Just checking in..IUI # 2 went well, and my DH's counts and motility was actually higher the 2nd day then the 1st..Go figure. I am now in the dreaded 2ww and doing progesterone suppositories until my pregnancy test on the 28th. It seems like a lifetime away! Im feeling good, really sore bbs, but too early for it to be a sign. I think its left over from my trigger shot and the progesterone that Im taking every night. Cendy- your little one IS brave! Thats so sweet what he said to you. Kids do grow up so quickly, I can only imagine what its like when they are your own kids! And having one go into the OR...I would be a wreck! Make sure and have lots of icecream and popsicles on hand, and you will be Mom of the Year! Hope everyone else is doing well!

Hi all. Well, we made it through my 6 year olds tonsilectomy and adenoidectomy. He was a real trooper. It was over with in no time at all. He is now at home nursing a popsicle and watching cartoons. I am so glad it is over with. The whole thing had my stomach in knots. Well, 17 weeks, 1 day and counting. Hurry up April 27 and get here so I can find out what I am having. CC-sounds like the second IUI was better than the last. I am so glad his count was higher. I know the two week wait is going to drive you nuts, but I am sure this time it will be worth the wait. How is everyone else? Anything to report? BABY DUST!