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10-09-2007, 05:32 PM
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Okay, a little catch up before I do some work...
Devan - I'm completely the opposite... I'm always cold... always always. And silly me married an eskimo (actually he's Micmac, but still...). We're the only apartment that keeps our AC(s) in all year round because my husband was born in a snow bank. I like 74... it's a good temperature and it's not too much to ask... nooooo... Danny needs it to be 60 or less. Needless to say I wear sweaters all year round.  Susan - I'm jealous and I so bad need a facial. My skin's been acting weird (I wish that I could grow a beard and cover up my spots, not play connect-the-dots... alright... got my Shania fix for the day. teehee.). I hope your doggy doesn't have lupus... that would be really sad.  And if you're in California this weekend, I'll take it I won't be seeing you at Oktoberfest at Wachusett? Bummer. Have fun in Cali, though!Shawna - Never been to Hawaii... went to Puerto Rico twice, though. My dad lived there for a while... my stepsister was actually born there. All I've ever heard about it was how obnoxious the price gauging for tourists is. Not okay! But I'm sure it's lovely. Martie - Come on big numbers!! Looking for MORE than 40s... 100s and we could have twins on our hands... tee hee... Brenna - And we're praying for MORE than 330ish, right? Happy Birthday!! Jen - Grow right follies, GROW!!!... Rachael - Really, no morning sickness up to this point? Don't say that too loud, okay? Some women get nasty when they suffer worse than others... especially if they've been up all night puking... haha. So your iron supplements... you got the ones that are easy on your digestive system right? Because high doses of iron make it hard to poop... and where you're preggers, you're probably already finding it hard... (sorry to be talking about your poop and all...  )Tia - Transfer tomorrow? Or will it be Thursday... I don't know if you confirmed which day... I'll have to go back and check... Heidi - Oktoberfest this weekend? S'posed to be a polka-jammin' good time! Waddya say?  Ronni - Go get that second and third opinion... no sense in spending the kind of money that you are on procedures that are based on one person's call. Also, I just heard about this "Shared Risk Refund Program" from "IntegraMed." You pay one time and get more than two (not sure how many more) tries at IVF, and if you're unsuccessful you get money back (not all, of course, but some.). And 4 out of 5 of their clients take home a baby. They would, naturally, work double time to get you pregnant because they'd be doing it on their dime... It might be worth looking into. Alana - Want some toast? I could get it there in, like, 13 hours.
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ME: (Shelly) PCOS, endo, fallopian disfunction DH: (Daniel) Perfect... or so he thinks.  TTC since 9/05 - Three IUIs, two ectopics, lost left tube. IVF #1 10/28 - ET - Two embabies. 11/7-13 - Betas - 48, 196, 1070!!!! 11/21 - First u/s... One beautifully tiny baby, in the uterus, measuring 6w1d! 11/29 - Second u/s... Baby Hume is measuring at 7w3d! EDD - July 14! 12/6 - Third u/s... Baby Hume is beautiful! 8w3d, heartbeat 167! 12/19 - Baby Hume's first OB appt.! Oh, what a beautiful heartbeat! 166 bpm... Yay!! 1/7 - U/S - Baby Hume had the hiccups and stuck out his/her tongue at us! 13w, hr 160 bpm. 2/27 - Anatomy survey- "Delly" is just perfect. 4/27 - Baby shower - It's a BOY!! 7/13 - Baby Daniel is finally here! 1:21 pm, 8lbs/9oz, 21 1/4" http://www.littlehume.com/   Thank you, Lord!! Please stay with us and protect Your beautiful miracle from all harm!!! 
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10-09-2007, 05:33 PM
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Wow, I feel like i've missed so much by actually putting in a productive day of work! that was silly of me
Alana ... i am so sorry what you are going through ... hopefully that was the worst of it ... please rest up and take you iron pills with a big steak and potatoe Brenna ... HAPPY B-DAY TOMORROW  ... can't wait to see what tomorrow's numbers bringMartie ... vegas baby ... double down on your 21! Devan ... lupron is a killer ... keep your eyes on the prize Jen ... your art work is awesome ... i might jump in on the receipe thing as well ... i stink at crafts! if that's ok? Susan ... thanks ... i'm jealous of your facial! i totally need one ... i broke out from gonal f! Shelly ... i'm so glad that you are happy now ... your going to be a great auntie Rachael ... no wine! and apparently no carrot cake either Shawna ... thanks for the link ... Oct. 15th ... many candles Ronnie ... what about coming to Northwestern in Chicago for an opinion! We have room for you I'm sure i'm missing someome  my ET is Thursday @ 9:45 a.m.  (assuming that the results from the PGD were good  )
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 March 20, 2008 - matched with egg donor for ivf June 9, 2008 - transfered 2 morula embryos on day 3 June 19, 2008 - beta 124 June 21, 2008 - beta 352  July 2, 2008 - one perfect little bean saw the heart flicker July 16, 2008 - little pooh-bear measuring perfectly h/b 144 July 28, 2008 - obgyn apt. measuring 10 weeks, our little pooh-bear was moving around August 13, 2008 - nt scan, measuring 12w3d hb 157 August 22, 2008 - obgyn apt. February 27, 2009 - edd 
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10-09-2007, 05:39 PM
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Thanks Tia I say Vegas too!! I love black jack!! How exciting about your ET cannot wait to hear the good news. Do you get a report tomorrow?
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Sept. 2004 ectopic pregnancy (lost left tube) 2006 4 IUI no success May 2007 1st IVF *pregnancy but lost on 6/24/07 at 8 weeks 3 days Sept 2007 FET 9/07 AF is here here we go again!!9/10 screen scan ultrasound 9/11 start 75 iu of Gonal F 9/17 BW and ultrasound (everything going along fine increase gonal f to 150iu) 9/20 bw and ultrasound (lining at 12mm, but eggs only went from 12 to 14mm, e2 not high enough) 9/22 bw and ultrasound(everything grew nicely 1 more night of meds!!!!) 9/23 trigger 9/27 ET (3 frozen embryos) 10/8 beta 21 10/10 beta 51 10/22 ultrasound (1 little Jelly Bean) 11/05 2nd ultrasound (heart beat 170 bpm) 11/12 3rd u/s due to spotting (all is well h/b 185 bpm) EDD June 18, 2008 
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10-09-2007, 06:14 PM
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Signing off early tonight guys. Tired after a busy day...
Brenna- happy Birthday and happy beta numbers! martie- Come on numbers!!!!!! DOUBLE!!!!
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 ME: 36 (low ovarian reserve, poor egg quality, endo) DH: 37 (inconsistent counts, low motility) TTC 4 years IUIx5 IVFx5 BFP on final IVF! 12/19 First U/S(5w6d) TWINS!! saw two sacs, one heartbeat, baby b a little behind we hope he/she catches up!  beta 26,000.Second U/S 1/2 Lost baby B. One healthy baby now measuring exactly on target with HR of 155. 3rd u/s baby b still there but getting smaller baby A is perfect, moving around and has a HR of 172.1/24 OB appt-baby measuring ahead-HR 173. 3/19 it's a girl!!!! Riley 3 (Bernese Mountain Dog)  Puck 11 (Husky-Shepherd Mix,rescued at 5y/o) My babies!http://ourlittlemiracle-girl.blogspot.com/  
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10-09-2007, 06:15 PM
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Martie ... yes I should get back the PGD results tomorrow
Heidi ... didn't mean to forget you before take me with you to Hawaii ... please!
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March 20, 2008 - matched with egg donor for ivf June 9, 2008 - transfered 2 morula embryos on day 3 June 19, 2008 - beta 124 June 21, 2008 - beta 352 July 2, 2008 - one perfect little bean saw the heart flicker July 16, 2008 - little pooh-bear measuring perfectly h/b 144 July 28, 2008 - obgyn apt. measuring 10 weeks, our little pooh-bear was moving around August 13, 2008 - nt scan, measuring 12w3d hb 157 August 22, 2008 - obgyn apt. February 27, 2009 - edd
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10-09-2007, 06:40 PM
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Tia - I've got my
for nothing but good news for you tomorrow too!I just finished watching today's Oprah that I had taped. It was all about infertility - with the two main stories being Martha Stewart's daughter Alexis that has been doing IVF repeatedly for a year now with ICSI and PGD with donor sperm and the other couple tried for 3 years and now did a surrogate IVF in India with a surrogate mom there carrying the embryo. I'm not a huge Oprah fan but it's always nice to see these struggles being talked about. The couple talked a lot about the strains this puts on a marriage and Alexis Stewart talked a lot about how the success stories you hear of in Hollywood of women in their 40's are not realistic and women need to at least start contemplating their options and do some testing earlier. She also brought on stage her whole box of one month of meds and syringes so people could really see what all this takes. I wasn't thrilled with Oprah's attitude - she kept calling the women desperate.
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Me: 32 endo DH: 38 low everything Cooper: 4 Boxer TTC for 1 year. 1st IVF w/ ICSI4/19 - Day 9 stims-11 follicles-estradiol 1473-trigger pm!! 4/21 - ER-13 eggs,6 mature,5 fertilized! 4/24 - ET-transferred 3 embryos. 5/1 - 5/6 - all HPT  5/7 - Beta 323! 5/10 - Beta #2 1515! Wow 5/14 - Beta #3 7140 OMG! 5/23 - 1st Ultrasound & my Birthday - TWINS! 6/6 - 8 wk u/s - lost one twin... devastated. 6/13 - Baby A looks great! Baby B smaller. 6/21 - Baby A waved during u/s! 7/5 - 1st OB appt. - Baby & heartbeat look good 7/13 - NT scan.Baby great. Low lying placenta for Mom 8/1 - emerg. u/s - Placenta previa -baby boy! 8/15 - Level 2 u/s - Baby flashed us! 9/26 - Still full placenta previa 10/24 - Placenta check - still previa 11/28 - u/s baby is 5lbs.3oz!! Watching for preeclampsia 12/12 - Baby is 6lbs. 4oz. Aiden Maxwell born via c-section on 12/27 at 12:07pm 6lbs. 14 ozs!! 
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10-09-2007, 06:49 PM
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I personally am not a big fan of Oprah either. I find her to be a better than you type of person. I think that if she is going to talk about this subject then she needs to be a little better behaved I mean calling people desperate (well maybe we are but she should not come out and say it on national TV).
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Sept. 2004 ectopic pregnancy (lost left tube) 2006 4 IUI no success May 2007 1st IVF *pregnancy but lost on 6/24/07 at 8 weeks 3 days Sept 2007 FET 9/07 AF is here here we go again!!9/10 screen scan ultrasound 9/11 start 75 iu of Gonal F 9/17 BW and ultrasound (everything going along fine increase gonal f to 150iu) 9/20 bw and ultrasound (lining at 12mm, but eggs only went from 12 to 14mm, e2 not high enough) 9/22 bw and ultrasound(everything grew nicely 1 more night of meds!!!!) 9/23 trigger 9/27 ET (3 frozen embryos) 10/8 beta 21 10/10 beta 51 10/22 ultrasound (1 little Jelly Bean) 11/05 2nd ultrasound (heart beat 170 bpm) 11/12 3rd u/s due to spotting (all is well h/b 185 bpm) EDD June 18, 2008
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10-09-2007, 06:51 PM
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oh but I should mention that I have read like everyone of her book club books and I love most of them. Even though they all make me cry or feel really bad about them for like 2 weeks. I mean where does she find every book that could cause depression?
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Sept. 2004 ectopic pregnancy (lost left tube) 2006 4 IUI no success May 2007 1st IVF *pregnancy but lost on 6/24/07 at 8 weeks 3 days Sept 2007 FET 9/07 AF is here here we go again!!9/10 screen scan ultrasound 9/11 start 75 iu of Gonal F 9/17 BW and ultrasound (everything going along fine increase gonal f to 150iu) 9/20 bw and ultrasound (lining at 12mm, but eggs only went from 12 to 14mm, e2 not high enough) 9/22 bw and ultrasound(everything grew nicely 1 more night of meds!!!!) 9/23 trigger 9/27 ET (3 frozen embryos) 10/8 beta 21 10/10 beta 51 10/22 ultrasound (1 little Jelly Bean) 11/05 2nd ultrasound (heart beat 170 bpm) 11/12 3rd u/s due to spotting (all is well h/b 185 bpm) EDD June 18, 2008
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10-09-2007, 07:35 PM
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i wrote into the Oprah show about six months ago and suggested that she do a show on IVF and the strains it puts ob marriage and every other relationship in your life. This show was not exactly what I had in mind, though I am sure she was not doing this in response to my email. I think that she needs to research the topic more before she does a show. Makig women and couples appear "desperate" is downplaying the whole situation. I hate that Oprah thinks she is better than everyone!!!!! Gee- I hope she is never "desperate" to have a baby.
Sorry- I know I said I was signing off but DH is still not home yet and it is raining hard... just nervous Good luck woth the PGD report Tia!
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ME: 36 (low ovarian reserve, poor egg quality, endo) DH: 37 (inconsistent counts, low motility) TTC 4 years IUIx5 IVFx5 BFP on final IVF! 12/19 First U/S(5w6d) TWINS!! saw two sacs, one heartbeat, baby b a little behind we hope he/she catches up! beta 26,000.Second U/S 1/2 Lost baby B. One healthy baby now measuring exactly on target with HR of 155. 3rd u/s baby b still there but getting smaller baby A is perfect, moving around and has a HR of 172.1/24 OB appt-baby measuring ahead-HR 173. 3/19 it's a girl!!!! Riley 3 (Bernese Mountain Dog) Puck 11 (Husky-Shepherd Mix,rescued at 5y/o) My babies!http://ourlittlemiracle-girl.blogspot.com/
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10-09-2007, 07:43 PM
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It just seemed in the show that Oprah has made her decision not to have children and she seemed very judgemental of anyone that can't accept the decisions that life has given them. I thought the women were very strong and did a great job of explaining their point of views. Alexis Stewart has a daily radio show on Sirius that I have listened to before and she graphically describes what she is going through and how much is sucks (in all sorts of vocabulary). I think she's been through 3 or 4 ET already. She was very well behaved in front of Oprah. My Mom was telling me that she listened to Alexis Stewart's radio show today and lots of listeners were calling in and saying how rude they found Oprah.
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Me: 32 endo DH: 38 low everything Cooper: 4 Boxer TTC for 1 year. 1st IVF w/ ICSI4/19 - Day 9 stims-11 follicles-estradiol 1473-trigger pm!! 4/21 - ER-13 eggs,6 mature,5 fertilized! 4/24 - ET-transferred 3 embryos. 5/1 - 5/6 - all HPT 5/7 - Beta 323! 5/10 - Beta #2 1515! Wow 5/14 - Beta #3 7140 OMG! 5/23 - 1st Ultrasound & my Birthday - TWINS! 6/6 - 8 wk u/s - lost one twin... devastated. 6/13 - Baby A looks great! Baby B smaller. 6/21 - Baby A waved during u/s! 7/5 - 1st OB appt. - Baby & heartbeat look good 7/13 - NT scan.Baby great. Low lying placenta for Mom 8/1 - emerg. u/s - Placenta previa -baby boy! 8/15 - Level 2 u/s - Baby flashed us! 9/26 - Still full placenta previa 10/24 - Placenta check - still previa 11/28 - u/s baby is 5lbs.3oz!! Watching for preeclampsia 12/12 - Baby is 6lbs. 4oz. Aiden Maxwell born via c-section on 12/27 at 12:07pm 6lbs. 14 ozs!!
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10-09-2007, 07:46 PM
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Okay so I'm watching the Oprah and yeah, she has mentioned "desperate" about 6 times and it has only been on about 10 mins, if that. Ugh, she kills me sometimes but I still watch her all the time.
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-Devan Me: 29 DH: 30 TTC: 4 + yrs Dia: Unexplained tubal disease HSG: Feb 06 / RS blocked & LS minimal flow Lap#1: Mar 06 / RS swollen to 1.5 in and filled with mystery fluids & LS alot of scar tissue Lap#2: Sept 06 / Removed both tubes IVF #1: Jan 07---> A BUST!!  (Didn't even get to ER)IVF #2: May 07 ---> Beta 6/27 BFN FET DEC 07! Dec 13- ET of 4 snowangels (1-8 cell, 1-7 cell & 2 4-cell) Dec 26: 69 - Dec 28: 192 - Jan 02: 1686Jan 14- We saw one amazing heartbeat, 133bpm. Jan 21- Baby was moving all around, it was amazing, 162bpm Feb 26- 1st OB appointment - everything is great, heartbeat was 150bpm Apr 15- Anatomy Scan - all is perfect (It's either a boy or a girl we are waiting for the surprise!) Jun 23- Passed Glucose Tolerance Test - Yippee! EDD Aug 29.08 (God continues to bless our lives, each and every day) -Patiently waiting for our turn ... Looks like it's our turn!
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10-09-2007, 07:58 PM
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oooh, i want to see this one. Any way I can download it? I could tear her a new one... call me desperate... honey, don't you know how many "desperate" hormonal women there are out here??? And do you have any idea what hormonal women DO to stuffy chicks like you who have no idea what it's like???? Bring it.
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ME: (Shelly) PCOS, endo, fallopian disfunction DH: (Daniel) Perfect... or so he thinks. TTC since 9/05 - Three IUIs, two ectopics, lost left tube. IVF #1 10/28 - ET - Two embabies. 11/7-13 - Betas - 48, 196, 1070!!!! 11/21 - First u/s... One beautifully tiny baby, in the uterus, measuring 6w1d! 11/29 - Second u/s... Baby Hume is measuring at 7w3d! EDD - July 14! 12/6 - Third u/s... Baby Hume is beautiful! 8w3d, heartbeat 167! 12/19 - Baby Hume's first OB appt.! Oh, what a beautiful heartbeat! 166 bpm... Yay!! 1/7 - U/S - Baby Hume had the hiccups and stuck out his/her tongue at us! 13w, hr 160 bpm. 2/27 - Anatomy survey- "Delly" is just perfect. 4/27 - Baby shower - It's a BOY!! 7/13 - Baby Daniel is finally here! 1:21 pm, 8lbs/9oz, 21 1/4" http://www.littlehume.com/ Thank you, Lord!! Please stay with us and protect Your beautiful miracle from all harm!!!
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10-09-2007, 07:58 PM
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Just finished watching today's Oprah too and had to log on to say....SNOB! She came across pretty cold and removed. Don't know how else to describe it. She just seemed like she was narrating some story she's reading instead of really getting engaged with her guests and the process.
I'd never seen or heard of Martha's daughter before but she cracked me up. She seems to have a bit of the "matter of fact"/sarcastic look at it that I've had at times. I'm absolutely amazed by the surrogacy in India. Had no idea that was going on. It's amazing.
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ME (Ronni) - 39 - Age/egg quality issues - high FSH DH - 40 - 0-3% morphology ------ IVF # 1 June 2007 - Chemical Pregnancy IVF # 2 September 2007 - BFN IVF # 3 at CCRM in Colorado May 2008 - BFN
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10-09-2007, 08:07 PM
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thanks ladies .... i'm going to bed
oh speaking of Oprah ... before moving to the burbs ... i lived three blocks away from her studio! it was fun walking by in the mornings to see the line of women waiting to get in! she was also the first african american to attend my high school in Milwaukee! didn't like her desperate comments ...
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March 20, 2008 - matched with egg donor for ivf June 9, 2008 - transfered 2 morula embryos on day 3 June 19, 2008 - beta 124 June 21, 2008 - beta 352 July 2, 2008 - one perfect little bean saw the heart flicker July 16, 2008 - little pooh-bear measuring perfectly h/b 144 July 28, 2008 - obgyn apt. measuring 10 weeks, our little pooh-bear was moving around August 13, 2008 - nt scan, measuring 12w3d hb 157 August 22, 2008 - obgyn apt. February 27, 2009 - edd
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10-09-2007, 08:14 PM
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Ronni - You would love Alexis' daily talk show. When I was on bedrest after my ET, my Mom brought her Sirius over so I could hear the show. She is extremely frank and uses every four letter word in the book. Not what you would picture for Martha's only child!
Glad I'm not the only one that was rubbed the wrong way by Oprah today. I'm sure she has some sort of message board that people have got to be posting on tonight. Maybe Oprah should donate some of those billions of dollars to help all these desperate women!
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Me: 32 endo DH: 38 low everything Cooper: 4 Boxer TTC for 1 year. 1st IVF w/ ICSI4/19 - Day 9 stims-11 follicles-estradiol 1473-trigger pm!! 4/21 - ER-13 eggs,6 mature,5 fertilized! 4/24 - ET-transferred 3 embryos. 5/1 - 5/6 - all HPT 5/7 - Beta 323! 5/10 - Beta #2 1515! Wow 5/14 - Beta #3 7140 OMG! 5/23 - 1st Ultrasound & my Birthday - TWINS! 6/6 - 8 wk u/s - lost one twin... devastated. 6/13 - Baby A looks great! Baby B smaller. 6/21 - Baby A waved during u/s! 7/5 - 1st OB appt. - Baby & heartbeat look good 7/13 - NT scan.Baby great. Low lying placenta for Mom 8/1 - emerg. u/s - Placenta previa -baby boy! 8/15 - Level 2 u/s - Baby flashed us! 9/26 - Still full placenta previa 10/24 - Placenta check - still previa 11/28 - u/s baby is 5lbs.3oz!! Watching for preeclampsia 12/12 - Baby is 6lbs. 4oz. Aiden Maxwell born via c-section on 12/27 at 12:07pm 6lbs. 14 ozs!!
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