Monday, February 2, 2009

Monday'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 Mission: Impossible. Posted on a twin site, this article gives insight into what it is like to be pregnant with twins after enduring IVF and infertility. The article is much more about IVF and less about pregnancy. How do you vote? Simply by clicking on the words "this one" 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. And send me stuff!
  • Free to a Good Home: "3 x 10 pack of ovulation sticks or 1 x 5 pack. Sticks are individually-wrapped ovunow brand. They expire 27th of March 09, so I have broken the box up into usable quantities. Free to anyone who wants to email me at infertilefantasies@gmail.com with a postal address and preference for either 10 or 5 pack. Instructions can be scanned and emailed if desired, but most of us are pretty familiar with it, so I won't unless someone requests."
  • Help: Phoebe is looking for specific help for her upcoming FET cycle. Click over to help her if you can.
  • Password Protected: Enat is going password protected. If you would like to continue reading her blog, send an email with your name and city to enat.eshururu@gmail.com.
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  • Creme de la Creme: The Creme de la Creme list was posted. I continue to add to it daily and update the date/time link on the right sidebar whenever there has been a change.
  • Bridges continues to post 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 January or February 2009)
  • 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)
  • Overeducated Mommy is celebrating her birthday today. Go over and sing her a little song.
  • Bagmomma is celebrating her birthday today. Go over and have some cake with her.
  • In Ancient Starlight is celebrating her birthday next Saturday. Go sing her a little song.
  • To Baby and Beyond is celebrating her birthday next Saturday too. Go eat a little cake with her.
  • Bee Cee from Definition of Insanity celebrated her birthday on Friday. It's not too late to share some cake with her. Then, she celebrated her one-year wedding anniversary on Sunday. Go wish them congratulations.
  • Grace Comes By Hearing marked her first blogoversary on Friday. Go wish her congratulations.
LOSS REMEMBRANCES (send in the dates of loss anniversaries and I will post them on the correct day)
  • I Won't Fear Love remembered A on the second anniversary of his death and birth yesterday. Please go over and give her support.
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)
  • It's Not a Clown Car had a great fert report--10 eggs were retrieved and 9 fertilized. Go over and wish her an easy transfer.
  • All Things Deb is having a needle biopsy today. Please go over and give her support.
  • Niki's surrogate K had her transfer. Go wish Niki and K good luck on the TWW.
  • By the Pricking of My Thumbs has just been railroaded into resigning from her firm for ongoing IVF/ttc appointments, one week after her fifth miscarriage. Please go give her support.
  • Emily The Hopeless is scheduled for her egg retrieval on Monday. Go wish her good luck.
  • Kara's husband is filing for divorce. Please go leave her a word of support.
BEDREST BABES: on bedrest following infertility or loss and needing support. Drop in on them and keep them company.
  • Elana had the cerclage and is now at home on modified bed rest.
  • Heather is on bedrest for the foreseeable future after having a cerclage put in. Sweetpea is still doing great!
  • JJ is in the hospital on bed rest and it is a very nerve-wracking situation. Please go over and give her support. She will be delivering on Wednesday.
PREGNANCY ANNOUNCEMENTS AND NEWS
  • Destined to be an Old Woman with No Regrets had a faint but definite second line. Go help her breathe while she holds her breath.
  • JJ has an induction date--this Wednesday, February 4th. Go over and wish her good luck.
  • It's a girl for Life in the Soupbowl.
  • Kathy is six weeks pregnant, due on her 9th wedding anniversary! Go over and wish her congratulations.
  • Seussgirl is pregnant! Excited and overwhelmed, as her miracle twin boys aren't even a year old yet.
BIRTH AND ADOPTION ANNOUNCEMENTS
  • If you thought she looked happy in the pictures taken the day she matched, you should probably go over and see how Lindsay looks actually holding her son. Today is Lindsay's Gotcha Day and she welcomed a son, Fred, into her family. Go wish her congratulations.
  • A Little Bit Lost gave birth to a boy, Morgan, on January 10th. Go over and wish her congratulations.
  • Life in the Polar North Defrosts gave birth to a son, Elijah, on January 31. Go over and wish her congratulations.
  • Jamie gave birth to a boy, Milo. Go over and wish her congratulations.
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