February 24th, 2012

I got back from WPPI last night (will post all about WPPI later of course!) to the most wonderful welcome – a fire in the fireplace, most of the house unpacked (thanks to Jeff!) and tons of hugs and kisses …
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February 6th, 2012
There is nothing quite as superstitious (or just plain stupid) as pinning your hopes and dreams for having another baby on whether your home team wins the superbowl, but nevertheless that’s what we found ourselves doing.
I mentioned in my …
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December 11th, 2007
Yesterday was an exciting day, it was my first ultrasound since our BFP and an important one because it makes sure that the embryonic sac is in the uterus and not a tubal pregnancy or anything.
Jeff has never been …
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December 3rd, 2007
The nurse called and I couldn’t believe my ears..
My Beta went up from 33 @ 12dpIUI to 191 @ 15dpIUI! That’s almost doubling every 24 hours instead of 48. (OMG, I wonder if there are two in there?) Needless …
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December 3rd, 2007
This is it. This is the day I find out if my low first Beta # was indicative of something ominous like a chemical pregnancy or if I’ve been driving myself crazy and worrying for nothing.
Remember the new calm …
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December 2nd, 2007
A few things happened yesterday that made me feel a little bit better about how things are progressing..
First of all, yesterday morning I emailed Dr. K. my concerns about the low Beta:
“I don’t know if you saw but …
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November 30th, 2007
Just got the call..
Beta at 12dpIUI = 33.1
Progesterone = 16.8
Both seem pretty low to me. My lovely friends from the TTTC board on the nest said its fine and I shouldn’t be worried, but how do you …
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November 30th, 2007
Pregnant!!!!

Its so nice to see that word.. no lines to interpret, just that one little word. How can it contain such joy? And such fear?
Needless to say I didn’t sleep at all last night.. Poor Jeff, I kept …
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