Loss

It’s Probably Nothing…

by Kathy on February 24, 2011 · 7 comments

in Fear, Loss, My Ovaries, Pain, Ultrasounds

…but just in case I decided to call my OB/GYN. In the middle of exercise class this morning I started feeling discomfort in my left ovary. In and of itself this is not abnormal for me, I usually feel this type pain in my ovary around the time I ovulate every month. However this is […]

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Welcome to the A Gift of Time Book Tour! I am excited to be hosting my first book tour (with author participation) here on Four of a Kind! For those who are not familiar with online “book tours,” it is like participating in a book club discussion from the comfort of your own home. All […]

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Exhale Magazine’s Spring 2011 Issue is here! The theme revolves around the roller coaster rides that we take on our journeys through infertility and baby loss. I am honored that a book review I wrote about A Gift of Time is among those featured in this current issue. Exhale is an online literary magazine for […]

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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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Six years ago today I took a home pregnancy test (HPT). Sean was about the same age that Abby is now (13 months old) and my period was a few days late. We had started “trying” to have another child that summer when Sean was about 9 months old. My period had returned in May […]

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The Circle of Life

by Kathy on September 9, 2010 · 5 comments

in Abby, Adoption, Bob, Family, Godparents, Loss, Molly, Sean

I can’t believe that it is been four months since I last posted anything here. It is certainly the longest I have gone since I began blogging in April 2007 and it took me well over a month to compose this one. My absence has not been for lack of news, thoughts or emotions to […]

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