What's everyone reading?

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• luvboston member

  March 2014

  The art of hearing heartbeats
  The guernsey potato peel society

  6 m/c
  Anovulatory cycles, increased Synthroid Diagnosed Sep 2010

  Natural cycle Dec 2010 BFP M/C 6 1/2 Weeks, D&E Jan 2011
  1 Clomid/Ovidrel BFN May 2011
  Natural cycle Aug 2011 BFP M/C 4 Weeks
  1 IUI Sept 2011 BFP M/c 7 weeks
  Provera Dec 2011 BFP M/C 3 Weeks

  DQ ALPHA HLA MATCH, High NK Cells Diagnosed Dec 2011
  IVF March 2012 BFP m/c 4weeks 5 days (IL, Prednisone)
  IVF#2w/DS July 2012 MEGA FAILURE BFN (IL, Dexamethasone)
  Diagnosed No real HLA Match, DQ Beta Triad, High TNF, Low NK Cells
  Oct 2012 Natural Cycle m/c 4wks (Lovenox, Prednisone) 
  Went to Beer Center- high tnf, low lad, implantation failure

  Nov/Dec 2012 LIT Treatment

  Dec 12 Humira
  Jan 2013 BFP
  Humira,LIT,Prednisone, Lovenox, IVIG, Baby Aspirin
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• PennyLane26 member

  March 2014

  Not reading anything this minute, but thinking about downloading some for our vacation next month. I recently read "The Fault in Our Stars" which I thought was good, pretty heavy and a little teen angst, but I would recommend it! I also liked "Defending Jacob" and anything by Jodi Picoult (most recently "The Storyteller").

  dx: MFI 0% morph & low count. Occasional Anovulatory cycles.
  

  
  

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  • IVF #1 4/21/12 - c/p
    
  • IVF#2 8/1/12 - BFP! DD arrived 4/10/2013.

  
  

  
  

  
  

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• itsmevkb member

  March 2014

  I need to get back to reading books and not just magazines.  I have a couple on my Amazon wishlist but haven't bought them because I'm afraid I won't actually read them.  I've been so lazy lately.  Or, maybe lazy isn't the right word, busy with other stuff AND I don't want to read depressing books and that seems to be all I find.  Of course, those also tend to be the best ones but I just haven't been in the mood for "heavy" topics.

  Kelly, Mom to Christopher Shannon 9.27.06, Catherine Quinn 2.24.09, Trey Barton lost on 12.28.09, Therese Barton lost on 6.10.10, Joseph Sullivan 7.23.11, and our latest, Victoria Maren 11.15.12

  Secondary infertility success with IVF, then two losses, one at 14 weeks and one at 10 weeks, then success with IUI and then just pure, crazy luck.  Expecting our fifth in May as the result of a FET.

  This Cluttered Life

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• TJ1979 member

  March 2014

  I love Jody Picoult too!
  
  I just finished Unbroken by Laura hillenbrand. It was amazing, so good! It's about to be a movie directed by Angelina Jolie. But it's the real story of a WWII fighter pilot. I'm usually not a big fan of nonfiction, but this one was great.

  TTC with PCOS since November 2009
  

  IUI#1 Femara/Ovidrel (cd 3-7) = BFP, m/c
  IUI#2 Femara/Ovidrel (cd 5-9) = BFN
  IUI#3 Femara/Ovidrel (cd 3-7) = BFP!
  beta #1 11/23 = 270, P4 = 75
  beta #2 11/28 = 2055
  Our daughter E was born 7/29/2012!
  Surprise, our 2nd daughter P was born 5/22/14!
   
  

  
  

  

  

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• PennyLane26 member

  March 2014

  TJ1979 said:

  I love Jody Picoult too! I just finished Unbroken by Laura hillenbrand. It was amazing, so good! It's about to be a movie directed by Angelina Jolie. But it's the real story of a WWII fighter pilot. I'm usually not a big fan of nonfiction, but this one was great.

  I was OBSESSED with this book TJ, absolutely amazing.

  dx: MFI 0% morph & low count. Occasional Anovulatory cycles.
  

  
  

  TTC #1

  • IVF #1 4/21/12 - c/p
    
  • IVF#2 8/1/12 - BFP! DD arrived 4/10/2013.

  
  

  
  

  
  

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• pb_bride member

  March 2014

  I'm so impressed that you all have time to read books. Like REAL books!

  
  

  I mostly read magazines - WSJ magazine, Opera News magazine - but those only when I have some alone time, eg, waiting for my hair appt. Which doesn't happen often. M absolutely won't let me read anything on my own when he's around... he WANTS to read whatever magazine I'm reading.

  
  

  Other than that, at night I read a lot of articles on arts/culture/classical music/food/travel via my twitter feed - mostly from NYT, WSJ, and FT.  I favorite the articles during the day and try to catch up reading them at night. 

  
  

  As for a real book, the last I read was Fearless Feeding. Next one in line is Love and Logic. I bought it already but haven't read it yet.

  TTC since 10/2008  RE consult 6/2010 Dx:Unexplaied IF
  
  Failed multiple cycles of Clomid+TI and Clomid+IUI
  
  3/2011 inj+IUI #1 BFP. 4/2011 missed m/c. 
  
  Fall 2011 inj+IUI #2&3 BFN
  
  Jan/Feb 2012 IVF#1 BFP 2/23  EDD 10/31/2012 ~~~ Halloween ~~~
  
  Our IVF miracle, Baby Boy M, arrived on 11/8/2012!
  
  

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• ccam member

  March 2014

  I'll be following this thread - I need a new book!  I've been wanting to read Unbroken, so I'm happy to hear that you liked it @TJ1979 !

  I just finished The Memory Keeper's Daughter.  It was ok, but I took a break from it too long for me to be really into it.  It wasn't something that I couldn't put down or anything.

   

   

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  Trying for #1 since May 2010   l   DX ~ Unexplained Infertility June 2011

  IUI #1&2 = BFN; IUI #3 = BFP, m/c @ 6 weeks

  November '11 ~ IVF#1 ~ ER 11/18 (29R, 17F) ~ 5dt of one beautiful blast on 11/23 = BFP!!

  Beta #1 9dp5dt = 116, P4 = 28 ~ Beta #2 13dp5dt = 700 ~ Beta #3 20dp5dt = 9500, P4 = 26

  1st u/s 12/27 - hb of 156!! EDD 8.10.12    **TEAM GREEN!**

  Sweet baby boy born 8.18.12

  

  Trying for #2

  FET #1 - October '13 - c/p   l   FET #2 - December '13 - cancelled    l   FET #2.2 - 1.30.14 - BFN

  ~ More testing - hysteroscopy, endometrial biopsy & more b/w - all normal / negative~

  Surprise BFP while waiting on FET #3 ~ beta #1 500; beta #2 1600; first u/s 4/3 - measuring 5w5d, no hb yet!; 2nd u/s 4/10 - hb 132, measuring 6w6d - EDD 11.29.14     **TEAM GREEN!**

  Beautiful baby girl born 11.24.14

   

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• Eve_Angelique member

  March 2014

  I just re-read the 2nd hunger games book. I am generally more of a non-fiction reader myself - I absolutely loved Unbroken too!! I am excited to hear that it will be made a movie @TJ1979, such an amazing story! But mostly I have been reading my anatomy & physiology textbook....riveting stuff. 

  TTC since August 2009
  Clomid for 6 cycles starting August 2010- O but no BFP
  SA Septemeber 2010 Looking good 
  HSG September 2010 All clear 
  1st RE visit May 2011 - IUI#1 June 20, 2011: BFN
  IUI #2 July 31 2011: BFP - m/c @ 5w1d
  Surprise BFP on a break cycle 10/4/11, Due June 4, 2012, Born 6/9/2012
  TTC Blog
  TTC#2 : Cycles 1-3 Protocol 1500mg Metformin Daily, Femara + Ovidrel, Progresterone support 

  HSG#2 November 2013 All clear
  

  Cycle 4 Metformin, Femara, Bravelle, Ovidrel, Progesterone = BFP

  Little Lady Born 8/28/2014
  

  

  
  

  "There is a design, an alignment, a cry of my heart to see, 

  the beauty of love as it was made to be"

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• kmc84 member

  March 2014

  I just ordered Divergent (1st book) and Uganda be Kidding Me Chelsea Handler's books are a guilty pleasure of mine. Her books make me laugh until my stomach hurts!
  
  I just finished the second book in the Crossfire series. It's like 50 shades of Grey, but SO much easier to read. The writing is much better, the characters more believable, and sex is not as disturbing. It's still very kinky, but it's entertaining and it's a quick read.

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  TTC# 1 since 5/10
  Me:34 Type 1 Diabetes, Ankylosing Spondylitis, Hypothyroid DH:35 Perfect
  DX: Unexplained IF
  Many IUI's with various meds all BFFN
  IVF #1 11/11 canceled due to OHSS
  IVF #2 Feb/March 2012 ET of 2 on day 3 4/7 BFP! 5/1 u/s blighted ovum
  IVF #3 July 2012 ET of 3 on day 3 7/24 BFP!
  Healthy baby girl born at 36w4d on 3/9/13
  

  TTC #2

  IVF #4 May/June 2014 ER 6/4 18R 8M 8F ET 6/9 1 blast, 2 frosties

  Beta 6/18 BFFN

  
  

  FET of 2 blasts 7/24...BFP!

  Healthy baby girl born at 36w3d on 3/17/15
  
  TTC#3
  IVF #5 June 2018- PGS planned, no surviving embryos
  IVF #6 August 2018- ET of 2 on day 3 - Chemical pregnancy
  IVF #7 August 2019-....?

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• mdiblasi10 member

  March 2014

  I've been reading IF books lately. I finished The Pursuit of Family and enjoyed it. Now I am reading Infertility Inferschmility and Silent Sorority. Before those, I read the Monument 14 series. They are young adult so easy peasy to read. The third comes out in May.  I loved the Divergent books.

  Dx: Unexplained Infertility

  
  

  TTC #1 

  IUI's #1 - #3 Clomid = BFN's, IUI #4 Follistim = BFP

  Grayson arrived via emergency c-section on 7/28/12!
  
  TTC #2 

  IUI's #1 - #4 Follistim = BFN's

  IVF #1 w/ ICSI + PGS: Lupron/Follistim/Menopur

  ER 4/13 - 19R, 13F, 4 PGS tested embryos, 1 normal

  5/14 FET: BFP. Beta #1: 123, Beta #2: 327, Beta #3: 854

  Cora arrived 1/23/15 via RCS!

  
  

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• laura1 member

  March 2014

  I am reading the Goldfinch now, but it is painfully long (over 700 pages).  It would be a good story in about 300 pages!  I am struggling to finish it now.  

  
  

  I also loved Divergent, but didn't really like the third one.  For people who like that genre (young adult dystopian) also really liked the Psion books (Psion Beta, Psion Gamma, Psion Delta, Psion Alpha).  

  Next on my list is Me Before You and The Fault in Our Stars.  

  TTC#1 = Success on Cycle#19 with Clomid/trigger/b2b IUIs; beta#1 (15dpiui) 200, #2 (18dpiui) 433, #3 (22dpiui) 2356; TTC#2 = Surprise BFP 9/2009; TTC#3 = m/c at 6 wks, 10/29/11; BFP#2 4/1/2012...

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• Mrs.AmyDylan member

  March 2014

  For fun I'm reading The 11th Hour, by James Patterson. For parenting I'm reading Attached at the Heart.

  TTC Since 3/2010
  Me-36, Unexplained Infertility, DH-35, all clear
  Clomid 50mg 12/2011 = BFN
  Clomid 100mg 1/2012 = BFN, with Cyst
  IVF #1 Lupron/Menopur/Gonal-f/HCG Trigger
  ER 4/19/12 = 11 retrieved, 6 fertilized,
  ET 4/22/12 = 2 transfered (day 3), remaining 3 weren't good enough to freeze
  Beta 5/3 = BFP, 87 Beta #2 5/7 560.9 Beta #3 5/9 1376.5 First u/s One Baby, 125bpm!
  Second u/s, 176bmp! Kicked over to the OB by the RE at 8w. Team Green!! 

  Baby girl J arrived two weeks early! Born into water, med-free. Hooray for Team Pink!

  
  

  TTC #2 - back to the RE, treatment started 12/2014. 
  
  
  

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• Mrs.AmyDylan member

  March 2014

  ccam said:

  I just finished The Memory Keeper's Daughter.  It was ok, but I took a break from it too long for me to be really into it.  It wasn't something that I couldn't put down or anything.

   

   

  This one is still on my shelf. I just couldn't get into it. 

  TTC Since 3/2010
  Me-36, Unexplained Infertility, DH-35, all clear
  Clomid 50mg 12/2011 = BFN
  Clomid 100mg 1/2012 = BFN, with Cyst
  IVF #1 Lupron/Menopur/Gonal-f/HCG Trigger
  ER 4/19/12 = 11 retrieved, 6 fertilized,
  ET 4/22/12 = 2 transfered (day 3), remaining 3 weren't good enough to freeze
  Beta 5/3 = BFP, 87 Beta #2 5/7 560.9 Beta #3 5/9 1376.5 First u/s One Baby, 125bpm!
  Second u/s, 176bmp! Kicked over to the OB by the RE at 8w. Team Green!! 

  Baby girl J arrived two weeks early! Born into water, med-free. Hooray for Team Pink!

  
  

  TTC #2 - back to the RE, treatment started 12/2014. 
  
  
  

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• phishgirl29 member

  March 2014

  The third divergent made me angry. Loved the first two! I'm reading night circus with my BMB and our secret goodreads group. So far so good!

                      

  IVF #1 September 2012, beta #1: 213; beta #2: 580. Expecting Twins! 

  EDD 6/9 lost one angel at 9w3d  

  Baby boy arrived 6/1/13

  FET #1 10/14, BFP -Chemical Pregnancy

  Everyone Welcome

  
  

  

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• ccam member

  March 2014

  Mrs.AmyDylan said:

  
  

  ccam said:

  
  

  I just finished The Memory Keeper's Daughter.  It was ok, but I took a break from it too long for me to be really into it.  It wasn't something that I couldn't put down or anything.

   

   

  
  

  This one is still on my shelf. I just couldn't get into it. 
  It was definitely drawn out.
  
  

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  Trying for #1 since May 2010   l   DX ~ Unexplained Infertility June 2011

  IUI #1&2 = BFN; IUI #3 = BFP, m/c @ 6 weeks

  November '11 ~ IVF#1 ~ ER 11/18 (29R, 17F) ~ 5dt of one beautiful blast on 11/23 = BFP!!

  Beta #1 9dp5dt = 116, P4 = 28 ~ Beta #2 13dp5dt = 700 ~ Beta #3 20dp5dt = 9500, P4 = 26

  1st u/s 12/27 - hb of 156!! EDD 8.10.12    **TEAM GREEN!**

  Sweet baby boy born 8.18.12

  

  Trying for #2

  FET #1 - October '13 - c/p   l   FET #2 - December '13 - cancelled    l   FET #2.2 - 1.30.14 - BFN

  ~ More testing - hysteroscopy, endometrial biopsy & more b/w - all normal / negative~

  Surprise BFP while waiting on FET #3 ~ beta #1 500; beta #2 1600; first u/s 4/3 - measuring 5w5d, no hb yet!; 2nd u/s 4/10 - hb 132, measuring 6w6d - EDD 11.29.14     **TEAM GREEN!**

  Beautiful baby girl born 11.24.14

   

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• CarrieB. member

  March 2014

  phishgirl29 said:

  The third divergent made me angry. Loved the first two! I'm reading night circus with my BMB and our secret goodreads group. So far so good!

  I loved Night Circus. I actually stole my baby's name from that book too- Isobel.
  

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• kaf7 member

  March 2014

  I am a mystery lover. I am reading Speaking From Among the Bones. The 4th in the Flavian De Luce series (an 11yo detective). They can be hilarious and I love them.

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• JBDamonM member

  March 2014

  I am also into The Divergent right now. I just read book 1 for my book club, didn't know if I would like it but LOVED it. I ordered number 2 yesterday and am legit pissed that I didn't order it ahead of time and now have to wait until Tuesday till it arrives!
  
  For anyone looking for a good book; it came out a few years ago but Gone Girl was fantastic!

  
  

  "I won't give up on us, even if the skies get rough, I'm giving you all my love, I"m still looking up."
  TTC #1 since August 2011 MFI Diagnosis - April 2012
  IVF #1 - July 2012 - Stims start 7/2, ER 7/12, 20 retrieved, 16 mature, 13 fertilized!
  ET - 7/17 - 1 blast transferred. Beta - 7/26 273, Beta 2 7/30 - 1143. Beta 3 8/6 - 11,597
  12/25 - Santa tells us "IT'S A GIRL!" EDD - April 4th
  
  Our Little Easter Bunny has arrived!

  Molly Mildred born 03/31/13
  

  
  

  TTC A Sibling....... FET #1 11/14/14, Transferred one beautiful blast

  Remaining four frosties arrested due to "embryologist error"
  

  Plllllleasssee stick little icicle.....Beta 11/23...BFN

  Starting ALL over with a fresh IVF cycle

  Stims start 11/28/14, ER December 10th, 13 eggs retrieved, 11 mature, only 4 fertilized 

  1 Blast Transferred on December 15th..... Beta Christmas Eve... Please Santa, bring me a baby!

  Beta #1 345.....Beta #2....750/ First U/S 1/13/15/HB 131....EDD 9/2/2015

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• kmc84 member

  March 2014

  I agree @JMDamonM , Gone Girl was AMAZING! 

  
  

  Anyone know if Gillian Flynn's other books are as good?

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  Me:34 Type 1 Diabetes, Ankylosing Spondylitis, Hypothyroid DH:35 Perfect
  DX: Unexplained IF
  Many IUI's with various meds all BFFN
  IVF #1 11/11 canceled due to OHSS
  IVF #2 Feb/March 2012 ET of 2 on day 3 4/7 BFP! 5/1 u/s blighted ovum
  IVF #3 July 2012 ET of 3 on day 3 7/24 BFP!
  Healthy baby girl born at 36w4d on 3/9/13
  

  TTC #2

  IVF #4 May/June 2014 ER 6/4 18R 8M 8F ET 6/9 1 blast, 2 frosties

  Beta 6/18 BFFN

  
  

  FET of 2 blasts 7/24...BFP!

  Healthy baby girl born at 36w3d on 3/17/15
  
  TTC#3
  IVF #5 June 2018- PGS planned, no surviving embryos
  IVF #6 August 2018- ET of 2 on day 3 - Chemical pregnancy
  IVF #7 August 2019-....?

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• PennyLane26 member

  March 2014

  @kmc84 - Gillian Flynn books are good but very, VERY dark. So just be aware if you decide to order. Gone Girl was really tame compared to her other books.

  dx: MFI 0% morph & low count. Occasional Anovulatory cycles.
  

  
  

  TTC #1

  • IVF #1 4/21/12 - c/p
    
  • IVF#2 8/1/12 - BFP! DD arrived 4/10/2013.

  
  

  
  

  
  

  TTC #2
  

  • FET #1 3/18/14 - BFP! DS arrived 11/19/2014.

  
  

  
  

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• PennyLane26 member

  March 2014

  I just downloaded the first two Divergent books for my trip - thanks for the suggestion everyone and for posting @CarrieB. !

  
  

  Also- has anyone read "The Light Between Oceans"? Just DL that too because I've heard good things...

  dx: MFI 0% morph & low count. Occasional Anovulatory cycles.
  

  
  

  TTC #1

  • IVF #1 4/21/12 - c/p
    
  • IVF#2 8/1/12 - BFP! DD arrived 4/10/2013.

  
  

  
  

  
  

  TTC #2
  

  • FET #1 3/18/14 - BFP! DS arrived 11/19/2014.

  
  

  
  

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