Not long before I started this blog four years ago, I joined a “cycle buddy” group in the IVF Connections (IVFC) discussion forums. We were a group of women most of whom (if not all) were trying IVF for the first time. Some of us were struggling with secondary infertility and already had living children […]
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Our son Sean took this picture of me last night with my new shorter and darker do. Maybe the change will inspire me to write/blog a bit more often in the new year?! In the meantime, until I get around to posting again, be sure to check out the 2010 Creme de la Creme list […]
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Today it has been ten months since Molly was born and went to Heaven. Reflecting on what was happening in mid-February last year, it is hard to believe how much time has passed since that critical and uncertain stage of our pregnancy, when we were doing everything we could to give our baby girl the […]
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Greetings! This is my first experience marching with the Barren Bitches Book Brigade. It is the fourteenth stop on the “tour” and I am thoroughly enjoying being a part of the group this time around. For those of you not familiar with this online Adoption, Loss, &/or Infertility (ALI) Book Club, each month a book […]
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Over the weekend I read an awesome book Stay Tuned: Conversations with Dad from the Other Side by Jenniffer Weigel. She is a broadcast news and entertainment reporter in Chicago that grew up in my childhood hometown of Evanston, Illinois. Her father, Tim Weigel, was a very popular local news reporter here in Chicago for […]
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My 1st monitoring appointment for this cycle, since I began the stimulation meds on Monday, was this morning and it went well. The tech found 12 follicles that were under 10mm, so in those cases they don’t report measurements for each follicle, only if there were any over 9-10mm. There will likely be some measurable […]
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