371st Issue of the LFCA

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
New

• Kirtsy'd Pick O' the Day: Please vote for this one from Relaxing Doesn't Make Babies. A post about how blogging or sharing news is about stating your words to a non-captive audience and the way people react to the words tells more about the person than the speaker. 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!
• I Married Barney, Now What? posted that she couldn't get her stuff in the LFCA so I thought it was worth mentioning here too. When you fill out the LFCA form and hit submit, it should take you to a screen that says "Thank you for submitting your news to the LFCA. It will be uploaded the next time the LFCA goes up (or, if our paths crossed and I'm currently working on today's issue and don't see it in time, it will go up in the next one)." If you are not seeing that screen, it did not go through and you should try again. Everything on the spreadsheet that comes from within the community goes up on the LFCA.
• Project: Pamela Jeanne posted this for Fertility Authority, a fertility website. "Hope you are all doing well. I wanted to let you know that this week is National Infertility Awareness Week and FA has launched a "Tell a Non-infertile ONE THING" campaign, the goal of which is to help raise awareness/destigmatize infertility. We are encouraging women (and men) to speak out about their infertility by posting their "ONE THING" on our site and by participating in our NIAW poll. You'll see that we've also blogged about the stigmatization of infertility in NIAW: Infertility's Not a Lifestyle Choice."
• Question: April is looking for OPK recommendations. Share your fave with her at
  

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• Clickers: We are in desperate need for Clickers again. Most categories could use a second person and some have no one covering that section. If you'd like to take a section, name your section and I'll send you some "how-to" information.
• Class: Lori from Weebles Wobblog and her daughter's birthmom are presenting about open adoption at an infertility support group in the Denver area May 31. Please pass the word to your Denver-area friends who may be interested in seeing what OA can look like. For more details, contact bestlightlori at the gmail place.
• Book Announcement: Mel's book, Navigating the Land of If, went on sale this week. Amazon is sending out copies and it should be in bookstores around the end of the week. Like the title suggests, it is about navigating the emotional side of infertility, adoption, and loss. Julie at A Little Pregnant is currently doing a giveaway for the book if you want to win a copy for yourself or a friend.
• Forums: If you are not a member of the forums, you will not have access to the LFCA on days when we are utilizing an open thread in the forums instead of posting on this site. Any blog reader or writer can become a member of the forums by clicking here and registering. On days when we don't have the LFCA, it also follows that I'll be slow on approving new members (that whole lack of Internet access thing) so please be patient.

NEW BLOGS (started in March or April 2009)

• None Today (a lot being added in another day or so)
  

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)

• Jamie is celebrating her 3rd blogoversary on April 30! Head over to her blog and buy her a cupcake.
• Elm Street Mom is celebrating her birthday this week. Go sing her a little song.
• A Run for My Money is celebrating her birthday today. Go eat a little cake with her.
• Isabel is celebrating her birthday this week. Go sing her a little song.
• Bluebird and her husband will be celebrating their 4th wedding anniversary on April 30! Go over and wish them congratulations!
• Jo from MoJoWorking is celebrating her birthday on Sunday! Go over and sing her a little song.
  

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

• None Today.
  

LOSS ANNOUNCEMENTS

• Maria's beta dropped. This is a particularly hard blow because this was their last cycle for the conceivable future. Go be her shoulder to cry on as she grieves.
• Liza's last living grandparent, Gran’papa, passed away yesterday. Please give her some love and hugs.
  

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)

• (Mis)conceptions had 16 fertilize. Go over and wish her congratulations.
• Zee could use some hugs. She's having an "office soap opera" over the last week.
• Patricia is scheduled for her IUI on Saturday. Please go over and wish her luck while she waits.
• Maybe I'm sensitive because this happened to me too, but Martha's son had his bike stolen this week from their yard and it totally sucks. Go give the family a hug.
• Cat could use a little love after attending her niece & nephew's baptism last week and the reminder of what they're missing in their own family.
• Another Dreamer's HSG this week revealed nothing while finding clear tubes and a
  normal uterus. No explanation or diagnosis to date for her repeat losses, and she
  had to deal with an unsensitive doc telling that if she manages to get pg, to "hope
  for the best."
• The Angry Infertile is in the WUB after transferring two embies on Saturday, 4/25.
• Tabi at The Art of Being Infertile is gearing up for a tentative donor/surrogate cycle for May. She could use good thoughts in the process.
• Courtney at Baby Mama Drama is getting ready to start IVF #1.
  
• Meghan's 34th cycle (her first injectible/IUI cycle) was a bust. Give her some good thoughts for onward and upward.
• How to Raise a Dog in Love and Righteousness has merged her two blogs into one. If
  you'd like an invite to her new digs, email her at meka_hilton at yahoo dot com.
  

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

• Sadie from Our Little Pebbles has been admitted to the hospital. She's 29 weeks today. She'll be in the hospital until the babies are born, hopefully not for a few more weeks, but based on her cervical measurements and contractions could be any day. She, her husband, and those babies need lots of good thoughts.
• Mrs M@sk has been put on bedrest at 26 weeks with incompetent cervix. She will be there until her little girls are born, which will hopefully not be too soon. Her doctor is aiming for 30 weeks. Go keep her company and send her good thoughts.
  

PREGNANCY ANNOUNCEMENTS AND NEWS

• Jamie is having a boy!
• A BFP 14dpiui for A Decade of BFNs!
• It's not 100% but it looks like there are 2 boys-to-come for Adventures in Life.
• Elle has quietly entered her second trimester.

BIRTH AND ADOPTION ANNOUNCEMENTS

• None Today.
  

Read and Support

370th Issue of the LFCA

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
New

• Kirtsy'd Pick O' the Day: Please vote for this one from Are You Kidding Me. In the heart of NIAW, a beautiful post honouring the people she knows that have struggled with infertility or loss. 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!
• Clickers: We are in desperate need for Clickers again. Most categories could use a second person and some have no one covering that section. If you'd like to take a section, name your section and I'll send you some "how-to" information.
  
• Question: Allison is trying to make some decisions regarding doing a fresh IVF cycle and whether or not to participate in a study at her clinic. She has some questions about ganirelix being used in combination with follistim or menopur and would really appreciate anyone with previous experience dropping by!
• Question: Gwinne is having yet another wonky cycle, after being put on Estrace last cycle. A cd 6 ultrasound revealed *nothing* by way of significant follicle development (and her last two cycles had mature follicles on cd 6 and 8). She's wondering if the estrogen is working like her RE wanted or if, in fact, she's been oversuppressed. Similar experiences would be appreciated!
  

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• Essay Contest: Last call for entires to Parenthood for Me's essay/blog entry contest. Submission due by May 1 at 10PM ET.
• Class: Lori from Weebles Wobblog and her daughter's birthmom are presenting about open adoption at an infertility support group in the Denver area May 31. Please pass the word to your Denver-area friends who may be interested in seeing what OA can look like. For more details, contact bestlightlori at the gmail place.
• Book Announcement: Mel's book, Navigating the Land of If, went on sale this week. Amazon is sending out copies and it should be in bookstores around the end of the week. Like the title suggests, it is about navigating the emotional side of infertility, adoption, and loss. Julie at A Little Pregnant is currently doing a giveaway for the book if you want to win a copy for yourself or a friend.
• Forums: If you are not a member of the forums, you will not have access to the LFCA on days when we are utilizing an open thread in the forums instead of posting on this site. Any blog reader or writer can become a member of the forums by clicking here and registering. On days when we don't have the LFCA, it also follows that I'll be slow on approving new members (that whole lack of Internet access thing) so please be patient.

NEW BLOGS (started in March or April 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)

• Jamie is celebrating her 3rd blogoversary on April 30! Head over to her blog and buy her a cupcake.
• Elm Street Mom is celebrating her birthday this week. Go sing her a little song.
• A Run for My Money is celebrating her birthday this Thursday. Go eat a little cake with her.
• Isabel is celebrating her birthday this week. Go sing her a little song.
• Drowned Girl is celebrating her birthday today. Go sing her a little song.
• Just Another Mom Blog is celebrating her blogoversary today. Go wish her congratulations.

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

• Monday was the ten month anniversary of Deker's birth and death. Please go eat some ice cream in his memory.
  

LOSS ANNOUNCEMENTS

• Carrie and MJ have been TTC for years. On their final try they got pregnant and were so ecstatic and happy about their "little chicklet". Then they were concerned because of low progesterone and slow growth of their 7 week old baby. They wrote on their blog today that at their ultrasound on Monday there was no heartbeat. They are scheduled for a D&C on Friday. All their blog friends are heartbroken as are they. Please send them love and support as they grieve this devastating loss.
  

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)

• (Mis)conceptions is waiting for the fert report. Go keep her company.
  

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

• Sadie from Our Little Pebbles has been admitted to the hospital. She's 29 weeks today. She'll be in the hospital until the babies are born, hopefully not for a few more weeks, but based on her cervical measurements and contractions could be any day. She, her husband, and those babies need lots of good thoughts.

PREGNANCY ANNOUNCEMENTS AND NEWS

• Devon is pregnant! Go wish her congratulations.
• WheresMyMiracle got a positive on her first IVF cycle. Go wish her congratulations.
  

BIRTH AND ADOPTION ANNOUNCEMENTS

• None Today.
  

Read and Support

369th Issue of the LFCA

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
New

• Kirtsy'd Pick O' the Day: Please vote for this one from The Unfair Struggle. A very moving post about how giving 100% with infertility doesn't always amount to the same as giving 100% in other facets of life and embedded within the post is the idea of what we also give up when we want it all--so can "all" ever be obtained?. 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!
• Essay Contest: Last call for entires to Parenthood for Me's essay/blog entry contest. Submission due by May 1 at 10PM ET.
• Question: Crazy Lady Ramblings writes: "I would love to hear stories of successful pregnancies after low beta's. My beta has come back at 35 at 12dp5dt and I've been told that it could be a chemical pregnancy but not to give up hope." Go over and give her your thoughts.
  

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• Book Announcement: Mel's book, Navigating the Land of If, went on sale this week. Amazon is sending out copies and it should be in bookstores around the end of the week. Like the title suggests, it is about navigating the emotional side of infertility, adoption, and loss. Julie at A Little Pregnant is currently doing a giveaway for the book if you want to win a copy for yourself or a friend.
  
• Book Announcement: Pamela Jeanne's book, Silent Sorority, went on sale this week, just in time for NIAW. It's a book about living child-free after infertility and the subtitle says it all: "A Barren Woman Gets Busy, Angry, Lost and Found." Click over to get your copy.
• Giveaway: In Due Time is doing a giveaway of two custom-beaded key chains for NIAW. Go over and enter.
• Idea: I left this thought on another person's blog today and thought I'd leave it here. For those who want to write a blog post, but don't know who from your face-to-face world is possibly reading your blog, you can do so on the forums. There is a blog post feature. You can see on the member list who has access to the forum and while it isn't perfect, it gives you a little space to write and at least know who could see it vs. a public blog where anyone can see it. Though scroll back all the way through the list since there are over 300 members right now.
  
• Study: Annie writes: "Lisa Rosenweig, a doctoral candidate at Columbia University is completing her dissertation research on women's experiences with miscarriage. She hopes this information will help health providers to better care for women and families who have experienced miscarriage. Please, if you have had a miscarriage in the last 6 months, are 18 or older, live in the US, and in a relationship with a significant other, please take time to fill out the survey."
• Class: Lori from Weebles Wobblog and her daughter's birthmom are presenting about open adoption at an infertility support group in the Denver area May 31. Please pass the word to your Denver-area friends who may be interested in seeing what OA can look like. For more details, contact bestlightlori at the gmail place.
  
• Forums: If you are not a member of the forums, you will not have access to the LFCA on days when we are utilizing an open thread in the forums instead of posting on this site. Any blog reader or writer can become a member of the forums by clicking here and registering. On days when we don't have the LFCA, it also follows that I'll be slow on approving new members (that whole lack of Internet access thing) so please be patient.

NEW BLOGS (started in March or April 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)

• Jamie is celebrating her 3rd blogoversary on April 30! Head over to her blog and buy her a cupcake.
• Elm Street Mom is celebrating her birthday this week. Go sing her a little song.
• A Run for My Money is celebrating her birthday this Thursday. Go eat a little cake with her.
• Isabel is celebrating her birthday this week. Go sing her a little song.
• Drowned Girl is celebrating her birthday this Wednesday. Go sing her a little song.
• Just Another Mom Blog is celebrating her blogoversary this Wednesday. Go wish her congratulations.

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

• On Saturday, Amanda remembered Zachary James on the two year anniversary of his birth and death. Keep her and her family in your thoughts and prayers.

LOSS ANNOUNCEMENTS

• An ultrasound is showing that Tally is most probably experiencing another loss. Please go over and give her a lot of support.
  

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)

• (Mis)conceptions is having her retrieval today. Go over and give her good thoughts.
• Kat is beginning her first IVF in May, and is anxiously waiting to begin her stimulation medications.
• Wishing and Hoping for Baby is just having a hard time dealing with things right now, dealing with loosing weight, attempting to buy a house and just life in general. She is a little fed up with everything.
  
• Gorillabuns could really use some support as she wades through really strong feelings of guilt about the death of Thalon.
• A Few Good Sperm has negative pee sticks after her first IVF/ICSI. Beta is on Wednesday. She could use some support.
• Crable Family Adventures has matched with an expectant mom very early on in her pregnancy.
• Trish was interviewed for a "spotlight on..." article for a health activist website! Stop by to read the article and say congratulations.
• Meghan at Finding Family with Empty Arms has just had her 35th cycle end in a BFN. She's also struggling with the coming month and isn't looking forward to the birthday that she always planned to have her first child by. Please drop by and show her some love and support.
  

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

• Sadie from Our Little Pebbles has been admitted to the hospital. She's 29 weeks today. She'll be in the hospital until the babies are born, hopefully not for a few more weeks, but based on her cervical measurements and contractions could be any day. She, her husband, and those babies need lots of good thoughts.

PREGNANCY ANNOUNCEMENTS AND NEWS

• There's no maybe about it. Lisa heard (and saw) the heartbeat. Go over and wish her congratulations.
• Dora saw one beautiful heartbeat. Go wish her congratulations.
• Just Me Debbie's first ultrasound revealed twins!
• A Decade of BFNs got light positives two days in a row. She is nervous due to two previous early loses. She goes in on Thursday for a beta. Go give her good thoughts.
  

BIRTH AND ADOPTION ANNOUNCEMENTS

• Jenni gave birth to a girl, Jessica, on Monday (the 27th). Go over and wish her congratulations.
• Alicia gave birth to a girl, Ivy, on April 26th. Go over and wish her congratulations.
• KimboSue gave birth to Miles on the 17th! Go congratulate her and welcome Miles to the world!
• Manda finally gets to the second part of foster-adopt. The boys will be staying with her!
  

Read and Support

368th Issue of the LFCA

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
New

• Kirtsy'd Pick O' the Day: Please vote for this one from The Dragondreamer's Lair. It was the photo that went with this post that did me in--the tear on her face that captures the long wait from desiring the person to holding the child. A beautiful post about parenting after infertility and why she remains part of the community. 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!
• No really, send me stuff to Kirtsy, especially if you haven't been Kirtsy'd before. Click on the button below the header to see how to submit.
• Book Announcement: Mel's book, Navigating the Land of If, went on sale this week. Amazon is sending out copies and it should be in bookstores around the end of the week. Like the title suggests, it is about navigating the emotional side of infertility, adoption, and loss. Julie at A Little Pregnant is currently doing a giveaway for the book if you want to win a copy for yourself or a friend.
  
• Book Announcement: Pamela Jeanne's book, Silent Sorority, went on sale this week, just in time for NIAW. It's a book about living child-free after infertility and the subtitle says it all: "A Barren Woman Gets Busy, Angry, Lost and Found." Click over to get your copy.
• Giveaway: In Due Time is doing a giveaway of two custom-beaded key chains for NIAW. Go over and enter.
• Idea: I left this thought on another person's blog today and thought I'd leave it here. For those who want to write a blog post, but don't know who from your face-to-face world is possibly reading your blog, you can do so on the forums. There is a blog post feature. You can see on the member list who has access to the forum and while it isn't perfect, it gives you a little space to write and at least know who could see it vs. a public blog where anyone can see it. Though scroll back all the way through the list since there are over 300 members right now.
  
• Study: Annie writes: "Lisa Rosenweig, a doctoral candidate at Columbia University is completing her dissertation research on women's experiences with miscarriage. She hopes this information will help health providers to better care for women and families who have experienced miscarriage. Please, if you have had a miscarriage in the last 6 months, are 18 or older, live in the US, and in a relationship with a significant other, please take time to fill out the survey."
• Question: Larisa asks: "I'm having a laparoscopy / hysteroscopy, my 3rd surgery of the year, on Thursday. I have adhesions and a blocked tube at the proximal end (the end near the uterus) after the D&C last month for what may have been a cornual pregnancy - this is where the scar tissue is located - way up high in the uterine cornu. I'm scared about what this means and I'm also wondering if there are any other women out there who have had 1) scar tissue after a D&C and even more importantly to me 2) have had a tube suddenly become blocked after a pregnancy or D&C. Thanks." Please click over and answer if you can help.
• Question: Cali has some newborn questions. Go over if you can help.
  

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• Class: Lori from Weebles Wobblog and her daughter's birthmom are presenting about open adoption at an infertility support group in the Denver area May 31. Please pass the word to your Denver-area friends who may be interested in seeing what OA can look like. For more details, contact bestlightlori at the gmail place.
  
• Forums: If you are not a member of the forums, you will not have access to the LFCA on days when we are utilizing an open thread in the forums instead of posting on this site. Any blog reader or writer can become a member of the forums by clicking here and registering. On days when we don't have the LFCA, it also follows that I'll be slow on approving new members (that whole lack of Internet access thing) so please be patient.

NEW BLOGS (started in March or April 2009)

• Inanna Journey (stillbirth)
• Hoping for a Baby Bridge (in the beginning)
• Baby to Be (IUI)
• Angels on My Mind (pg loss)
• Infertility Instability (PCOS)
• Conceiving Life after 40 (over 35 and TTC)
• The Grass Became Greener on My Side (parenting after IF)
• Keeping My Head Out of the Stove... (general IF, unexplained IF)

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)

• Jamie is celebrating her 3rd blogoversary on April 30! Head over to her blog and buy her a cupcake.
• Elm Street Mom is celebrating her birthday this week. Go sing her a little song.
• A Run for My Money is celebrating her birthday this Thursday. Go eat a little cake with her.
• Isabel is celebrating her birthday this week. Go sing her a little song.
• Drowned Girl is celebrating her birthday this Wednesday. Go sing her a little song.
• Just Another Mom Blog is celebrating her blogoversary this Wednesday. Go wish her congratulations.
• My Pathway to Motherhood celebrated her blogoversary yesterday. Go over and give her congratulations.
• Faith, Love & Poop? celebrated her first blogoversary on Friday. Go wish her congratulations.
• Sticky Bun and her husband celebrated their fifth anniversary on Friday. Wish them many more!
  

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

• So These are the Days of Our Life is remembering a loss today on the two year anniversary. Please go give her support.
  

LOSS ANNOUNCEMENTS

• High Land, Hard Rain has suffered a 3rd miscarriage. Please go give her support.
• Please go over and support Echole, she went into pre-term labor and has lost her baby.
• Baby, Interrupted found out that she is having an ectopic pregnancy after her first IVF/ICSI cycle. Please go give her a hug.
  

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 is kicking off her next IVF cycle today. Go over and give her good thoughts.
• Our Own Creation got a negative on her FET cycle. Please go give her a hug.
• Please give The After Life some love after her negative.
• Faith, Love & Poop? announced they are matched with an expectant mom who is due in June.
• I'm Not A Fertile Myrtle's first IVF cycle was a no-go. She could probably use some support and hugs right now.
• Jess got diagnoised with classic PPD and could use some support from those that have been there.
• Crable Family Adventures is unexpedtedly exploring a possible private adoption.
• Fashionably Infertile has decided to stop pursuing IVF and focus on adoption.
• Hope.Faith.Patience is scheduled for retrieval on Tuesday.
• Sarah is scheduled for transfer on Monday.
• BabyBound's grandfather has had his feeding tube removed and is likely to pass very soon. Please go give her support.
• Stephanie and Alisa (two infertile friends) kicked off National Infertility Awareness Weekby jumping out of an airplane. Since they know all too well how fast infertility can suck the joy right out of life, they are injecting some back in.
  

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

• Jenni has been placed on bedrest at home indefinitely. Go over and keep her company while the baby hangs out a little longer!
• Sadie from Our Little Pebbles has been admitted to the hospital. She's 29 weeks today. She'll be in the hospital until the babies are born, hopefully not for a few more weeks, but based on her cervical measurements and contractions could be any day. She, her husband, and those babies need lots of good thoughts.

PREGNANCY ANNOUNCEMENTS AND NEWS

• Wombded is nearing the end of the first trimester. Go wish her congratulations.
• Guess who is fertilized again! Farah is on her way to having two under two!
• Child Bearing Hips saw two heartbeats at her ultrasound on Friday!
• Strong Blonde has entered the 2nd trimester, but the doubts remain.
• Surprise! Tubeless in Seattle had an unscheduled ultrasound to locate the source of some bleeding in her twin pregnancy, and the ultrasound revealed an additional baby.
• Lisa's betas continue to rise, but her latest ultrasound was still inconclusive. The next ultrasound is on Monday. Please give her good thoughts.
• Michelle is having a boy!
• Crazy Lady Ramblings got a positive result on her home pregnancy test. Blood test results are due soon.
• Michele has seen 2 high heartbeats and is excited to welcome another set of twins. She will be going into the hospital after Mother's Day for cervical surgery.
• Erica is pregnant again after losing her little girl, Angel, and her baby is seriously sick. She needs all the thoughts and prayers we can offer.
  

BIRTH AND ADOPTION ANNOUNCEMENTS

• Expectingamiracle gave birth to a boy, Matthew, on April 23. Go on over and wish her congratulations!
• Adoption Journey finalized daughter Ciara's adoption last Friday! Go on over and wish her congratulations!
• Reba gave birth to a beautiful baby girl on April 22nd. Both mom and baby are doing well. Go on over and wish her congratulations!
  

Read and Support

367th Issue of the LFCA

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
New

• Kirtsy'd Pick O' the Day: Please vote for this one from Sell Crazy Someplace Else. It's an extremely helpful post explaining how they chose their sperm donor. 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!

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• This is why I love Boulder: because she noticed (whereas I didn't) that yesterday was the 365th issue...get it? A full year's worth of LFCAs. This summer, the little LFCA will turn 2 years old at about 450 posts or so. Pretty damn cool.
• Class: Lori from Weebles Wobblog and her daughter's birthmom are presenting about open adoption at an infertility support group in the Denver area May 31. Please pass the word to your Denver-area friends who may be interested in seeing what OA can look like. For more details, contact bestlightlori at the gmail place.
• She's Back: This blogger was outed by her in-laws and stopped blogging for a while, but she's back and may password protect some posts, but is happy to be back.
• Event: May 10th 2009 is Mother's Day and a difficult day for many in the ALI community. Take part in OMG YOU ROCK DAY, a gift and card exchange among our community and join us as we make it a day to look forward to! Sign up through 4/19.
• Forums: If you are not a member of the forums, you will not have access to the LFCA on days when we are utilizing an open thread in the forums instead of posting on this site. Any blog reader or writer can become a member of the forums by clicking here and registering. On days when we don't have the LFCA, it also follows that I'll be slow on approving new members (that whole lack of Internet access thing) so please be patient.

NEW BLOGS (started in March or April 2009)

• None Today (many will be added over the weekend)
  

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)

• Saturday is the Maybe Baby's birthday. Go eat a piece of cake with her.
• Jamie is celebrating her 3rd blogoversary on April 30! Head over to her blog and buy her a cupcake.
• Cecily's birthday is this Sunday. Go sing her a little song.
• Elm Street Mom is celebrating her birthday next week. Go sing her a little song.
• A Run for My Money is celebrating her birthday next Thursday. Go eat a little cake with her.
• Isabel is celebrating her birthday next week. Go sing her a little song.
• That Was the Plan is celebrating her blogoversary this Saturday. Go wish her congratulations.
• Drowned Girl is celebrating her birthday next Wednesday. Go sing her a little song.
• Just Another Mom Blog is celebrating her blogoversary next Wednesday. Go wish her congratulations.
  

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

• None Today.
  

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)

• Tragic Optimist had a loss in her family and could use a hug.
• M has her FET today. Go give her good thoughts.
• Diary of an Infertile Mad Woman has not only received an official negative, but has reached the end of all treatments. Definitely could use some support as she faces this reality.
• Annie is going through a difficult time with a friend who does not respect her boundaries regarding her pregnancy after several losses. She could use the extra support right now.
• Seraphim is hosting a housewarming shower for Carly. While it's obviously not a complete surprise since it's posted in the LFCA, Carly doesn't know about it, therefore, please don't email her about it. Carly has worked tirelessly for the bereaved mamas of this community and if you would like to be part of this celebration please contact Serephim at whisperedsupport@gmail.com for all the details.
• Bodhi needs your support right now. Please click over to read why.
• Darya could use lots of big hugs right now.
  

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

• Jenni has been placed on bedrest at home indefinitely. Go over and keep her company while the baby hangs out a little longer!
• Sadie from Our Little Pebbles has been admitted to the hospital. She's 29 weeks today. She'll be in the hospital until the babies are born, hopefully not for a few more weeks, but based on her cervical measurements and contractions could be any day. She, her husband, and those babies need lots of good thoughts.

PREGNANCY ANNOUNCEMENTS AND NEWS

• Child Bearing Hips has her u/s today to see the heartbeats. Please go give her good thoughts.
• Infertile, Who Me? had a wonderful first ultrasound! Baby has a beautiful heartbeat!
• Dora has her first pregnancy ultrasound on Monday. She'll be 7 weeks and hoping to see a heartbeat. Go give her good thoughts.
• Nina got a BFP and is very nervous. Please go give her support.
  

BIRTH AND ADOPTION ANNOUNCEMENTS

• None Today.
  

Read and Support

366th Issue of the LFCA

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: An extra special pick o' the day. Please vote for this one from Bottoms On and Off the Table. This post is the winner in the game Lori has been playing on her blog all week. It's not just the amusement of the post, but also the brilliance of the comments. 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!
• This is why I love Boulder: because she noticed (whereas I didn't) that yesterday was the 365th issue...get it? A full year's worth of LFCAs. This summer, the little LFCA will turn 2 years old at about 450 posts or so. Pretty damn cool.
• Class: Lori from Weebles Wobblog and her daughter's birthmom are presenting about open adoption at an infertility support group in the Denver area May 31. Please pass the word to your Denver-area friends who may be interested in seeing what OA can look like. For more details, contact bestlightlori at the gmail place.
• She's Back: This blogger was outed by her in-laws and stopped blogging for a while, but she's back and may password protect some posts, but is happy to be back.
  

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• Password Protected: Waiting on Life is going password protected, but she is picking up the story on her new blog, Waiting on Life Part 2 that will cover parenting after adoption and dealing with forever being an infertile.
• Off-Topic: Jen has a sweet, deserving friend in Boston who is leaving graduate school and setting off on her own. She doesn't have any family support and is basically starting with nothing. If you can help with anything- furniture, household items, a moving truck?- please email Jen.
  
• Fundraiser: Please support Life with Endometriosis and PCOS in her relay of life team. Click over to read the story of her dad and why she is participating in this amazing fundraiser for cancer.
• Event: May 10th 2009 is Mother's Day and a difficult day for many in the ALI community. Take part in OMG YOU ROCK DAY, a gift and card exchange among our community and join us as we make it a day to look forward to! Sign up through 4/19.
• Forums: If you are not a member of the forums, you will not have access to the LFCA on days when we are utilizing an open thread in the forums instead of posting on this site. Any blog reader or writer can become a member of the forums by clicking here and registering. On days when we don't have the LFCA, it also follows that I'll be slow on approving new members (that whole lack of Internet access thing) so please be patient.

NEW BLOGS (started in March or April 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)

• That was the Plan is celebrating her birthday today. Go over and sing her a little song. And her blogoversary is on Saturday which deserves a hearty congratulations.
  
• Today is Henry Street's blogoversary. Go wish her congratulations.
• Saturday is the Maybe Baby's birthday. Go eat a piece of cake with her.
• Jamie is celebrating her 3rd blogoversary on April 30! Head over to her blog and buy her a cupcake.
• Cecily's birthday is this Sunday. Go sing her a little song.
  

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

• Today is the anniversary of Zoe and Lennox's unfulfilled due date. Please go give Allison support.

LOSS ANNOUNCEMENTS

• Natalie at Relaxing Doesn't Make Babies is having an ectopic and will lose her right tube. This is her first pregnancy after the loss of her son Devon just before birth.

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)

• Michell's friend has bladder cancer and she could use support as she helps him through it.
• Conceive This! could use a hug right now amid all of life's (and IVF's) stress.
• Baby Making Journey had an u/s yesterday for pelvic issues. Go give her a hug.
• Do Without Doing has her retrieval today. Go give her good thoughts.
• Tigger needs some love right now.
• Katie, in the middle of an IUI cycle, is now contending with an ear infection too. Go give her some love.
• RandomRamblings has started the process to choose an egg donor. Go give her good thoughts.
• Forever Reaching is back at the clinic. Go give her good thoughts for this leg of the journey.
• Indi's Human just started her final superovulation cycle. Give her good thoughts.
• Something Remarkable is waiting to get this cycle started and praying the IUI won't fall on a Sunday.
• Tears are for Babies's husband is scheduled for a CAT scan Friday for an enormously enlarged lymph node. Go give them good thoughts.
• Mojo Working could use a hug right now.
• Infertility Rocks just had her IUI. Go keep her company during the wait.
• Kayleigh was born several months early because of IUGR and preeclampsia. She has undergone several surgeries and endured the NICU roller coaster. Right now, after a recent surgery, she has unexplained failure of the cerebral cortex and she and her family could use some serious love right now.
  

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

• Jenni has been placed on bedrest at home indefinitely. Go over and keep her company while the baby hangs out a little longer!
• Sadie from Our Little Pebbles has been admitted to the hospital. She's 29 weeks today. She'll be in the hospital until the babies are born, hopefully not for a few more weeks, but based on her cervical measurements and contractions could be any day. She, her husband, and those babies need lots of good thoughts.

PREGNANCY ANNOUNCEMENTS AND NEWS

• Sticky Feet is having her Level II u/s on May 8th. Go keep her company while she waits.
• Child Bearing Hips has her u/s on Friday to see the heartbeats. Please go give her good thoughts.
• Saucy Ova has her u/s on May 7th. Go keep her company during the wait.
• Still No Explanation is six weeks pregnant!
• Renee is pregnant with beautifully doubling betas!
  

BIRTH AND ADOPTION ANNOUNCEMENTS

• Intending To Be Parents will be "intending" no more on the 23rd! Their GC will be having a scheduled c-section in the morning. News to be posted as soon as they can.
  

Read and Support

365th Issue of the LFCA

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
New

• Kirtsy'd Pick O' the Day: Please vote for this one from Dead Baby Jokes. Niobe tells an uneasy tale of emotional fraud over the Internet. Perhaps it is the rainy, grey day outside, but it totally creeped me out. 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!
• Game: No one has guessed correctly yet so Lori's game continues. The clues are socks, anatomy, furniture, and videomaker.
• Password Protected: Waiting on Life is going password protected, but she is picking up the story on her new blog, Waiting on Life Part 2 that will cover parenting after adoption and dealing with forever being an infertile.
• Off-Topic: Jen has a sweet, deserving friend in Boston who is leaving graduate school and setting off on her own. She doesn't have any family support and is basically starting with nothing. If you can help with anything- furniture, household items, a moving truck?- please email Jen.
  
• Fundraiser: Please support Life with Endometriosis and PCOS in her relay of life team. Click over to read the story of her dad and why she is participating in this amazing fundraiser for cancer.
• Question: Jendeis has a question about donor sperm samples and how she should proceed. She welcomes all reasonable opinions, even if you don't have experience with donor sperm, so jump on over to her post and weigh in.
• Question: Does This Suit Your Copperosity has made the appointments to start the move from IUI to IVF and wants to know what questions she should ask the RE about IVF / combined risk programs, or if there is any thing else she should know that may help her in facing what seems to be a very large step up from IUI?
  

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• Contest: I'm a Smart One's husband, Frank the Fantastic, is opening an Etsy cookie shop. Kymberli is holding a contest on her blog to help with naming the shop. Click over to find out how you can enter!
• Event: May 10th 2009 is Mother's Day and a difficult day for many in the ALI community. Take part in OMG YOU ROCK DAY, a gift and card exchange among our community and join us as we make it a day to look forward to! Sign up through 4/19.
• Forums: If you are not a member of the forums, you will not have access to the LFCA on days when we are utilizing an open thread in the forums instead of posting on this site. Any blog reader or writer can become a member of the forums by clicking here and registering. On days when we don't have the LFCA, it also follows that I'll be slow on approving new members (that whole lack of Internet access thing) so please be patient.

NEW BLOGS (started in March or April 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)

• That was the Plan is celebrating her birthday on Thursday. Go over and sing her a little song. And her blogoversary is on Saturday which deserves a hearty congratulations.
  
• Thursday is Henry Street's blogoversary. Go wish her congratulations.
• Saturday is the Maybe Baby's birthday. Go eat a piece of cake with her.
• Jamie is celebrating her 3rd blogoversary on April 30! Head over to her blog and buy her a cupcake.
  

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

• Wednesday is the anniversary of Lisa's unfulfilled due date. Please go give her support.
• Thursday is the anniversary of Zoe and Lennox's unfulfilled due date. Please go give Allison 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)

• Jess is having a rough time of it with only a few weeks left of maternity leave. She could use some hugs.
  

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

• Jenni has been placed on bedrest at home indefinitely. Go over and keep her company while the baby hangs out a little longer!
• Sadie from Our Little Pebbles has been admitted to the hospital. She's 29 weeks today. She'll be in the hospital until the babies are born, hopefully not for a few more weeks, but based on her cervical measurements and contractions could be any day. She, her husband, and those babies need lots of good thoughts.

PREGNANCY ANNOUNCEMENTS AND NEWS

• Betsy at It's A Zoo Around Here has great beta numbers after her first IVF/ICSI cycle!
• Maria from Love Will Tear Us Apart got her first ever BFP!
  

BIRTH AND ADOPTION ANNOUNCEMENTS

• Hoping for Another Lovebug gave birth to a boy, currently known as the Bubblebee, yesterday. Go over and wish her congratulations.
• On Wings of Hope received word that her son Milo's adoption was finalized on Friday. Go wish the family congratulations--their adoption process is finally done!

Read and Support

364th Issue of the LFCA

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
New

• Kirtsy'd Pick O' the Day: Please vote for this one from The Road Less Travelled. I bawled and bawled and bawled over this post. And even without knowing Aunt, without having experienced a similar loss, you will be so touched by this story. 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!
• IComLeavWe: IComLeavWe for April begins today. Start a'commentin'!
  
• Contest: I'm a Smart One's husband, Frank the Fantastic, is opening an Etsy cookie shop. Kymberli is holding a contest on her blog to help with naming the shop. Click over to find out how you can enter!
  

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• Game: Lori has a really fun Name-that-Blogger game going on. The clues so far are "socks" and "anatomy." Go guess the post.
  
• Study: Babies Everywhere wrote about this study. "It is a genetic study - they are trying to develop a diagnostic test so that young girls can be tested for endo before the disease has ruined their lives, and without invasive surgical procedures. I signed up to participate and the next day they called me - they ask a few questions about your history with the disease and your family, then they send a kit with a swab to collect your saliva. It's a very easy process. They are hoping to gather the rest of their samples in the next year, and have the diagnostic test available in as little as two years!"
• Good Idea: Slaying, Blogging, Whatever has a great idea up on her blog and I wanted to point it out in case others wanted to make a time capsule too.
• Event: May 10th 2009 is Mother's Day and a difficult day for many in the ALI community. Take part in OMG YOU ROCK DAY, a gift and card exchange among our community and join us as we make it a day to look forward to! Sign up through 4/19.
• Forums: If you are not a member of the forums, you will not have access to the LFCA on days when we are utilizing an open thread in the forums instead of posting on this site. Any blog reader or writer can become a member of the forums by clicking here and registering. On days when we don't have the LFCA, it also follows that I'll be slow on approving new members (that whole lack of Internet access thing) so please be patient.

NEW BLOGS (started in March or April 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)

• That was the Plan is celebrating her birthday on Thursday. Go over and sing her a little song. And her blogoversary is on Saturday which deserves a hearty congratulations.
  
• Thursday is Henry Street's blogoversary. Go wish her congratulations.
• Saturday is the Maybe Baby's birthday. Go eat a piece of cake with her.
• The Hairy Farmer Family blog is one on April 21st! A whole year's worth of toddler tribulations, pesky poultry, sulky sheep, English expostulating and unruly uteri... there will be virtual cake for Everyone! And ACTUAL cake for... umm, just them, really.

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

• On Tuesday, JuliaS will be remembering Caelan, who she lost in 1998. Please go give her support.
• Wednesday is the anniversary of Lisa's unfulfilled due date. Please go give her support.
• Thursday is the anniversary of Zoe and Lennox's unfulfilled due date. Please go give Allison support.

LOSS ANNOUNCEMENTS

• A Road Less Traveled needs rallying from the troops. She lost her son on April 10th, 70 minutes after his birth, and unfortunately, in her grief, has also gotten a hurtful comment from an anonymous commenter. Please go give the family support.
  

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)

• Diary of an Infertile Mad Woman is in a bad place right now. She is 9dp3dt and had a negative test. Blood test on Thursday, but isn't very hopeful. She could definitely use some support right now as she waits.
• Jumping Through Hoops is having a hard time with all the stress of having a baby in the NICU and could use some encouragement.
• Friday will be Allison's beta for FET #3. She's trying to maintain some emotional distance from the process, so she asks for lots of warm thoughts since even a positive doesn't let them breathe just yet. In other words, holding hope and positive vibes are appreciated, but celebrating before she's ready is more damaging than helpful. Please hold in your heart during this difficult week.
• Angry Infertile is scheduled for her first IVF retrieval on Wednesday and transfer on Saturday!
• Sarah will have her retrieval on Wednesday.
  

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

• Hoping for Another Lovebug is now on home bedrest for the remainder of the pregnancy. Please keep her company.
  
• Jenni has been placed on bedrest at home indefinitely. Go over and keep her company while the baby hangs out a little longer!
• Sadie from Our Little Pebbles has been admitted to the hospital. She's 29 weeks today. She'll be in the hospital until the babies are born, hopefully not for a few more weeks, but based on her cervical measurements and contractions could be any day. She, her husband, and those babies need lots of good thoughts.

PREGNANCY ANNOUNCEMENTS AND NEWS

• Trying for Two got a positive HPT at 9 dpo.
• Skrambled has a positive beta!
  

BIRTH AND ADOPTION ANNOUNCEMENTS

• Rebecca unexpectedly delivered her twins Alex and Emily almost 7 weeks early. Go congratulate her and keep her company while the babies are in the NICU.
• Amber gave birth to a boy, Alex, on April 20th. Go wish them congratulations!
  

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