Accidentally, during a lovely nibbly dinner (I'll define that later in this post) with my husband, I had a small IF breakdown.We were watching a lil preseason football (Chargers/Falcons) on CBS, and an ad comes up for their new fall comedy, Accidentally on Purpose. From their … Read More »
Archives for August 2009
Thyroid & General IF Updates
Dr. G sent over my latest results, with more thoughts on Larry's SA. While the numbers may be borderline, they're ok for IVF, but he wants to boost Larry's count when we eventually go that route. Most likely will involve a modified diet and some vitamins.Latest thyroid panel: TSH … Read More »
Life as of late.
Life has been a bit nuts lately. Larry's mom is now in sheloshim, the 30 day mourning period following Nan's death. Larry had a potential job offer in NH fall through b/c his point person was in a horrific car accident. He's negotiating another offer now, but it's not looking … Read More »
Baruch dayan emet.
As the stars fell, her light too, was extinguished. … Read More »
Update on Ari’s Grandmother
(Follow up to my most recent post.) Still no progress for Larry's grandmother. She ate yesterday- something she's barely done in 2 weeks- but no progress one way or another. She is still generally unresponsive.Right now, Larry and I are operating in that mode where we're just … Read More »
Eikev.
This week's Torah portion, Eikev. A good chunk of Jewish theology can be found in these quick chapters in Deuteronomy: the V'ahavta, the concept of welcoming strangers. The overarching theme is love, from a very parental aspect.This weekend was supposed to be my last weekend … Read More »
Today, I’m making myself a promise.
Today I promise to stop peeing on sticks, b/c in this economy and in a single-income household, I simply cannot afford to buy anymore.I've had persistent nausea and migraines for the last week. I thought *maybe* - maybe baby.$13 later, maybe not.When you haven't had a period in … Read More »
