Hey Lovelies, Squawk Box day! Another chance for one of you to share your experience and view on this crap shoot of infertility! As for me and mine, we are doing well. Halfway through week 18 now and we have
Snowball Effect
My Body Image-My Infertile Struggle
Hey there Lovelies, So this post is about my mental health and gaining a modicum of my life back. While I mention that I successfully conceived via IVF and am now pregnant this is in NO way the focus of
Micro Post: Live Every Moment
*Mild Trigger: Pregnancy after IF* Hey Lovelies, A follow up to my most recent post, In the grey. I feel I need to clarify: While I am living through pregnancy after infertility and there are often MOMENTS of fear I
Micro Post: In The Grey
*Trigger warning: this post discusses my pregnancy and also talks about second trimester loss in general. Please take care of yourself* Good morning Lovelies, I hadn’t planned to post anything today but I’ve had an interesting few weeks and wanted
Micro Post: Coming Off The Drugs
Hey Lovelies, Today I thought I would write another “ode to progesterone“. Progesterone and I have a long and complex relationship due to infertility and I have used it for three cycles (2 IUI and 1 IVF). Here are some
The Other Side
Hello Lovelies! Today is a Squawk Box day! Yippee! I love squawk box days. They remind me why I keep this blog going. They remind me that we all need a place to vent our stories out and that we
Donor Eggs: Science
Hey Lovelies, So, last week I published an opinion piece I had written a while ago about Egg Donation. There has been a lot of talk about egg donation lately and I love it! I think egg donors are a
Donor Eggs: Opinion
Hey there Lovelies, Update: This post was written before we embarked on IVF. As I have DOR I was incredibly concerned that it would not work out in our favor and that I might not get any eggs at all.
Micro Post: Can’t Whine
*Trigger fucking warning! I’m going to discuss pregnancy in this post. And it’s not all rainbows and happiness. While I welcome feedback, and am expecting a certain level of backlash, I want you to protect yourself first. So if a
CIAW: I Am 1 In 6 (Part Two)
Hello Lovelies, My apologies for some technical difficulties getting this post up on time today. Working mainly from home is great, except when the internet goes down, cause then you’re the tech guy. But whatever glitch there was in the