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This has been a week with a lot of good news!  I'm so excited for two of my Azoo sisters! I've 'known' Alison since the early days of both of us TTC, about 2.5 years ago.  A few months after our azoospermia diagnosis, she and her husband were also faced with that horrible news.  After several IUIs, Alison finally got a BFP and had beautifully rising betas from her first IVF!  Go wish her congratulations! I 'met' Lorza after we'd both had our azoo diagnosis, through ICLW I think.  She's been a great source of support and laughs as we both muddled through this crap.  After her 2nd (I think?) IUI, she got a BFP!!  Go send her your well wishes too! After a long time trying and too many chemical pregnancies/miscarriages, Adrienne gave birth to her perfect, beautiful son last week.  Read about her incredible home birth and congratulate her on her perfect little miracle. With the good, there is always some bad.  I'm so sad for Foxy , another...

Thanks for your thoughts on my etiquette question this morning.  I didn't mention that I am the baby's aunt, as it is BIL's baby with his ex.  I did end up sending a gift-- something boring from her registry that I had a coupon for.  I will not be inviting her to my shower. I finally got around to taking a belly pic!  Here I am today, at 23 weeks, 5 days.  I think I am starting to look pregnant! There ya go, Ella :)

I've got a question or two for you.  Please be honest.   1.  If you are invited to someone's baby shower and you can't/don't want to attend, do you have to send a gift?   2.  After being invited to that same person's baby showers, do I have to invite her to mine?   Clearly, I am not a fan of this person.  She is not a good person and I am at a loss as to what to do.  A part of me wants to be the better person and send the gift, but not invite to my shower, and another part of me feels like that lets her "win."  Argh!  

I've been so bad at writing recently.  I haven't been posting here or on the message boards.  I've been bad at commenting, and I haven't been responding to emails.  I don't know what it is!  I have been reading and keeping up with all of you, though.  I'm going to try to be better. I'm 22 weeks 3 days now!  I still don't feel like I am showing much, but I saw a video B took  from the weekend and was surprised.  To me, though, I think I just look fat again most of the time.  I'm feeling baby move often, which startles me and I love. We just got back from a fun weekend camping by the beach.  The weather was beautiful with temperatures being in the mid 70's during the day and pretty reasonable at night.  We put an air mattress in our tent, so sleeping was nice and comfy.  The shower was so nice when I got home! In baby news, I think we have a name!  Right now, the thought is that we will go with Juliet Elyse.  It may cha...

Some people love Halloween and some don't like it.  I used to love Halloween and now it's hard for me.  It's not because of IF and kids.  It's my brother.   Today would have been his 27th birthday.  My mom was having contractions with him when she was taking me trick-or-treating.  He was born just a little after midnight on the 1st.  I can't think about Halloween and not think about him.   My mom and I are the only ones of that family of four from 27 years ago.  It makes me so sad that half of my family from then is gone and my daughter will never know them.  I'll tell her about them, of course, but it isn't the same.   Baby will be born right around the 2 year anniversary of my brothers death and the 15 year anniversary of my dad's death.  March has always been such a crappy month for me.  It makes me so nervous to hope for something good to come out of it.   I am so busy today, I feel really badly that I won't have time to see my mom.  I ...