Soundtrack Saturday :: The Middle
Sometimes you just hear the right song at the right moment, and it really resonates with what you’re going through in life. It seems like this happens to me on a regular basis… Maybe I’m just highly...
View ArticleLike a Crime Scene In My Pants
April 30th, 2011. CD1. Well folks, Aunt Flo is in town for her regularly scheduled visit. Not that it’s a surprise or anything, but this cycle was so strange, I half-expected her to stay away for a...
View ArticleRE-Day, Part VI
Just met the RE. She’s a really nice woman, and she has a plan. She also instructed me to check out a book called The Fertility Diet, and to give yoga a try. It sounds like Femara and Ovidrel may be...
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June 17th, 2011. CD16, 3DPO…? So yesterday at this time, I was settling in to the thought that I had about a week’s wait before ovulation. Today, apparently, I am firmly in the Two Week Wait. Crazy,...
View ArticleA Song For My Baby
As I leave for my CD13 ultrasound to see how my follicles are responding to the Femara, I wanted to share a song I heard this morning. Well, really two songs, both of which I have heard before and both...
View ArticleIt Only Takes One…
July 21, 2011. CD13. Well, I’m home from my CD13 ultrasound. The transvaginal ultrasound experience is just as slimy and violating as I remember. Almost as disturbing as the word “transvaginal”....
View ArticleUnderwhelmed…
Friday, July 27th, 2012. CD11. So I just got back from my first monitoring ultrasound for my first Femara + Menopur cycle, and I must say that I am a bit disappointed. Maybe I just don’t know what to...
View ArticleSmall Victories
Monday, September 10th, 2012. 7weeks, 3days. I just got home from seeing Dr. K for my follow-up ultrasound. Things went fairly well, considering, although not perfect. The doc was able to see the...
View ArticleI’m Ready.
Tuesday, September 18th, 2012. 8weeks, 4days. I’m ready. Bring on the ultrasound. I’m prepared for today. I know my odds, and I have reconciled all imaginable outcomes. I have a gut feeling, and I’m...
View ArticleI Freaked Out For Nothing, As Usual.
Thursday, May 23rd, 2013. CD12. At my dildo-cam appointment this morning, I was pleasantly surprised to find that I have one plump follie (who I have subsequently named Dudley, if you’re interested)...
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