Friday's Connections Abound

Welcome to today's edition of Connections Abound. The point to Lost and Found is to level the support playing field. When LFCA works correctly, the newest blogger with the smallest readership can receive the same level of support as the oldest blogger with the largest readership. Anyone can submit news to LFCA by clicking here.

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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• Kirtsy'd Pick O' the Day: Please vote for this one from Crazy Lady Ramblings. Excellent advice for all people on announcing their pregnancies. How do you vote? Simply by clicking on the link above and then clicking on the post's title. Why the Kirtsy'd Pick O' the Day? Click on that link in the header navigation bar above for the story.
• 57 people already on the The Creme de la Creme List. Are you?
• Start Commenting: IComLeavWe starts today. As in now. Get commenting! The list will close this evening.
• Question: NoSwimmers is helping put together a RESOLVE conference and would like opinions from the community.
• Question: Erin at Seriously? is looking for advice and resources for a friend whose husband was just diagnosed with azoospermia.
  

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• Book Giveaway: Rachel says, "I have a used but in very good condition book, Empty Cradle, Broken Heart: Surviving the Death of Your Baby by Deborah L Davis, PhD to give to the first person who replies who has had a loss."
• Giveaway: Free stuff from Niobe -- fragrances and magazine subscriptions! If you'd like to enter (and you're a US resident), leave a comment at her blog.
• Bridges continues to post daily. And it continues to be an amazing resource for insight into a multitude of worlds. And I'm not just saying that because I work on it.
• 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 October or November 2008)

• None Today.
  

BIRTHDAYS AND ANNIVERSARIES (celebrate your birthday or blogoversary with the community. Send me date at any point and I'll post them on the correct day)

• It is Myles' first birthday today. Go over and sing him a little song.
• Valerie is turning 38. Go over and have some cake with her.
• Our Wish Come Two is celebrating her birthday on Monday. Swing by this weekend to sing her a little song.

LOSS REMEMBRANCES (send in the dates of loss anniversaries and I will post them on the correct day)

• On Saturday, Tina will be remembering the D&E date for an early loss. Please go over and give her support.
• Letters to a Birthmother's unfulfilled due date was Thursday. Please go sit with her as she wonders what might have been.
• Today is the second anniversary of the D&C Jane underwent after a diagnosis of missed miscarriage on her first pregnancy. Please go give her a hug.
• Please stop by Sara's blog on Monday to show your support. It has been a year since her son Samuel went to Heaven.

LOSS ANNOUNCEMENTS

• None Today.
  

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, celebratory retrievals, transfers, and other good news)

• Emily the Hopeless had her FET on Thursday. She had two lovely blastocysts transferred back and is now counting down the days of her 2ww. Please go keep her company while she waits.
• Eyes Wide Open has approved by their agency and is ready and waiting to adopt!
• Shark Sandwich is having a difficult week, capped off by news that his father-in-law has cancer. Go offer a word of support.
• The Hardest Quest is traveling to the RE today to have a cyst aspirated so that she can continue with her IVF cycle.
• PJ is starting IVF #2 this weekend! She has some hope that she'll get through an entire cycle, and that this time something will stick and more importantly, stay!

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

• CC at Inconceivable No More got a fetal fibronectin test and so is on modified bedrest for at least the next two week. Go keep her company.
• Denise is on bedrest at home.
• Dee is on bedrest after Pprom at 13 weeks. She could use support as she helps her babies defy the odds.

PREGNANCY ANNOUNCEMENTS AND NEWS

• Joys In My Life had a great second beta. It more than doubled - 1453!
• Poked and Prodded's baby had good news on the nuchal fold test.
  

BIRTH AND ADOPTION ANNOUNCEMENTS

• Lea Bee gave birth to a boy, Ezra, back in October. She's now back with pictures!
  

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