Okay - maybe that’s a little extreme. I just didn’t get any news I really wanted to hear. A couple of weeks ago, I met with a new PCOS doctor in Philly, hoping to get a better answer than “the most dangerous thing you can do to a baby is be as fat as you [...]
For the past few weeks, I’ve been following a new routine at bedtime: I shut down my computer, take my medications, and then hop into bed with an eye mask and headphones. No, this process isn’t to help me tune out the sound of Ben’s snoring (although it does help). Thanks to the wonderful people at [...]
A couple of weeks ago, we got a letter from Ben’s insurance, saying they’ve approved the pre-authorization request for the genetic testing to find out if he’s a carrier for LGMD. The prescription for the blood work showed up about a week later. At that point, it hit me that this is really happening. We’re [...]
This week is National Infertility Awareness week. I’ve wanted to pretend that I didn’t notice. (Which is sort of amusing, considering the theme for this year is “Don’t Ignore Infertility.) I read the heartbreaking stories, the hopeful stories, and the in-between. Most of the time, instead of offering words of encouragement, I closed my eyes [...]
Since getting the great news from the neuromuscular clinical trial, Ben and I are waiting for our regular genetic/fertility counselor to do some “homework” on carrier tests and seeing if she can get Ben’s insurance to cover the costs of the test. While they should only have to locate one gene instead of doing an [...]
One of the biggest elements of trying to get pregnant with having PCOS is figuring out if and when I ovulate. While taking Provera has given me a monthly cycle again, the hormones do not regulate ovulation. I bought a Basal Body Thermometer about two months ago to start charting my BBT (basal body temp), [...]
Helen is proof of how awesome social media really is. After coming across a post of mine on StumbleUpon, we started chatting on the blog’s Facebook page. In fact, this entire awareness event came to fruition from that conversation. Helen Bradfield is a special education teacher and a transition specialist in New Jersey. In addition [...]
I’ve been trying to figure out how to write this post for almost a week. Each time I’ve attempted it, I cry or go off on tangents or feel like there’s just not enough space to write it all out. Two weeks ago, I (finally) had a doctor’s appointment in the right place, with the [...]
My cousin has a 20-year-old son and a daughter, who is fifteen. The son was the proud daddy at one of the baby showers I was invited to recently. While my initial “no” to the shower was harped on by my cousin, things quickly went back to normal. This past week my mother called me [...]
When my bestie came over a few days ago to get some wedding stuff done (the wedding is in exactly one month, today!), Ben treated our godson to a raspberry Popsicle and a dip in the baby pool. We kept the pool in the garage to avoid sunburn and filled it with warm water from the kitchen [...]
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