[Kary♥RN]

Hello!!! December ROLL CALL!!!!!!!!! Where did November Go??

Calling all TTCAL Ladies!

Newbies, Oldbies, and Lurkers.... WHO IS HERE!!!!!

Tell Us your

Name:
Age:
How many Angels:
How long have you been trying:



and a little about your journey here!

[lindsey2000k]

Name: Lindsey
Age:28
How many Angels:2- 8-1-2006 @ 7w4d & 10-6-10 @9w
How long have you been trying: This is my second month after my D&C



and a little about your journey here!
I have had 2 miscarriages both were unplanned pregnancys'. After my first miscarriage I tried for my daughter and was able to carry her to full term and she will be 3 this month. The second miscarriage made me realize I do want antoher baby... so here we are.
My first loss was natural miscarriage and my second was a D&C

[KDD]

Name: Kimberley
Age: 37
How many Angels: 1 - miscarriage at 9w6d
How long have you been trying: We NTNP for about a year and a half or so before we conceived our angel and actively TTC'd for 2 years before IVF got me pg again.

My journey: I hope that you don't mind that I keep lurking here. This board was so important to me after my loss and I hope that I can help others find solace after their loss. I wish that no one would have to experience the pain of a loss.

[skittle2011]

Name: Steph
Age: 35
How many Angels: 1 at 14 weeks
How long have you been trying: 9 months



and a little about your journey here!

Hi all! I had trouble conceiving with my first child (age 5) it took about 13 months. My second child (age 3), surprisingly, was conceived in our first month trying. Since then, we have not used any BC. We have been actively trying for a third for 6 months. In July I found out I was pregnant. We lost our baby in October at 14 weeks. We now know that a third baby is a part of our family. On one hand I was ready to try last month - on the other, I am so scared to live through this again, for my kids and dh to live through this again. So I wanted to try talking with people who have been there and understand. So far - you all have been great - I so appreciate your thoughts!!!

[*Tracy*]

Name: Tracy
Age: 29, 30 in march
How many Angels: 2 missed m/c and 1 chemical
How long have you been trying: 14 month before the m/c
2.5 weeks since d&e then we will be ttc again



and a little about your journey here! we were ttc for 14 month then we got pregnant i went for a scan when i was 8 weeks cause i was bleeding and found out baby had died at 5 weeks

[xaela202]

Name: Brandi
Age:24
How many Angels:1 miscarriage and 1 stillbirth.
How long have you been trying:Lurking..would like to join!



My Journey: The first time I was pregnant was in the beginning of 09..I had an early miscarriage at 8 weeks. My second was a stillbirth @ 30 weeks which was 5 months ago due to a 2 vessel umbilical cord and PIH(they believe). I am a type 1 diabetic and am trying to get my sugars under tight control so we can try again! Btw, I have been lurking but would officialy like to join!

[*SamF*]

Name: Sam
Age: 39 (for one more month)
How many Angels: 6
How long have you been trying: It took 15 months with DS, so far this time it's been 6 months with 2 losses.

My journey: I started to TTC officially in April 2008, when DH and I got married. We had our first BFP and lost that July, followed by a second in October. Saw an RE and was diagnosed with a Uterine cyst and Hashimotos. Also had a loss that month too (December- on Christmas day). Had surgery in January to remove the cyst and he also looked at everything while there. All clear on everything. Used MA to conceive faster, got my BFP in May with Twins, lost one twin fairly early. DS was born in January 2010. Perfect and healthy! We started TTC again in July, got a BFP in August and lost it at 4.5 weeks, next cycle we got another BFP and lost him at 9.5 weeks to Trisomy 18, had a D&C on Oct 29th. All clear to TTC again.

[Halfbaked]

Name: Rebecca
Age: 34 (for one more month)
How many Angels: 2 mc and 2 chemicals
How long have you been trying: This time 6 months

My journey: I hope you don't all mind me still being here either. I don't feel "safe" yet and you all understand. All my kids have been premature. My body just obviously doesn't like being pregnant.

[Erin84]

Name: Erin
Age: 26
How many Angels: 1 (Drew)
How long have you been trying: This is our first time trying since Drew passed away.

and a little about your journey here!
I was off birth control for almost a year before we got pregnant with Drew. Some of that time was preventing, some was NTNP, and some was actively TTC. I feel pretty confident it won't take us as long to get pregnant this time around since I understand my cycle better now. I just hope my body heals quickly and is ready soon for another beautiful little soul to want to land!

[ohnicole]

Name: Nicole
Age: 27
How many Angels: 1 angel, lost 9/18/09
How long have you been trying: We've been trying for 20 months already, for 14 since we lost our little one.

and a little about your journey [/COLOR]here! [/QUOTE] DH and I started TTC right before we got married in May of 2009. We got pregnant a few months later, but then lost our bean at 12 weeks in September of 2009. Since then, we have been actively TTC (charting, OPKs, the works) with no luck. We started fertility treatments in September and are halfway through our third Clomid cycle. Hoping that this is our month!

[TnPhotoMama81]

Name: Melissa
Age: 29
How many Angels: 1 ...found out our baby stopped growing when I was 9.5 weeks along.
How long have you been trying: almost 7 months since our m/c

[Brittanie]

Name: Brittanie
Age: 27
How many Angels: one, Cora Rei
How long have you been trying: this is our first cycle actually trying

[MeganMomof5]

Name: Megan
Age: 30
How many Angels: Ella stillborn 10.14.09, missed miscarriage @ 15 weeks 4.6.10, and a natural miscarriage at 9 weeks 8.3.10

How long have you been trying: I started kind of trying in March of 2008, but we activly started to try in March 2009...We've been TTCAL now for a year
and a little about your journey here! I got pregnant June 2009...I found out I had thyroid cancer during my pregnancy...@ 19 weeks 3 days I had my thyroid removed...My baby girl was stillborn @ 22 weeks 3 days, just 3 weeks after my surgery...I got pregnant again in Jan 2010, everything was going well, baby was perfect...Went into my appointment at almost 15 weeks and the baby didn't have a heartbeat...I got pregnant again June 2010, started to bleed at 7 weeks 2 days...Found out I had a SCH behind the placenta...I did almost 2 weeks of bedrest and ended up misscarying @ 9 weeks...We are now on our 2nd cycle trying again.

[.:Shortcake:.]

Name:
Katie
Age:
23
How many Angels:
7
How long have you been trying:
2 1/2 years now
and a little about your journey here!
DH and I got pregnant right after we got married. We lost our first baby boy on December 15th, 2008. That is the day my life changed forever. I joined here several months later. I've gone through several OB's and have been diagnosed with PCOS & Endo. After so many losses we are NTNP at the present moment and I think my body is on a hiatus lol.

[luvmykids623]

Name: Lori
Age: 30
How many Angels: 3
How long have you been trying: We've been TTC take home baby #3 for 5 months



and a little about your journey here!
We started TTC our first baby in July 2005. I got my very first bfp on DH's birthday- 7/22. Unfortunately that baby turned out to be my first loss on 8/12/05. We were told to wait 3 months to try again, so I did and was miserable the whole time. We started ttc again in October 2005 and got pregnant with DS. He was born 7/12/06. We started trying for #2 in July 2007 and got pregnant right away. I lost that little one on 8/27/07. I decided not to wait at all and tried before my first cycle returned. We were lucky and got pregnant with DD right away. She was born 5/12/08. This time around we started ttc July 2010. We conceived on DH's birthday- 7/22. All of my betas came back great and were doubling perfectly, which had been my first indication something was wrong with my last 2 losses. I thought that maybe, just maybe I wouldn't have another loss. I went in at 6w and the baby was measuring less than 5w. They diagnosed me with a vanishing twin and subchorionic hematoma. I went in at 8w and the baby was measuring 6w with a hearbeat of 103. I knew my dates, and tried to convince myself that since the hematoma was shrinking my body was just focusing on healing the bleed and not so much the growth of the baby. I went in at 9w and the baby's heart had stopped. I had to go in at 11w (9/21/10) for a d&c, because my body was not understanding that something was wrong. I got my first af after the d&c on November 1st. I'm currently 13dpo and every test I've taken from 9dpo is negative. The latest I've ever gotten a bfp is 13dpo, so I'm almost positive I'm out this cycle. I just wish af would come.

[KCMomma]

Name: Gwen
Age: 32How many Angels: 1 chemicalHow long have you been trying: Got Mirena taken out Aug 2010, had to take a month off for surgery to my elbow so we just started TTC#2

and a little about your journey here!
Well, it took us 1 year to conceive DD born 6/10/09. No explanation as to why it took so long for her. Got Mirena 8 weeks PP and then removed August 2010 tried until Sept cycle had to put on hold for surgery. Got BFP 11/26/10 then BFN 11/28/10...chemical pg. Got the all clear to TTC this cycle if we want to. Still debating.

I just want to say that you women amaze me. You have gone through far worse than I could ever imagine and you have managed to pull through and keep going. You are all my heros! Thank you!!!

[Celena]

Name: Celena
Age: 33yr for 1.5 more months.
How many Angels: 4 angels & 2 chemical
How long have you been trying:exactly 2yrs8mo today, April 2008


and a little about your journey here!



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I'm going to come back to finish this

[StaceygirlPa]

Name: Stacey
Age:41
How many Angels:1 m/c July.
How long have you been trying: December will be 2 months trying after the d/c. I had a lot of problems with the d/c and was told we need to wait.

Dh and I have been trying for over two years to get pregrant. We had an IUI done in June and got pregrnant first time which was the m/c

[Pame£a]

Name: Pamela

Age: will be 39 in 2 weeks

How many Angels: 2- Morgan lost at 12 weeks back in Aug 2006 and Elijah born into my arms at 19 weeks on Sept 10 2010


How long have you been trying: This is my second cycle after we lost Elijah

My journey here: I joined here back in 2006 when we had a miscarriage and it took us 18 months to get pregnant with Gabriella. We were finished after her but had a surprise BFP back in June. We had some issues and later found out he had a very large cystic hygroma and then a diagnosis of T21. I was so scared of T21 but now know after holding him that I can do it and that is why we are confident about ttc again.

The support is amazing and that's my main reason for being here.

[GoldenTickets]

Tell Us your

Name:Lisa
Age: 28
How many Angels: 1
How long have you been trying: About 3.5 months, after getting the go-ahead from the ob/gyn after my D&C...


and a little about your journey here! : DH and I were married in 2004, and said that were were going to wait 5 years before kids. Later, I tried to get him to start earlier, but he didn't want to... He even wanted to wait longer! We started NTNP in January 2010, and I got my BFP in July. Baby was small and had a slow heartbeat at the first ultrasound; I was 8 wks along based on LMP, but baby was measuring only 6 weeks. Heartbeat and growth had stopped by the u/s the following week. I had a D&C in early August.... I am READY to be pregnant again! I wish I would've actually researched the details of conceiving before NTNP, I really did not want to wait this long to get pregnant!