What a GREAT forum!!!! Introducing myself...

Hello everyone! I am so excited to have found this forum. I saw it in Shay's signature over on the Russian board! I am so excited. We were going to adopt again from Russia, after adopting two wonderful children in December 2004. However, after many more discussions during the past two months, we have decided to ttc. We have always wanted a large family. We had one pregnancy, but I lost her in July 2000 at 23.5 weeks. They figured out that I have a blood clotting disorder, but a treatable one. We tried to get pregnant after that, but 9 IUI's and one failed IVF later, we headed to Russia. I actually just went to my OBGYN today to get back on the Metformin (I have PCOS also, yay). We decided we are going to start "fresh". We are going to pretend we are starting from scratch, and try the Clomid, than move back to the RE if that does not work. I am changing a variable though. I gained about 50 lbs after we lost our child, and now I am going to loose the weight before I go back to the doctor again. It is the only thing we have not tried, so I am happy to do it, and it will be better for me anyway. It just seemed that I was so sad all of the time before we brought our kids home, but now everything is great! I feel really confident that I will stay strong this time. I have been working out everyday, and eating much healthier foods. (no junkfood). So far I am down by 8 lbs since the 1st of the year. Mostly water weight I am sure, but it makes me feel good, so I am very happy about it!!! So, good luck everyone! I will be checking back to this forum often. I was just starting to feel a little uncomfortable on the Russia board, since we are moving in a different direction. (not that I post much anyway) Then this popped up! Great timing. Anyway, sorry to go on and on. Take care, Renae