Last night, after a crazy busy day, Larry and I needed Chinese. We needed it hard. As much as I love Beverly Jade, I have to remember: I do not like their crab rangoon. And yet, like the macaroni and cheese at Boston Market, the mashed potato bowls from Wawa or the three … Read More »
Donor Conception
Donor conception, either through the use of donor eggs or donor sperm, is one of the many paths to creating a family. Stories of Editor-in-Chief Keiko Zoll's personal journey with donor eggs, as well as other donor conception stories.
CD2: Pillpoppa
Last blog post of the day, I swear. In an effort to fully document this madness that is our first donor egg IVF cycle, I will be posting daily* with my CD numbers and various and sundry commentary as we get closer to retrieval and transfer, scheduled for mid-September. As in, … Read More »
CD 1: Where’s the baby?
Wrote this post in the car yesterday on the way home from a weekend of travel. Larry's great uncle turned 83 this year. He had read somewhere that the Biblical lifespan was 70 years, he decided to re-bar mitzvah at 83, since he figured it was like starting all over again. … Read More »
Unboxing My Fertility Meds
So, both my donor and I received our meds in the mail yesterday. Inspired by the unboxing video meme, I wanted to create a little unboxing slideshow of my own. I won't lie - I felt a bit like a kid on Hanukkah opening up this box last night. Am I a bit too gleeful? Perhaps. … Read More »
Mission TZ3 Cycle Update
It's been crickets around here lately, I know. I've been doing a bunch of writing on the side, battling depression and having all sorts of weird feelings about this blog space that I'm still parsing out. Also, since only one person registered for my eClass that was supposed to … Read More »
Doubting Betty Draper
I just watched Sunday's episode of Mad Men. Strangely, with all of its very intense themes and shocking character revelations, something about it struck me so viscerally. The episode hit me right in the gut. And interestingly enough, it had me questioning some things about … Read More »
Our Cycle is Needling Away at Me
I realize I kind of fell off the radar this week. It's been a weird week, for a variety of reasons. It's been ungodly hot and we only just put in the AC two nights ago. I've been battling migraines. And I've been coming to the realization that perhaps it's time to rethink this … Read More »
Buy Buy Baby
When I made my "What IF" video two years ago, I included this question: What if I can't counter the thought I had to "buy" a baby? To this day, that question still eats at me. I'm not sure what bothers me more: how much we'll have to pay all told, or the fact that I … Read More »
A Little Pre-Op PTSD
With this writing, this now makes the fifth time I have tried to write this post. Each time I have just been wrecked, emotionally, trying to write this. But I'm sticking to my guns and finishing it now, because I really need to, to work through some stuff emotionally. I may … Read More »
A Confluence of Motherhood This Mother’s Day
Mother's Day is this weekend. Bet that totally fell off your radars, right? Ha ha, just kidding. This date looms large on the calendar for practically every woman who's ever experienced infertility. Last year, Mother's Day hit me in the gut, this suckerpunch reminder of … Read More »
