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Joining you once again (hopefully for the duration)

ProcessofBecomingProcessofBecoming member
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Hi all:

Just wanted to introduce myself. I got a BFP a week and a half ago, and after 4 betas, I finally feel reasonably confident enough to post a hello over this way. I'm 42.5 years old, am married, and have a 2 year old son. I had a loss back in September at 8 weeks (blighted ovum), so I'm hoping this one sticks. I'm really early into my pregnancy (just shy of 5 weeks) so I'm cautiously optimistic for a happy, healthy outcome. EDD is 11/6/2014. Random stuff about me: I know far too much about pop culture for my own good, am still ridiculously close with my high school and college friends, and one of the highlights of my life was meeting Duran Duran after one of their concerts (I was 35, I think), and acting like a 13-year-old blathering idiot. Nick Rhodes totally side-eyed me. It was awesome.

Anyhow, glad to "meet" you all!

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Me: 42, DH: 40; Surprise BFP 4/27/2011; no heartbeat at 9w3d, we miss you, Baby Manatee; D&C 6/1/2011; AF returned 6/26/2011; Ready to try for our take-home baby. 7/24/2011--BFP! Peanut born March 2012; BFP: 7/31/2013!; blighted ovum at 7 weeks 8/26/2013. Holy Cannoli! BFP 2/23/2014. EDD 11/6/2014!  

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  • QOTRQOTR member
    Congratulations and welcome back!
    Me-41, Hubby-40.
    1st BFP-8/17/12!  Missed Miscarriage discovered @ 8 week US.  D&C.
    2nd BFP-2/13/13!  Blighted Ovum discovered @ 8 week US. Natural miscarriage.
    3rd BFP-5/22/13!  By early June, progesterone plummeting.  Another loss.
    August 2013 - started Donor Egg process, but surprise BFP with my own eggs.
    Dear Son born 5/28/14
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  • jbellejbelle member
    Congratulations and welcome back! 

    AMA & SAIF. TTC #1 since Oct. 2010. DX: Unexplained. BFP on break after 32 months trying and 2 med cycles. Baby girl born at 40w0d!

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  • kelley72kelley72 member
    Congratulations!!!  Hope you have a wonderfully uneventful pregnancy!
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  • 2redtulips2redtulips member
    Congrats and welcome! Wishing you a happy and healthy 9 months!

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  • Beachgal72Beachgal72 member
    Congrats! And I LOVE that you love Duran Duran. I have seen them in concert about 8 times. Also got to meet John Taylor once (one of the highlights of my life). :)
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  • HeathernStevenHeathernSteven member
    ****Total Hijack****

    @Jbelle & @QOTR I can't believe how far along you both are congrats!!! 

    ****hijack over****

    @processofbecoming I loved you totally gushed over Duran Duran, that would be me about Depeche Mode :D

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    Me: 41 DH: 46. We are TTC our 1st, started July '11,
    3 cycles clomid with Ob,
    1 cycle Tamoxifen with Ob,
    Diagnosed PCOS 11/5/12
    clomid, trigger & timed bd 12/12 BFN
    1st clomid IUI 1/4/13 BFN.
    2nd clomid IUI 2/13 cancelled didn't respond to clomid.
    3/15/13 scheduled laparoscopy & on bcp.

    May 10 IUI from injectibles - BFN 

    May 22 done with interventions it will either happen or it won't. 

    February 2014 No longer actively trying, but not preventing. 

    SURPISE BFP 4/2/2015!!!!!!!!!!

    Miscarriage 4/23/15

     

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  • ProcessofBecomingProcessofBecoming member
    Hi @HeathernSteven! I love Depeche Mode too! I saw them in concert way back in the day. I also went and saw New Order, PIL, and the Sugarcubes--another awesome concert. I also loved Siouxsie and the Banshees, and then bridged into NIN around 1992-1993. Ah, youth! U2 remains my favorite band, with Duran Duran running a close second!

    When I saw Duran Duran, John Taylor ran straight to the tour bus after the show. As JT was my favorite member of all time, I was mighty pissed. I used to have an entertainment blog, wherein I wrote about meeting the band, and said that JT looked like Skeletor, and that was his punishment for blowing off his fans. Somehow, this caught the attention of Duran fans, because there were discussions about my insult on the official Duran boards. Some thought it was funny, others not so much. Oh well! I waited 20 some-odd years to meet that man, I was bitter!


    Me: 42, DH: 40; Surprise BFP 4/27/2011; no heartbeat at 9w3d, we miss you, Baby Manatee; D&C 6/1/2011; AF returned 6/26/2011; Ready to try for our take-home baby. 7/24/2011--BFP! Peanut born March 2012; BFP: 7/31/2013!; blighted ovum at 7 weeks 8/26/2013. Holy Cannoli! BFP 2/23/2014. EDD 11/6/2014!  

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  • Beachgal72Beachgal72 member
    @ProcessofBecoming I met JT at The Viper Room when he was doing his side project stuff around '98 -- doubt I would have had a chance at a regular DD show. I saw Depeche Mode a bunch of times, too! Oh my I was a music and concert-going junkie in the 80s. I still see whomever I can when they are touring! Last summer I saw Adam Ant in concert.
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  • QOTRQOTR member
    HeathernSteven!  So good to see you!  Thanks for checking in with us.
    Me-41, Hubby-40.
    1st BFP-8/17/12!  Missed Miscarriage discovered @ 8 week US.  D&C.
    2nd BFP-2/13/13!  Blighted Ovum discovered @ 8 week US. Natural miscarriage.
    3rd BFP-5/22/13!  By early June, progesterone plummeting.  Another loss.
    August 2013 - started Donor Egg process, but surprise BFP with my own eggs.
    Dear Son born 5/28/14
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  • HeathernStevenHeathernSteven member
    @Processofbecoming I will take your list and add Psychedelic Furs, OMD, THe Cure & the smiths....I was ssssooooo alternative 80's girl.

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    Me: 41 DH: 46. We are TTC our 1st, started July '11,
    3 cycles clomid with Ob,
    1 cycle Tamoxifen with Ob,
    Diagnosed PCOS 11/5/12
    clomid, trigger & timed bd 12/12 BFN
    1st clomid IUI 1/4/13 BFN.
    2nd clomid IUI 2/13 cancelled didn't respond to clomid.
    3/15/13 scheduled laparoscopy & on bcp.

    May 10 IUI from injectibles - BFN 

    May 22 done with interventions it will either happen or it won't. 

    February 2014 No longer actively trying, but not preventing. 

    SURPISE BFP 4/2/2015!!!!!!!!!!

    Miscarriage 4/23/15

     

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  • DawnHopeDawnHope member
    Congrats and welcome to the over 40 club! :)
    Me-42 DH-43 TTC #1 since 3/11
    HSG 7/11 showed possible blockage
    8/11 BFP, then early m/c  (Natural)
    9/11 blood tests reveal Factor V Leiden (heterozygous)
    11/11 Hysteroscopy revealed uterine septum, which was repaired
    12/11 1st round of Clomid (100mg)=BFN
    1/12 2nd round of Clomid (100mg)=BFN 
    2/12 Repeat HSG=All clear 
    2/12 IUI with injectables #1=BFN 
    3/12 natural cycle=BFN 
    4/12 IUI with injectables #2=C/P 
    7/12 IVF #1=30ER, 9F, 3T, 1 Frostie 7/29=BFP! 
    8/27/12 No Heartbeat. Waiting to M/C 
    9/13/12 D+C
    12/12 Operative Hysteroscopy 
    1/31/12  IVF#2 ...BFP 2/6 m/c 2/12 methotrexate due to presumed ectopic
    July '13 IVF #3: 13R, 10M, 8F=BFP
    1st Beta=549  2nd Beta 594 3rd Beta 422. M/C #5
    IVF#4 in November=BFP…TWINS!!!!!

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  • Melissa72777Melissa72777 member
    Welcome back and best wishes for a sticky baby! I'm a big 80s music fan too so great to meet another! I remember sitting in my friends rusted out Dodge every lunch break in high school listening to the cure on a boom box in her backseat (cause the radio of in the car of course didn't work).

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  • DTNZ4EverDTNZ4Ever member
    Welcome back!
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  • jbellejbelle member
    @HeatherNSteven: Thanks! It's quite surreal. I love the alternative music reminiscences; I was quite impressed to hear The Cure has a new album coming out this year!

    AMA & SAIF. TTC #1 since Oct. 2010. DX: Unexplained. BFP on break after 32 months trying and 2 med cycles. Baby girl born at 40w0d!

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  • QOTRQOTR member
    I missed out on the alt scene.  I was a hair metal girl all the way.  (It aggravates my husband to no end that I confuse The Cult & The Cure.  :) )
    Me-41, Hubby-40.
    1st BFP-8/17/12!  Missed Miscarriage discovered @ 8 week US.  D&C.
    2nd BFP-2/13/13!  Blighted Ovum discovered @ 8 week US. Natural miscarriage.
    3rd BFP-5/22/13!  By early June, progesterone plummeting.  Another loss.
    August 2013 - started Donor Egg process, but surprise BFP with my own eggs.
    Dear Son born 5/28/14
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  • ProcessofBecomingProcessofBecoming member
    @beachgal72, The fact that you met JT at the Viper Room of all places, places you at an epic level of 80s/90s cool. He was always my favorite. I still know his birthday, favorite car, and favorite foods, which were burned into my head courtesy of "Teen Beat" magazine. 

    I love The Cure and the Smiths too! I saw Morrissey on his last tour. Still as misanthropic and mopey as ever. I also saw They Might Be Giants a bunch of times in the past 10 years. They're fun!

    My husband is a huge Rush fan, and I've grown to really like them as well. They put on a great show.

    Me: 42, DH: 40; Surprise BFP 4/27/2011; no heartbeat at 9w3d, we miss you, Baby Manatee; D&C 6/1/2011; AF returned 6/26/2011; Ready to try for our take-home baby. 7/24/2011--BFP! Peanut born March 2012; BFP: 7/31/2013!; blighted ovum at 7 weeks 8/26/2013. Holy Cannoli! BFP 2/23/2014. EDD 11/6/2014!  

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  • GuennieGuennie member
    Congratulations, yay!!! So happy to see the good news, I'm sending you lots of sticky vibes and hope to see you over on the parenting board in the future!! :)
    Me:41, DH:41 Positive for MTHFR mutations- one copy C677T, one copy A1298C. One daughter born on Thanksgiving in 2013. Six losses.
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  • MrsL2BMrsL2B member
    Congratulations!

    I'm thrilled to see this is the place where everyone with good taste in music hangs out.
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  • OutdoorGirl10OutdoorGirl10 member
    Congrats and FX for a sticky baby!
    Me:41  DH: 46 high count but poor motility & morphology
    TTC on and off since 2005

    July 2012: Infertility tests started at OB/Gyn, HSG and HSN all clear
    Sept 2012: IUI #1 w/Clomid - BFN
    Oct 2012: IUI #2 w/Clomid - cancelled due to cyst
    Nov 2012: IUI #3 w/Clomid - BFN
    Break to move and find new PCP, OB/Gyn & RE
    Sept 2013: first appt with RE
    Nov / Dec 2013: IVF #1 with ICSI split
      Dec 6: Retrieval, 4 retrieved, 2 mature, 1 fertilized
      Dec 11: Transferred 1 (Day 5)
      Dec 30:  HCG Beta, 4980. BFP!
     1 little bean!
    EDD: August 28 30 2014
    LO Arrived! August 31 2014

    All Welcome!

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  • czarmomczarmom member
    Congrats!! I remember you from the TTC35 board :)

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    BFP #2 - 8/25/13 - mmc 10/10/13

    BFP #3 - 1/14/14 - EDD 9/30/14



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  • springbeduk2springbeduk2 member
    Congratulations and nice to meet you! (I hadn't posted in this group yet when you were here last).  FX that this one sticks and you have a H&H rest of your 9 months!  4 reassuring betas is definitely a good start!


    @processofbecoming ,  @HeatherNSteven , @beachgal72, and anyone else I accidentally missed, thank you for the 80's/early 90's "modern rock" references and reminiscences!  (hard to believe that music is as old now as music from the 60's that played on "oldies" stations was then)  Definitely bringing back memories and a desire to listen to the radio station that played all that stuff back then (WBRU in Providence - anyone?).  But it's hundreds of miles away now and also of course what was "modern rock" or "alt" then is way old now.  Like us.  Sigh!  Might have to dig up some cassettes from the basement and see if we still have a player that works.  Or mess around on Pandora except it's blocked at work.  Though you all have way cooler experiences ... I only ever got to go to 2 big concerts and with supper-crappy seats at both - the U2 one where they had Trabants (spelling?) hanging from the ceiling/rafters and the Cure (though sadly not when they were promoting one of their best records - I forget which tour it even was... it was probably in '91?).  Would have loved loved loved to see DM or New Order (or even better Joy Division though they were already no more by the time I caught on to them) or the Smiths ... or any of those other bands out of Manchester that were big at the time ...


    Me: 39  DH: 44  together since 2000 married 9/2004 TTC #1 since 2/2012
    BFP #1 6/5/2012  m/c 6/15/2012 about 5w3d   BFP #2 6/?/2013 m/c 7/1/2013 5w 3d
    BFP #3 8/25/2013  EDD 5/7/2014    DD A. born 5/8/2014!!  Love!!!!
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  • theksatheksa member
    Welcome! Congratulations. I use to make a small living off my knowledge of pop culture. I worked for an IT lawyer. 


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