Calling all Women of Strength!!!

[mommyin10]

A Strong Woman VS. A Woman Of Strength


A strong woman works out everyday to keep her body in shape…
But a woman of strength builds relationships to keep her soul in shape.

A strong woman isn't afraid of anything…
But a woman of strength shows courage in the midst of fear.

A strong woman won't let anyone get the better of her…
But a woman of strength gives the best of herself to everyone.

A strong woman makes mistakes and avoids the same in the future…
A woman of strength realizes life's mistakes can also be unexpected blessings and capitalizes on them.

A strong woman wears a look of confidence on her face…
But a woman of strength wears grace.

A strong woman has faith that she is strong enough for the journey…
But a woman of strength has faith that it is in the journey that she will become strong.

Author Unknown.
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Michelle: (Offer support & prayers!!!)
naf38: (Home in Australia)

Leighanne: 2/10/09 Jaedyn Michael was born beautiful & healthy!
Check out his pics!!!

vortex: BFP - 30 weeks
Joyce: BFP - 24 weeks (doc appt March 11)
Jessie: BFP -19 weeks
Armyprincess: BFP - 17 weeks
Stacey: BFP!!! 11 weeks! (appt 2/24)
Kaylee_Frye: BFP! 6 weeks (u/s 2/24)

angelbaby: waiting for AF
Guesito: (offer support!)

ad_06: CD5
jmh2005: CD6 (u/s 2/20)
Candie: CD13
rachjas: CD15 (iui today!)
Keyan: CD15
Sexykeme: CD15
Mrspace: CD15
Lina: CD20
Arlotheslug: CD25 (welcome back!)
Hannah1505: CD26
Luvkayln: CD26 (u/s today)

kmcarino: 2dpiui!
babynr: 3dpt!
Mommyin09: 7dpo (beta 2/23)
Shysana: 8dpo
pyar: 8dpo
dnikki: 12dpiui (beta 2/19)
wishandaprayer: 13dpt
BabyMamma: 24dpo
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[leighanne143]

hey ladies- so my 2 weeks f/u appt today went great.  i am down 30lbs from like the 40-45 that i gained so i was happy about that.  all seems well.  my incesion looks great and i am feeling really good.  i did not think that i would be moving as good as i am after a c-section but it honesty was not that bad.  i would tell any of you who might need one in the future try not to stress because it is scarier than it seems.

well jaedyns appt got cancelled because the doctor was out sick but it will be this thursday instead.

mrspace- i hated when i got ants this past summer.  it was awful.  did you spray the whole outside of your house with that special ant killer?  it worked awsome for me.

luvkalyn- i wish homes were that cheap in massachsuetts, i mean taxachusetts.  such an expensive state i live in.  well i hope you have luck getting the house.

[mrspace24]

Hey everyone,
I'm going to make this short because I've still got the ant problem.

After talking to my boss 3 times today he still won't do anything about the ants.   He says that he'll get to it later.  Well I haven't gotten a single thing done today because of the stupid ants.  They keep crawling on me.  So.... when he's done with this next appointment I'm going to go talk to him.  See if he'll allow us to close up shop at 3 today (instead of 5) and bug bomb the place.  Or use the foggers.  or something.  Because I can't work like this.  Obviously.

I will write more when I get home.

thanks for all the kind wishes. You are all wonderful.

[wishandaprayer]

Hello everyone, I have a lot to catch up on!
I got AF on Friday, started the pill again, and will start Lupron shots on Sunday. FET scheduled for 4/2/09. Feeling great, getting ready to finalize our house sale-with nowhere to go yet! No worries though!

Mommyin09 good luck today with the Beta!

Stac-good luck today

mrspace-sorry about the yucky ants!

[Arlotheslug]

Hi everyone!
Thanks for all of your kind notes.  AF has arrived and I will start clomid on Tues . . . going for that IUI with donor sperm.  I was REALLY down this weekend.  Had a baby shower Sunday - which I walked out of - I should not have gone to begin with and DH and I made the painful decision that we need to find a home for Savana where she can be the only kitty.  The Drs wanted to put her on all of the drugs and well, I just did not think it is fair to her.  She is a wonderful kitty.  My mom is "fostering" her while we wait for a home . . . I really appreciate everyone's positive attitude on the May thing - it is bringing me up.  I have been REALLY negative lately . . . .

Trying to catch up very quickly - off to lunch soon.

Mommyin09:  I will send some good karma for your beta - I am also glad that you have  a good attitude.  Thought of you over the weekend - watched bits of Amazing Race.  I am really inspired by the team with the individual with hearing impairment.

Candie:  Thank you.  6 Inches . . . wow!  It missed us pretty much.  Happy Monday and hopefully this Friday will bring awesome news for you!

Luvkayln:  Wow so many puppies!  Have fun.  I hope your body starts cooperating soon . . . . Sending karma. I might hold off on the ultrasound, unless your Dr. asks for it - give him/her a call.  Good luck with the House - that is very exciting!

MRSpace:  Sorry about all of the bad news . . .

Kenyan:  Good luck at your Drs appt today!  I am praying you will get lots of good news.

Dnikki: I am sorry to hear about the cyst.  

Rachas:  I think it takes up to 10 days for it to be out of your system.  Good luck with the progesterone - although it does sound icky - I hope to be taking it soon . . . .

Happy Monday!

Stacey:  I hope the appt goes well.  I have a good friend who spotted throughout her pregnancy - she now has 3!

[luvkayln]

Stacey- Oh, I'm sorry you're spotting again! I remember before I even knew I was pregnant, I spotted light brown for 10 days. But I just thought it was a messed up period b/c I was super stressed around the time I got pregnant! But it wasn't a period, I was pregnant! And then when I was 2 months, it happened again. (exactly 30 days later) I started spotting for 2-3 days; light brown again so I just stayed in bed all weekend and it went away. I did go to the doctor though and they said everything was ok. When I was 3 months, (again, 30 days later) that's when I had to go to the ER b/c I had bright red blood coming out with a ton of clots! This is when I was certain I was losing Kayln! But the u/s revealed that everything was ok, and I never bled again!  I only bled bright red for about 30 minutes, and then before I even left the ER it was back to being light brown, and stayed that way for a couple days. I always bled 30 days apart, almost like a period, but the last time I bled was the worst!  It's completely normal what you're going through! I know it's hard not to worry, but it's sooo common! I know everything will be ok, and tomorrow's appt. will show it! :) I'll be looking for your update and hopefully some more u/s pics!! :)

mommyin09- I'm keeping everything crossed for your beta today!! I know you're not expecting it to be +ve, but like Stacey said, hopefully you'll get a suprise BFP today! :) I'll be checking in for your update! Good luck!!!!!! ***Baby Dust****

mrspace- I'm so sorry to hear about your grandpa & your granny! :( That's just so sad in both cases! I will definately keep them in my prayers!! I can definately agree with you that that would totally su ck to have ants crawling all over you and your desk at work! Gross!!! At work, if the dirty wine glasses don't get washed that night and they sit there all night long with wine in them, we have plenty of drunk ants the next day! lol It is gross though! Hopefully you get your +ve opk soon!!

dnikki- Man, sorry to hear that your cyst is still there! :( The BCP will definately take care of it for you though! On CD 3 my RE said he could put me on BC to make it go away, but I opted not too and just have a longer cycle. And now I'm wondering if that was the right decision b/c I'm CD 33 and haven't even O'd yet! lol Oh well, I'm not worried about it! :) That's great though that your next step will for sure be the injections!! You have something great to look forward to! :) Good luck with the job searching!!!

Keyan- Thanks,  you are just so sweet! :) I will definately put pics up when I get Kayln's spring flowers out there, and then her easter basket too! I'll have to get all the other babies their easter presents too! :) There's this one baby out there, a little boy, that's a few rows in front of Kayln that passed away Sept. '07, and he's never had any flowers or anything on his grave. He still doesn't even have a  headstone, so I always make sure I put presents on his grave, so it doesn't look so cold. :(  Sean really wants to buy him a headstone, so we're going to ask the funeral directors to get a hold of his parent's and ask if it's ok. We don't want to intrude or offend them, we just care b/c we lost a baby too, ya know? Good luck at your appointment today, and with the lupron injections!!

rachjas- Ooh, I know exactly what you mean about the progesterone suppositories! Yuck!! But like dnikki said, just wear a pad with them, that's what I do when I take them, and it won't make you feel so gross! Maybe you can look into the endometrium that mommyin09 takes. She really likes them a lot more then the suppositories! I'm going to ask my RE to prescribe them to me for my next iui! :)

Candie- I hope the end of this week brings you +ve news! :) Did you and dh do anything special this weekend? My mil dropped off willie b last night; They left for California this morning so we get him for the next 2 weeks! He's a huge dog now!! I'll have to take pics! Anyways, I thought it was going to be crazy with 5 dogs, but it was so cute this morning when I got up b/c I let the girls out to go potty and they just couldn't get enough of him! We figured they'd be fighting or upset that we had another dog here, but they were all just playing and having fun! :)

Well, as for me, as you all know, I still have no clue what's going on with my body! lol I don't have any cramps, so I don't think AF is near. I've been having a few O twinges here and there, so I'm thinking O is coming up?! Do you all think I should schedule another u/s in a week or so to see if my lining is getting thicker and if any follies are growing? Or should I just wait it out? We've been looking at houses for the past few days! I'm excited about that! :) Our house is just too small, with it only being a 2 bedroom and Kayln's room is the other room. So we found a 4 bedroom,2 bath on 3 acres for only $76,000. We're going to look at it today when Sean gets off work. Four bedrooms would be awesome! Enough room for 3 kids! ;)

[mrspace24]

Good morning everyone.

I'm cd22, and still no +opk.  I'm having a very bad day.  We have an ant infestation here at work because my boss is a slob and hasn't emptied the trash in WEEKS.  They were just in the bathroom, but now they're in my part of the office.  My keyboard is crawling with them.  Heck, I AM CRAWLING WITH THEM!  It's not a good working environment.  I have talked to my boss about every day for over a week and he still hasn't done anything.  So I'm frustrated and grossed out.  I hate bugs SOOO Much.

We found out this weekend that my Granny (mom's mom) will probably be paralyzed within the next year.  She's only 64 years old.  They want to put her in a wheelchair already and she won't have anything to do with it.  She's a stubborn woman lol.  

Also, my grandpa (step-dad's dad) is dying.  He was put in the ICU on Saturday and they've basically said he's not going to leave.  So my mom and dad are there now (it's 9 hrs away from here) and my sister and I will be going soon.  The kids wanted some time with him alone first.  Which I understand.  He has emphazyma (sp) REALLY bad.  So please pray that after my dad and his family get to say goodbye, that he goes peacefully.  I don't want my grandpa to suffer any more.

Okay... I'm going to end this now, because I have ants crawling on me.