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MS. Annon that is great advice. I am so glad to hear from you and happy that all is well during your pregnancy. Where is the time going? I am feeling alot better today. My eye is not pink but I do wake up with it shut. I am taking it day by day. Husband said he is willing to try even though I am sick. Wish the best to all.

SASHA-Yippy! Gosh, I remember that day like it was yesterday. How exciting!!!! Can't wait til Sept 5th!!!! Hip Hip Hooray! MS ANON-Congrats, girly! Does anyone chat with Joker or know anyone who knows her? Gonna search for her email address....BTW-My twins will be 7 months on the 1st!!!

Hello ladies, I hope everyone had a great holiday. Nothing new with me, just wanted to say hello. KB did you ttc last month or did you decide to wait? Joker where are you? God bless to everyone.

Hi KM, No we have not begun ttc yet. We are planning on trying this month though. What about you? KB

Hi everyone! ~ Thanks so much for the prayers and well wishes! I really apreciate it and all the support I've been given on these message boards!!! I tested today and got a BFP! Wow! It's strange finally writing this after I've seen it written by so many others you know?! I am really happy! However, I still need your prayers! The HSG level was not as high as they expected it to be. It was 93 and they were hoping for at least 100. They said that normally a level of 40 meant a chemical pregnancy. I am "on the cusp" they say. I will test again a week from today - in one week and hopefully, my levels will have doubled or even tripled by then. Until then, I will patiently wait and pray and hope for the best. I truly believe that God only gives us what we can handle so I'm staying positive regardless of the outcome. Of course, I hope that we get to keep this pregnancy and everything turns out wonderful!!! I am also realistic of the future and if not, we will continue moving forward. The good news is that I got a BFP on my 2nd IVF cycle at age 42! God is truly Good! My hubby and I are in this for the long haul so if we have to go all the way up to IVF cycles 5, 6, 7...and on, we're in it to win it!!!!! And to think...after 46 fibroids being removed...a pregnancy IS POSSIBLE! Sasha~

SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO HHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHAAAAAAAAPPPPPPPPPPPYYYYYYYYYYY FOR YYYYYYYYYYOOOOOOOOOOOOOUUUUU! CCCCOOOOONNNNNGGRATTTTTTSSSS, SASHA!!!!!!

Congratulations Sasha!!! All the best for a wonderful pregnancy!!! KB

Thank you Ms. Monet and KB!!!! So far, things are going well! I'm going to wait until Friday to see what my new hcg level is. We're hoping and praying for the best! It's comforting hearing from others who have been in the same situation with me...low hcg's or at least lower than what my doc wanted...and 9 months later, they have healthy babies in their arms. This too, is our goal! I'll keep you all posted. Sasha~

Congratulations Sasha!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! How wonderful!!!!!!!!!!!!! God is soooo good!!!!! Congratulations again girl!!!!!!!!!! YEAH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! What a blessing!!!!! Hello everyone. Hope that this is a great day for everyone and that you had a great weekend! Stay positive, keep the faith, and watch God continue to work wonders for everyone!!! Have a great week everyone! Luv ya!

CONGRATULATIONS SASHA!!!! What great news! Hang in there, your numbers will increase! My good friend was in the same situation as you in January - her numbers weren't as high as the docs wanted, but then they increased, and she's due in less than 3 weeks! Just keep on praying and we'll do the same :-)

Sasha I am so happy for you. I wish you nothing but the best you deserve it.

Hello everyone, I took a pregnancy test yesterday and received a BFN. Period came this morning was three days late but no luck. Blessings to all those pregnant and all those trying. I am just so frustrated. Sometimes, I feel like it's never going to happen for me. I feel like the daughter I lost was my only chance.

KM, I'm sorry. I wish that you were celebrating a BFP today. Are you using any type of ovulation calendars? This is my first month ttcin'g after the stillbirth and myomectomy this year. I bought the packet of one month ovulation strips and I'm also using the online ovulation calendars. Last year I got pregnant one month after an HSG and the only thing that I did back then was look up the online ovulation calendar and ttc the day that the calendar showed that I was ovulating. It worked first go round then. I'm nervous that it may not be as easy this time around. It's been 3 cycles since my myomectomy and my dr does not want to do another HSG. He said that if we're not pregnant by this time NEXT YEAR then he will ok the HSG at that point. He just wants us to conceive naturally if possible. I'm just hoping that it works naturally. This is actually the first weekend that we've tried to conceive and you guys are the only ones who know it (other than one other person I've told). I've thought about how I will feel if I don't get pregnant this month and I think that I will be pretty upset. I don't want to get my hopes up too high then be dissappointed so I keep telling myself that it may or may not happen this month or next month. It's so weird. I never thought that I would have to go through all of these extra hoops to conceive and give birth to a healthy child. Anyway, I just wanted to let you know that I was thinking about you and you have women who are going through this journey with you so I hope that you don't feel alone. I think that you and I lost our babies close to the same time or at least our stories were very similar so I just wanted to let you know that you're not in it alone. When I say a prayer for myself for a pregnancy and a healthy baby I send up a prayer for all of us ttcing. Hugs... KB

Thank you KB. I lost my daughter on Dec. 31, 2007 of all days. I am using the online ovulation calendar. This may be too much information but for the last two months I've had a 34 day cycle. My last monthly period was August 9, 2008. We tried Sept. 23rd, 25th, 26th, 27th and 29th. The calendar said I ovulated the 26th. The reason I am so upset is because this time last year is the same time I conceived my daughter and if I were pregnant I would be due the same day she was supposed to be born. I felt like this was going to be a new start. May sound strange but it was just a BIG deal to me. However, it didn't happen. My husband's female friend had contractions 2 min apart and went to the hospital she is now released. However the only think that keeps running through my mind is how stupid I was. I just chopped up the pain I had that day to being a fibroid pain. If only I knew things may have been different. My husband’s cousin the one who was pregnant with fibroids... I mentioned it sometime in Jan delivered a baby boy. I am happy for her because she has tried in the past to get pregnant and didn’t think it was going to happen for her either. Nevertheless, I just feel sad because it seems like what I want most isn’t happening. I try to have faith and keep positive thoughts but sometimes t becomes too much for me. Like today. It took me 1 year and 8 months to get pregnant and I don’t want to go through that experience anymore. I was considering buying the ovulation kit ($199.00) but went the cheap route of the free online calendars.

PS... KB good luck!!!! : )

KM, I thought that our stories were similar and they are. I got pregnant in Oct 07 and went into preterm labor in March 08 at 5 months. I actually went to the hospital and the labor and delivery nurses told me that the pain I was feeling was fibroid pain. I had never felt labor or contractions before so I believed what they were telling me. I did argue with them a little and told them that the pain was coming every 3 minutes (my husband was timing it) but they told me that the machine wasn't picking up any contractions. They said that per the machine his heartrate was fine and the baby's movement was fine. They did not check me for dialation or anything... they just sent me home where I gave birth to my son within the hour. I always beat myself up too and ask myself... what if I would have put my foot down and demanded that they listen to me when I said that I was actually having contractions instead of believing them when they told me it was only fibroid pain. In my case I did go to the hospital and I told them that I was having contractions and it still didn't help. I really try not to think back to the day it happened because there are so many what if's... I have often said to myself... gheez, I'm a woman how could I have not known what a contraction felt like! How could I have not listened to my own gut instead of the unattentive nurses. I beat myself up too much if I think about the day that it happened. I don't think that I want to have the same due date with the next pregnancy... I mean I would be estatic regardless but I hope that it happens this month so that I will not have the same due date because I don't want to experience the same things during the same times. I think that it will be too emotional for me. None of my family or friends who I've spoken with have gone through this... they all have kids and had no problems with pregnancy so believe me... I know where you're coming from. I don't know any of you ladies personally but you've been the only true support through all of this for me. Even when I sit back and read your post silently you guys are helping me. FYI, the ovulation test that I have used are ones from wal-mart. The 1 month strips (30 in a tube) are $18.99 and you can get the ones that look like pregnancy test that you pee directly on and there's normally like 7 in the box for around $10 or $11. I use the online calendar and start testing the week that I'm supposed to ovulate to make sure. I can normally tell because I get pain when I'm ovulating but I figure that getting the test won't hurt. Anyway, hopefully it will happen soon for the both of us. I'm trying to think differently and treat my body like I'm already pregnant but it's not going to register until I get a BFP. I've tried to cut back on caffeine (not much luck!) and I've started walking to get into better shape and help ease the stress of it all but I got terribly out of shape after losing my baby because I drowned myself in food so you can't lose 50 pounds in just a couple of days!!! So even though I'm trying to get myself mentally prepared I really don't think that I can truly get into a 100% positive mode until I see a positive pregnancy test. KM have you had an HSG? What did your dr say about ttc time? Did they say that after so many months they would be willing to try different things? KB