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the wait

NNani
  • By NNani · New reply November 18, 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 ...

Isn't it strange...

ShannonZ
  • By ShannonZ · New reply November 16, 2009
  • 17 replies
  • that quite a few of us on here have more then one health "issue"? We ALL must be tough cookies ...

Must remain positive

LissaM
  • By LissaM · New reply November 14, 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 ...

Surrogacy

kari81
  • By kari81 · New reply November 8, 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 ...

Lap procedure

Calliopie
  • By Calliopie · New reply November 8, 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 ...

Premature Menopause

teachingfirst78
  • By teachingfirst78 · New reply 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 ...

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

RobynRae
  • By RobynRae · New reply October 10, 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 ...

Over responders

brookeeg
  • By brookeeg · New reply October 10, 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 ...

New to site- Cycle update

brookeeg
  • By brookeeg · New reply October 9, 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 ...

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 · New reply September 20, 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 ...

PCOS?

newme21
  • By newme21 · New reply September 4, 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 · New reply August 22, 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 ...

Guestbooks are now live!

TeamInspire
  • By TeamInspire · New reply August 15, 2009
  • 6 replies
  • Hello everyone, Last week we mentioned that we'd be adding guestbooks to Inspire in the near future, and they are now live! We're very excited about this feature and hope you enjoy it. To check out your ...

Feelin better

Shawnpew
  • By Shawnpew · New reply August 14, 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 ...

Scheduled maintenance this evening

TeamInspire
  • By TeamInspire · New reply August 12, 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 ...

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 ...

Whats wrong with me?

Hopeful_Mommie
  • By Hopeful_Mommie · New reply August 4, 2009
  • 4 replies
  • Hey! I'm new here and I have been desperately searching the internet for support groups. My husband and are are trying to get pregnant. I've been to the doctor to get tested to make sure everything is ...

Eggs

fforbes
  • By fforbes · New reply July 30, 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 · New reply July 28, 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 ...

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