Lisa~ Oh, yuck, I can only imagine. I hope things work out this month for you!

Girls, I'm sorry. I'm feeling so bad right now. I think I may take a break for a little while, too. If any of you want to email, send me a PM and I'll give you my email address. I'll still update FF just for kicks, but I may not be on for awhile.

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Cassie- Oh, brother, you can see how closely I follow the news, huh? Well, there's always the potential for Rhylee's little brother, Gustav, then.

Lisa- Good luck! Did the meds seem to affect you much last time? The whole reason we've decided not to do IVF again is b/c of how emotionally messed up I was while on them last time. Kudos to you for being able to take them on again! Does it feel different this time around, since you are already a mom? I wonder if I'd be too busy to be as emotional as I was last time, just b/c I already have the boys.
Keep us updated w/ everything!!

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Sarah - If you do FET, won't you have to do some of the stuff?? How does that work?

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Lisa-wow its happening so quickly! You need a ticker so we can keep up with the transfer, etc. Are they going to select the male sperm only (i remember you mentioning that a while back). How many rounds of IVF for the twins?

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Rac- I'm pretty sure I'll have to do the Lupron (which I hated!), but not everything else. I haven't talked to the RE yet, so I'm only going by what I have read online.
One of the downsides to doing the FET vs. IVF is that (I believe) my insurance will cover IVF, but NOT the FET. The FET is around $4k, whereas IVF would cost us under $2k out of pocket. Had I remembered that at the time when we were given the choice to freeze or not, I don't think we would have done so. Of the 7 that were frozen, I think 5 took a couple extra days to divide, so they certainly aren't the best quality we've seen. Since I had two implanted during IVF #2 and only one took, I know that our chances of these surviving implantation are pretty low. But now I feel like we have them, and we have to use them. Who knows. Maybe the RE will convince us otherwise once we see him.

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we only did one round with the girls!!! i actually didnt feel any different when i was on the meds. i am a little more moody since being on the lupron this time. i dont feel obsessed this time around like i was the last because i do have the girls. i would like to say i am as positive as i was the first time but im not. i think because we are doing a more invasive procedure i know everything that can go wrong. i am trying not to think of it though and only thinking of the outcome and being pregnant again!!! they dont do sperm selection anymore so we have to do pgd to determine the sex of the embyros. they take a cell from the embryo and test it. so there is a possibility that we will have no male embryos. like i have said before i just really want it to work

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Sarah - Insurance coverage is goofy. That makes no sense that they cover ivf but not the fet. You're lucky you had coverage for the ivf, though (I have no coverage for any treatment ) I can understand why you're choosing to do the fet, though. Please keep us posted as things progress.

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Oh, I know I am so THANKFUL of my insurance for all that they have covered, and I cannot ever complain about them b/c they have been wonderful to work with.

In IL, it's required that insurance cover 4 IVF cycles. I don't think the law states how much $$ to cover, but I know they have to cover IVF in part, at least. That's why they'll do it. I haven't checked re: FET, so they may, actually. I think I'll get on that tomorrow.

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Lisa-Hopefully the girls will keep you busy so that you don't worry too much. Hang in there!

Sarah-that is great that Illinois has that law. TX has no such law. Do you have a timeframe for when you would do the FET? I hope the RE can give you good news.

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Wow, it's been really busy on here.

Sarah and Lisad- So, do either of you want to have twins again or does it not matter either way?

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sarahj- one of my co-woker had ivf and twins. 4 years later, she is about to deliver again. No IVF, no drugs, no trying. She got pregnant naturally. it does happen. She is still in a state of shock at 8 months. they weren't preventing because she was told she would never get pregnant without assistance.

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it really doesnt matter to me if we have twins again. would i like to just have one more yes but i really want to be pregnant again and if that means with twins again than i am fine with that. 2 pregnancies 4 kids WOW!!!!

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Tracey- Yeah, no one knows but God if someone will "Never" be able to have a child without medical intervention.

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Lisa- Yeah I know what you mean. I just want one baby, but if I go to my doc appt and they tell me that I am having twins again, it will just be a double blessing again

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If I could choose, I'd prefer to have multiples again. If we were to have had a choice, I'd have liked to have one baby the first time around (to experience being able to devote all my attention to one), then twins after that. But I'll never experience one child to devote all my attention to, so I'd definitely want twins!

In the end, I just love being a mom, and whatever we are blessed with is great by me. My prayer is just for healthy children.

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Sarah- That is exactly how I feel. I feel so blessed to have two beautiful girls and to be pregnant again. No matter how many babies come out of this pregnancy, I feel incredibly blessed.

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In the eating thread, I mentioned that I've been craving salty foods lately. (Normally I hate salt and have no desire for it.) Karen asked if it is possible that I could be pg.