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 [...]
A couple of weeks ago, thanks to some poor floor space/table planning, I wasn’t able to sit with the rest of my family at my cousin’s wedding reception. So before the younger crowd pulled out the copious amount of JELL-O shots, I ended up camping out at my Aunt Nancy’s table.As the night went on [...]
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 [...]
Talking about infertility is a funny thing. It’s a hard combination of intimacy and candidness. As a blogger, I’ve opened up a little about our unique process and my emotions that come with it, but I don’t talk about everything. I know women who are much more open and share every part of their cycle. [...]
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 [...]
Last year, I wrote a post, hoping it would be the last time I was not celebrating Mother’s Day. And here I am, another year later, and still no Momma-status. It is hard not to feel like a failure. I am reminded that the terrifying downside of setting goals when you have no control over [...]
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), [...]
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 [...]
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