You may remember from our IVF project that was MISSION: Team Zoll #3 last year, that we transferred two embryos. They looked like this: Despite rising beta numbers that could have gone either way, only one of those two embryos implanted. And here I am, 23 weeks pregnant … Read More »
The Great Big Lie About Personhood Legislation (Updated)
Just when you thought personhood legislation had quietly limped away in 2012, it's come back with a vengeance in 2013. There are two important legislative stories that have emerged over the course of today that I need to get you up to speed on... and then I need to talk … Read More »
Infertility is the Most Painful Journey of Self-Discovery You’ll Ever Take
I was selfish, fickle, flighty and distracted four years ago. I still am, but the difference today, four years later, is that I recognize these qualities about myself now. I am also brave, strong, bold and empowered. If you told me four years ago I would one day say that … Read More »
CD26: My Three Wishes for the New Year
L'shana tovah, folks. The Jewish New Year begins an incredibly sacred period known as the Days of Awe. In synagogues around the world, Jews began yet another new year by hearing the story of Hannah chanted aloud. It's interesting how the subject of infertility gets perhaps one … Read More »
CD6: “No woman came up to me.”
For those playing along at home, Cycle Day 6 ultrasound and blood work updates/results will be posted at the very bottom of this post just as soon as I hear back from my clinic. I grew up watching Blossom. I had my own Blossom hat. In fact, here's proof: (That pic, FYI, … Read More »
In sanguine, veritas.
When I was ten years old, just four days before my eleventh birthday, I awoke from my nap and headed to the bathroom, the urge to pee having woken me up. It was the first time I would see the smudge: the bright red spots stark against the white cotton lining of my panties. In … Read More »
I Am Whole, I Am Perfect, I Am Strong
Headed to the hospital in a little over an hour and a half. Had a very restless sleep last night, from the sound of the rain on the roof to fitful, strange dreams. I went to sleep listening to a beautiful, empowering belly and womb chant sent to me by my friend Natalie … Read More »
Be Kind to Yourself
Would you like to try an experiment in just how well you regard yourself? Try this for one day: carry a small notebook and pen around with you. Every time you have a negative thought about yourself (not a negative thought in general, but specifically about yourself), make a … Read More »
Sperm and the Art of Personhood
It's the funniest thing this morning: after reading a couple of articles about three state legislators' attempts to fight back against absurd, anti-women measures in their own states, I simply cannot get "Just the Two of Us" out of my head. Here, let's share this earworm … Read More »
Living a Fertile Life: February’s Challenge
I lay on my back, my shoulders and mid-back supported by the bolster, my hands draped on either side of me: palms open and facing upward. My legs were spread wide, knees bent and dropped to the floor, the soles of my feet touching one another. I wiggled my toes … Read More »