Hey Lovelies, Let’s talk about boobs! Tits. Ta-tas. You know, the fleshy mounds on female’s bodies that can make milk for an infant. I talked about how the start to breastfeeding was anything but easy for me. It ligit did
CIAW: Because It’s Time
*Trigger Warning: This post may give you all of the feels. That’s actually the point. I encourage you to read it even though it briefly mentions my relationship with my son. Be well* Hey Lovelies, The other morning I had
Micro Post: Mother’s Day
*Trigger Warning: Discusses my feelings on the holiday now that I’ve had the Bean Sprout. Even though I’m a cynic on this holiday, Mother’s Day can be really fucking hard when trying. Please take care of yourselves and only read
Squawk Box: Nothing Natural
Hey there Lovelies, A new Squawk Box post! Hooray!!! I am so grateful to the submissions I have gotten since asking for help during NIAW. I now have a few to get the Squawk back up and running, but I
Micro Post: 4 Month Sleep Regression
Lovelies, Honestly, it’s a god damned miracle I have been able to post anything of substance lately. For all of Bean Sprouts 4th month sleep went to shit. It started slowly but then snow balled into a major cluster fuck.
Micro Post: NIAW / Apology
Hey Lovelies, So, I will keep this short and sweet. I apologize for some behavior that became heated and intense both on this blog and on social media. All I can say is that I caught some flack for a
One Year Ago…
*Trigger Warning: this post contains a photo of the Bean Sprout. Proceed with that awareness* Lovelies, The 30th of March marked one year to the day that we did the embryo transfer for our first IVF cycle. That was, fortunately,
Micro Post: Addendum
Lovelies, Jesus fucking Christ (is that appropriate on Easter Monday? …Sure), last Thursday’s post set off a Twitter shit-storm that I truly did not see coming. So, let’s address the issues with the last piece head on and explain why
Parenting AFTER Infertility
Hey Lovelies, Some of you probably remember when I fell pregnant that I was adamant I would never NOT feel infertile. That I would always staunchly identify with my diagnosis. That the pain would never go away. That my struggle
Micro Post: Intensity
Hey there Lovelies, How about a lighter micro today? LOL I was looking back over all the last ones and DAMN, heavy and crappy. I mean, I want to make sure that I tell the real story about how hard