Tara - It's easy for me to be positive about other people, being positive about my own life is really difficult!  DH calls me a pessimist.  I'm not a pessimist [cry], I'm a realist!  Sorry AF came. ((HUGS))  Hope you get that BFP really soon!  Hopefully we will be belly buddies.  Did AF pick up, or just disappear?  Ouch, hope your back feels better by the time you read this.  You're still sick?  Sheesh, just what you didn't need, huh?

Simone - We already know that you're a POAS addict!  Sorry about AF!  Good to see that you're taking it well, though.  Let's be belly buddies, hey?  Sounds like you had your hands full with Ty!  That can be really stressful, worrying about whether you'll get hurt or not.  ((HUGS))

Amanda - Are you nursing?  9 weeks is really early to get a period!

Christine - I hope so, too.  Hopefully I will O closer to the middle of the month this time.  Yes, I got a new thermometer a while back.  Same type as the previous one, no one seems to have anything else in the stores.  I don't always like what it says, though. ;)  I hear you on the coughing/puking cycle.  Hope you feel better soon!

Amber - Hope you keep getting better!

Nicole - Sorry you had to go to the ER!  Just try to keep the food down.  ((HUGS))  You're almost through with the toughest part of this! :)

Gina - I like your new ticker!

AFM - Phone line and internet were down from Saturday night to today, the tech came and fixed it, but left us with a different phone number!  So, he is supposed to come back tomorrow morning to fix that.  Sigh.  AF is gone, hopefully I will not O before CD13....  I am trying to stay relaxed and happy that at least AF was normal, but I keep worrying that I will O too soon.  Sigh.  I am using OPK's until next Monday, just to be sure.  After that, I don't care when I O, as long as it happens.  Maybe I should keep using them, though, just to be sure.  That way, I won't have to worry about 2 possible O dates.  Waste of tests, though.  What do you ladies think?

Nicole - Ouch, that is really bad.  I hope the right medicine works nicely.  How are you feeling now?  I don't want to see O until CD13.  Today was a negative - that's what I wanted to see. :)  You're right, there are way too many people sick around here...

Nicole - I know what you mean.  I had to go in for an IV with Shimon, but by that time, I was asking for one!  And for a while afterwards, I wanted to go back in and get one again - just seemed easier than trying to stay hydrated and eat the old-fashioned way.  Thanks. :)  Hope you start feeling better soon!  That first trimester is at an end (well, according to "stupid count" - LMP; according to "smart count", you have another two weeks).  So, you should be feeling better starting soon!  ((HUGS))

Nicole - What bug do you have?  Maybe I missed it..  When I got dehydrated, I also had diahrrea..  I know, you have to eat for the baby.  That's why I wanted the IV back.  Milk shakes?  DH made them from ice cream and milk.  They give you calcium, calories (important!) and sugar (and diahrrea, if you have four a day and no other food).  Fruit or vegetable smoothies?  Homemade pizza?  Brownies with spinach in them?  Apple cake?  Tea counts as liquid, mint with sugar. ;)  Smoothies don't count, but it will get vitamins into you, and calories!  I walked around with a bottle of herbal tea instead of a bottle of water.

Autumn - I guess a period at 9 weeks makes sense, then.  No fun!  I only got mine back 9 months postpartum, but I think it was because I drastically switched the nursing schedule.