Friday's Connections Abound

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Lost and Found is open to anyone in the infertility, pregnancy loss, adoption, pregnancy-and-parenting after infertility, assisted conception, living child-free after infertility or loss community (as well as anyone I inadvertently missed on that list). Please support the list as well as anyone posting announcements below.

Connections Abound

MISCELLANEOUS NEWS
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• Beagle's cats are on the web and need your votes. Click here and then click on the cheeseburgers right above the picture, you can choose 1-5 as a score. Obviously, a score of 5 is proper because they're so damn cute.
• Eggs in a Basket is going invite-only: "I'm making my blogs invite-only, including my IF blog. If anyone wants to be read along, they can email me at lltanderson@gmail.com, and I'll put 'em on the list of invitees."

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• If you notice another loading slow down or receive error messages for Stirrup Queens or Lost and Found, please let me know. Now I'm nervous every time I add anything to the side bar!

NEW BLOGS (started in December 2007 or January 2008)

• Where To Go From Here... (stillbirth/neonatal loss)
• Ten Times Crazier (general IF, female factor, pg loss)
  

BIRTHDAYS AND ANNIVERSARIES: Celebrate your birthday or blogoversary with the community. Send me dates for January/February right now and I'll post them on the correct day.

• Andrea Jennine's birthday is this weekend on Saturday. Go over and sing her happy birthday.
• The Duchess's 2nd blogoversary is also on Saturday. Go over and wish her congratulations.
  

LOSS ANNOUNCEMENTS

• With enormous sadness and wishes for peace for A and S: Zoe, sister of Lennox, died yesterday afternoon. AMS has left the comments open on her blog. You can leave notes for Zoe, A, and S, here or here.
  

MISCELLANEOUS SUPPORT AND CELEBRATIONS: Scary scans, anxious waits, OHSS, and a host of other reasons why these bloggers could use some additional support right now. Also, celebrations!

• None Today.
  

BEDREST BABES: on bedrest following infertility or loss and needing support. Drop in on them and keep them company.

• Luck Doesn't Happen Twice.
• Not According to Plan.
• I Think We Made a Nugget.
• Flotsam.
• herveryown.
  

PREGNANCY ANNOUNCEMENTS

• After a negative peestick the day before, Bleu received great news--a beta of 70. Go wish her congratulations.
• Lady in Waiting at Purgatory had a fantastic beta too--240! Go celebrate the good news.
  

BIRTH AND ADOPTION ANNOUNCEMENTS

• May at Problem Uterus had her baby on January 14th via emergency C-section. She had an amniotic fluid embolism and spent 11 days in ICU, and is now on dialysis, though she is home. Baby boy is fine.