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Journals

Must remain positive

LissaM
  • By LissaM · Posted November 8, 2009
  • 4 replies
  • Here I am about to try another IVF cycle. I decided to take time off from work to concentrate on me only for a change. At my age the statistics of a positive resulting in pregnancy and live birth basically ...

Premature Menopause

teachingfirst78
  • By teachingfirst78 · Posted November 7, 2009
  • 1 reply
  • I have been diagnosed with premature menopause. I am on my second day of knowing this fact. I have things to do today and I don't think I can do any of them. My husband is soooo supportive but I feel ...

Lap procedure

Calliopie
  • By Calliopie · Posted November 6, 2009
  • 3 replies
  • So my lap procedure is coming up in a couple of weeks, I am finally getting in because my doctors have been taking turns going on vacation. I know the have their own busy lives, but waiting has been awful ...

Surrogacy

kari81
  • By kari81 · Posted November 1, 2009
  • 1 reply
  • I am new to this site and I don't know much about surrogacy. I know how it works and my sister has agreed to carry our child we will start trying next fall. But I don't know where to begin on the whole ...

the wait

NNani
  • By NNani · Posted October 13, 2009
  • 14 replies
  • Hi all, I just had my first round of IUI after trying to get pregnant naturally for a year. The 2wk wait is long, I know I should be use to it but I will not give up ...

Over responders

brookeeg
  • By brookeeg · Posted October 9, 2009
  • 1 reply
  • Hi girls, I am more of a lurker than a poster, but I have a question. I have done 2 gonal F cycles so far. The first on I was meant to do IUI but I over stimmulated on a low dose of gonal f (112.5ius ...

I'm an RN that got hurt and my health went to pot!

RobynRae
  • By RobynRae · Posted October 7, 2009
  • 11 replies
  • This is my first time on this site to recored any info and I hope I do it right! I'm still in the learning stages of the computers and what I can and can't do which is keep my fingers on the right keys ...

1st ivf cycle now 2ww

rm11s
  • By rm11s · Posted September 20, 2009
  • 0 replies
  • As I sit here and type this, I am crying terribly. We are 4dpt and I am ashamed to say, I am not at all hopeful. I had only 7 eggs, none that were mature. They were able to force one and we did a 3day ...

Needing some support

Heather_L
  • By Heather_L · Posted September 19, 2009
  • 4 replies
  • Well, I have finally joined a support group. I have visited them for a while now but thought (hoped) that the next cycle would work and I would be pregnant. As the cycles drag on with no success and I ...

New to site- Cycle update

brookeeg
  • By brookeeg · Posted September 12, 2009
  • 1 reply
  • Hello, I am new to this site, and I look forward to meeting, and getting to know you. Right now I am doing an FSH/IUI cycle. I am on CD 9. When I went in for my CD 7 bloodwork and ultarsound I was told ...

PCOS?

newme21
  • By newme21 · Posted August 26, 2009
  • 8 replies
  • im new to this group so i was just wondering if anybody has infromation on PCOS! i kinda think that i have that and i have research it and i have most of the signs. Me and My Husband have been ttc for ...

First round of Clomid ends in miscarriage

Mrose79
  • By Mrose79 · Posted August 12, 2009
  • 26 replies
  • So, we did it! We got pregnant on the first round of Clomid. And then, the aweful news came. When I started to spot at 8 wks I called my doc. She had me come in for an emergency ultrasound. I was supposed ...

Another Ultrasound

jewelz81
  • By jewelz81 · Posted August 11, 2009
  • 0 replies
  • Well today I have an ultrasound to find out if my sharp ovary pains are not caused by a cyst or something else. How many ultrasounds will I have to go through! I'm starting to wonder if I'll ever be able ...

Scheduled maintenance this evening

TeamInspire
  • By TeamInspire · Posted August 10, 2009
  • 13 replies
  • All, Inspire will be performing database updates this evening starting at 8:00 Eastern. We expect the updates to take no more than 2 hours and the site will be unavailable at this time. We thank you for ...

Feelin better

Shawnpew
  • By Shawnpew · Posted August 8, 2009
  • 4 replies
  • I feel better now that god has came in and made things better for me.i feel so loved and safe now no more treatments.my body is strong and ready for battle wow its been a long road.....i just cant give ...

Eggs

fforbes
  • By fforbes · Posted July 28, 2009
  • 2 replies
  • So the last time I saw my doctor she tells me that my tests come back normal and my husband is a little low but not so low that we wouldn't get pregnant by now but that it "must be my eggs" and that the ...

"rare" but it happens

Sandiestar
  • By Sandiestar · Posted July 27, 2009
  • 7 replies
  • so a little frustrated... first I get told I have borderline ovarian cancer... rare but it happens... 6 months later recurrance... rare but it can happen.... now "your borderline is an aggressive form ...

surgery day

Sandiestar
  • By Sandiestar · Posted July 6, 2009
  • 6 replies
  • well today's the day of my second surgery to see whats going on in there with the reoccurance and have my last ovary removed...trust a period to start today... my very last! anxious and nervous... wish ...

feeln sick and confused

sexy1
  • By sexy1 · Posted June 27, 2009
  • 3 replies
  • well its only been 2 weeks i been feeln like im pregnent still havent took a test becuz i dnt wnt to be disppointed frm the results so im goin to wait 4 2 more weeks and if i hevent came on im goin to ...

Clomid ~ First Cycle

LadyCZA
  • By LadyCZA · Posted June 23, 2009
  • 4 replies
  • I am on day 9 of my cycle, so that is the last day of my first cycle of clomid... im sooo excited as i have heard many good things about it... as well as bad, but im trying to focus on the positives ...

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