Yuck-os on the fertility problems. Been there, done that!
I had no problems getting pregnant with first one. Then hubby was sent to Korea for a year so we had to wait for the next one. After two years of trying, the army put me on clomid for a year. (In the meantime I had EVERY embarrassing test known to MANkind ...in front of an audience...teaching hospital!) After one year they had me take a break. I got pregnant right away. The whole pregnancy the baby was measuring large. At the time they didn't do routine ultra sounds and they were hearing multiple heartbeats.
While clomid has a low ocurance of multiple births, it IS possible...but I didn't want to know! I also discovered I had TIAs while pregnant. They were concerned I would have a stroke so they wanted labor to be in a completely controlled environment. It ended up being an induction that took 12 hours!!!! He was already screaming when I was getting kicked under the ribs...I just knew there were a thousand babies in there...nope...just one HUMONGOUS baby...10 lbs 2 oz and 24 1/2 inches long!! He was wearing six 6 months when we came home from hospital (he had a heart condition so he had to stay a little over a week)
We were resigned to only having two kids...when a little over six months later I found out I was pregnant again!!
My last two were born after my hysterectomy...so I'll leave that up to your imaginations!
My cousin in law tried for a solid year with invitro ... at over $10,000 a pop (this was 19 years ago) they only had enough in savings for one year and then had to stop. She got pregnant in the last month...and lost it a few weeks later...only to discover she was carrying twins and only lost one!
We are now concerned with my daughter... her husband was in the last month of chemo when they got married. They had to wait at least three years before trying. Now they are afraid to try. They did save some swimmers before the chemo...but they have to try for two years before they can use them... Next month they will be married for 5 years...
Ok...I have done my part for moving this along! Now I have to try and get a doctor's appt when they open in about 30 seconds!
Nini
Hey! I have something in common with your ds -- I was 10 pounds 2 ounces as well
Only I was 21 inches long so needless to say my grandpa nicknamed me chubby and it stuck until I was around 4 years old. I finally thinned out once I started getting taller -- maybe around age 6? By age 8 I was a string bean. Not so much a string bean anymore
I love babies and pg and hearing everyone's stories. I am a sucker for the baby shows on Discovery and the Adoption stories show -- I stopped watching them though after our failed infertility tx and the fact that we couldn't adopt since we couldn't sell our house.
And I know your secret to having children after a hysterectomy.
We had no problems having C. I was 30 when I had her. I got pg 22 months later and had my first MC after seeing the heartbeat and everything. 10 days later we took C on her first Disney trip with no planning my Dad wanted to do something nice for us since I was devestated.
Tried again had another MC this one was earlier. Went on clomid since my cycles were now totally screwed up I hated that stuff. I turned into sybil. Wound up PG and had another MC this one was a late MC I was 14 weeks. took a break. Made the Decision if we weren't pg by the time I turned 35 we would stop. I turned 35 and we stopped trying.
Six months after my 35th birthday with no drugs and no trying we were pg. I had every test known to man and so many sonograms I lost count. I had J and that journey began.
Almost 2 years ago we had another surprise but that too wound up in a miscarriage. I am officially done. Seriously another miscarriage would put me in the looney bin with no visitation. My heart bleeds for those who suffer from infertility. I always tell people my problem wasn't getting pregnant it was staying pregnant.
I have a SIL who is Fertile Myrtle. I was always super jealous of the ease she had children.
okay need to put my documents for Js IEP and I need to make a list of things to do since my niece brought her lacrosse stuff for me to put her name on.
I so, so feel for you and my heart absolutely aches for you. I don't think anyone can understand what a m/c does to a person until she experiences one for herself -- it was the worst experience of my life -- mine happened early -- 7 weeks (fetus was 5.5 weeks). I think it would be even more devastating to experience one later in a pg.
And the fertile myrtles can easily make one jealous. I have an acquaintance that has 8 children -- though she had nine -- lost one to SIDS -- that would be utter terror for me. But I still get jealous b/c I always wanted six children -- I cut it back to four since we got married late and financially four is about all we can handle as our kids go to private school. But two it is, and I adore the two I have
I just wanted to hop on and let you all know that Alli is staying behind this morning.
She woke up and her tummy is still iffy, she is stuffed up and has a sore throat.
She wasn't stuffy last night before bed, so we are thinking the sore throat is from being stuffy??? Not sure. I don't have a flashlight to look in her throat - so I can't tell if there are any spots (for strep), she said it doesn't hurt when she swollows - just a general sore? She is going to see how her morning goes. I gave her ibuprofen (that's all I have until the store down stairs opens...). She might try an meet us in front of MK later this morning for our LTT lunch - if she feels up to it. Other wise V and I are coming back after lunch and we'll see how she feels then.
D~
Oh no! I am so sorry she isn't feeling well. I hope it's nothing serious and that she's just overtired. Hopefully you and V will have some good times alone and Alli will feel better this afternoon -- any kind of sinus drainage is always worse in the morning.
Andrea - don't even get me started on math...lucky for me Megan is doing quite well in it...I was very good in math until algerbra...but the new way they teach math makes no since to me...so if she struggles down the road we will have a tutor to help out!
on my post count...think I was around 4,000 posts when I came back in Aug 2010
guess I am on here a bit to much
but I can't help it I love my "family in the box"
and will never leave again
well have done my part to get to 200 pages...you're welcome D!
sure we will hit it today
DS is actually very strong in math -- this one problem was a doozy though! His teacher is very tough and she pushes him b/c he's good at math. He's in 4th grade and he was the only child in a class of 4th through 6th graders to pass his fractions test
Multiplication and division of fractions were taught by the sub when regular teacher was out on maternity leave and sub had some *issues* which may be why most kids didn't grasp it, but ds figured it all out. I was good at math up until calculus.
Well done on helping us move to 200. We're almost there. I just bought 20 more bags of mulch and unloaded them (I can only do 10 per trip) so now I'm taking my break. It's still a little damp outside to get started working. I will post photos on D's ptr once I'm done with the front yard
I have exactly two minutes before we leave on my insane day...but I was GOING to say to Andrea I don't know why she thinks she knows how old I am and to not believe everything Lisa B tells her, because Lisa thinks I am older than I am, THEN I see Lisa really DOES want to tell....
Go ahead then, try to prove it.... Just remember , if it doesn't come from me, it might not be true....
I like to see who is spreading my business...
Now I am off to the races!
I know you are 29, just like you said. It is not impossible to have a child at age 8 -- but so help me if my 8 yo does!
Have fun at the races!
Does she have allergy problems? I live in FL and my allergies have been going nuts lately! Even on daily medication my nose is staying stuffy. I thought it was from all the pollen, but someone was telling me they heard it was from some mold that is on trees this time of year
Anyway, that wouldn't explain the stomach problems, but hopefully it will go away when you get out of this yellow cloud (pollen) that's hanging over FL right now!
I never thought of allergies -- I grew up in WI and never had allergies there but now that I live in VA I surely do -- and my allergies are terrible right now (likely b/c I've been doing oodles of yard work this week, but even allergy medication is barely helping).
When you have young kids they like to say things at the strangest times... I got so tired of my son asking me how old I was...(it was part of his echolalia...asking the same question over and over and over ..) so one day I told him I was 105.
After a while he stopped asking...on my next birthday...he announced to the world that since it was my birthday he knew how old I was...and announced... 106! I was glad he had gotten the math right... but he is convinced his dad is only 18...and wants to know why dad has a n older wife! (and yes...this is the same son that thinks you can got o Moms R Us )and get a new mom!
Nini
Well now I really know why he wants to head to Moms R Us -- a 106 year old mom probably isn't the coolest thing around. I might want to trade you in as well. And I didn't know you were a cradle robber! Or is cougar the new term?
The Koi pond is so peaceful and your dogs are adorable. It did not escape me that Alexa had a shirt on WITH the matching dog appliqué! 
(and all of this is said tongue in cheek, of course because I LOVE Lisa (smooch my friend) I honestly never pay attention to my post count, until somebody points it out or what page my TR is on, 
I can't believe how fast your trip has gone by!! I don't think I would make it 10 days! We're so used to long weekends, I think 5 days is our longest trip. 
to have my legs waxed before our trip in 2006 and a few days before we left my legs were burning. I had to take antibiotics and put cream on my legs. It was no fun.
Infertility does suck!
I was married at 24 and when I turned 29 we started talking about having children and it took 2 years to have my first child.
But on some good news.... tomorrow I can do the Double Digit Dance 
