Dawn from Elaine

August 27, 2003

Thanks for the message Dawn.

You've been through so much. I know what you mean about other

friends when they are pg and telling how much they've been doing.

With my 11 weeks bedrest with my son I also had people telling me

that they'd love to lay around for 3 months. You and I both know

that its far from easy but tell that to other people and they are

like yeah right!!

I have another few questions if thats ok - Are you supposed to wait

long after ab/cer surgery before falling pg? Did you have any

funnelling etc with your cervix during your last pg?

Also totally off the subject, but do you type your signature lines

after your messages or is there a way to shortcut it?

Elaine

Matt 16 mths

Paige and Amy in heaven 21 July 2003

> Hi Elaine,

> Not all of my multiples were natural. With my triplets we used fert

meds to

> get pg. We were unable to get pg on clomid for 5 mths so I went to

a RE they

> found out that I had a hormonal imbalance, kind of compared it to

PCOS except I

> don't have any other symptoms of except for the hormone things/

which was

> slight too. Anyway I got pg with my triplets the first round on

injectable meds,

> after we lost our triplets we tried 6 mths after with the injecable

meds

> again and again we got pg on the first cycle. My RE was surprised

I even got pg

> with twins this time because the aproach was less agressive, and I

had one

> really nice size follicle and just one other that was just about

large enough to

> get fertilized. After losing our twins at 20 weeks, we didn't

really talk

> about pg again. We lost our Triplets in March/April of 2001 and

our Twins in

> Jan 2002. At this point they did know that I had an IC well it was

actually a

> little more rare than that dynamic changing they called it, my

cervix would

> change lenghts (shorten and lengthen). It was so hard for us I

figured there

> must be more wrong with me than an IC so I went to a few peri's and

had some

> tests done. I also would have had genetic testing done but there

was never

> anything wrong with the babies. Our Twins and

were born alive

> and breathing, I am not sure how long they actaully lived but I

know it was

> about an hour at least. When we held them They just kept taking

breaths and

> then a couple of long breaths it was just heart wrenching that

there was nothing

> they could do for them. With my abdominal cerclage I was on SBR

because my

> dr's were not going t take any chances at all, and in addition I

was carrying

> two babies which is a higher risk. la and Lydia (ab babies)

were a

> natural twin pg we got pg in March after our loss in Jan. Our

losses and ab pg

> were very close together time wise. I hope this helps, but if you

do get pg

> don't worry about bed rest, I just took it one day at a time. Sure

it is really

> hard but I would sit in bed for as long as it takes again to bring

home a

> healthy baby. It really does suck that pg has to be that way for

me, a wait and

> see hope and pray everyday for another day to pass, and when I was

pg a few of

> my friends were pg at the same time calling me telling me about

there day.

> Funny thing I was not envious of them I think I was more angry

after they would

> tell me stupid things like they were paiinting the babies room or

vacuuming,

> or walking around all day I just thought God I have to sit here and

they don't

> even blink an eye for something I think is a minor risk like

painting or

> vacuuming (do you know what I mean?) any way sorry for the really

long message, DH

> is out and the girls are asleep so I actually have a bit of time

LOL..Hope

> this helps ...ey love it , they are beautiful babies of course I am

a litle bias

> LOL.. I will post new picts soon...

> Oh the girls are great and so much fun, we went swimming at SIL's

today and

> th

> Hugs

> Dawn

> Mommy to Triplet and Twin Angels

> 3/30/01, and 4/4/01 s/b@16 weeks

> and 1/2/02 s/b @ 20 weeks

> and our " natural " earth angels la and Lydia b 10/26/02

(abdominal

> cerclage

August 28, 2003

Hi Elaine

Don't you just hate it when people come out with those sort of comments?

It's like one of the girls at work lost her 4.5mo old baby to a brain hemorrage

4mos ago, and you would see people saying never mind, she'll have another

one like that must make up for all the pain of losing her child. People

really can be so insensitive at times.

I was told 6w after my abdominal was placed, some have been told 3mos, so

I think it's dependant on your doc. I had mine placed on day 10 of my cycle,

so basically had 2 periods before I was allowed to ttc again. This is now

our 3rd month of ttc (I'm on day 22 of my cycle so should know in another

week although I am really not confident this month, just don't feel good

about it)

If you are using microsoft outlook or one of those you can go and set up

a signature. We use some open sources software at work so I can't do it,

but if I remember correctly you go to option, signature and then give it

a name and type in what you want - someone else I'm sure can help with exactly

where to go.

HTH

Shona

Caitlyn born 22nd March 2000 @ 28w3d due to IC and PROM (emergency cerclage

at 18w4d)

born to Jesus 3rd June 2002 @ 15w1d due to IC, PTL and PROM (preventative

cerclage at 12w1d)

abdominal cerclage placed pre-pregnancy 24th April 2003

Elaine wrote:

Thanks

for the message Dawn.