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Thank you KB and good luck to you also. I pray what you see is truly a positive. Im only 5 days past O. I really want to take a test now but I think Im going to at least wait til AF is suppose to be due.

Good luck KB, this may be it!!! Damajuana, congrats on your new baby girl! We are all so happy for you. Daniece good luck! Baby dust to all i haven't mentioned - I would really love to see all of us succeed and let's keep this going cus it really does provide encouragement :)

Good luck KB, keep us posted. I am praying for you!! Baby dust to all.

Hi Ladies, I wanted to let you know that the lines that DH & I saw were evaporating lines. :-( I have taken a ton of pregnancy test before in my life and either they were positive or negative... no inbetween so I didn't even know that an evaporating line existed or what it meant. I still have a few days to go to find out for sure if I am or if I am not pregnant. But I have to say that I don't regret jumping the gun because the 2 or 3 days that I thought I was pregnant were the happiest days that I've had in a very, very long time and I still have hope. Thanks for the baby dust... hopefully AF won't rear her ugly head but I've decided not to test any more and just wait to see if she comes or not. Still no symptoms other than I'm coming down with a cold and have been running a fever since last night. :-( Keep me in your prayers and I will continue to pray for all of you as well. Thanks again!

Hello everyone I am going to do two posts. One positive and one venting. To start off I just want to wish KB the best of luck. Keep the faith girl it maybe this month for you. To all those who are pregnant I hope your pregnancy is going well and uneventfull. May God be with you. Damajuana where has the time gone I can't believe it's been this long. congrats on your daughter. How is adjusting to motherhood going? Joker where are you? You started the thread and now we don't hear from you. We miss you. Denice welcome to the forum sorry we had to meet under these circ_mstances. Sorry about your loss. Mostly all of us know what you are going through. Just a brief FYI. I lost my daughter at 19.5 weeks (Dec. 31 2007). The only advice I can give to you is everyone is different. Talk to many specialist about your options and pray on it you will make the right decision. My husbands cousin had fibroids as well and she has a 2.5 month old so it can happen. Sometimes I wonder if a woman can carry 6 childrn why couldn't I carry one and a fibroid. Best of luck to you. Baby dust to all. Now to the venting!!!!!!

Ok everyone, I have had a stressfull month. My Uncle died last month. I traveled by car from Atlanta, GA to Boston MA for the funeral (24 hour drive). I booked my ticket for Boston in advance so I had to change the ticket and pay the additional fee to do so. If that was bad enough all this occured during my so called "ovulation time". (Sorry if this is to much information)I noticed a large amount of cm one day while in Boston made sure my husband and I were intimate... twice that night and the days following. Not only do I have that on my plate but while in Boston met one of my Uncles female friends she had a 2 month old daughter. Guess what her child name was. Makayla the same name as my daughter. I instantly broke down and started crying (I left the room of course). My husband and I were planning to go to Boston for his cousins wedding (this of course is before my uncle pa__sed) so I had a thought wouldn't it be great to be pregnant while in Boston. We were staying with my in-laws so I would have like to shared the news at the wedding or shortly after. But guess what.... my husbands childhood female friend came from Florida with her own news. She's pregnant. That just put a damper on my whole trip. I try to be happy and positive for others but when what you really want isn't happening it just makes it so much harder for you. Anyways I didn't get my period so I thought maybe. Just like KB those were the best few days I've had in awhile. I had the range of symptoms sore b___st, just a range of emotions. I jumped the gun and took the test what did it display NEGATIVE. (KB I learned my lesson I only take the negative/positive tests the lines can be tricky.) I thought how can this be. Got my period this morning. I am truly heart broken I am used to it so I saved my tears this time around. I am just back in the mode of why me. I am truly tired of this. It shouldn't be this hard. It took me a year and 8 months last time to get pregnant but after all that stress and heartache of loosing my child I feel like I/ we shouldn't have to go through this. I try to stay positive and keep the faith but something inside of me wonders if the daughter I lost was the only chance I had. I am going to talk to my dr. on the phone and see what she thinks. She told me if I am not pregnant in 6 months to see her well the deadline is coming next month. Sorry to be negative but I am just tired if it. God Bless.

KM, First, I'm sorry to hear about your uncle pa__sing and I'm also sorry to hear that AF showed up today for you. Second, we are both in Atlanta (well, I'm in the outskirts)... isn't it a small world? Are you apart of the Atlanta Share group? We have so much in common! The closer it gets to AF arriving the more I lose hope too. I tried to put on a happy face but I broke down today too so just know that you're not alone. I feel the exact same way as you that maybe my little Antoine was my only chance. People keep saying things to me like, healthy couples can take up to 6 months to get pregnant and you've really only been trying for a month since the tubal procedure so what are you complaining about. But, it's just not the same. I carried my little one for 5 months and it never even crossed my mind that I would lose him that far along. I feel like I've been trying for 2 years now because it took me 6 months to conceive him then I carried him for 5 then lost him and had to wait for all of these medical procedures for several months now I'm back to square one so it really hasn't just been a month but almost 2 years. I invited all of my immediate family to my house for Thanksgiving and have been cleaning this weekend. I got to the baby's room where the crib is still sitting filled with Teddy Bears and a bag full of clothes that my friend had given me along with several outfits that I had already bought him. When I got to that room I had to question whether or not I wanted to leave the crib up (it's been 8 months since I lost him) and risk hearing remarks about why it's still up or take it down (at least for the holidays) and dodge any possible comments from family. I decided to ask my husband to take it all down because I just can't bare the comments. When I made that decision I broke down and cried and I tested again (which I promised myself that I would not) but I just wanted to see if just by chance I would get a positive and that would give me a reason to leave it all up. No positive after 5 minutes so I threw the test away because I knew that the evaporating line would come up again. I'm torturing myself and it's just all consuming. There are days when I think ok I'm going to get back to my normal life and just forget about it but no matter how much I try I just can't forget about it. When I come home to a house empty of children that's just not something that I can forget about and overlook. When I'm around other peoples children it's so difficult it litterally hurts. I said that I still had hope once realizing that was an evaporating line that we were seeing but to be honest it crushed me. KM I just wanted to let you know that you're not alone. I really wanted to send you encouragement and everyone else on the forum experiencing heartache. It's a blessing to have this forum to share our experiences and to get encouragement.

KB thank you for your reply. I am not apart of share atlanta. I received the paper after my loss but I never followed through. My mother and husband that it was a good idea for me because I was falling apart the month after it happened but I just couldn't do it. Now that I have a chance to reflect this forum was/is my support group. I live in Fayetteville, GA (I don't think anyone really lives in Atlanta just say it cause it's easier.) I had my daughter at Southern Regional Hospital in Riverdale. They are the worst for ER customer service. However, the treatment I received after the birth was pleasant. I bought a few things but I didn't allow myself to get a crib and things of that nature. I just couldn'r bear if something happened. KB like you I thought there was no way this was going to happen to me. I went through the first three months and I was told those were the crucial months. I saw my daughter via ultrasound once a month growing properly so there was no way I felt she was in any danger. I feel gulty, I feel left out, I even told my husband I feel like I am holding him back. He is 30... 31 this Dec and I am 27 this past Oct. neither of us have children. All of his friends and family have children but we don't. At first I was ok with it but now it's really starting to bother me. I hoped that after the surgery I would get pregnant immediately so I wouldn't have to go through this heart ache but I guess not. I can't imagine how you felt when your husband took that crib down. I know in my heart how desperatly you wanted to be pregnant this time around so you would have a reason to keep it up. I've lived in my house in ga since 2005. I told myself that I wouldn't buy a Christmas tree until I had a child. When I was pregnant I bought a tree. Now that I don't have a child.... living I should say I am just going to keep the tree in the closet because looking at it will only bring back bad memories. I know God will only work if you have faith but I wonder am I asking for something that just isn't going to happen. I try to let it go and give it to God but once I do I take it back. I can't live like this because it's not a good feeling but this is my life what else can I do.

KM, I'm in Woodstock so I'm on the complete opposite side from you. I have not attended any of the Share meetings that they have once a month but I have become email buddies with a couple of the women and a lot of them have gone through the exact same thing with loosing their babies due to fibroids and then having myomectomys and are going through the exact same thing right now with ttc'ing. It's nice to be able to call someone up and (although I have not been able to muster up the courage to attend a meeting yet) I can pick up the phone and call any one of them to get encouragement when I need it or just email them. I'm 32 (will be 33 in April) and DH is 32 but he already has a son from a previous relationship so I often feel like I'm the only one missing out in this deal. DH has already changed diapers and watched his son grow (his son is 11 yrs old and at 6 ft tall is only 3 inches shorter than his father). So, sometimes I feel like it really isn't affecting my DH as much as it does me. He is so proud of his son and loves to talk about when he was a little baby and how proud he is to watch him grow and to see how he's turned out so far. I'm happy for my husband that he's already got a son but I think that he forgets sometimes that the son that I gave birth to didn't make it so it's hard for me to be in that position and see his relationship with his child and know that I'm missing out on that. It's amazing but I told my friend the exact same thing that you said in your post above... that I don't like living like this but this is my life right now. I didn't chose this but this is what I've been dealt and I'm doing the best that I can. I think that's all we can do. I really hope that you're pregnant next month... maybe that 6 month mark will be the turning point for you.

Hey KB I always felt for some strange reason that it would be hard for me to get pregnant but I never thought this hard. This question is for all who had a child or is pregnant after the myomectomy. Now that you are pregnant or had a child does it somewhat ease the pain of your loss. I hope no one take offense but it's a feeling I wondered about. My loss feels so much harder because I still don't have any children and each month I see AF or test and see a big fat NEGATIVE. Throughout this experience I've learned to share more with my husband. I do have feelings and think he may not inderstand or he may think I am silly but once I tell him.. share my emotions some of the time he is feeling the exact same way. For instance I told him how I felt about his friends pregnancy. KB I know it must be hard to hear your husband talk about his child and you somewhat left out of that feeling. This is not the same but close. When I was 2 months pregnant I found out my brother and his wife was expecting. When I was in Boston I saw their little girl. Great experience. However, my mother was so excited and she talks about her grandchildren (she has 2 from my older brother) all the time. I;m not angry but in a sense it feels like no one acknowledges my child. I know it's not a topic you bring up. I don't know how to express it so much in words. I feel like my life is on hold. I have the home, I have the husband, I am starting a new career so that will be in swing soon. However, I don't have the child. I was never the one to say I don't want children. I've know I wanted a child forever I was just waiting to get everything in order so I wouldn't have to struggle later. I just hate the fact that I made somewhat good judgements in life and that I am left kind of feeling like the outcast. Woodstock that is far away. I've never been.

Ladies AF showed up today but I must express that I dont feel sad at all. I actually feel relieved. My new Re stated on my second appointment that if I don't get pregnant this time around, that she would like to remove the fibroids. I really feel like I would be more comfortable trying again without fibroids.

Since AF showed up this evening, I will call my RE first thing tomorrow morning(Nov 24) and schedule to have my HSG and pelvic US. On day CD3, I will have more blood work done. DH will also be getting a s____n a___lysis.

Does anyone know how to go about finding the best dr to perform a myomectomy in my area?

Hi Denice, the only advice I can give to you is to make sure you find a dr. that listens to your wants and needs. Interview a few and choose the best one for you. Whar state do you live in? Google some name and dr. in the area and see previous patients have to say.

Ladies, I will be having a pelvic ultrasound and an HSG monday Dec. 1, 08. My RE advised me to take ibuprofen 1 hr before the procedure. Are there any other special instructions I should know about?

Denice, There aren't any special instructions that I can think of. The ibuprofen did not help prevent pain during my HSG but for me it was just some strong cramps for a few minutes then everything was back to normal after the procedure. Some people feel no pain at all but either way it's a pretty quick procedure so pain or no pain it's over with very quickly. I don't recall bleeding any after my HSG (I've had a total of 3) but again some people do bleed for a little bit. It's neat to see how everything works in there and to be able to see how the uterus is shaped and the fallopian tubes. Hopefully you will have good news from the procedure. Good luck & keep us posted! KB