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Birth Month Boards on the bump
I'm home sick now and board. I was just looking through my BMB and WOW! You all warned me but this stuff is just unbelievable. The most ridiculous topics so far:
- Carrying loaded handguns in your diaper bag (tons of ladies said they are pack'in)
- Banning all ladies who have had or are having a loss from posting so everyone else is "happy"
- One lady hopped on and compared formula feeding your kid to giving them Pepsi
- Cops and Ambulance drivers should not be allowed to go through a drive thru
- One "OB nurse" said that if you walk in with a written down birth plan your chances of a c-section go way up
This UO had
18 PAGES of responses!
http://forums.thebump.com/discussion/12057113/uo-thursday/p1 All the normal topics like co-sleeping, NIP and OB vs. Midwife get debated heavily but some of this stuff is unreal. I have to admit it is entertaining when you are on the couch sick. What are the craziest topics from your BMB?
Re: Birth Month Boards on the bump
...hello out there!
dx with anovulatory PCOS 2005
off bcp 11/11
a few rounds of clomid and femara... no response.
injectables/IUI 12/12... BFN
Feb 13 IVF cycle converted down to IUI due to low follicle response... BFFN
one last IVF attempt April/May 2013: 19 retrieved. 10 fertilized. 2 transferred in a 3dt. 4 frosties... BFP!!
EDD: 1/21/14... Induced early at 36+6. Our LO was born 12/30/13
When you've been married this long, you need a ticker to remind you.
Baby Boy M - 08/01/2013
dx: Unexplained IF (mild MFI)
TTC since May 2011, 1 year trying, and then 3 TI, 2 IUI = BFN
IVF #1 (May 2013): Antagonist Protocol:24R, 18M, 15F w/ICSI; 5dt of 2 early blasts, no frosties = BFN
IVF #2 (August 2013): Lupron Stop Protocol:
28R, 23M, 15F w/ICSI; 5dt of 1 partially hatched blast, 7 frosties = BFP
EDD 5/23/14, blighted ovum (6w6d), D&C (8w6d)
FET #1 (April 2014): transferred 2 5d blasts = BFP
C.J. born 01/09/15
I hang out on the parenting board. I didn't do my BMB when I was pregnant and everyone lefr after the babies were born. Both March and April 2012
Our Little Raspberry-Born 3/27/12
We Said I Do 09/06/09
I am always entertained by the insomniacs threads though, which usually has links to posts on A14. Those ladies are crazy! Lol
"Do the best you can, until you know better. Then when you know better, do better."
-Maya Angelou
To make you feel my love.
"Are you guys all done whining about you MCs yet so i can come join and not be brought down or scared?"
I cant.
4/11- 12/11 Provera, 3 cycles clomid 50mg, all BFN (HSG-all clear)
Dec 2011 DH S/A shows zero count - dx Azoo
TESE 4/13/12 - Sperm found!! 5 viles frozen
IVF ICSI #1- (Lupron protocol) 5R 2F 2dt- 2DP & 4CF - BFFN
IVF ICSI #2- (Antagonist protocol) Started stims 7/26
ER 8/8 11R 9F 3dt - 9BF & 7BF (+HPT 8dp3dt)beta 1-184 beta 2- 1699 TWINS! EDD 5/1/13
LAP Transabdominal Cerclage - 4/15/13 only possibility of carrying my children to term
IVF ICSI #3.2- (Antagonist Protocol) 7/26 start stims (same day, a year later from J & Z's stim start date!)
ER - 8/7 19R 9F 3dt of 2 8BF embryos. (+ HPT 7dp3dt) Beta #1- 82.8 Beta #2- 821 Beta 3-7254
Colin born via c/s 4/7/14 (36w5d) 6lbs 14oz - 8 days in the NICU
TTC #2 - IVF 4 - July 2015 (Antagonist Protocol) 7/10 start stims
15R 8F 5dt of 1E blast grade BA & 1 blast to freeze!! (+hpt 6dp5dt)
beta #1-52 beta #2-62 Beta #3-6.5 - CP
FET - 9/18/15 (+hpt 5dp5dt) beta #1 -225.1 beta #2-2468 beta #3-21,352
10/29 - U/S shows 1 bean! HR 151 EDD 6/7/16 It's a BOY!
5/18/16 Jacob born via c/s (37w 1d) 9lbs .8oz 19in - 6 days in the NICU
Baby E born: 2/16/2014 at 12:56pm. 5lb 15oz
RIP Dr. Irving Fishman - 10/1/19-7/25/10 - thank you for holding on for me.
You made my wedding day complete.
When you've been married this long, you need a ticker to remind you.
Baby Boy M - 08/01/2013
When you've been married this long, you need a ticker to remind you.
Baby Boy M - 08/01/2013
My Goodreads Read Shelf
* After 22 months and 2 failed IUIs, we finally got our BFP *
DS delivered naturally at 41w6d on 4/18/14
"Neither of us have jobs. YAY! No woman should work during pregnancy!" Dafuq?
ETA: I don't know why my dafuq is duplicating...