Let's Get to Know Each Other

[Caro2]

Hi everyone,

Now that the name is changed!!

Let get to know us a bit more so we can get this board more active. Ok, I will start. I am sure it was already done but is it ok to do it again.

I have a beautiful DD that is 6.5yrs old thought FET#3 from IVF#4. I have being with DH for 19yrs and married for 12yrs, I am 39yrs old and DH is 41yrs. We have 2 cats, our big black RottiXLab died this last December from cancer, he was 12, he was an amazing dog that travelled the world with us he was not with us when we were in Tokyo. We live in Toronto, Tokyo, Sydney Australia, and now we are in Montreal. I am a SAHM.

DD is growing beautifully, she is such a joy to have around, she has great temper, and she is very social and polite and not a brat! I get so many compliments on dd from teachers, family members and from friends, I am so proud of our DD She loves to have friends around but we also make sure that she has time with us without her friends and that she enjoys being with us.

Now your turn..

Caro

[BC-Shelli]

Hi all
I'm Shelli I'm mom to my *onederful* DD Lindsay who is 17. She was born after a totally normal pregnancy. It was only when we started TTC # 2 that we discovered we had IF problems. This led us on a 10+ year journey of heartbreak during which we concieved and lost our precious second child Michaela. I became a member of this board when I realized that I needed to focus on more on raising Lindsay and less on my obsession with TTC.

L is a great kid...she going to be a senior in high school this year!!! She is (hopefully) getting her drivers license this summer and works part time at our local grocery store and deli. She's also a straight A student!!

I'm a homemaker, an ebay seller, I manage the book keeping for our farm and in my spare time am a board cordinator for several boards here at FT. I also like to garden, read, listen to music, and enjoy traveling when I get the opportunity!

[karli]

Hi! everyone,

I am a frequent lurker on several boards. I have a beautiful, spirited, bright 4 year old daughter through the beautiful gift of adoption. She is the light of our lives and we love her beyond words!! My dh and I have been married for 21 years!!! We are both 47, so our precious daughter is going to keep us on our toes and young!! I work part time, and enjoy being outdoors, bicycle riding, walking, and reading and spending time with my daughter, of course!

Karie

[jillgalindo]

Hi Everyone
My name is Jill I'm 32 and have a 2 year old dd named Zoey. DH and I will be married for 7 years in August. We tried for 4 years to have dd we did 5 IUI's. My last IUI ended in a ectopic in Feb 05. We were going to do IVF in April of 05 so I started acupuncture in Feb and got pregnant on my own in March of 05. Zoey is a true miracle. We tried for another child for a year and last Dec found out we are done unless we do IVF. My fallopian tube is fully blocked and we don't have the money for IVF. Zoey is my pride and joy she can be a handful at times but other than that is a great kid. She has been taking swim lessons once a week, she just started hula lessons on Tuesday, and will also start tap and ballet next Mon. Her hula lessons are all 2 year olds and I can to honestly say Zoey and one other child were the most well behaved children in the class. She made me so proud!! She's a total ham and not a bit shy. GOD I love her so much! She tells me I'm her best friend, except when she's mad at me, then she tells me I'm not her best friend

I work full time for my mom's company I do her accounting. I also am part owner in a sandwich shop in Las Vegas. I also do hair at night out of my house and the funnest job I have is I am part owner in a home party adult novelty business. I love doing naughty parties they are a load of fun MY husband is a assistant store manager at Lowes and works all the time so Zoey and I get a lot of quality time together and I love it. But when dh is home she's all over him so I also enjoy the little break

[maj90]

Hi All,
I am Mary Ann (almost 44) and Mom to a Beautiful, sweet DD who is 4 1/2 and the love of our lives. DH and I were married 10yrs when we started seeking med help for IF. We went thru 3 IVFs w/the last one being DE and all BFN. 1month after our last BFN we started the adoption process and exactly 1 yr later we were blessed to have been able to watch our DD enter this world. And what a joy she has brought to our lives. We did start the process for baby#2 when DD turned 1 but pulled out about 2months into it realizing we were happy as a family of 3. We would have loved another but the process can be very difficult, not to mention all those years of trying-we just wanted to enjoy our gift. There are times that I wonder what it would have been like to have more but I know that this is "Life on Life's terms".

Forgot to mention that I am a WOHM 4days a week and DD will be starting PREK4 next month. She is growing up way too fast

I look forward to getting to know all of you

[StephG]

Hello everyone. I'm Stephanie and my dh and I have one awesome son, Baylor, who is almost 6.

I keep coming and going to and from this bb. I'm not sure if I'm completely convinced yet that we will only have 1. We have both MF IF and I have some ovulation issues. Somehow, though, we got pg naturally after our RE told us the only way to have a baby would be through IVF/ICSI. We showed him! LOL! We are not pursuing tx, but we haven't "prevented" anything since ds was born 6 years ago! Soooo, maybe the RE was right....

Our ds was dx with type 1 diabetes this past spring, so with all that has entailed, I was actually glad I didn't have any other children so I could focus my attention all on him, his new needs, educating ourselves on this, etc. But of course there are still a lot of moments where I wish so desperately he had a sibling. I wonder when those feelings will go away??

Baylor is just a great kid - sweet, kind, loving, honest, and of course adorable as ever (I may be a tad biased!). I love him more than anything in the world. He's made my life complete!

I'm looking forward to getting to know everyone here!!


Here is a recent pix (cropped to get his cousin out of it ) -

[LSteele]

I've been here for about four years.

Ryan is nearly 7 (will be in August) and is such a joy. Having friends who had suffered from IF issues, I was so relieved to get pg with him easily. It was only when we ttc #2 that IF arose. 4+ years later, having had 4 IUIs and 2 IVFs and not pg, I have decided I need to focus on my son and stop dragging him to early morning blood draws and stop subjecting him to the effects of the hormones I was taking... It was enough.

I'm focusing now on all the positives of having one child, instead of looking sadly at the life I'd planned. There are many positives (and books I've read that remind me of that), and it's a good life to have.

I'd love for this board to be more active -- the fact that it seems to have fewer posts and fewer visitors than other boards underscores the loneliness I sometimes feel about a family of three. But I'm happy for all of us here!

[bayoubaby1]

Hi! I have been here since before we conceived our DS in 2005. I started ttc in 1994 before I was told that I had PCOS and that my hormone levels were so out of whack that I would probably never had children. After a year and batteries of testing, a trip to Bethesda and my first DH leaving me because he wanted children that I couldn't have~he left me for another solider in his company that HAD children because "she can have children and it is not a gamble"...so, I went on heartbroken and found the love of my life shortly after. We ttc for a while, I got pg shortly before we were married but came home from our honeymoon only to discover that I had m/c. I was devastated...I bled for three weeks before my RE went in to do a D&C because I was so anemic that he was afraid that I would not make it through the surgery. Finally he said that it had to be done because my hormones were so messed up and I was getting worse instead of better. I was horrified but I made it though it all. We then actively ttc for a year at the RE's suggestion, and then by doing medicated cycles for six months, then IUI cycle for six or seven more (I honestly have lost count). Our money was taped out, and then DH got a nee job with SOME IF benefits. We were then able to try IVF. We always thought that my PCOS/IR was the culprit as to why we could not get pg (even though I did have an unsuccessful pg)...but as we started doing more tests we found out that DH also had MF issues. His count was okay...in the low range but sill do-able, but his swimmers were not surviving the 24 hour test (he was exposed to a huge amount of chemicals at work that he was told was probably the problem)...so in order to do the IVF we were told that we would have to do ICSI also. In July 2005 we transferred four blasts and conceived our sweet angel boy who was born on 4-5-06. My pg was just as eventful as the 11 years that it took me to conceive...I had gestational diabetes and high blood pressure, and when our Ds was born he was not breathing. He had complications due to my diabetes and was hospitilized due to his jaundice right after we returned home for the first time. He has struggles with reflux, a milk allergy, and severe asthma...but he is our shining star in the darkness! We too are rying to focus on the positives of having only one child. For one thing we cannot afford to pursue IVF again because we no longer have any IF coverage at all...plus all of our DS's medical bills are constantly mounting and we have to worry about them for now. DH is currently in school so we are still hanging onto a thread of hope that one day we can pursue IVF again...but with the health risks for me and the other medical issues of our DS it is a slight hope, if any at all. I am just trying to cope with having one and being happy. He really is our angel and we said that "if we could ever have just one"...KWIM?

I forgot to add that I am an art teacher and we have two dachshund furbabies named Frank and Boudin. My DH is currently attending school full-time at night and we are trying to adjust!

[Julester]

Hi! I'm Julie (42) and I have been here since TTC back in 2002. DH (Hal-53) and I have been married for 13 years. Our DX was hydro tubes...both of mine were removed in 2002 and we cycled shortly after that. My first PG was chemical and our 2nd cycle gave us our beautiful Haleigh (4.5). We did try to cycle again in 2006 but ended in BFN. I think it was a sign this was our complete family.

We have 4 furbabies....Murphy the kitty is 12, Annie the cat is 2, and we have two new pups--Jessie and Max 10 weeks! This year has been hard as we had lost my Bethany-14 in January and most recently my Josie (JoJo) had to be put down in June and the young age of 7 due to cancer. Oh and I better not forget Haleigh's hermit crab "crabbie"! She has been asking for a hamster.....not ready for rodents in the house!

We live in Fredericksburg, VA. (Stafford/Fauquier area) I work down in Richmond and DH works up in the Tysons Corner area (No. VA). Haleigh is getting ready to start Kindergarten this year and this Momma is gonna cry! But I am excited for her at the same time.

I am looking forward to hanging out with you all....as of late it was hard to find a "home" parenting bb. I remember Stephanie from the old TTC days. Love the name Baylor BTW!

[Jule]

Hello, I was wondering if this thread is still being used? I am new to this discussion board and new to boards in general .

I am so delighted to have found this board

I am 37 and married to DH for 6 years, although we were high school sweethearts and have known each other 22 years . We have a son, Ryan, who is 5 years old. He was a suprise pregnancy and is the joy of our lives . We have been TTC #2 for 4 years and after 3 ectopic pregnancies, 1 IVF and 2 FET I am trying to come to terms with accepting our family of 3.

I have been living in sadness for the last few months as I try and come to terms with the fact that my family is likely to remain a family of 3 and my longing for a larger family and a sibling for my son, is a dream that may never be fulfilled. I felt so lonely and isolated until I found this board.

I hope i can learn how to overcome my sadness by gaining some knowledge from the experiences of those of you who have learnt to let go of dreams and go back to nurturing my family of 3.