I was recently named one of ShareCare.com's Top 10 Online Influences for Infertility. It's a privilege that still humbles me greatly and I am honored to have been independently recognized in that regard. I'm also very humbled to be on this list in the company of some true … Read More »
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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 »
On the Path to Mother’s Day: Messages of Hope from Across the Bridge
Deep breaths. Tomorrow is Mother's Day, one of the many holiday landmines scattered across our calendars, as we gingerly step between days and weeks hoping to avoid an emotional explosion. I've had many different reflections of Mother's Day over the years. In 2009, right after … Read More »
Super Quick Post-Op Update
My hysteroscopy went well yesterday. Dr. Warmenfriendly did a fantastic job and the nursing staff at the facility were just incredible. I've never met such genuinely kind and attentive medical personel in my life. He went in to check on that fibroid, turns out I had a uterine … 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 »
Advocacy Day 2012: Vignettes, Voices and Images
It was a longer trek than I thought from the Senate building to the Metro station and I was thankful that the weather had held up so beautifully. The sun was shining, the breeze tempering just the right amount of chill to dry the tiny beads of sweat forming along my eyebrows as … Read More »
New Hampshire: Call your State Senators RIGHT NOW to oppose HB217! (UPDATED)
Jump to the update below ↓ (And because the most spectacular flame war to ever hit this blog happened, comments are now turned off, for everyone's sake.) I have literally been juggling three different browser windows and on the phone with New Hampshire lawmakers … Read More »
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