I lay in bed Wednesday night, awake and composing a blog post in my head about how lucky I’ve been with this pregnancy. Lucky that it only took two tries at IVF to get here. Lucky that I had virtually no nausea and could enjoy the early weeks of my pregnancy. Lucky that each ultrasound […]
There’s not a whole lot new going on around here. No doctor appointments. No ultrasounds. Here’s the last 10 days in a (largish) nutshell: Monday, October 14: I go to the school where I used to work for a visit with a child I work with at my current job. While there, I catch up with […]
Two lovely ladies, Kitten at Yet Another Bitter Infertile and ecutri at You’re going DOWN, infertility, have nominated me for the Sunshine Award. I’m a little slow getting to this, but it’s a nice distraction to chase away the gloomy thoughts of last week. The Rules: Include the Sunshine Award Icon in your post. LInk […]
I heard Thumper’s heartbeat at my OB appointment on Monday. It seemed to take forever to find, but it was there, strong and healthy. That was less than a week ago. My next fix isn’t for another three weeks, when we have the anatomy scan. I’ll be almost 19 weeks by then and might be […]
It’s 10/10 today. it would have been my mom’s 73rd birthday. The first one I would have been able to give her the only present she ever wanted. But she’s not here, and today of all days, I’m painfully aware of it. It’s been a strange day. My friend, D, gave birth to a baby […]
Snap I need to buy new bras. My boobs have been huge pretty much since day 1, thanks to the progesterone injections I was on up until week 9. They’re less sore than they were in those days, but just the thought of wearing one of my regular bras at this point makes me cringe. […]
Something Out of Nothing 