I knew all those fertil thoughts were of some good! I am always puzzled as to why some people have more pregnancys than they want and other's go to the ends of the earth to have children. Remembering a neighbor who wanted a baby for years, finally adopted, only to find about a week after getting the baby that she was 3 months pregnant. I remember someone said...."Well you're going to give the adopted one back aren't you?" She was horrified, that was her child from the moments he saw him! I hope both embrios "take". Linda c

LOL On the boat story :) My worst "catch" was giving a stim shot to myself in a restaurant bathroom. I was taking menopur and follistem. Follistem is one shot and menopur is in a vial and has to be mixed with sterile water (it's actually five vials for my dose). So there I was, alcaholing down the counter in the bathroom, then spreading out all of my drugs, getting the shots ready (you just can't do this while sitting on a toilet). Some young gal walks in and says "Oh my god" and runs out. They left the restaurant LOL What a dork...I wasn't snorting coke. The progesterone and estrogen are supportive to the pregnancy and reduce a significant number of pregnancy losses. You start taking them to build up your lining first, and then once the eggs are retrieved you start the progesterone to make the lining the right texture (something like that LOL) It also helps relax the uturus and keeps cramping down, which can lead to early pregnancy loss. And yes you do the shots at a pretty specific time (progesterone is within a one hour window). They want to keep the levels fairly even in your system for the best chances of success. And because it's in the bumm (large muscle down under that fat somewhere) I would have a hard time doing it myself (though I'm going to have to when he travels...I hear it's no fun). I do them daily for three months. The stim meds were the same, within that hour window, but they are given in the stomach so I did them myself. The last round was four shots a day! Yikes never again LOL My progesterone is not in peanut oil...but it's still in oil that's just a little thinner. They used to tell you to refridgerate it which really makes it bad to take. Now it's kept at room temp which helps, but the shots do cause lasting hip pain and if I don't sit on a heating pad afterwards they leave welts. Ok no they don't think tripplets, just twins (we had two embryo's transfered). Because we did PGD and a 5 day transfer, twin (natural splitting) from one egg are pretty rare (actually they're just a little bit lower than the normal rate without drugs). Everyone has decided if there are twins that's ok, but that I can't carry tripplets. We'd have to reduce and we really don't want to do that so let's hope my odds are just twice as good this month verses three times :oP We do one more blood test tomorrow to see if the "trend" is continuing (doubling to trippling in the 48 hour period) then an ultra sound on the 22 will confirm the number and the viability of the pregnancy. Given the constant nausea I'm told they're pretty good so far :) (Sad when you wish to feel like crap all of the time LOL) I'll keep ya'll posted. (Gold if I have three you have to carry one of them LOL)

I just have to say ... your attitude through all of this is so very refreshing, Steph. There's no "poor me," or "why me" coming from you. Just true appreciation for medical miracles, disappointment when things don't work, and optimism for the future. My prayers continue to be with you. We know it works, Grant is the shining proof!

Hi every one of you wonderful supportive & very kind women! I am beyond grateful for finding this thread after quite a bit of searching on the net! I just turned 49 years old last Friday (Aug. 15th) & because of all your kind words & your personal stories you've all shared, you've made me feel sooooo much better! I have 2 sons, with my oldest being 19 & my youngest, being 16 & a half. They both are the absolute joy, treasures & blessings in my life & I thank God every day for blessing me with them, & I cannot believe how lucky I am to have these 2 incredible children & being given the privilege to be their mother! I was always told as a teenager & well into my mid-20s, that I would never be able to conceive a child due to the fact that I have Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome (aka PCOS). My ex-husband, whom I divorced over 6 years ago, is the father of my 2 sons. We did have many challenges re: infertility but, I was able to conceive my oldest son, after 2 years of fertility treatments. I should also mention, I know when I conceived, due to Trans-vaginal ultrasounds. I swear, within 2 days, I started having pregnancy symptoms, such as morning sickness, fatigue , craving Bologna & Cheese Whiz sandwiches in the middle of the night, etc. I had a urine Preg. Test, as well as blood work, @ 25 days, post conception but both were negative ! I didn't have a positive blood test, until Day 38, after conception! Although my Obstetrician disagreed with me, my 2nd son was conceived through acupuncture. I am an RN, but had a serious, work-related back injury & I was receiving the acupuncture to help control the constant back pain. Because of the PCOS, I've never, ever had a regular period, & there've been times through the years, when I've actually gone up to 2 years without a period. But, while I was the acupuncture treatments for about 3 months, I actually had a regular cycle every 28 days, whilst receiving the acupuncture. I'm not sure why, as I didn't have any pregnancy symptoms @ the time, something told me that I should buy a pregnancy test. Lo & behold, it was positive! I can't begin to describe the sheer, utter joy felt, when I did a HPT (Home Preg. Test). I should also mention; both of my pregnancies were extremely difficult, such as needing to be on bed rest with both boys from 18 weeks, to my delivery. I was also, especially with my 2nd son, very sick with constant "Morning Sickness", as well as being in & out of hospital numerous times with both boys. As well, with my 2nd son, I was literally walking down the hallway (no stairs involved), @ about 16 weeks, speaking on the telephone, when all of a sudden, I had this horrible extremely sharp pain, worse when I took a breath, non-stop pain & I literally collapsed on the floor! I couldn't move a muscle because of the pain. My husband @ the time, rushed home from work & had to actually carry me to our car; as well as carry me into our Chiropractor's office. Apparently, 2-3 discs in my mid-back had herniated, again...this all happened while I literally was doing NOTHING,(I do promise, there's a reason why I mentioned this, lol) my ex-husband & I, had always wanted 3 kids but even after numerous fertility treatments, we never were successful. 6+ years ago! post-divorce, I met the man of my dreams! He's the absolute love of my life, my best friend, my soulmate! He's never been married,nor has he any children. He is absolutely phenomenal with both my sons; especially with my youngest, who has moderate-to-severe autism. He truly is much more of a father to my sons, than their own father. About 3 years ago, I had my IUD removed, & ever since then, I'm absolutely astounded & flabbergasted because, I've had a regular period every 25-28 days, like clockwork! I actually had some symptoms similar to puberty, including acne, PMS, etc! I had my last period around the end of June, early July, 2014. I wasn't thinking about pregnancy, as well as, thought with the PCOS, & my age, pregnancy days were over. In the 3rd last week in July, of this year, I started getting extreme nausea. To this day, if I get too hot, too tired, or the smell of literally anything cooking, I end up with horrendous retching/dry heaves, for up to 30 min, many times a day. The only thing that helps, is to be in a cooler temp & free of any odours. My sense of smell, I swear, is multiplied by a thousand! My breast size has almost gone up one size since the nausea started. The only thing I've been able to eat, is red licorice(I don't mind it regularly but, I'd never eat it before all of this) & Jello Pudding cups. I'm exhausted beyond belief, my abdomen is growing daily, I'm either crying over a Hallmark Commercial, lol, or losing my temper over absolutely ridiculous things, (normally, I'm very good-tempered, rarely get angry, rarely cry). I've had unexplained heartburn, off & on, &, the most obvious sign...my abdomen is growing, a small bit everyday! When I should've had my period on Aug 6/Aug7th, I had some pink spotting but on Aug 7th, I had very heavy bleeding, with quarter-sized clots & a few times, it looked like very small bits of either more clots, or tissue!?!? Prior to this happening, the pregnancy symptoms were so severe, a few days before this, I literally couldn't get out of bed, due to the extreme nausea & fatigue. I had also had a lot of cramping before this too. I thought maybe that I'd had a very early miscarriage but, the bleeding only lasted 10 hours. After this, no further bleeding or cramping! I still have all the pregnancy symptoms but they're about 35-40% lessened in severity! As well, after the bleeding episode, as time goes on, they're starting to increase in severity! I really do think, I may've been pregnant with twins but possibly???, I may've very sadly, miscarried 1 of them? As well, what happened with my mid-back, with my 2nd son, literally occurred last Friday!!! Same pain, same scenario, where is literally standing still in the bathroom, just about to start putting my make up on, when...excruciating pain, bringing me immediately to the floor! As well, my very well-controlled asthma, again with my 2nd son, was so bad, I literally couldn't climb 2 steps, without getting short of breath. (This happened @ about 10 weeks with him. Same thing with my asthma, since this past weekend! I absolutely & most, most sincerely apologize for such a long post but the reason for such a long post is: I've been doing HPT, every 2-3 days, since my symptoms started. I've tried different brans, even tried with only the 1st morning urine, BUT, they're all coming up negative!!! However, 1 of the tests did have a very, very, very faint line, which my hubbie could see too! I did a HPT last night; negative! I was beginning to think I was going crazy here, lol, I thank you again, from the bottom of my heart, for taking the time to read such a long post; as well as, for all of you sharing your experiences! I'd be eternally grateful, if anyone has any suggestions, or has had a similar story! I'm going to go to the ER today, with the hopes of getting some answers! I wish you all, nothing but the best, including much, much, much happiness, luck, light & love