Category Archives: Infertility
Six Week Check-Up: A surprise and a chance encounter
At my 6 week check-up this week my O&G brought up the issue of contraception. His advice? Our chance of unassisted conception is so low that “if it was me, I wouldn’t bother with contraception”. Huh? Don’t get me wrong, I … Continue reading
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A Timely Reminder
Since the Wee Man was born, I have already felt some of the fear and pain associated with infertility seeping out of me. Now that we have our precious boy safe and sound, I can feel more confident that when we … Continue reading
Filed under Family, Fear, Infertility, Love
Pregnancy after Infertility
Sometimes being pregnant is a scary thing. It is always wonderful and exciting, but sometimes at the same time it is completely terrifying. Not because I’m nervous about delivery, or caring for a newborn (although I’m sure those fears will … Continue reading
Filed under Fear, Infertility, Photos, Pregnancy
A Very Belated Update
I haven’t yet written about the experience of our 12 week ultrasound. Well, it was awesome. It was also really weird. I still don’t have such an obvious bump that I look pregnant (in most clothes) and it was really … Continue reading
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The Wisdom of Kaz Cooke
Those of you who live in Australia will probably have heard of Kaz Cooke; The rest of you probably will not have. She’s a fiction writer but when she became pregnant she discovered that many pregnancy books contradicted each other … Continue reading
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That Time of the Month
What is every IF girl’s favourite time of the month? (A) CD1 (B) The day the medical bills are due to be paid (C) The 2WW (D) ICLW I don’t know about you, but my favourite time is ICLW – … Continue reading
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A Rant, about a Comment, about a Rant
Jin over at The Truth is Out There wrote an interesting post about pregnant women complaining about their pregnancy symptoms – check it out. There has been some commenting going backwards and forwards about a particular comment on this post, which … Continue reading
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The Tricks that Infertility Plays
I concluded my earlier post at the point at which we had just finished our (scrumptious) dinner yesterday. Unfortunately I fell off Cloud Nine shortly after that. Here is the rest of the story. I was reading What to Expect and … Continue reading
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A Post Full of Pictures
Most of the pictures I’ve been posting lately have been graphs. So to break up the monotony, here are some real pictures… These are my favourite little love birds, a very precious gift from Poland, from a very precious friend. (This pic … Continue reading
Filed under Infertility, Non-IF Stuff, Photos, Pregnancy
The failure of my breasts to ever act remotely breast-like
I’ve been a bit boring and charting-obsessed for the past couple of weeks, so I thought it was time for a change of subject. And what better subject than my breasts? Because if I can’t talk about them in this … Continue reading
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