posted by Mel
BC sucks. Since I’ve been on it (5 days and counting) my gastric state has ranged from ”mildly queasy” to “coming out both ends.” I’m sure I’d find one that works better for me if I had to be on it long term, but I think it would take a helluva lot of commitment to a [...]
Entries from January 2008
January 29, 2008
Crazy meter reading: vaguely dangerous
January 24, 2008
Biting my tongue
Sometimes I feel like my lips are sewn shut when it comes to this IVF business—afraid to say anything to jinx it, afraid to be hopeful, afraid to stress both of us out with my worrying, afraid to suck joy away from other less world-weary would-be parents. At times I can picture (for about 10 [...]
January 22, 2008
We got tagged
posted by Mel
tagged by CD & SP and Sarah
1.) I loathe animatronics, which are everywhere at the holidays. What I hate even more, however, are those giant plastic yard snowglobes.
2.) One of my legs is 1/2″ shorter than the other. When I walk I tend to veer to the right and occasionally bump into my companion. It was never [...]
January 15, 2008
Blog reading– more than just a time suck!
I kept thinking about it and, even apart from being a giant pain in the ass, something just didn’t feel right about having to be on Lupron for 6 weeks. It didn’t resemble any other donor egg cycle I’ve ever stalked followed. Come to think of it, every other donor egg recipient has taken birth [...]
January 14, 2008
Who’s the Daddy?
posted by Mel
There are a lot of interesting discussions in the fertility/lesbian mom blogosphere around parenting roles, specifically whether a non-bio/non-birth mom equates to or should equate to a dad and how to navigate those dangerous waters. After all, most women are never going to see themselves as fathers, nor do they want to be called [...]
January 3, 2008
Refreshed
posted by Mel
For over two weeks I’ve contemplated a post detailing all the ways in which 2007 sucked worse than any other year in my reckoning, but something has held me back. I think it’s that we just did such a good job of ending the year right after all that I don’t want to dwell on the bad. [...]
January 2, 2008
At it again– with update
posted by Mel
I cannot believe it. After 5 months on the bench, we have a new estimated retrieval date– March 1. We’re doing IVF again. And Bonus– because Vanessa and I are already cycling so close together right now, Nurse Lunch Lady says I won’t have to be on Lupron much longer than Vanessa is.* [...]
