1. What was your favorite book as a child? The Giver and it's still my favorite! Such a lovely book. Favorite childhood (as in small child) was definitely The Monster at the End of this Book
2. Where did you meet your SO? At a BBQ at a friend's house.
3. Do you have any pets? No, we're both super allergic!
4. What is one goal you would like to meet in the next year (other than having a baby)? I'd like to get my student loan payments down under a certain amount
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TTC #1 since October 2010 | Began Testing in January 2012
DH SA - low motility with 0% morph; varicocele (repaired); low T (on Clomid)
IVF w/ICSI (long Lupron w/ Repronex and Follistim) in September 2012
Since there are lots of new faces, let's do another GTKY.
1. What was your favorite book as a child? The Little Engine that Could, or the Poky Little Puppy
2. Where did you meet your SO? At a school we both worked in.
3. Do you have any pets? We have a year-old rottie "Ranger" who is the biggest lap dog ever.. and farm cats..
4. What is one goal you would like to meet in the next year (other than having a baby)? I would LOVE to repaint my kitchen and bathroom! I just can't make up my mind on the colors
1. What was your favorite book as a child? I don't remember the name but it was about a teddy bear that was missing his button in a mall, and it was so sweet!
2. Where did you meet your SO? The beach!
3. Do you have any pets? A cat named Lola and a rabbit named Chewbacca!
4. What is one goal you would like to meet in the next year (other than having a baby)? Going away with DH since it has been too long!!
Sip - that bear is Corduroy! I think the book might just be called Corduroy too. My whole family loved him!
Thanks! I have been trying to figure it out but google doesn't work on my computer!?
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1. What was your favorite book as a child? I loved reading. I liked Where the Wild Things Are, Goodnight Moon, The Giving Tree, The Velveteen Rabbit.....the list goes on.
2. Where did you meet your SO? At work.
3. Do you have any pets? Yep! We have a 4 year old German Shepherd mix named Popeye.
4. What is one goal you would like to meet in the next year (other than having a baby)? Get a job that I love.
** After 2 1/2 years of Unexplained IF, 2 failed medicated cycles, and 4 failed IUI's - our baby girl came to us through the miracle ofMini IVF! **
Since there are lots of new faces, let's do another GTKY.
1. What was your favorite book as a child? I loved curious George
2. Where did you meet your SO? DH and I met at a bar though some friends over 12 years ago
3. Do you have any pets? A spoiled rotten rescue dog, named Roxi
4. What is one goal you would like to meet in the next year (other than having a baby)? I am taking a Dale Carnegie class,and I just started and have heard that it has changed peoples lives in regards to communication style etc, and I am excited to see what it teaches me. Also, I would like to get all of our house remodeling done!
BFP # 2 9/25/14 Official Due Date 5/29/15 & HB 143 on 10/13; 11/25 Harmony Results perfect & it's a Girl!
Off BCP 5/2009
TTC since July 2010
DH's SA = Normal!
Hysteroscopy 2/2011
50mg Clomid / Progesterone 77.5 April 2011 = BFN
25mg Clomid / Progesterone 53 May 2011= BFN
25mg Clomid / Progesterone 44.3 June 2011= BFN
5mg Femara / Progesterone 15.7 July 2011= BFN
5mg Femara / Progesterone 14 August 2011= BFN
5mg Femara + Crinone / Progesterone 32 September 2011=BFN
5mg Femara + Crinone / Progesterone 14.9 October 2011=BFN
First RE Appointment 11/2011
Hysteroscopy 11/2011 & on Med break
12/2011 Diagnosed with PCOS (Insulin Resistant)
12/2011 Adding 1000 MG Metformin per day
12/14/11 BFP
Beta #1 664 Beta #2 3330 Beta #3 6160 Beta #4 19546
Official Due Date 8/18/12 & HB 147 on 1/3; HB 171on 1/19 Pre-term labor @ 29W bed-rest till Emergency C-Section
Since there are lots of new faces, let's do another GTKY.
1. What was your favorite book as a child? As a young child I'm not sure, but when I was old enough to read I read Baby Sitters Club and Nancy Drew and the Hardy Boys when I got older
2. Where did you meet your SO? We met on a float trip but didn't start dating until after a friends wedding, when I caught the bouquet and he caught the garter.
3. Do you have any pets? Yes. One dog a shepherd mix named Darcy (shelter rescue) and one kitten an orange and white tabby named Ginger (a stray)
4. What is one goal you would like to meet in the next year (other than having a baby)? I would like to finish remodeling our house. We are working on our kitchen, which is the last "main" room left. I would also like to do some work in our basement and some work to the yard.
DH (32): SA is ok, slightly low morph, normal SCSA Me (32): Slightly low progesterone, hostile CM, carrier for CF, Moderately high NKC, High TNFa, heterozyogous mutated Factor XIII, and +APA
October 2012-May 2014: 4 failed IUIs, 3 failed IVFs, and 1 failed FETw/donor embryos
November 2014: IVF w/ICSI #4 Agonist/Antagonist with EPP and Prednisone, Baby Aspirin, Lovenox, and IVIG for immune issues. Converted to freeze all due to lining issues. 2 blasts frozen on day 6!
January 2015: FET #2 Cancelled due to lining issues
1. What was your favorite book as a child? Ramona Forever by Beverly Cleary
2. Where did you meet your SO? In college...GO BLUE!
3. Do you have any pets? One cutie pie yorkie puppy
4. What is one goal you would like to meet in the next year (other than having a baby)? I would like to at least be planning another vacation to Europe.
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BFP#1 12/23/11 EDD 8/29/12. Frank P. Cirillo IV born on 8/19/12 at 2:34am. Grew his wings and went to heaven on 8/25/12. My sweet angel Frankie. Love you so much!
BFP #2 5/21/13 EDD 1/25/14 Sam Frank P. born 1/17/14 Our rainbow baby is here!!
Since there are lots of new faces, let's do another GTKY.
1. What was your favorite book as a child? I LOVE to read, so I can't list them all but the standouts areCloudy with a Chance of Meatballs (which, btw, is nothing like the movie) Starring Sally J. Freedman as Herself and anything by Beverly Cleary. I actually saved all of my favorite books from my childhood and it's so neat to see my own children reading them now.
2. Where did you meet your SO? Online
3. Do you have any pets? One cat, two dogs and a gecko
4. What is one goal you would like to meet in the next year (other than having a baby)? Lose weight
Me 41 DH 33 Married 09/03/2011 DD1 EDD 08/18/01, born 08/03/2001 ~ 9lbs 10oz, 21.5 in
DS1 EDD 4/30/2004, born 05/04/2004 ~ 10lbs, 22 in mc 02/14/12 @ 5 weeks
DD2 EDD 12/25/12, born 12/30/12 ~ 10lbs 11oz, 21.25 in mc 12/05/15 @ 12 weeks Cautiously expecting 12/02/16
1. Hank the Cowdog (series of books), and Leo the Lop (LOVED that bunny!)
2. I was working in the local pub near our college, and he was a regular there... Can't say it was "love at first sight", but he eventually convinced me to go out with him
3. We have 3 dogs (boxer, pit-mix, and a cocker)
4. Since I'm starting up my private practice as a marriage and family therapist... I would like to at least be in the green with my startup finances LOL
~Sweet Girl *8/18/08* c-section ~ Sweet Boy *12/2/10* VBAC ~ Sweet Boy *8/14/12* VBAC~
1. What was your favorite book as a child? LOVED the Pinkerton books
2. Where did you meet your SO? Match.com
3. Do you have any pets? Rufus, a gray tiger cat I rescued several years ago, but he likes DH more than me
4. What is one goal you would like to meet in the next year (other than having a baby)? Saving up money for a baby! Tests/procedures + high deductible plan = tapped out hsa!
Since there are lots of new faces, let's do another GTKY.
1. What was your favorite book as a child?
I don't think I had one
2. Where did you meet your SO?
At starbucks (he was one of my customers)
3. Do you have any pets?
Yes we have 2 dogs and just got a fish on Saturday.
4. What is one goal you would like to meet in the next year (other than having a baby)? I would really like to plant a garden in our backyard, but we will see if that actually happens.
1. I liked a lot of the popular series types...Babysitters Club, Sweet Valley Kids, and the Fear Street books.
2. He came in to pick up his bosses lunch at the restaurant I worked at.
3. We have an 8yr old lab/springer named Xena, a 7yr old German Shepherd named Lestat, and a gerbil (DD's) named Lizzy.
4. Clean my house top to bottom and then some...we had some issues with uninvited mice and I just know they were in places I havent checked yet...and it really bothers me...and when finished to reward myself with a little redecorating.
2. I met my DH in highschool! We went to the same school. He was a senior and I was a freshman, but we didn't start dating until I graduated.
3. We have a 5 month on pug! His name is Brutus!! He is soo much fun!!
4. I would love to have more money in our savings for a down payment on a house!!
TTC SINCE 7/2010, BFP-10/2010 ended in miscarriage 11/2010 : (.....
Progesterone level 4/2011= 11.29. SA normal. HSG normal.
8/11 Clomid 50mg=BFN progesterone level 35,
10/11 Clomid 50mg =BFN progesterone level 31,
11/11 Clomid 50mg=BFN progesterone level 12,
12/11 Clomid 50mg=Progesterone 31
01/12-Break from meds-BFN
Feb-cd3 blood work FSH(5), AMH(0.56) 02/12 Break....
03/01/12-Clomid 50mg with IUI #1=BFN.
04/01/12-Another round of clomid with IUI#2=BFN.
5/8/12-Diagnostic Laparoscopy-found minimal endometriosis and small fibriod.
June and July-much needed break
August-Bravelle 75 with IUI#3- BFN
September-Bravelle injects with IUI #4-BFP!! MC 10/7/12 : (
Sonohysterogram-Normal
December- Bravelle(3 good follicles & E2 1252) with IUI#5 BFFN ( July IVF #1- BFP! : ) Beta #1-245, #2- 703, #3- 1655, #4- 3553 YAY! Praying and Praying this one sticks around! 1st U/S scheduled for Aug 23rd! Twins!! We are having a BOY & a GIRL !!
Since there are lots of new faces, let's do another GTKY.1. What was your favorite book as a child? Misty of Chincoteague and the Ramona series 2. Where did you meet your SO? Elementary school (no, we have not been together since then) 3. Do you have any pets? No 4. What is one goal you would like to meet in the next year (other than having a baby)? Improve my 5k time
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Since there are lots of new faces, let's do another GTKY.
1. What was your favorite book as a child? The Lost Little Puppy was a favorite of mine
2. Where did you meet your SO? Church
3. Do you have any pets? One dog, a puggle, his name is Winston.
4. What is one goal you would like to meet in the next year (other than having a baby)? I'd really like to get a deck in the backyard within the next year!
Since there are lots of new faces, let's do another GTKY.
1. What was your favorite book as a child? Dr. Suess books. I loved all of them!
2. Where did you meet your SO? We were set up by mutual friends.
3. Do you have any pets? A Beta fish, Jeffrey, and a turtle, Turtle.
4. What is one goal you would like to meet in the next year (other than having a baby)? Going back to school to finish my Behavioral Psych degree. I finally have funding again!
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Re: GTKY
The Giver and it's still my favorite! Such a lovely book. Favorite childhood (as in small child) was definitely The Monster at the End of this Book
2. Where did you meet your SO?
At a BBQ at a friend's house.
3. Do you have any pets?
No, we're both super allergic!
4. What is one goal you would like to meet in the next year (other than having a baby)?
I'd like to get my student loan payments down under a certain amount
TTC #1 since October 2010 | Began Testing in January 2012
DH SA - low motility with 0% morph; varicocele (repaired); low T (on Clomid)
IVF w/ICSI (long Lupron w/ Repronex and Follistim) in September 2012
Thanks! I have been trying to figure it out but google doesn't work on my computer!?
He is a mix with some kind of terrior. Not sure, since he is a recuse.
DS - Born 6/17/12
DS#2 - Due 2/11/15
1. What was your favorite book as a child?
I loved any Berenstain Bear books! I still have them all to add to my classroom library
2. Where did you meet your SO?
Met him at my summer job.
3. Do you have any pets?
We have 2 pups together... an 11 y.o. Lhasa Apso and a 3 y.o. Boxer
4. What is one goal you would like to meet in the next year (other than having a baby)?
Find a teaching job.
Since there are lots of new faces, let's do another GTKY.
1. What was your favorite book as a child?
The Bernstein Bears & Black Beauty
2. Where did you meet your SO?
In High School. We have been together for eight years and married for one this October!
3. Do you have any pets?
3 Dogs ( chorkie/black mouth curr/Lab) although we have rehabilitated a bird, raccoon, 3 opossums and a squirrel.
4. What is one goal you would like to meet in the next year (other than having a baby)?
Bulking up our savings account a bit more.
1. What was your favorite book as a child? I loved reading. I liked Where the Wild Things Are, Goodnight Moon, The Giving Tree, The Velveteen Rabbit.....the list goes on.
2. Where did you meet your SO? At work.
3. Do you have any pets? Yep! We have a 4 year old German Shepherd mix named Popeye.
4. What is one goal you would like to meet in the next year (other than having a baby)? Get a job that I love.
** After 2 1/2 years of Unexplained IF, 2 failed medicated cycles, and 4 failed IUI's - our baby girl came to us through the miracle of Mini IVF! **
Official Due Date 5/29/15 & HB 143 on 10/13; 11/25 Harmony Results perfect & it's a Girl!
Off BCP 5/2009
TTC since July 2010
DH's SA = Normal!
Hysteroscopy 2/2011
50mg Clomid / Progesterone 77.5 April 2011 = BFN
25mg Clomid / Progesterone 53 May 2011= BFN
25mg Clomid / Progesterone 44.3 June 2011= BFN
5mg Femara / Progesterone 15.7 July 2011= BFN
5mg Femara / Progesterone 14 August 2011= BFN
5mg Femara + Crinone / Progesterone 32 September 2011=BFN
5mg Femara + Crinone / Progesterone 14.9 October 2011=BFN
First RE Appointment 11/2011
Hysteroscopy 11/2011 & on Med break
12/2011 Diagnosed with PCOS (Insulin Resistant)
12/2011 Adding 1000 MG Metformin per day
12/14/11 BFP
Beta #1 664 Beta #2 3330 Beta #3 6160 Beta #4 19546
Official Due Date 8/18/12 & HB 147 on 1/3; HB 171on 1/19
Pre-term labor @ 29W bed-rest till Emergency C-Section
IT'S A GIRL
TTC #1 since August 2011
My Blog
September 2012: Start IF testing
DH (32): SA is ok, slightly low morph, normal SCSA Me (32): Slightly low progesterone, hostile CM, carrier for CF, Moderately high NKC, High TNFa, heterozyogous mutated Factor XIII, and +APA
October 2012-May 2014: 4 failed IUIs, 3 failed IVFs, and 1 failed FETw/donor embryos
November 2014: IVF w/ICSI #4 Agonist/Antagonist with EPP and Prednisone, Baby Aspirin, Lovenox, and IVIG for immune issues. Converted to freeze all due to lining issues. 2 blasts frozen on day 6!
January 2015: FET #2 Cancelled due to lining issues
April 2015: FET #2.1
PAIF/SAIF Welcome!
1. What was your favorite book as a child? Ramona Forever by Beverly Cleary
2. Where did you meet your SO? In college...GO BLUE!
3. Do you have any pets? One cutie pie yorkie puppy
4. What is one goal you would like to meet in the next year (other than having a baby)? I would like to at least be planning another vacation to Europe.
http://wwwcirillofamily.blogspot.com/
BFP#1 12/23/11 EDD 8/29/12. Frank P. Cirillo IV born on 8/19/12 at 2:34am. Grew his wings and went to heaven on 8/25/12.
My sweet angel Frankie. Love you so much!
BFP #2 5/21/13 EDD 1/25/14 Sam Frank P. born 1/17/14 Our rainbow baby is here!!
January 2015 PAL- Advice
1. What was your favorite book as a child? A Tree Grows In Brooklyn
2. Where did you meet your SO? Applebee's
3. Do you have any pets? Yes, 4 year old cat named Indy. 4 year old border collie/chow named Abby.
4. What is one goal you would like to meet in the next year (other than having a baby)? Visit my family in Texas with DH.
my currently-reading shelf:
DD1 EDD 08/18/01, born 08/03/2001 ~ 9lbs 10oz, 21.5 in
DS1 EDD 4/30/2004, born 05/04/2004 ~ 10lbs, 22 in
mc 02/14/12 @ 5 weeks
DD2 EDD 12/25/12, born 12/30/12 ~ 10lbs 11oz, 21.25 in
mc 12/05/15 @ 12 weeks
Cautiously expecting 12/02/16
1. Hank the Cowdog (series of books), and Leo the Lop (LOVED that bunny!)
2. I was working in the local pub near our college, and he was a regular there... Can't say it was "love at first sight", but he eventually convinced me to go out with him
3. We have 3 dogs (boxer, pit-mix, and a cocker)
4. Since I'm starting up my private practice as a marriage and family therapist... I would like to at least be in the green with my startup finances LOL
~Sweet Girl *8/18/08* c-section ~ Sweet Boy *12/2/10* VBAC ~ Sweet Boy *8/14/12* VBAC~
VBAC Birth Story 2VBAC Birth Story
1. What was your favorite book as a child? LOVED the Pinkerton books
2. Where did you meet your SO? Match.com
3. Do you have any pets? Rufus, a gray tiger cat I rescued several years ago, but he likes DH more than me
4. What is one goal you would like to meet in the next year (other than having a baby)? Saving up money for a baby! Tests/procedures + high deductible plan = tapped out hsa!
1. I liked a lot of the popular series types...Babysitters Club, Sweet Valley Kids, and the Fear Street books.
2. He came in to pick up his bosses lunch at the restaurant I worked at.
3. We have an 8yr old lab/springer named Xena, a 7yr old German Shepherd named Lestat, and a gerbil (DD's) named Lizzy.
4. Clean my house top to bottom and then some...we had some issues with uninvited mice and I just know they were in places I havent checked yet...and it really bothers me...and when finished to reward myself with a little redecorating.
1. What was your favorite book as a child? Velventeen Rabbit
2. Where did you meet your SO? At his work - a bar
3. Do you have any pets? 2 cats - a boy and girl. Each cat is attached to one of us.
4. What is one goal you would like to meet in the next year (other than having a baby)?Finish unpacking from when we moved almost 2 years ago.1. What was your favorite book as a child?
I would have to say that Hatchet takes the cake.
2. Where did you meet your SO?
We grew up together and married when I was 18!
3. Do you have any pets?
My sweet, fluffy kitties- Isis (black), and Pixie (calico)
4. What is one goal you would like to meet in the next year (other than having a baby)?
Among many goals my biggest one is probably creating my cd of songs I've written and sing that will be called, "This Is Heaven"
Make a pregnancy ticker
1. I really don't remember my fav book : (
2. I met my DH in highschool! We went to the same school. He was a senior and I was a freshman, but we didn't start dating until I graduated.
3. We have a 5 month on pug! His name is Brutus!! He is soo much fun!!
4. I would love to have more money in our savings for a down payment on a house!!
TTC SINCE 7/2010, BFP-10/2010 ended in miscarriage 11/2010 : (.....
Progesterone level 4/2011= 11.29. SA normal. HSG normal.
8/11 Clomid 50mg=BFN progesterone level 35,
10/11 Clomid 50mg =BFN progesterone level 31,
11/11 Clomid 50mg=BFN progesterone level 12,
12/11 Clomid 50mg=Progesterone 31
01/12-Break from meds-BFN
Feb-cd3 blood work FSH(5), AMH(0.56) 02/12 Break....
03/01/12-Clomid 50mg with IUI #1=BFN.
04/01/12-Another round of clomid with IUI#2=BFN.
5/8/12-Diagnostic Laparoscopy-found minimal endometriosis and small fibriod.
June and July-much needed break
August-Bravelle 75 with IUI#3- BFN
September-Bravelle injects with IUI #4-BFP!! MC 10/7/12 : ( Sonohysterogram-Normal
December- Bravelle(3 good follicles & E2 1252) with IUI#5 BFFN
July IVF #1- BFP! : ) Beta #1-245, #2- 703, #3- 1655, #4- 3553 YAY! Praying and Praying this one sticks around!
1st U/S scheduled for Aug 23rd!
Twins!!
We are having a BOY & a GIRL !!
I think that's the funniest "How I met My SO" story I've ever heard! That's awesome!
1. What was your favorite book as a child? All of the Narnia and Harry Potter Books.
2. Where did you meet your SO? In highschool, Freshman year.
3. Do you have any pets? 1 dog, 2 cats
4. What is one goal you would like to meet in the next year (other than having a baby)? Finishing school, moving into a bigger house.