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08-28-2008, 07:36 PM
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I liked the week-by-week guide to pregnancy.
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Me (Erin) 28 DH 34 male factor 1 dog 2 horses 1st IVF/ICSI 8/24 bc 9/2 Lupron .2cc 9/8 stop bc continue Lupron 9/13 reduce Lupron to .05cc start Follistim and Menapur 9/22 Trigger 9/23 ER (14 eggs) 9/24 report 9 good 8 fertilized 9/27 Day 3 transfer 2 embryos transferred. RE wanted to transfer 3 but DH nervous about possible risk of triplets. 10/1 0 embryos made it freezing stage. 10/9 BETA 279!!! 10/12 BETA #2 973!!!! Yikes 10/25 US TWINS!!!!!!! Due 6/16/08 Born 5/28/08 Gabriel Avard - 6 lbs 4 oz 19.5" Jenna Taylor - 5 lbs 1 oz 17.5"  
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08-28-2008, 08:19 PM
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I really like the following books:
Your Pregnancy week by week Amazon.com: Your Pregnancy Week by Week, 6th Edition (Your Pregnancy Series): Glade B. Curtis, Judith Schuler: Books The Pregnancy Book (a month by month guide) Amazon.com: The Pregnancy Book: Month-by-Month, Everything You Need to Know From America's Baby Experts: Martha Sears, William, Linda Hughey Holt: Books I personally can't stand the What to Expect book...I think it's boring and doesn't provide as much detail as the other books. My OB actually gave me The Pregnancy Book...she said they give those to new Mom's because the What to Expect tends to worry or scare women. Some women swear by it, but I just don't like it or the layout of it....I'm just glad my SIL gave it to me and I didn't buy it 
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Carie Me - 35 = Poor egg quality/DOR/Poor Stimmer/High CD3 FSH and Estrogen (bla...bla...bla) DH - 36 = Low & slow TTC >3 years Kitchen Sink Info: #1 IVF/ICSI & AH = BFN #2 IVF/ICSI & Thyroid meds = BFP (Ectopic) #3 IVF/ICSI & Metformin 03/07 = BUST 02/02/08 = Started taking Royal Jelly & Bee Pollen in honey (it worked for me!!) 03/03/08 = 100 mg Clomid w/ DS (PreSeed+Instead Cups) = BFN 04/02/08 = 100 mg Clomid w/ DS (PreSeed+Instead Cups) = BFP  1st Beta --> 05/02/08 = 232 (15dpo)2nd Beta --> 05/05/08 = 846  3rd Beta --> 05/07/08 = 1874  U/S --> 05/13/08 = (5w6d) Saw heartbeat/got pictures  U/S --> 05/22/08 = (7w1d) Heard heartbeat/141 bpm (measure 7w) U/S --> 06/02/08 = (8w5d) Saw baby moving arms and legs/179 bpm (measure 8w5d) OB ---> 06/06/08 = (9w2d) Anatomy Scan --> 08/20/08 (20w) It's a BOY!!  
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08-28-2008, 08:25 PM
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I loved "What to expect when you are expecting".
 
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 ME: 32 DH: 37 Married since eight years. Unexplained infertility... One doxy baby: Beetle  Three IUIs in 2007 - BFN IVF (ICSI) in June. First Beta - 11th July - 72.38 Second Beta - 220.30  2nd u/s - 4th Aug - Saw my angel's heartbeat 7w4d160bpm 3rd emerg. u/s - 24th Aug - Saw the baby dancing 139bpm. Low lying placenta diagnosed. 4th u/s - 8th Oct - Placenta moved up. 3D and Anomaly scan - 23rd Oct - Everything measures perfect. Baby Hb: 148bpm. Cervical cerclage - 2nd Nov - Successful. Eva born on 29th Feb via C-scetion. She weighed 7 lb 2.6 oz (3.25kg) at birth and was 19.6 inches long! ~ 7 lb 14 oz and 21.2 at six week appointment. Vaccinated. ~ 10th week vaccination complete. Measured 9 lb 7.6 oz and 23.3 inches. www.gutfeel.com - My personal blog www.urbanparents.in - My new forum for parents 
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08-28-2008, 08:29 PM
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Thanks I was gonna get the week by week pregnancy so hearing two fo you liked it helps my decision, I've heard not so good things about the What to expect book
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Me-28 unexplained infertility/4 polyps removed Hubby 27-perfect Bella 5yrs oldTanner 3yrs old April 08-adoption process finalized on waiting list June made the decision IVF is worth a try 8-2 ER 18 follies retrieved 8-5 ET (the day my baby(ies)will be conceived) also my 3 yr wedding anniversary Transfered 3-8 cell embies(4 to freeze) 8-13 7dp3dt faint positive 8-15 officially s beta=74(tested two days early)8-19 2nd beta= 471(officially 4 weeks) 8-23 3rd beta=2,985  8-25 Experienced bleeding u/s showed one bean with Beta at 7,434-put on bed rest  
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08-28-2008, 08:31 PM
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I like the Mayo Clinic Guide to a Healthy Pregnancy. I haven't really looked at much else except What to Expect and I didn't really like that one.
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Me (Jenny): 27 - PCOS, hypothyroid DH (James): 29 - Slightly low morphology TTC 3+ years; 1st year and a half wasted with a worthless doctor 2007 2 failed Clomid cycles Ectopic pregnancy  2008 3/5 - new cycle - Clomid and Follistim 3/31 - positive hpt 4/2 - 1st beta - 48.5! Estrogen 324, Progesterone 35.9 4/4 - 2nd beta - 113.8! 4/7 - 3rd beta - 487!! 4/11 - 4th beta - 2987 4/16 - 1st u/s - 1 beautiful healthy peanut in exactly the right place! 4/23 - 2nd u/s - everything still great. Saw and heard the heartbeat! 122bpm! 5/6 - 3rd u/s- Absolutely amazing. Measuring 8w6d, 172bpm; released to OB 6/4 - Everything is still perfect. Measuring right on track, hb 161bpm 6/26 - Couldn't be better; 148bpm 7/21 - Anatomy Scan!! It's a GIRL! 11/26 - Kathryn Lakhari Ann born at 38w1d due to pre-eclampsia! 8lb 4oz, 20 1/2" long   "The prize is always worth the rocky ride."
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08-28-2008, 08:47 PM
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the pregnancy bible is a good one too. love that one.
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Me: 33. all tests normal Hubs: 30, all tests normal "unexplained infertility" TTC: 4 years IVF#1 8/18/08 Start Lupron - 10 units (so far so good!) 8/27/08  arrived8/29/08 - baseline u/s and bloodwork scheduled Estrogen is high at 85. Told to continue lupron and go back on 9/3 for 2nd baseline. 9/3/08- Estrogen higher at 96. Told to continue same protocol and come back 9/8/08 for 3rd baseline. grr 9/8/08 Estrogen still higher at 110. RE beginning menopur anyway. 225 IU am and pm. Luron continuing at 10 units a day. 9/11/08- ovaries and follicles looking good. Estrogen 283 - progesterone 1.1 - LH 0.8 9/13/08- 7 follies between 10-14mm. Estrogen 763 - Prog - 1.0 - LH 0.7 9/16/08 - Trigger tonight! ER 9/18/08 5 eggs retreived 9/19/08- 4 made it to the 2PN stage 9/20/08 - 2 are 4 cell and 2 are 5 cell - keep growing!! 9/21/08 - ET 2 embabies at 8 cells. None made it to freeze Follow up us & bw - 9/27 Beta - 10/5 #36.9 Beta- 10/7 #28 - 
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08-29-2008, 07:38 AM
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I have What to Expect and The Week by Week book. I like them both for different reasons. The week by week gives an overview of what's happening with you and the baby and the What to Expect is the book I use when something weird happens. Like when I was vomiting up blood or thought I was leaking amniotic fluid -sorry for the TMI. It gives a run down of all the things that could go wrong and when you should call your doctor or go to the ER. It does scare some people, but I like to have it to refer to if something does happen. I also have one called the Pregnancy Journal Amazon.com: The Pregnancy Journal; A Day-To-Day Guide to a Healthy and Happy Pregnancy: A. Christine Harris: Books
It tells you day by day what is happening to the baby and you. It is really cool. I love reading it every night to find out what is happening with the baby.
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Me: 35 - stage 2 endo DH: 36 - perfect Tyson-the wonder dog 4/7/08-We miss you every minuteTTC 2 years 10/24/06 +hpt 11/29/06 D & C 10/25/07 first visit to RE 10/30/07 HSG-tubes are clear 3/4/08 lap-found and removed stage 2 endo 5/08-IUI w/clomid and injectables. Didn't need to---> 4/26/08- on hpt!!! Natural Cycle4/28/08-1st Beta 15 dpo-516! 4/30/08-2nd Beta 17 dpo-1286! Grow baby grow! 5/14/08-1st U/S-one perfect heartbeat! 5/21/08-2nd U/S-baby measuring on schedule! 7/28/08-Level II ultrasound-It's a GIRL!!! 
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08-29-2008, 05:13 PM
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I like the week by week, but I loved one I did not buy. It had actual clay or something pictures of each weeks stage and it was beautifully done. Even if you don't buy it I think it is great!!!
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 Female-33--PCOS  Hubby--36-test failureUsing known Donor(takes a nice pic) Patches &Tiger (cats)CURRENTLY: 11/14--2nd anatomy scan& baby fluid is normal again will keep track of it. ITS A GIRL!!!! 7/10--transferred the three musketeers. (1-6bb & 2-3aa) dollar store hpt +, digital= pregnant!!! on to beta....7/18-beta #1 55 7/21 Beta #136 p4-39.2Beta#3 (7/25--815!) 7/30 (beta 4924)8/15--2 BEANS 7wk4d actual 7wk5d.baby A 156hb,B 154hb. (8/21--93584 baby A hb177 baby B-none  )EDD March 29,2008   God Please Bless our babies..... HISTORICALLY: 10-12-07--2 IUI's--no $ so onto IVF  In April 2008-------5/08/08--lost my angel for good William Benjamin --trisomy 16
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08-29-2008, 05:19 PM
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I love "week by week "as well and I also use "The Pregnancy Bible" as a reference type book. Those are my faves. "The girlfriends guide to pregnancy" is a funny read and also "belly laughs"
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Traci TTC ~3 years Me: 38, LAP + HSG in '07 = mild endo(I), DH: 30, stud dd:10 yrs old 7 failed IUIs w/ follistim, femara, ovid IVF in April '08 please GodFeb 24, start bcp Mar 29, start lupron (10iu) Apr 9, start stims, foll (150) & menopur(75), lup (5iu) Apr 11, 2 days stims E2=106 Apr 14, 5 days stims, 16 follies, E2=511 Apr 17, 8 days stims, 16 follies in the 12-17 range,E2=2380, Trigger tonight! Apr 19,ER = 18 eggs, 13 mature, 8 fertilized Apr24, ET 2 blasts 6dp5dt= faint + HPT ! 7dp5dt= strong + HPT !!May 2 Beta #1 8dp5dt = 153 ! finally!May 5 Beta #2 11dp5dt = 533 ! dx:mild OHSS May 12 Beta #3 18dp5dt = 8635 !! May 20 u/s ONE little heartbeat flickering away  Csection scheduled for Dec 31st - New Year's Eve Baby!!! started weekly 17P shots @ 16 weeks  We're having a "surprise" Connor or Ella?
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08-30-2008, 12:21 PM
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I love the week by week pregnancy guide and thought the Girlfriends Guide and Belly Laughs were funny....I did not get What to expect as I heard mixed things (that is can be scary)...but I do the love the week by week pregnancy guide...DH and I read it every Friday night as we are about the enter the next week...it's part of our pregnancy ritual now
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w/TWINSMe 26 No issues DH 32 low count Fur Babies Mittens & Ashes Clomid x3 BFN HSG 3/31/08 Acupuncture BCP 3/27 IVF ICSI #1 5/08 5/6 Lupron 5/10 NO MORE BCP Stims 5/20 Lupron .1cc Gonal F 375iu Menopur 75iu E2 5/23 81 5/25 116 5/27 210 5/28 293 5/29 443 Trigger 5/29 9:45p ER 5/31 9am 13 eggs ET 6/3 9:30a ET Tx 4...7 c g1, 5 c g1, 5 c g2, 4 c g2  7dp3dt BFP 8dp 9dp + EPT & Digital 6/16 1ST BETA 547 Due 2.21.096/18 2nd BETA 1388 6/30 1st U/S- TWINS 7/111st OB A-ok 7/30 2nd OB 2 pefect beans 8/8 NT Terrific 8/27 Xtra visit (pain) twins r good 9/10 OB A GIRL - B ?? 9/12 3D 1 Girl 1 Boy 9/24 Level 2 A-ok 10/6 OB Measuring 30w 10/20 + FfN & Contracting  TOTAL BEDREST10/23 MFM Cervix 0 & Dialated-Cerclage 10/29 MFM Cervix Check 11/3 OB A-ok 11/5 MFM Cervix ok +FfN 11/13 MFM-ok 11/17 OB 11/19 MFM 11/25 MFM 12/1 OB 12/3 MFM  
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08-31-2008, 07:34 PM
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If anyone is in the Seattle area I have two books that I am finished with. ART and A few good eggs. Just ping me if your interested.
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Me- High FSH DH- some abnormal but good count. 5 months of Clomid, all 's1st Round of IUI + Clomid and HCG shot 3/16 IVF #1- May/June cycle canceled after 13 days on stims. Tons of follies but poor responder to stims .IVF#2- August 12th, start BC 20th, Start Lupron 31st, Suppression check- YAY! On to stims! September 1st- Start Stims (Gonal F- 300, Menopur 150) Sept. 13th ER- 28 eggs , 20 fertilizedSept. 18th- Transferred two AA blasts , 4 to freeze!Sept. 24th- POAS and its for a great Beta!Sept. 27th- Beta #1- 259 Sept. 30th- Beta #2 -954 6 weeks- Oct. 13th- 1st u/s- Two Sacs, TWINS! measuring 6wks1d and 6wks2d. Heartbeats 110 and 111 7 weeks u/s because of bleeding scare- hb 130 and 131. Oct. 27th u/s- 8 wks 2d. Both babies measuring right on target, HB's great!!!! Graduate to OB- 1st appt. Oct. 30th!  
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08-31-2008, 08:07 PM
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I read A Few Good Eggs....such a great book!!!
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w/TWINSMe 26 No issues DH 32 low count Fur Babies Mittens & Ashes Clomid x3 BFN HSG 3/31/08 Acupuncture BCP 3/27 IVF ICSI #1 5/08 5/6 Lupron 5/10 NO MORE BCP Stims 5/20 Lupron .1cc Gonal F 375iu Menopur 75iu E2 5/23 81 5/25 116 5/27 210 5/28 293 5/29 443 Trigger 5/29 9:45p ER 5/31 9am 13 eggs ET 6/3 9:30a ET Tx 4...7 c g1, 5 c g1, 5 c g2, 4 c g2 7dp3dt BFP 8dp 9dp + EPT & Digital 6/16 1ST BETA 547 Due 2.21.096/18 2nd BETA 1388 6/30 1st U/S- TWINS 7/111st OB A-ok 7/30 2nd OB 2 pefect beans 8/8 NT Terrific 8/27 Xtra visit (pain) twins r good 9/10 OB A GIRL - B ?? 9/12 3D 1 Girl 1 Boy 9/24 Level 2 A-ok 10/6 OB Measuring 30w 10/20 + FfN & Contracting TOTAL BEDREST10/23 MFM Cervix 0 & Dialated-Cerclage 10/29 MFM Cervix Check 11/3 OB A-ok 11/5 MFM Cervix ok +FfN 11/13 MFM-ok 11/17 OB 11/19 MFM 11/25 MFM 12/1 OB 12/3 MFM
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09-02-2008, 07:34 AM
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I enjoy reading "Your Pregnancy Week by Week" - written by physicians. It is extremely helpful and documents the development weekly, not monthly like some other books.
I cannot stand the "What to Expect" book and woudn't recommend it to anyone.
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Me: 34 (Jen) DH: 33 Chocolate Lab****************** Currently: 4/20/08 - BFN 5/01/08 - acupuncture 1x/week x 5 weeks 5/18 & 19/08 - + HPT!!!!!! 6/24/08 - 1st OB appt. w/high risk specialist ; HR 176 bpm; saw baby on ultrasound!! 7/22/08 - 2nd U/S - baby right on target. HR 154 bpm 8/19/08 - 3rd u/s - (17w2 d) we're having a healthy Baby BOY!!!! 9/2/08 - 4th u/s (19w2 d) HR 126 bpm 9/16/08 - 5th u/s (21w2d) u/s - anatomy scan. 1 lb 2oz 10/14/08 - 6th u/s (25 w2d) - 2lb 8 oz 11/01/08 - 3D/4D u/s - (27w6d) he has chubby cheeks and maybe a dimple! HR 133 11/07/08 - passed GTT Previously: IVF #3 + PGD- 6/18/07 BFP - Twins! 10/13/07 - preterm L&D of my precious twin daughters @ 20 weeks, 6 days, who did not survive.  "Sing a new song onto the Lord!"
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