Welcome to today's edition of Connections Abound. The point of 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.
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- Book: Lori Lavender Luz and her daughter's birth mom, Crystal, announced that they are gestating a book titled, "The Open-Hearted Way to Open Adoption: Helping Your Child Grow Up Whole." Published by Rowman & Littlefield, its estimated due date is mid-2013. Go cheer their two pink lines!
- Blog Move: Missohkay recently moved from blogspot to wordpress. Please update your links.
- Missing Blogger: AFM asks: "Does anyone know what has happened to OnetoKeep.wordpress.com? The blog has gone private and I have tried to contact her to no avail. Our journeys were similar, and I hope she is doing okay."
- Congratulations: Pundelina Kafoops has been accepted into a PhD program with full scholarship! Congratulations!
- Vote: Michaela at Sayler, Am I Pregnant Yet writes, "I would love for you to let everyone know that I have been selected as 1 of 10 finalist in a contest to win a free IVF cycle with the Sher Institute for Reproductive Medicine! People can view the story we submitted here on Vimeo and then they can vote for us here on SIRM's website (Michaela & Kyle). We are so excited about the possibility of winning this contest and would love for you to share our story not only for the contest but because we want to spread the word about difficult infertility is. Voting ends Monday and the winner will be announced Wednesday!"
- Fertility Coaching: Michele writes, "The Fertility Dialogues is a six-week professionally led coaching circle for women who are experiencing challenges on their road to motherhood. Through an experiential and interactive process, we will help you determine the choices for building your family in a way that feels right for you. We will explore options for realizing the dream of motherhood (e.g., adoption, IVF, donor, surrogacy, fostering) The sessions will be held in downtown Takoma Park on Thursday nights from 7 - 9pm, starting January 19, 2012. For more information, please contact fertilitydialogues@gmail.com or 202-352-3208."
- First Time Reading the LFCA: If this is your first time reading the LFCA or you need a refresher about how the LFCA works, please read this post. It has everything you need to know about getting your news in the LFCA.
- Quicklink Resources: Regular ALI Blogroll: If you would like your blog added to the ALI blogroll, please email me directly with your blog url and category pick. More information about being added is contained in that link. Password-Protected Blogroll: If you would like your password-protected blog added to the blogroll, please fill out the form.
- Clocks & Rhythms (family building while single)
- Toddlers and Test Tubes (secondary IF)
- My Lady of the Lantern is celebrating her birthday on December 29th. Go sing her a little song.
- Creating Motherhood is celebrating her birthday on December 24th. Go have a slice of cake with her.
- Susan is turning 34 on December 26th. Go leave her some birthday love!
- Mo just celebrated her first blogoversary! Go wish her (and the Shmaby) congrats!
- None Today.
- Tanika said goodbye to her 4th angel on December 8th. Sweet Israel Grayson passed on due to a cord incident 9 days before he was to be delivered by c-section. Please stop by and flood her with love.
- After many IVF attempts and making the hard decision to live without children, Riley and her husband decided to pursue adoption. After many years of heartache, they have been matched with an expectant mother!
- Susan finally came out of the closet to announce a private adoption in the works for a baby that is due in 2 months. They just found out that the expectant mom changed her mind
and would no longer be placing the baby. She is devastated and feels like all hope is lost. - Life With Coco and Gigi's dad has just been diagnosed with lymphoma, and they are working through the process of an exact diagnosis. It is a scary time, and she could use your support and prayers.
- Slowmamma is having spotting and cramping at 18 weeks. Please stop by and give her a hug.
- Sweet Mo of Life and Love in the Petri Dish cannot seem to catch a break. Trying to make the difficult move to egg donor has been rife with complexities. She could use a break and a string of miracles, actually, but in the meantime some extra love would be welcome.
- None Today.
- Finding My New Normal's DE cycle was a success! She actually got her positive beta back in October but has been too scared to announce her pregnancy over here until now. Now that she's hit 12 weeks she figures it's time to embrace this pregnancy. Even though she knows there is never an "all clear," she is hopeful that this pregnancy will end well and she will be bringing home her rainbow baby in June 2012.
- JustHeather is celebrating two lines from IVF #3 and after 3 years & 4 months of TTC #1!
- Rachel is 7 weeks pregnant after a stillbirth (at 33 weeks) in May.
- Bhaji Nightshift is here. The third and final Indian Takeaway joined big sisters Saag and Naan by c-section on the 8th Dec. Go wish Geohde congratulations.
- Betty and Barney Rubble finalized the adoption of their son, Rocky Bernard Rubble on December 16, 2011 which also happened to be the unfulfilled due date of their son Bam-Bam due in 2008. What a Christmas Miracle for this family!
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