The 3rd DIY LFCA

Sorry, sorry, sorry to do this for a second day, but I again have limited Internet access. Things will go back to normal some time today, so use the comment section below to serve as the list for the final time. This is how to leave a comment for support.

1. Leave the comment anonymously (even if you're okay with people knowing who submitted it, let's have everyone use the anonymous feature to be consistent).
2. Choose a category: Miscellaneous News, Birthdays or Anniversaries, Loss Remembrances, Loss Announcements, Miscellaneous Support, Bed Rest Babes, Pregnancy Announcements, or Birth/Adoption Announcements.
3. Link to the blog by using the format below. Obviously change the category name, blog url, and message to suit your blurb. This is just a sample. When put in the comment section like this, it will turn out looking like this: Support: Stirrup Queens is having a hard time. Please go over and give her a hug.

And then don't forget to use the list, click through, and leave comments. And check back throughout the day--people added things over time rather than just getting the whole LFCA in one gulp.

If you would also like the blurb to appear in the next LFCA, submit it additionally to the LFCA form.

Gah--the most massive LFCA in the world will come tomorrow.

The 2nd DIY LFCA

The general feedback for those who spoke up was that this system worked. So we're using it again today because I have limited Internet access. Use the comment section below to serve as the list. This is how to leave a comment for support.

1. Leave the comment anonymously (even if you're okay with people knowing who submitted it, let's have everyone use the anonymous feature to be consistent).
2. Choose a category: Miscellaneous News, Birthdays or Anniversaries, Loss Remembrances, Loss Announcements, Miscellaneous Support, Bed Rest Babes, Pregnancy Announcements, or Birth/Adoption Announcements.
3. Link to the blog by using the format below. Obviously change the category name, blog url, and message to suit your blurb. This is just a sample. When put in the comment section like this, it will turn out looking like this: Support: Stirrup Queens is having a hard time. Please go over and give her a hug.

And then don't forget to use the list, click through, and leave comments. And check back throughout the day--people added things over time rather than just getting the whole LFCA in one gulp.

If you would also like the blurb to appear in the next LFCA, submit it additionally to the LFCA form.

Thank you for doing this again. Anything that is currently on the form will be uploaded the next time I post. It will be sort of a massive LFCA since it will include stuff that came in over the weekend too.

406th 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 Uppercase Woman. A very honest look at how complaining is shaping the way the author is thinking and feeling. It had crossed over from being a steam valve to becoming a lens and I love this frank look at her words and her path to change. 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!
• Feedback Requested: Taking into account that there are problems with even this version of the LFCA, how was the DIY LFCA yesterday for when we're in a pinch? Better than the forum? Better than nothing? Is there anything to make it better? Is it worth doing if I have a day when I can't post?
• New Site: There is a new adoption networking site called Adoption Voices. It is a lot like facebook but for people that are influenced by adoption. That includes looking to adopt, have adopted, were adopted, or placed a child for adoption. It also is for people who advocate adoption.
• Advocacy Day: Miriam wrote that yesterday was Resolve's Advocacy Day. "Write to your congressperson, raise your voice, get on your blog or Facebook or Twitter...advocate for infertility coverage!"
• Moving Spaces: Mandy from Where's My Baby? is moving blogs (her fertility journey is on the other blog, she will be updating "Where's My Baby", but not about that) If you'd like to access it please email her at the address she has posted on her old blog.
  

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• Helpful List: If you're waiting for the call, or not sure what you need in those first few days of parenthood, Tequila Cinco for Our Family Beginnings has compiled a list of what to bring with you and what you can leave at home when you go to meet your new baby.
• Moving Site: Get Pregnant has moved to this new space.
• Vote: Weebles Wobblog is up for an award and she needs your vote. I've made the message 140 characters so people could tweet it too: "Help my friend: Go here http://www.socialluxelounge.com/blogluxe/ Go to "most inspiring." First row--vote Weebles Wobble. Please RT." Or, er, and don't just tweet it; vote too! And daily. Through July 6th.
• 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 May or June 2009)

• None Today (more added this 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)

• Wordgirl is celebrating her birthday next Saturday. Go over and sing her a little song.
• Dora is celebrating her birthday this Friday. Go sing her a little song.
• Monday is Forever Reaching's anniversary and sobriety date. Go wish her congratulations on both.
• Life from Here is celebrating her anniversary next Tuesday. Go wish them congratulations.
• There's Hope is celebrating her anniversary next Wednesday. Go wish them congratulations.
• The Duchess is also celebrating her anniversary next Wednesday. Go wish them 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)

• Baby-Wanted's BIL went in for surgery and could use prayers and good thoughts.
• Elaine and Dave ask for your support as they help their adopted daughter, Little Bug, through withdrawal symptoms stemming from prescription drug use during pregnancy. Go wait with them and, if you are comfortable, pray for healing.
• Julia's son Patrick was admitted to the Children's Hospital with a bacterial infection of no known name or origin thus far. She could use some good thoughts.
• Baby T is allergic to eggs and Caro is looking for recipes and tips from others that have dealt with this.
• Stacie has started another round of IVF. Please stop by and cheer her on to a successful cycle!
• Please Give Me Back My Heart is returning to work after maternity leave. She could use support as she navigates this terrain, especially from other working mothers.
• Tina Tina is suffering over her ectopic pregnancy and this is compounded by needing to attend a close friend's baby shower. Please give her a hug.
• DrSpouse has broken their arm and a) can't type and b) needs a hug. Go and give her one.
• Phoebe has "craptacular" results on her recent round of bloodwork and it is a terrible blow. She could use some comfort.
• Infertility Bites just found out that she has thyroid cancer. Please stop over and give her and her family (including newbornish twin boys) support.
• Road Blocks and Roller Coasters just got atypical results from her latest pap. This combined with some ongoing health issues since having Lemy are really stressing her out. If you have any experience with this type of situation and can chime in with some advice it would be greatly appreciated.
• Kat and her husband have made the decision to adopt after their long struggle with infertility. Go give them your congratulations and words of encouragement. They have a long and hard wait in front of them.

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

• 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.
• Michele's 15w5d appointment showed that Robert and Maya are doing very well and healthy. Her cervix is still over 4, and her OB assured her that the cerclage is still holding. She is going through some anxiety because her children were born between this week and 2 weeks from now. Help send her positive vibes that this pregnancy will go full term and the twins will be born healthy.
• Empty Arms is experiencing several signs of incompetent cervix and is currently on bedrest. Please go keep her company.
• Devon is on bedrest at only 17 weeks after a weekend of cramping and the fear that her placenta previa will cause bleeding. Devon is on Lovenox after losing her twins last year at just 23 weeks. Please go give her support.
• Due to a shortened cervix, Stace has been put on strict bedrest until Friday, then will probably be admitted to the hospital for a very long extended stay.

PREGNANCY ANNOUNCEMENTS AND NEWS

• VA Blondie has an ultrasound appointment on Monday. Go give her good thoughts over the weekend.
• It's a boy for B Mom!
• Polly had a very cooperative baby at her NT scan and got great news: very low risk. Go on over and breath a sigh of relief with her.
• Niki's surrogate (and wonderful cousin) is getting beautifully darkening pee sticks since 4dp5dt with their IVF cycle. Go celebrate with them and give support as they wait until their beta and getting through the first few weeks!
• Amylynn Amylynn has alot of questions following a positive HPT. Can you answer them? She'd love to hear from you.
  

BIRTH AND ADOPTION ANNOUNCEMENTS

• Kicking You From the Inside has welcomed Emily Elizabeth, but has also been told she may have cardiomyopathy of pregnancy. She is interested to know if anyone else has experienced this, what your symptoms were, and what the doctor told you.
• Peesticksandstones gave birth to a boy, Coleman, on Monday June 22! Go wish Peesticks and Stones a big congratulations.
• Ashley gave birth to her daughter, Evelyn. Mother and baby are doing great and should be home in 2-3 days. Go wish them congratulations.
• After Iris is heading in for induction today. Go send her some love and good thoughts.

Read and Support

The 1st DIY LFCA

Well, we've had other DIY LFCAs, but we've never tried this before on a day that I can't post. And since I'm on the Hill today for Resolve's Advocacy Day, it seemed like a good time to give this a whirl. Let's use the comment section below to serve as the list. This is how to leave a comment for support.

1. Leave the comment anonymously (even if you're okay with people knowing who submitted it, let's have everyone use the anonymous feature to be consistent).
2. Choose a category: Miscellaneous News, Birthdays or Anniversaries, Loss Remembrances, Loss Announcements, Miscellaneous Support, Bed Rest Babes, Pregnancy Announcements, or Birth/Adoption Announcements.
3. Link to the blog by using the format below. Obviously change the category name, blog url, and message to suit your blurb. This is just a sample. When put in the comment section like this, it will turn out looking like this: Support: Stirrup Queens is having a hard time. Please go over and give her a hug.

And then don't forget to use the list, click through, and leave comments.

If you would also like the blurb to appear in the next LFCA, submit it additionally to the LFCA form.

We can discuss tomorrow how well this works...

405th 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 Weebles Wobblog. A very important post to read if you're having trouble with panic over not knowing the future. A brilliant post about finding peace in the in-between space with her mantra, "you really don't know anything" and how it brought calm to both the small and large moments in her week. 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!
• Helpful List: If you're waiting for the call, or not sure what you need in those first few days of parenthood, Tequila Cinco for Our Family Beginnings has compiled a list of what to bring with you and what you can leave at home when you go to meet your new baby.
• Moving Site: Get Pregnant has moved to this new space.
• Question: Single Hussy would like to hear about doing a home insemination - is it worth the money saved on the clinic, and are the odds better or worse?
  
• Question: Shopgirl had her transfer yesterday and she is having some back pain and trouble sleeping. She was wondering if it was a side effect of the progesterone. Head over if you can help.
• Question: Especially for those in Japan or who know Tokyo. A blogger's BIL is looking for both a urologist and a RE who can speak English (or French) in Tokyo. Because the blogger's blog is private, please email me any recommendations or leave a comment on this post.
• Question and Support: Eye Heart Internet writes: "I got my beta this morning, a BFP : Barely Frecking Positive. It's 13. Today is 14 days since egg retreival, and 12 after the transfer of one 3 cell embie. My RE is concerned and told me to stay guarded/not get my hopes up yet. I have to go back Friday and then Monday to see if it doubles... I'm wondering if it is silly at this point to keep hoping. Do you know much about low beta? If someone knows about it, and has either good or bad news, to email me or stop by my blog?"

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• Giveaway: Shannon over at Musings of a Fat Chick is giving away 2 $50 gift certificates to Auntie's Beads. Go over there and get you some goodies!
• Radio: Creating a Family: Talk about Infertility and Adoption June 24 Radio Show is about endometriosis. "What are the latest developments in the treatment and diagnosis of endometriosis and how does this condition affect fertility. My guest is Dr. Dan C. Martin, a reproductive endocrinologist, endometriosis researcher, President of the Fertility Institute, and Professor in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center. The show airs live at 12:00 PM Eastern Time. You can listen via the radio page or download all archived shows as a podcast after they air.
• Vote: Weebles Wobblog is up for an award and she needs your vote. I've made the message 140 characters so people could tweet it too: "Help my friend: Go here http://www.socialluxelounge.com/blogluxe/ Go to "most inspiring." First row--vote Weebles Wobble. Please RT." Or, er, and don't just tweet it; vote too! And daily. Through July 6th.
• 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 May or June 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)

• A Sibling for Celia may have closed her blog last week, but it is her birthday on Thursday, so swing by and sing her a little song.
• Stirrup Queens is celebrating her blogoversary on Thursday. But, you know, she's a celebration whore so she'll be partying all week.
• Wordgirl is celebrating her birthday next Saturday. Go over and sing her a little song.
• Dora is celebrating her birthday this Friday. Go sing her a little song.
• Rachel is celebrating her 30th birthday today and it's also the one year anniversary of her Dad's passing tomorrow. Please give her support.
• Unproductively So is turning 30 and is making some changes for the 4th decade of her life. Please drop by with lots of birthday wishes.
• Mrs. Spit Spouts Off is celebrating eight years of marriage. Go sip some champagne with them.
• Murgdan is celebrating her blogoversary. Go over and wish her congratulations.
• Julia and JD are celebrating their thirteenth wedding anniversary. Go drink a glass of champagne with them.
  

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

• None Today.
  

LOSS ANNOUNCEMENTS

• Semi-fertile is experiencing her 6th pregnancy loss. Please give her 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)

• A Good Egg is having an emotional time and could use some encouraging words.
• Everything is piling up on Manda right now and she could use a hug.
• Infertility Sucks is having a rough time right now. Her mother has been diagnosed with Stage III ovarian cancer. She can really use some love as she prepares to deal with the stress of her mother's illness on top of her IF treatments.
• A Family with Ann Ovulation goes in for IUI on Wednesday.
• The Duchess is having a hysteroscopy and D&C today. She is scared about going under...again
  

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

• 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.
• Michele's 15w5d appointment showed that Robert and Maya are doing very well and healthy. Her cervix is still over 4, and her OB assured her that the cerclage is still holding. She is going through some anxiety because her children were born between this week and 2 weeks from now. Help send her positive vibes that this pregnancy will go full term and the twins will be born healthy.
• Empty Arms is experiencing several signs of incompetent cervix and is currently on bedrest. Please go keep her company.
• Devon is on bedrest at only 17 weeks after a weekend of cramping and the fear that her placenta previa will cause bleeding. Devon is on Lovenox after losing her twins last year at just 23 weeks. Please go give her support.
• Due to a shortened cervix, Stace has been put on strict bedrest until Friday, then will probably be admitted to the hospital for a very long extended stay.

PREGNANCY ANNOUNCEMENTS AND NEWS

• Kimberly just received her BFP and is anxiously awaiting her blood results. Please visit her and send her and her bean some love!
• Mrs. LaLa could use some good thoughts right now. Her and her family have a whole lot on their plates right now. To top the plate off they just got their quad screen results back and were told that their son has a 1 in 24 chance of having Downs Syndrome.
• Wishing4One has a BFP! Beta on Wednesday.
  

BIRTH AND ADOPTION ANNOUNCEMENTS

• None Today.
  

Read and Support

404th 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 Rising and Setting. A breathtaking, moving post. The author retells a visit with her daughter's shadow on the eve of when her daughter should have been turning one. She writes: "What a living, breathing, beautiful reminder of everything we're missing, everything Charlotte never got to do." 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!
• Giveaway: Shannon over at Musings of a Fat Chick is giving away 2 $50 gift certificates to Auntie's Beads. Go over there and get you some goodies!
• Radio: Creating a Family: Talk about Infertility and Adoption June 24 Radio Show is about endometriosis. "What are the latest developments in the treatment and diagnosis of endometriosis and how does this condition affect fertility. My guest is Dr. Dan C. Martin, a reproductive endocrinologist, endometriosis researcher, President of the Fertility Institute, and Professor in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center. The show airs live at 12:00 PM Eastern Time. You can listen via the radio page or download all archived shows as a podcast after they air.
• Question: Rach is asking for suggestions to help her compile a list of 31 things for her new http://project30one.blogspot.com/ blog. She already has a start on her list but is hoping for inspiration to complete her list and would love to read what others would put on their list.
  

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• Offer: Are you equally smitten with the interactive image MLO helped me design for the blogroll blueprint? She is now offering to make interactive images and badges for the rest of the community as well as other cool things such as mouseover effects. "For WordPress or Blogger: Simple Shapes (Square, Rectangle, Triangle, Circles) with existing and accurate picture cost 10 links or less, $20.00. Each additional 10 links $10.00. MouseOver effects such as tooltips: $10.00 per 10. All packages include testing, and 3 unique troubleshooting emails (emails subsequent to a unique issue are not counted against the 3 unique issues). What I need from you: (1) Picture, (2) existing link locations (can't link to something that doesn't exist. Use your blog's future publishing date and give me an ID to see the posts.), and (3) indication of which blogging platform you use. If you have an unusual picture that has irregular shapes, I will need to give you an estimate. If you need help with a picture, I can provide really, really skeletal stuff a la xkcd, but nothing fancier. Depending on what you want done, I can give you an estimate." It's a very cool way to create one badge that can lead to multiple places. She made another one for me that I'm revealing at Show and Tell this week.
  
• Project: Fertility Stories is collecting stories right now. She writes: "Fertility Stories: In Search of Parenthood is a project to collect stories from women, men, and couples who have experienced fertility problems and use those stories to create a theatrical performance piece that will change public awareness and perception. It is my hope that this project will contribute to public conversations about fertility, assisted reproductive technology, and all the various ways that we aim to create family; that it will provide a means for healing and challenge what we think we know about who seeks fertility treatment and why. How You Can Get Involved: (1) Share your story – email me your story at andreamj09@gmail.com or post a short version of it as a comment on the blog. (2) Consider being interviewed for the project. Send an email to andreamj09@gmail.com with details about how to contact you to schedule an interview. (3) Consider becoming an interviewer and collecting stories from others. (4) Share the link to this website with friends, family, coworkers – you never know who has been dealing with infertility silently.
• Project: Inanna writes: " I wrote The Doctors (tv show) a letter, and I'd like to encourage every baby-loss mama who reads my blog to write them about your loss as well. Tell them your story. We all know how much we hate getting new 'members' to this little club of ours. Let them know there are women out here who are suffering, and maybe, just maybe we can get The Doctors to talk about stillbirth awareness and prevention and help us keep our numbers down. That would be a blessing, wouldn't it?"
• Vote: Carly Marie, of To Write Their Names in the Sand, is entered in a contest called Creative for a Cause. If she wins, $60,000 will go to SIDS and Kids Australia and she will receive a new camera package. Carly Marie does so much for the babyloss community and really deserves to win for her beauiful photograph. Please go vote for her by clicking here. Voting is easy and does not require registration, so go vote once for each email address you have.
• Password Protected: Michelle at Mommy Someday? is moving her blog from Typepad to Wordpress so that she has the ability to password protect some of her posts. Please follow her to her new site. If you would like the password, please email your name, email address, and blog address to her at mommysomeday@charter.net.
• Contest: Creating Motherhood writes: "You can win a free 23andMe genetic test (That’s a $399 value that includes access to detailed information about your traits, family background and health predispositions) on Cali's review blog this week. I wrote about my experience with the test and found it to very eye opening. Their data includes a lot about genetic infertility and pregnancy symptom predispositions."
• Vote: Weebles Wobblog is up for an award and she needs your vote. I've made the message 140 characters so people could tweet it too: "Help my friend: Go here http://www.socialluxelounge.com/blogluxe/ Go to "most inspiring." First row--vote Weebles Wobble. Please RT." Or, er, and don't just tweet it; vote too! And daily. Through July 6th.
• 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 May or June 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)

• A Sibling for Celia may have closed her blog last week, but it is her birthday on Thursday, so swing by and sing her a little song.
• Stirrup Queens is celebrating her blogoversary on Thursday. But, you know, she's a celebration whore so she'll be partying all week.
• Wordgirl is celebrating her birthday next Saturday. Go over and sing her a little song.
• Dora is celebrating her birthday this Friday. Go sing her a little song.
• A Somewhat Ordinary Life (password protected) had her blogoversary last weekend. If you can get on her blog, you can leave her congratulations on this LFCA post.
• Mrs. Spit Spouts Off is celebrating their anniversary today. Go wish them congratulations.
  
• Rachel is celebrating her 30th birthday tomorrow and it's also the one year anniversary of her Dad's passing over the next day. Please give her support.
  

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

• Two years ago, Princessoftides had to cease pregnancy with her twins. Please go over and give her support.
• Still Life With Circles is remembering Lucy, six months later. Please go give her love and support.
  

LOSS ANNOUNCEMENTS

• So it Goes's beta is going down. Please go give her support and comfort.
  

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)

• Reba and her family suffered a house fire last Thursday. Everyone is fine and damage can be cleaned and repaired but she could use some good words.
• Just Want to be a Mom had a great retrieval with 5 embryos still going strong. She will either have a day-3 or day-5 transfer this week. Go give her good thoughts.
  

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

• 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.
• Michele's 15w5d appointment showed that Robert and Maya are doing very well and healthy. Her cervix is still over 4, and her OB assured her that the cerclage is still holding. She is going through some anxiety because her children were born between this week and 2 weeks from now. Help send her positive vibes that this pregnancy will go full term and the twins will be born healthy.
  
• Courtney at PrayingforaLittleOne is still having contractions even with the procardia and will be on bedrest until Henry comes.
• Empty Arms is experiencing several signs of incompetent cervix and is currently on bedrest. Please go keep her company.
• Devon is on bedrest at only 17 weeks after a weekend of cramping and the fear that her placenta previa will cause bleeding. Devon is on Lovenox after losing her twins last year at just 23 weeks. Please go give her support.
  

PREGNANCY ANNOUNCEMENTS AND NEWS

• Infertility on the Brain went for her u/s yesterday though it may have been too early. She is going back on Friday and could use good thoughts until then. It is really hard to be in limbo.
• The Real Bean is experiencing some scary bleeding, but everything is still okay. Please go sit with her as she waits.
• It looks like Bella got her 2 lines! Go join in on the happy dance.
  

BIRTH AND ADOPTION ANNOUNCEMENTS

• Ernessa from Fierce and Nerdy gave birth to a girl, Betty, yesterday. Go over and tell her congratulations.
  

Read and Support

403rd 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 Bottoms Off and On the Table. Work has always been her refuge from infertility, but this is a post about what happens when her one safe place becomes another space where she needs to confront the emotions of family building. 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!
• Offer: Are you equally smitten with the interactive image MLO helped me design for the blogroll blueprint? She is now offering to make interactive images and badges for the rest of the community as well as other cool things such as mouseover effects. "For WordPress or Blogger: Simple Shapes (Square, Rectangle, Triangle, Circles) with existing and accurate picture cost 10 links or less, $20.00. Each additional 10 links $10.00. MouseOver effects such as tooltips: $10.00 per 10. All packages include testing, and 3 unique troubleshooting emails (emails subsequent to a unique issue are not counted against the 3 unique issues). What I need from you: (1) Picture, (2) existing link locations (can't link to something that doesn't exist. Use your blog's future publishing date and give me an ID to see the posts.), and (3) indication of which blogging platform you use. If you have an unusual picture that has irregular shapes, I will need to give you an estimate. If you need help with a picture, I can provide really, really skeletal stuff a la xkcd, but nothing fancier. Depending on what you want done, I can give you an estimate." It's a very cool way to create one badge that can lead to multiple places. She made another one for me that I'm revealing at Show and Tell this week.
  
• Project: Fertility Stories is collecting stories right now. She writes: "Fertility Stories: In Search of Parenthood is a project to collect stories from women, men, and couples who have experienced fertility problems and use those stories to create a theatrical performance piece that will change public awareness and perception. It is my hope that this project will contribute to public conversations about fertility, assisted reproductive technology, and all the various ways that we aim to create family; that it will provide a means for healing and challenge what we think we know about who seeks fertility treatment and why. How You Can Get Involved: (1) Share your story – email me your story at andreamj09@gmail.com or post a short version of it as a comment on the blog. (2) Consider being interviewed for the project. Send an email to andreamj09@gmail.com with details about how to contact you to schedule an interview. (3) Consider becoming an interviewer and collecting stories from others. (4) Share the link to this website with friends, family, coworkers – you never know who has been dealing with infertility silently.
• Project: Inanna writes: " I wrote The Doctors (tv show) a letter, and I'd like to encourage every baby-loss mama who reads my blog to write them about your loss as well. Tell them your story. We all know how much we hate getting new 'members' to this little club of ours. Let them know there are women out here who are suffering, and maybe, just maybe we can get The Doctors to talk about stillbirth awareness and prevention and help us keep our numbers down. That would be a blessing, wouldn't it?"
• Vote: Carly Marie, of To Write Their Names in the Sand, is entered in a contest called Creative for a Cause. If she wins, $60,000 will go to SIDS and Kids Australia and she will receive a new camera package. Carly Marie does so much for the babyloss community and really deserves to win for her beauiful photograph. Please go vote for her by clicking here. Voting is easy and does not require registration, so go vote once for each email address you have.
• Password Protected: Michelle at Mommy Someday? is moving her blog from Typepad to Wordpress so that she has the ability to password protect some of her posts. Please follow her to her new site. If you would like the password, please email your name, email address, and blog address to her at mommysomeday@charter.net.
• Contest: Creating Motherhood writes: "You can win a free 23andMe genetic test (That’s a $399 value that includes access to detailed information about your traits, family background and health predispositions) on Cali's review blog this week. I wrote about my experience with the test and found it to very eye opening. Their data includes a lot about genetic infertility and pregnancy symptom predispositions."
• Question: Mary's doctors have told her up until now she would want to have a cerclage done in her pregnancy to help prevent preterm labor from her unicornuate uterus. After her 8 week ultrasound her curren OB/GYN would like to hold off on the cerclage, monitor, and place an emergency one if it becomes necessary. She is torn and looking for advice from others on what you'd do.
  

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• Vote: Weebles Wobblog is up for an award and she needs your vote. I've made the message 140 characters so people could tweet it too: "Help my friend: Go here http://www.socialluxelounge.com/blogluxe/ Go to "most inspiring." First row--vote Weebles Wobble. Please RT." Or, er, and don't just tweet it; vote too! And daily. Through July 6th.
• 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 May or June 2009)

• Baby Hungry (general IF)
• Yeah, So? (parenting after international adoption)
• Half a Duo... (parenting twins after surrogacy)

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)

• I'm a Smart One is celebrating her anniversary today. Go wish them congratulations.
• A Sibling for Celia may have closed her blog last week, but it is her birthday on Thursday, so swing by and sing her a little song.
• Stirrup Queens is celebrating her blogoversary on Thursday. But, you know, she's a celebration whore so she'll be partying all week.
• Wordgirl is celebrating her birthday next Saturday. Go over and sing her a little song.
• AshaAnn and her husband celebrated their 4th wedding anniversary on Thursday. Go on over and wish them many more.
• Julie turned 30 last Saturday (a bit late of an announcement but still in denial). Go wish her luck for the new decade ahead.
• Dora is celebrating her birthday this Friday. Go sing her a little song.
• Bottoms Off and On the Table celebrated a happily uneventful birthday on Friday. There is some leftover cake.
• Helping Make Sense and her husband had their best-yet anniversary on Friday.
• Once Upon a Time celebrated her anniversary yesterday. Go over and wish them congratulations.
  

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

• Two years ago, Princessoftides had to cease pregnancy with her twins. Please go over and give her support.
  

LOSS ANNOUNCEMENTS

• Kate just lost her twins, a boy and a girl, at 18 weeks. Please head over and give her some support.
• Sell Crazy Someplace Else is miscarrying. Please go over and flood her with love and 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)

• S is asking for prayers for her friend L, who found out last week at 21 weeks that the baby she is carrying, a girl, has a number of other congenital abnormalities that will make it unlikely for her to survive to term and impossible for her to survive for more than a few hours once she is born. L is not a blogger but could use prayers nonetheless during this difficult time.
• Baby Making Journey has her genetics appointment today. Go over and give her good thoughts.
• Namaste had her RE consult after her chemical and has been told that she is unlikely to have any more biological children. She needs a hug and feedback from anyone who's considered or has been through the donor egg process.
• It's Not a Clown Car got a negative on this IVF cycle. Go over and give her some comfort.
• Leah is going gall bladder free this week. Go over and give her good thoughts before the surgery.
  

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

• 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.
• Michele's 15w5d appointment showed that Robert and Maya are doing very well and healthy. Her cervix is still over 4, and her OB assured her that the cerclage is still holding. She is going through some anxiety because her children were born between this week and 2 weeks from now. Help send her positive vibes that this pregnancy will go full term and the twins will be born healthy.
  
• Courtney at PrayingforaLittleOne is still having contractions even with the procardia and will be on bedrest until Henry comes.
• Empty Arms is experiencing several signs of incompetent cervix and is currently on bedrest. Please go keep her company.

PREGNANCY ANNOUNCEMENTS AND NEWS

• Sigh of relief: A.M.S. saw one sac situated in the uterus. She is going back today to get another look and check for the heartbeat. Please go abide with her and send hope.
• Eternally Waiting has a sneaking suspicion that her IUI was successful! Look at her faint, albeit positive, pregnancy sticks!
• Semi-Fertile is pregnant!
  

BIRTH AND ADOPTION ANNOUNCEMENTS

• Erika, founder of the Butterfly Haven (an online community dedicated to providing support for pregnancy and infant loss) gave birth to a girl on June 18th. Go over and wish her congratulations.
  
• Life in a Holding Pattern gave birth to a boy, Segen, on June 16th. Go over and wish her congratulations.
  
• Ernessa from Fierce and Nerdy is being induced today, and she'll be live-blogging the birth.
  

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402nd 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 A Real Life. In a post about the movie UP!, the writers muses: "Could there be a unique beauty in a life that doesn’t go according to plan?" A post about finding peace within a Disney film and the rewriting of Disney's theme of keep reaching for your dreams. 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!
• Password Protected: Today is the last day that Roadblocks and Rollercoasters will be up on Blogger. R&R will now reside over on Wordpress and some posts may be password protected. If you would like the password, please email R&R or leave a comment on her blog.
  
• Question: AP writes: "I am desperate for info from women who are age 40 or over who had GREAT experiences with specific REs and clinics as well as successes. If you are such a blogger, or follow such a blogger, please refer me to the appropriate places."
  

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• Store: Maria, formerly of Love Will Tear Us Apart and now of Lulu Letty, has recently reopened her Etsy shop, Lulu Letty. She does custom hand drawn portraits and other drawings. She will offer a ten percent discount to anyone who mentions Lost and Found!
• Password-Protected: Elaine is preparing to take her blog private - if you'd like to keep reading, stop by and let her know.
• Video: Cara who blogs at Building Heavenly Bridges is also the founding director of SHARE Southern Vermont, Inc - Pregnancy and Infant Loss Support. Last month they held their first annual Walk for Hope and Remembrance. Cara has just posted the moving video from the event. If you submitted your baby's name you will hear it at the end of the video. It is a must see for any babyloss mama, daddy, or family. It is twenty minutes -- so settle in, then feel free to pass the link along to anyone and everyone you feel should see this important PSA.
• Vote: Weebles Wobblog is up for an award and she needs your vote. I've made the message 140 characters so people could tweet it too: "Help my friend: Go here http://www.socialluxelounge.com/blogluxe/ Go to "most inspiring." First row--vote Weebles Wobble. Please RT." Or, er, and don't just tweet it; vote too! And daily. Through July 6th.
• 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 May or June 2009)

• None Today (more 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)

• A Woman My Age is celebrating her birthday today. Go sing her a little song.
• Soulbliss is celebrating her birthday today too. Go have a slice of cake with her.
• Tigger is also celebrating her birthday today. Go sing her a little song.
• Punch Drunk is celebrating her anniversary on Saturday. Go wish them congratulations.
• I'm a Smart One is celebrating her anniversary next Monday. Go wish them congratulations.
• Fattypants celebrated her 4 year blogoversary on June 7th. Go backwards and wish her congratulations.
  

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

• Thinking Miracles will be remembering their unfulfilled due date today. Please go over and give them support.

LOSS ANNOUNCEMENTS

• Please stop by and give Tracey some love. After a strong initial beta, her sister's/surro's numbers dropped for beta #2.
  

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)

• Swing by and give On the Road to Baby good IVF thoughts.
• A.M.S. is having her 6w2d sono today after a series of slow-rising betas and a very long 10 day wait to see whether or not this is a viable pregnancy. She and Shannon ask for friends to abide with them and hold their hope.
• Yesterday, Niki had two blasts transferred to their gestational carrier, K. Please send positive thoughts their way as this will be the last time that K tries with them.
  

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

• 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.
• Michele's 15w5d appointment showed that Robert and Maya are doing very well and healthy. Her cervix is still over 4, and her OB assured her that the cerclage is still holding. She is going through some anxiety because her children were born between this week and 2 weeks from now. Help send her positive vibes that this pregnancy will go full term and the twins will be born healthy.
  
• Courtney at PrayingforaLittleOne is still having contractions even with the procardia and will be on bedrest until Henry comes.

PREGNANCY ANNOUNCEMENTS AND NEWS

• None Today.
  

BIRTH AND ADOPTION ANNOUNCEMENTS

• None Today.
  

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401st 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

• Thank you for the good wishes yesterday. The LFCA keeps rolling along. Here's to the next 100 updates.
  
• Kirtsy'd Pick O' the Day: Please vote for this one from Conceive This!. A post peeling apart the Pain Olympics and examining whether or not there is greener grass to be found. 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!
• Store: Maria, formerly of Love Will Tear Us Apart and now of Lulu Letty, has recently reopened her Etsy shop, Lulu Letty. She does custom hand drawn portraits and other drawings. She will offer a ten percent discount to anyone who mentions Lost and Found!
• Password-Protected: Elaine is preparing to take her blog private - if you'd like to keep reading, stop by and let her know.
• Video: Cara who blogs at Building Heavenly Bridges is also the founding director of SHARE Southern Vermont, Inc - Pregnancy and Infant Loss Support. Last month they held their first annual Walk for Hope and Remembrance. Cara has just posted the moving video from the event. If you submitted your baby's name you will hear it at the end of the video. It is a must see for any babyloss mama, daddy, or family. It is twenty minutes -- so settle in, then feel free to pass the link along to anyone and everyone you feel should see this important PSA.
• Question: Steadfast Warrior has a question: "How do you set boudaries when you're pregnant. Work boundaries. I can't just do less at work but I just can't handle more. They know that, for what little it's worth. I'm at my breaking point, so if anyone has any ideas, I'm open to them. Really..." Head over if you have ideas.
• Question: Barren is the New Black has started her stims for her new cycle, but has an leftover 11mm follicle from her last cycle. This is a new occurance for her and she was wondering if anyone had ever had this occur before and is wondering if it will mature and be possible to be fertilized or if it's going to just go away and be nothing?
  

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• Recommendation: Kim needs to find a good pediatrician in Portland, Oregon ASAP, and would appreciate some recommendations from those in the area.
• Vote: Weebles Wobblog is up for an award and she needs your vote. I've made the message 140 characters so people could tweet it too: "Help my friend: Go here http://www.socialluxelounge.com/blogluxe/ Go to "most inspiring." First row--vote Weebles Wobble. Please RT." Or, er, and don't just tweet it; vote too! And daily. Through July 6th.
• 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 May or June 2009)

• None Today (more added soon)
  

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)

• Battynurse has a birthday this week. Go over and celebrate with her.
• Making Me Mom is celebrating her anniversary today. Go wish them congratulations.
• A Woman My Age is celebrating her birthday on Friday. Go sing her a little song.
• Soulbliss is celebrating her birthday on Friday too. Go have a slice of cake with her.
• Tigger is also celebrating her birthday on Friday. Go sing her a little song.
• Punch Drunk is celebrating her anniversary next Saturday. Go wish them congratulations.
• I'm a Smart One is celebrating her anniversary next Monday. Go wish them congratulations.
• Michele and her husband, Peter, are celebrating their 11th anniversary. Go wish them congratulations.
• Ezra's Daddy is celebrating his birthday. Go eat some cake with him.
  

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

• Thinking Miracles will be remembering their unfulfilled due date this Friday. Please go over and give them support.

LOSS ANNOUNCEMENTS

• Danielle lost her baby Wyatt to Thanatophoric dysplasia, a lethal form of dwarfism 2 weeks ago. He lived for 2 minutes. She is grieving and in need of a tonne of support. Please go by and give her some love.
  

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)

• Andrea received a negative on her beta following IVF #3. Please send her some words of support.
• NoodleGirl at On and Ongoing had a better ER than expected! They saw only one follie, but retrieved three eggs! Please wish her luck on her Thursday fert report.
• Katie received a BFN after IUI #3, her last. Please go over with support and take turns holding her hand while she waits for her IVF consult.
• In the last few days, Babe's 25 year old cousin, her cousin's grandfather and her husband's grandfather have died. Please drop by and share you love.
• Caro has started a new job. Go over and wish her congratulations.
• Life in the CatPad kicks off her next cycle today. Go give her good thoughts.
  

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

• 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.
• Michele's 13w5d appointment showed that the cerclage is high and tight. She will remain on bedrest, but the doctor was pleased. Twin A was confirmed a boy and Twin B was confirmed a girl. Bobby and Maya were both doing well, with strong heartbeats and measuring on target.
  
• Courtney at PrayingforaLittleOne is still having contractions even with the procardia and will be on bedrest until Henry comes.

PREGNANCY ANNOUNCEMENTS AND NEWS

• Cowboy & Titan's Mom has a second faint line!
• Amanda is back after a long blogging absence to announce that she is pregnant! Go congratulate her.
• You will cry when you read the story, but Liv is pregnant. Go over and read the amazing way she was told.
  

BIRTH AND ADOPTION ANNOUNCEMENTS

• Toodle is here. He was born at 2pm Wednesday, June 17th. He is beautiful. Go send Busted Babymaker your congratulations.
  

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400th 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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• Holy shit, I can't believe this is the 400th Issue of the LFCA.
• Kirtsy'd Pick O' the Day: *Keeping the same one because for the second time ever, we didn't get enough vote to get it on the front page of Kirtsy*. Please vote for this one from Becoming Whole. The author explains how the act of walking can bring out emotional thoughts that she buries throughout the day. A beautiful post in finding a reflection of her own emotional pain in nature. 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!
• Radio Show: Creating a Family is covering "What is the relationship between your weight and your fertility? The latest research may surprise you. Does it matter how overweight you are? How much weight do you really need to lose? Listen in or e-mail questions by accessing the radio show page at www.creatingafamily.com."
• Recommendation: Kim needs to find a good pediatrician in Portland, Oregon ASAP, and would appreciate some recommendations from those in the area.
• Question: Mrs. Higrens asks, "Has anyone else had any experience with eggs not fertilizing (without ICSI) when both eggs and sperm looked good? Did a latter ICSI help?" Head over to her blog if you have any thoughts.
• Question: Kat just received her protocol for IVF #2. She will be on the Microdose Lupron Flare protocol. Does anyone have experience or knowledge about this protocol? Stop by Kat's blog to give her insight.
  

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• Need a drink?: The Virtual Lushary is currently open for the month. Let everyone know what you've been up to since we last met. Please let me know if you'll be at BlogHer this summer or live in the Chicago area and I'll set up a get together so everyone can meet.
• Vote: Weebles Wobblog is up for an award and she needs your vote. I've made the message 140 characters so people could tweet it too: "Help my friend: Go here http://www.socialluxelounge.com/blogluxe/ Go to "most inspiring." First row--vote Weebles Wobble. Please RT." Or, er, and don't just tweet it; vote too! And daily. Through July 6th.
• 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 May or June 2009)

• None Today (more will be added soon)
  

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)

• Battynurse has a birthday this week. Go over and celebrate with her.
• Making Me Mom is celebrating her anniversary on Thursday. Go wish them congratulations.
• A Woman My Age is celebrating her birthday on Friday. Go sing her a little song.
• Soulbliss is celebrating her birthday on Friday too. Go have a slice of cake with her.
• Tigger is also celebrating her birthday on Friday. Go sing her a little song.
• Punch Drunk is celebrating her anniversary next Saturday. Go wish them congratulations.
• Heather celebrated her anniversary this week. Go over and wish them congratulations.
• Tragic Optimist celebrated her birthday yesterday. Go over and sing her a little song.
• Gal of Growing Inside is turning 38. Go send her some love and birthday wishes.
  

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

• Thinking Miracles will be remembering their unfulfilled due date this Friday. Please go over and give them 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)

• Phoebe could use a hug right now.
• Bagmomma is starting her DE cycle. Go over and wish her good thoughts today.
• Jendeis had an ultrasound yesterday and is back in the wait-and-see space. There is an 80% chance that the pregnancy is non-viable and an 18% chance that it is.
• Eggcetera is having a laparoscopy on Friday to remove 2 fibroids and to see if there is any endometriosis. She is getting a little nervous and could use some support.
• Bella just had a successful transfer of 2 blasts; go keep her company during her WUB. She also has a fun poll to see when she should test- what do you think?
• Liana is in low beta hell, and told by the nurse not to get her hopes up - but to also not give up hope. A terrible place to be. Please go give her support.
• Lisa DG got a BFN after her Clomid cycle. Please go give her lots of love and support.
  

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

• 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.
• Michele's 13w5d appointment showed that the cerclage is high and tight. She will remain on bedrest, but the doctor was pleased. Twin A was confirmed a boy and Twin B was confirmed a girl. Bobby and Maya were both doing well, with strong heartbeats and measuring on target.
  
• Courtney at PrayingforaLittleOne is still having contractions even with the procardia and will be on bedrest until Henry comes.

PREGNANCY ANNOUNCEMENTS AND NEWS

• Tubeless in Seattle has had her big U/S and is having 3 boys! Everyone is doing well and the babies look great!
• Tracy's sister (her surrogate) just got their beta results back, and it is 300. Go wish them congratulations.
  

BIRTH AND ADOPTION ANNOUNCEMENTS

• The mother who has chosen Heart Cries as adoptive parents gave birth to a little boy on Tuesday. Rebeckah and Ben were present in the delivery room after an all-night drive in hopes of making it in time.
  

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