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we are getting closer to our IUI date! We originally though it would be the 18th however, due to the fertility medication i am taking this time it could be sooner.I had clomede & some shots this time. Diana just gave me my last shot and I go back tomorrow morning to see how many eggs we will have this month. I'm excited && anxious! Wish us luck :)

Melissa

I dont get it my little boy can be so lovin and cute and other times i could just beat his little butt. He is finally startin to react to things like watchin a movie. the movie monster house scares him he crys when the old man comes on but love madagascar.. he laughs at the lion. it so amazin to see him now i can remeber when he couldnt do anythin and now he has such a pesonality. not aways a good one vut he got one. he is grownin up and he is startin to talk I can't wait to have another one. to see them role over and see how they react to thing diffrent the Jaidon.

i need to ask a question to all you other moms..or dads out there. my little boy is now 19 months old. and as of now he has been our only child and yeah we spoil him a little bit. but ever since he was little we always set boundaries and rules of do's and dont's. now my partner and i felt it was very important that we both agreed and were on the same page when it came to what we allow and what we dont and more importantly HOW we discipline him. however our plans must not be working all too well.

Has anyone else had an ectopic pregnancy? I just got over mine and it took about 3 months. We are trying again for the first time this month (IUI)and I am so anxious & nervous! All the worries I had the first 2 tries and then we got pregnant have way over doubled. Does anyone have any positive stories about this? Just wondering...might make me feel a little less worried about getting pregnant again.

Me and my partner had one but I never used it. she got more use out of it then I did. So I thought I'd get on here and create my own. I'd love to get to know more people that are going through things that we are going through or people in our area. I know there is people that are going through my end of an insemination. It'd be great to talk to people because i don't know what to do I feel so useless being on this end. We have a 19mo oy and I was on the birth part. She is carring this time and I just have no idea what to do with my self.

wow, i am telling you i had zero time to worry about anything but my little man last night. monster was/is so sick. he is getting a couple of his molars in and apparently last night was when they decided to start bothering him. he woke up around 2am and has been up ever since. it just breaks my heart to see him to sad and sick. he is a baby that NEVER got sick. all he wanted was for me to hold him and be close to him. it is the sweetest thing ever...but i cant help but feel totally helpless cuz he is too small to tell me exactly whats wrong. but i think he just feels sick from having a fever.

we all grow up with favorite tales. Here are the one's we want to have in our nursery:

X-Love You Forever by Robert N Munsch
X-Goodnight Moon by Margaret Wise Brown
x-No No Yes Yes (et al) by Leslie Patricelli
-How Do Dinosaurs Say Goodnight? (et al) by Jane Yolen
-Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak
-The Cat In The Hat by Dr. Seuss
-The Butter Battle Book (et al) by Dr. Seuss
-Are You My Mother? by P.D. Eastman
-Chicka Boom Boom by Bill Martin Jr
-The Monster at the End of this Book by Jon Stone
-The Very Hungry Caterpillar (et al) by Eric Carle

Ok, so just proof that I have found the corect partner for me, even if we aren't always perfect...

My partner and I are starting the process of haveing our first child. We are doing a home insemination with a unknown donor sperm from a bank. She is going to carry the first baby and we are concerned about my name being on the birth certificate. We live in central FL. We understand that FL will not allow us to do a second parent adoption, so what are some other options? We are willing to have the baby in a different state or do whatever we have to, to insure we both are on the birth certificate. PLEASE HELP!!!

in february... we both knew we were pregnant... it was only 10 DPO and we just new. She had spotting at 8 Dpo and Her whole body was being wonky. We knew. My most beautiful, wonderful partner was carrying our child. The tests couldn't tell us yet, but we knew. it was like she just instantly started glowing...

My partner, April, and I have gone through all of the medical steps towards insemination. We are now questioning our legal responsibilities to one another and the baby. I am seeking any help or advice for second parent adoption. We live in Georgia, and I have been unable to find a local lawyer that is well versed on same sex laws. Any help or advice would be greatly appreciated. Thank you in advance.
Sarah

1) as of weds, I am 26 which (as of 2001) is the "ideal" and "average" age for a woman to get pregnant.

2) I am not pg. Mind you, it is primarily because things were just decided mid-march and I haven't cycled since then. Well, ok, I think I cycled right after we made the decision that I would carry instead, but it was too soon for me to be ready to insem. (which is odd, because I have been READY to insem for about two years, but in the "yay, let's make a baby" sense, rather than the "insert turkey baster aka 5cc needleless syringe" sense.)

Well, things have changed for us yet again.
Comunity decision: I am going to give birth.
Reasoning:
-I am able to get up and walk around.
-DPs Borderline Peronality diagnosis(BP) may cause her to have to be hospitalized durring and for a time after PG
-Getting PG would mean that she couldn't take BP meds to help stabalize her.
-My family tends to get pg fairly easy. Her family tends to miscarry easily (I know they say it is not heriditary, however, her mom, g-ma, aunts, and g-g-ma all had over 5 miscarriages and @ least 2 stillbirths each.)

You know what? I love when people make descisions for me. When people DECIDE - without talking to me/us that we are not capable of commiting to 20 ?%$#@ hours a month, justs because we are trying - note that I said trying not DOING - to BECOME foster parents. Yes, that's right, we have started the process to apply to be foster parents for ages three and under, and because of that, we can not be CASAs for children OVER AGE THREE. WHY????

Sigh... I don't know why, I just can't focus on getting pg this month. but if we don't get on it now-ish, we'll miss our opportunity. I guess I just feel tired about all else that's up. We're finishing our CASA (court appointed special advocate) training, and tomorrow we do our "first family meeting" for fostering which is exciting...
I know we really need to get on the ball, but... I dunno.