[QUOTE=ocean;520576]Day 3 stims update: 9 follicles on one side (R I think), 4 on other, all betw 7 and 13. Lining is 10, 'normal'. Next appt Monday.

I feel so much more chill about this cycle than the first one, it's like night and day. Where does this come from? Several things. 1) Therapy: I'm just focusing on the next step, not forecasting out the path of my life from each bit of news. 2) Jany, who reminds me I'm never going to give up (hence each bit of news isn't as emotional). ...

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My husband feels it is not "right" being able to choose the sex of your baby. He also feels like I shouldn't be able to always get what I want...[/QUOTE]

When we were preparing to try for our 2nd, I raised the idea of PGD then, but I wasn't myself sure about it at all. DH had a strong reaction that it didn't feel safe/right enough and 'he would never forgive me if something went wrong' (with the baby). We didn't delve too ...

[FONT=Verdana][COLOR="#800080"] Well its very very early days for us and ive already got such strong GD for a daughter. We havent even got a VR date yet, need to save up the funds which probably wont take that long once our finances are back on track. Im thankful that im blessed with my boys and DPs children, especially his daughter, its lovely to have a girl to spoil but i want MINE. I want OUR OWN. my OWN daughter, little fairy princess, all things girlie and pink.... ive started becoming ...

Yes, stress and highs and lows and fear and denial and determination and a hundred other emotions come from my experience of going HT.

But another one is calmness. I was visiting a friend who has a daughter and though in the past I'd had a hard time interacting with her daughter (and hid it of course) - it just brought on immediate sadness and longing within me - this time was different.

I felt free. I can't foresee the future but this little girl has no bearing or ...

I realized I now check this site many times a day. And Facebook a couple times a month at best. And for me, that's healthy. Facebook never makes me happy. Occasionally I'm interested in an article or quote someone posts - recently there was a 10 secrets of happy couples list that I liked. But by and large I leave Facebook sadder than I was before. It's an obvious trigger and I'm happier for checking it less.

I wonder how I will feel when I'm really getting close HT wise - will I ...