Today, one of my favorite 5 year olds started kindergarten. He might be my 1/6th age soul mate. We read together, he asks a ton of questions (all of which I'm so happy to answer), and calls the bathroom the whiz palace (thanks to yours truly).  To celebrate, we went to eat at his choice… Continue reading When you feel brave….

"Belief makes things real." It's why faith exists, it is why people are able to gather around a central idea and bond.  It's a line from a song I really like. Most infertility blogs have a common theme relating to faith through religion. As you can see from mine thus far, that's not a rampant… Continue reading Signs vs. Science

I did my second shot last night after an already challenging day. These shots don't really hurt but it is proving to be a challenge to do it one-handed with my abnormally small hands. Since you dial up the dose, the end sticks out further when you are giving yourself more meds. So, what I… Continue reading Day 2 after effects

One of the things that I'm sure people with whom I work get tired of hearing is that every second, we have the opportunity to have the best 24 hours of our entire life.  Will it happen? I don't know, but the possibility that we are allowed by living another day is exciting. Understanding that… Continue reading First day of the rest of my life (and yours)

I've been feeling uninspired, slightly.  To write more about things that aren't related to my uterus feels like a betrayal of my blog. 😉 Anyway, that's not true, I've just never spent a lot of time writing about things that are daily occurrences.  If you recall, I said that this process seemed to be going… Continue reading The slowest month ever and the words “at least”