BFN*

Not that there was much doubt after 1 definitely negative home pregnancy test and 1 kind of cloudy off-brand home pregnancy test (no more Meijer-brand HPTs), but we got the blood test results back about 45 minutes ago, and I am definitely not pregnant this month.
According to the plan, we try again in Jan, but [...]

And the winner is…

In another play for Most Insensitive Mother of 2006, Shirley said this morning that, had she been unable to conceive, she would never have gone to the lengths to which we’re going. Also that, if we continue to attempt to subvert the natural order (this was in a discussion about starting up Clomid in January) that [...]

Dinner Is Served

Last night for dinner I made a muffuletta sandwich and minestrone soup. For the sandwich, I used a round loaf of bread that Mel made Sunday evening. It was perfect because you have to hollow out the bread to stuff it with the sandwich ingredients. I was able to take out most of the guts [...]

The infertility monster

I never bargained for the emotional roller coaster that trying to conceive would be. I never imagined that I would find myself classified as infertile in my doctor’s files, have to take injections, vaginal suppositories, experience part or all of a fertility work-up, have to go in for multiple medical procedures on a monthly basis to achieve pregnancy. [...]

Finding Order with System.Object

I’m working hard to stave off the entropy of my consciousness. One approach is to learn something that creates order in the mind. I’m starting with the .NET Framework (pronounced dot net) Class Library. The .NET Framework Class Library is essentially a library of software for building software. It consists of a hierarchy of namespaces, [...]

Goodbye Dr. Davis

As most of you know, I’ve been working through some issues from childhood. I’ve been surprised by how real and raw reliving some of those experiences has been. I’ve re-experienced a number of traumatic episodes that I’d forgotten about. One good memory that I have is of a weekly in-patient therapy group that was facilitated by [...]

Crate Training

I’ve been working on Buffy’s crate training.

It’s not going so well, but Buffy doesn’t mind.

Making Friends

When you’re a lesbian you experience rejection from friends, family, and society. Once you find a group of people who are like you, it’s a good feeling. I remember the first time somebody came out to me. I was over at my friend Raymond’s house. His parents were out of town, and he usually hosted [...]

My Dog Could Eat Your Honor Student

but she wouldn’t because she is too sweet.
I (Mel) took Buffy to get her sutures out this morning. (She’ll still have the pins and bars on her leg until after the first week of January.) She was the model of good behavior. She sniffed at but did not try to chase the office cats. She [...]

In Vitro Fertilization is starting to look good

I had a low temp this morning (should be high right now), and then around 9:00 AM? Ovulation pain, or at least pain around the left ovary– two days after insemination. Not good. I’m trying to ignore it because how is it possible that the HCG trigger shot could not have released my egg? That’s [...]