a beautiful distraction
today is my 34th birthday. or, as my mother kindly put it, the 7th anniversary of my 27th birthday. currently, i am sitting on my back deck at my wrought […]
today is my 34th birthday. or, as my mother kindly put it, the 7th anniversary of my 27th birthday. currently, i am sitting on my back deck at my wrought […]
not pregnant. not that i thought i was, but AF showed up last night and cofirmed it. the last few days have brought several surprises, and that wasn’t one of […]
yesterday was a hard day. i went in for my fifth and final IUI. i had gotten so used to the process (the shots, the ultrasounds) and when i took […]
one egg. following insane amounts of drugs, i have one lonesome egg that should be on its little way down a tube to wait to meet brian’s sperm for a […]
the lupron made me crazy. not immediately, but about a week into it and i was convinced i was dying. my joints ached. i couldn’t sleep. the little sleep i […]
tomorrow i head back to the center for my fifth and final IUI cycle. it makes for a long day, up with the birds, over the river, spend an hour […]
something that fertile women don’t realize… we are happy for you. really, we are. since i have talked openly with a few close friends about my diagnosis, i feel that […]
since my diagnosis in april 08, i’ve become very familiar with the center. i know most of the nurses, all of the plebotomists, the financial coordinator, where the back staircase […]
Premature Menopause. I watched the dandelions twist up towards the sun through the cracks in the sidewalk. Ovarian failure. The April sun was especially warm on my neck as I […]