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No new Dr., this is my regular OB/GYN. After explaining bad experience with Infertility Spec. in Louisville, I asked if she would do an IUI, and she did. But the timing is very good this month and dh had a break between IUIs. If this doesn't take this time, we are going to a different specialist in Nashville, TN.

Hopefully it won't have to go in that direction. I remember your dream and hope that it is exactly what is going to happen this time for you. It seems as if everything is going well - follies and all! Holly Hunter may have had IUI or Clomid or something. My dr told me of two amazing women he hd under his care, both over 47 and both had perfect babies and both doing well today. Someone once told me "we don't keep dropping eggs for nothing and there is a reason we have so many" . Baby dust to you, Kim!

Hi lynda; You posted on Jan 18th and I was just wondering how you are? HI ladies, I am 42 (will be 43 soon) and find myself pregnant (shocked and surprised but now happy). I am only 5 1/2 weeks along and I find myself terribly on edge. I had some bloodwork done to check my HCG levels as I was spotting and I should find out tomorrow. I haven't had any pain but spotted for nearly 4 days. As well, my b___sts don't seem as tender as they first were. After reading all I have read on the forums this can be nothing or can be a sign or miscarriage. I think the net is a mixed blessing. I didn't have access to the net last time I was pregnant (being 7 1/2 years ago) and I think the information can be useful but at the same time you read about things you never would have known. It is rea__suring though to know that there are hundreds, I'm sure thousands, of women who are feeling just like we are right now. As I haven't told anyone I am pregnant yet, except my husband, it is like a lifeline to sanity. It is so comforting to know that there are women my age who are doing so well, and hearing all the kind wishes for others. I wish you all healthy, happy pregnancies.

Hi Karen & congradulations on your pregnancy! Some women spot around the time they would have started their af - It is so nice to hear of your pregnancy as well as Lynda's & I wish you both a wonder stress free pregnancy! Please keep us posted regarding your tests, Karen I wish you the best!

Hi Nancy; Thanks so much for you kind words and encouragement. I just went back and read your comments from the beginning and I must say you have been through a lot, as have most of the women on this site. I had some good news yesterday as I got my bloodwork back and my HCG count is going up. I was so happy when the nurse told me on the phone I started crying. I am sure you can relate. Of course I don't feel out of the woods yet. I am still nervous but I too feel that whatever is meant to be will be. I was so sorry to hear you lost your last one. I too have had 2 miscarriages, many years ago, before the birth of my last son 7 years ago, and it is difficult at any age. I guess the only silver lining is that you know you can get pregnant. All the best and good luck to you and your husband!!

Hey Kim & Karen & Everyone else - did you see the thread: "Over 35 - 40? Pregnancy is quite common" - I went on that website they talked about and it was so nice to hear the sucess stories. I hope you both are doing well. ((Kim)) When will your waiting be up? Is it two weeks? I have you in my prayers. You too Karen, how is everything going? I would love to hear about the following nine / ten (so I am included I added ten) months about how pregnancies are going!

Nancy, I was going to test today, but decided to wait until Sunday. That is dh and I's anniversary. I'll keep you posted. Thanks for the prayers.

Hi Kim - It's SUNDAY -- Superbowl Sunday -- Did you guys get a "touchdown"!!?

Hi Kim - I was just thinking about you and am hoping all is well.

Nancy, Got a BFN Sunday, so I cried all morning, in church, and all the way home (3 hours). OB/GYN did HCG test Monday and it was BFN. AF was due today but nothing yet. I'll keep you posted. Thanks for the prayers.

I'm 42 and am now 30 wks and 4 days preg. all is well thus far. pelvic pain is mild stiffness in hips, heartburn, no diabetes. weight gain a little too much but I can remedy that after birth..am scheduling a c-sec. last baby avoiding any complication a__sociated with a vag. birth. If your health was good now.....why worry....watch the sugar and salt intake, eat healthy...lots of fish (the good kind)veggies and fruit ( no fruit in the mornings tho...it elevates the sugar level.

Nancy, AF arrived this morning. We are trying to schedule with a licensed nurse practicioner in Nashville, TN. I think that IVF will be next option.

Hi Kim - I was so disappointed when I read your post and will continue to keep you in my prayers. I am hoping that between your visits to the drs you will "accidently" become pregnant (like you did before!). I hope that will be what happens for you and your husband. I just read a post from the thread "anyone over 40 please answer" - well it was something like that, and one of the users said they were 44 & pregnant, after 3 m/c's. That was nice to read. I decided to just let go and let God kind of. We are not doing anything but bd. We were going to try to do it every other day (that is what we did before) but it didn't work out that way this month. So I'm a little scared because it is now 2006 and I have a birthday this year (of course!) and I am tired of being obsessed. It was making my little boy nuts, and I was thinking too much about my age so I was beginning to feel like time was ticking away. So, I will ask God for a baby if it is the best for all concerned and I will accept whatever the outcome will be. I look at my son and know beyond a shadow of a doubt that he is here by the grace of a power greater than myself and if that is possible then another one would be possible too...I just have to do the footwork which today is to bd with my husband. ahhhhh - Please let me know what happens with the dr you are seeing and please know that I am sending you "baby dust" and lots of prayers. Again, I am so sorry it didn't take this time but hold onto your dream, Kim. Take care -

Nancy, thank you. You are a kind and Godly woman. I also this month have decided to let go and let God. Our appointment in Nashville, TN is 2/21 and I should o the 18th or 19th. Don't know if that is too far from o or not. Was despirately trying to arrange with another local Dr. to try another IUI before then, but nothing is happening, and I think sometimes that is God trying to tell me to let go - leave it alone. I admire your mindset and dilligence to keep trying. You are in my prayers. We may try bd this week even though tests have shown it doesn't work. If God wants it to work it will. Right?

Hi Kim - I agree with you, bd with your hubby! I was struggleing at one point after the death of my daughter (she was the pregnancy that went to 5 1/2 months and then pa__sed away while my husband and I held her - we named her Grace) and I said I was struggeling with what God's will was for me and this woman said "God's will is for you what you want for yourself - anything you ask will be given to you - it's only you that has to truly believe that with your heart". I think that is so true. I believe you had that dream for a reason and I believe that you were able to get pregnant on your own (well, with help from your hubby!) and that pregnancy was made from love and I believe that you are able to get pregnant again - probably without the specialist. But it doesn't matter what I belive, it's whatever you believe in your heart and your relationship with God and your husband. With me it always comes down to the surrender and once I do that miracles happen - my husband is one, my little boy is truly another. God did not take you this far to drop you off, and God does not play cruel games. At least that is my belief TODAY - it may change tomorrow if I get pregnant again and have a loss! I just got this book that I forgot I had sent away for and in Chapter 1 it says (I'm paraphrasing) " Although ovulation is a law of nature, Conception is a law of God." - I really appreciate your prayers, Kim because I know that they are heard!

((KIM)) I forgot - buy some Robutussin sugar free cough syrup and take that a few times a day during bd - they say it makes for friendly cm!!