Q. and I have friends with a son who’s just over a year old. Our friendship is one of those funny things where we didn’t see them (or talk much) for years while we were all overseas, and then suddenly within two months we ended up in the same city, more or less settled, and [...]
Archive for March, 2008
Living vicariously
Posted in Friends, ttc, tagged pregnancy, ttc on March 30, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Pill popping
Posted in Medical issues, ttc, tagged bbt, metformin on March 27, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I’m now taking the full dose of metformin. I started taking the full pill with lunch on Monday and, since I didn’t experience any side effects (except for the fatigue, which I think is getting better), I took a full pill with breakfast this morning. Am cautiously optimistic about how that will go.
I know I’m [...]
How can ignorance be bliss?
Posted in ttc, tagged bbt, ovulation on March 23, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Something my fs said to me at our first meeting has been going around and around in my head of late. We were discussing my history, and after I explained my irregular (and then absent) cycles, my lengthy time on birth control, and my useless trial breaks ‘just to see if my body would start [...]
Feeling loved
Posted in ttc, tagged infertility on March 18, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Well, I’ve officially ended the pity party I threw for myself at the end of last week. Taking a couple of days just to think about what’s going on brought me from anger to acceptance (I know I’ve read somewhere that infertility can invoke emotions similar to a cycle of grieving). Having all the other [...]
The trouble with Dr. G.oogle
Posted in Emotions, Medical issues, tagged body-image, hypothyroidism, infertility on March 14, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
When I need information, and the best source of said information is the internet and that wondrous search engine G.oogle, I really should be more careful about what I read.
Last night I went and looked up those two antibodies my body seems intent on manufacturing in vast quantities. And one of them is linked to [...]
Putting a plan into action
Posted in Medical issues, ttc, tagged hypothyroidism, infertility, metformin on March 13, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
The appointment today with Doctor the third (henceforth known as the fs) went well. She went over all the results from the tests Q. and I have had over the last month. Everything looked fine, although Q.’s morphology wasn’t as good as I was hoping for (numbers and motility were both excellent however).
The only thing [...]
Hitting the jackpot in the doctor lottery
Posted in Medical issues, ttc, tagged doctors, infertility on March 12, 2008 | 2 Comments »
When I look at things objectively, I am pretty lucky.
I went off the pill in July ‘07. I first saw a GP in January. By February I was in with a fertility specialist. I’ve had an HSG (tubes all clear and now squeaky clean!). Q. has been analyzed (no problems there). Tomorrow I have my [...]
My younger self
Posted in ttc, tagged infertility on March 12, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Here is a conversation I have been remembering frequently over the last few months. The year? 1998. The place? The clinic at the university where I was a fresh-faced first year student. I’d gone in for a regular physical.
(Picking up in mid-conversation)
Doctor: And when was your last period?
Me: Umm. *thinks hard* Gosh, I really don’t [...]
A toe in the ocean
Posted in Emotions, ttc, tagged infertility on March 11, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
A first post seems so self-conscious, but I suppose that’s the nature of blogs. I’m writing because I need an outlet, a place to consider the journey I’ve found myself on by trying (and failing thus far) to have a baby.
In some ways I’ve been hesitant to take this step. I’m not sure whether I belong [...]
