***Open Forum Sunday***

[BostTTC]

My first open forum!  Have fun girls.  And if I don't get on in the next couple of days, it's because I'm in Louisiana and we're celebrating Mardi Gras.  Have a good day!

LeAnne

[msklar]

Hi, I made a quick webpage to show a picture of Ashton. It shows just one picture that I took when he was 10 days old...

http://www.geocities.com/gizzmo34112/babyannounce.html

[BostTTC]

aww, he is ADORABLE!  He looks so grown up already!  Enjoy, and thanks for the pic!

LeAnne

[Chloe2003]

Awww.. Hes such a cutie!! Congrats Again!!

~*chloe*~

[BostTTC]

How are you feeling?  I'm on my 2ww.  AF due on Wednesday.  I know she's going to come this month though.  UGH!  Wasn't sure when I ovulated.  

[Chloe2003]

Hey There,
            Well im doing better.. Morning sickness came back again so im once again hugging the toilet each morning and feeling like **** all day.. I just found out the my fiances sister is due a month before me.. She has a 3 year old.. she turns 4 sept 24th.. im due sept 23rd... I feel kinda bad because i was upset when i found out she was pregnant too.. Stupid huh?? Im happy for her.. but i guess as you can say.. the spotlight isnt just on me anymore.. I dont mind.. i guess it will be kinda fun to be pregnant together.. we plan on going baby shopping together in a few months.. I feel selfish for feeling that way yesterday.. But im over it.. lol.. Anyways.. I hope that its your month.. Ill keep everything crossed for you.. See ya!!

~*chloe*~

[blondie72]

Hey Chloe,  Do not feel selfish.  That has happened to me TWICE.  I was pg back in 98 with my first I found out a couple weeks later that my sister who already had a baby was pg just 2 weeks after me.  I was so mad.  Well I got pg again in July of 03" and guess what my other sister who also already had a kid was pg just 2 weeks after me.  This time I cried and screamed and really through and immature fit now that I think about it.  Well it gets worse I miscarried my baby in Sept while she got to go on with hers.  I was even more upset.  Like I had said in a previous post I think I actually hated her for a while.  I am now 10 wks pg and I am fine with everything.  I realized it wasn't her fault.  I know exactly what you are going through.  Just focus on your baby and I am sure everything will be fine.  I went out baby "looking" the other day w/my sister and it was fun.  I do not want to buy much yet.   I have already bought 3 things for the nursery and I hope to God I did not jinx myself.  So far everything is going well with this pg.  I am only about 2 wks away from where I was when I m/c last time.  Well Good Luck and don't worry it is not good for your baby.  Take Care.

To: Capermom & Silo.  You are both in my thoughts.  I hope all goes well with your pregnancies.  I know you were both so excited.  Remember some spotting is normal so try not to worry.  I know how hard that is to do though.  Well good luck to both of you and Silo don't give up you like the rest of us deserve to have a baby and you'll get it.  I have heard many stories of women who have had many losses who go on to have wonderful children.  That is the one thing giving me hope in case something happens in my pregnancy.  Take Care of yourselves

[JustME9]

Wow he is precious! What a neat page! I love the name Ashton..=) Congrats again! =) From one all boy mommy to another! =)

[capermom]

Well, another trip to the nut house as I call it. The doctors are the nuts. I had the u/s, the dr said that there was no pregnancy in my uterus and that with the blood test showing at 4.9 there probably was never a pregnancy. She didn't even come in the room to talk with me she stood in a doorway with the door open and a guy my age sitting right behind her, I was mortified. She went on to say that the test I took was faulty and that if the bleeding doesn't stop I will have to get a D&C, she gave me a prescription for ortho birth control and told me to take 2 for 7 days. I couldn't even talk I was so pissed off and upset and mortified on top of it all. She is a quack. To begin, I took 3 tests from different packages, all came out + but faint but it was 3 days before AF was due. I was 5 weeks and 3 days pregnant. I was bleeding when I went in to the ER to get the u/s, it was like an AF not too bad, the nurse asked how many pads I soaked, I told her two which is normal for many people on the first day of AF. The dr went on to talk about the D & C and that there may be something else that would have to be looked in to...HELLO, even if a person wasn't pregnant, thought they were and started bleeding a week late for AF, why in the hell would you give them birth control to stop the bleeding, it would be normal, I wasn't hemeraging or dying with cramps. They are nuts here! I give up, I am diagnosing myself. I think my hormone levels are off. I couldn't even be bothered talking to her and explain anything, I was amazed at such a stund diagnosis. Oh ya, she also consulted with an OBGYN and this is what she told her to do with me. Anyway, I went home to bed and had cramping in my legs and stomache and back. When I got up, I felt a gush of blood, I went to the bathroom and miscarried. I felt like putting it in a bag and taking it to the er and slaming it on the desk and asking her if I wasn't pregnant, then what the f**ck this was. Now, do you beleive this?

[opto]

I can feel your pain and frustration. I had an u/s on thursday and the fetal pole that was there the week before was no longer. This was my second miscarriage, I have no children. It is frustrating to have doctors that are not sympathetic. Mine told me that it was probably just bad luck and that 20% of pregnancies end in miscarriage. But I see it as 80% don't miscarry why did I miscarry twice. Was this your first miscarriage? Do you have to get a D&C? My amniotic sac is still there so I'll probably have to get one. The first time I miscarried naturally and I would prefer if it that way.
Anyway hang in there and good luck!

[shari13]

I am sooooo sorry to hear about your experience! I am 5 weeks 2 days, and had my u/s 2 days ago. she said she couldnt tell if it was in the uterus, because its too soon. i cant understand why they would tell you such a thing, especially since you had positive test results! unbelievable! i dont know what 4.9(?) means.
take care and best wishes for you!

[StephW]

I'm sorry to hear you go thru this.  I hate doctors myself, I do NOT trust them at ALL!!  Your doc just doesn't want to go thru the 'hassle' (yeah whatever, that's what they are getting paid for!) of finding out what exactly happened.  The easy way is to just tell you, you weren't pregnant, which is WRONG.  ANd what I don't understand is that if she truly believes you weren't pregnant then why would she suggest a D&C for you??? UHmmm, .....again sorry for what's happening.  I don't mean to fuel the flame by going on about this.  It just upsets me as well, how docs can have such a lack of concern for people.

I wish you the best.  Hang in there.....I'll be praying for you.

[melissa anne]

I've been going through the same things with doctors.  My husband and I have been trying for over a year.  I had been on the pill for like 10 years prior to getting off 2 years ago August.  My regular practioner kept giving me pregnancy tests "just to see if I was pregnant" when I went in with concerns about not getting a period...I even showed her my bbt charts which indicated no ovulation had occured for like 3 months.  
Then I got frustrated and went elsewhere.  I got all the tests  (a DR was finally aggressive and got to business) and he referred me to an OB-GYN because he couldn't prescrible Clomid.  
I met with this new DR (my third one) and he talked with me for like 20 minutes, looked at my most recent chart and prescribed me a double dose of Clomid.  Told me I could start anytime...that day if I wanted to with the progestrine stuff.  WEll, according to my chart, I actually ovulated that month.  He told me my rise in BBT was high enough ( it was 1/2 degree above) and I didn't ovulate.  I never took the Clomid because I know my body and know I did ovulate.  Come to find out, he did the same thing to my friend, and she ended up being pregnant.  She, fortunately, listened to her body and didn't take the Clomid either.  Thank God!
I'm still not pregnant and more frustrated than ever.  Isn't that why DRs go to school for so long???
UUGGGHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[msklar]

I am so sorry. I feel so horrible for you. This just doesnt seem fair that you have to go through this again... Stupid doctor, I don't understand why ppl like that become doctors. I guess only for the money, not the people.

There is nothing I can say though to make you feel better, I wish there was... Just take care of yourself...HUGs!!

[Missy04]

I am so sorry.  I can't believe this.  Just remember that you know your body better than anyone.  I Have no doubt that you knew you were pregnant.  I thought you said you even went to the doctor on a Friday not to long ago and she gave you a due date?  I again am truly sorry for you to go through this, my heart goes out to you and your fiance.  We are here for you when you need to vent or just talk.

[Still_AndiJ]

I am so very sorry for everything that has happened. I had a pretty awful experience when I found out we were going to lose our 3rd pg. The doctors at the hospital were rude, the techs were rude and overall I was just PO'd! I will be praying for you and your family, and praying that those Gosh darn doctor's grow a brain.

Andrea