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Nesting
Image by Kenneth Spencer via Flickr I do it every cycle whether its IVF or FET… Every. Single. Cycle. In the final days leading up to our procedures I start cleaning and organizing. And when I am done,...
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Sweet Sixteen
Holy moly we got sixteen eggs! Im guessing that some are immature since we have been looking at 11 in the normal size range all along, but with any luck we will have fertilized embryos up in the...
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Fertilization Report… The Results Are In
We started with 16 eggs… Of those 3 were immature so that left… Two of those had already degenerated and one was damaged… Of the 10 remaining not all of them fertilized so we now have… Seven. Seven...
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IVF 102- The Process
Congratulations! You passed your final exam in IVF 101 and now are ready to get into the details of the IVF process in IVF 102. In IVF 101 we described all the players in the IVF game. The first and...
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Calgon, Take Me Away…
Many of you trying to conceive are probably too young to know the old Calgon commercials but I remember them well. After all, I am an old lady trying to get pregnant so there are many things I recall...
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Confessions of a Sister and Fellow Infertile
Image by Alison young via Flickr I always thought I was different than many of the women I know when it comes to infertility and jealousy. I never struggle in the same way others sometimes do when I...
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Follicle Envy
I wrote in Confessions of a Sister and Fellow Infertile that I feel like the odd barren woman out when it comes to the jealousy that often accompanies infertility. You see, I am largely immune to it....
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Mother’s Day
Mother’s Day. A day that brings mixed feelings for Mom’s who worked a little harder to build our family than most. Its a day of celebration for those of us who longed to receive a flower at church or...
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Dear Sarah
Dear Sarah, I am writing you this letter because through many years and hundreds of conversations I still haven’t found a way to say to you what I need to say and think you need to hear. I don’t know...
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Life is Stinking Hilarious
Back in January, in one of my very first posts, I wrote about being a Rebel in a Bathtub, describing all the taboo ways I exercise my freedom after a failed cycle. Shortly after writing that post I...
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Our “Heaven Sent” Baby Shower
Heaven sent banner with angel onesies. Onesies have angel wings on the back which we can now use as photo props. Our shower was way back in October but this is the first opportunity I have found to...
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