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Today Was My Due Date & Choosing Happiness
Obviously from the title you know what today is. In a way I’m relieved that the day has come, but I’d be lying if I said it didn’t make me a bit sad. However, miscarrying happened for a reason, and...
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Acupuncture for Infertility- Initial Visit
I started acupuncture about a month ago, and I wanted to give my initial thoughts on the whole thing. I’ll share an update with how it’s been going soon, but for now I’m going to discuss what led up to...
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Infertility Treatment – March & April
At the end of February, I gave an update regarding what our next steps would be on our journey in becoming parents. March was a neurotic long month for me. In between being frustrated with my...
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Defining “Infertile”
I’m gonna be to the point. I don’t want to seem like I’m throwing around the words “infertile” and “infertility” like it’s nothing. However, I was asked by someone why the term is used if I did, in...
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How to Help Deal with Pregnancy Jealousy & the BFN
Is the title a bit dramatic? Haha…straight to the point. While I enjoy blogging, I obviously have not been doing much of it lately. My husband got home last Wednesday after being away for field...
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Life Lately
I don’t know about you, but sometimes I feel like days/weeks drag, yet time seems to go by pretty darn fast. I wanted to give a brief update on what’s been going on around here and fill you on some of...
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Update on Fertility Treatment (or lack thereof…)
I’ve been meaning to give a quick update in this department for the past two weeks, but with work, class, and our Vegas trip, I haven’t really had the desire to write during my free time. Anyways, I’m...
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Round 2 and One Year Later
Last time I posted, I mentioned that I was doing one month of birth control to try to induce a cycle. I’m SO happy to report that it worked just a few days after taking my last active pill! Luckily it...
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The 2 Week Wait
For those of us that are trying to conceive, I guarantee that we can all agree that the 2ww (2 week wait) sucks major dong. If anyone is confused as to what the two week wait is (men and those that got...
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On Being Your Own Advocate
Just to let everyone know- I apologize for strictly writing about fertility stuff and being so sporadic. I plan on diverting away from this realm a bit and focusing on other things in my posts…but...
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Time is Not on Our Side
Time is a funny thing. Some days seem to drag ass while others don’t have enough hours in the day to accomplish everything on our “To Do” lists. I think I jinxed myself when I got the word “Time”...
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Quick Fertility Update- September 2014
This one’s gonna be short as there isn’t a whole lot to discuss. However, I do have slightly good news :) As noted in my last fertility post, I’m going to get my progesterone levels monitored each...
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Update- October 2014. One Step Forward and 5 Steps Back
I was hesitant about doing a month by month check-in about what’s new with my cycle and progesterone levels because most people probably don’t give a shit, but then I realized that I write this blog...
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Books About Infertility
The 2 week wait (2ww) after a positive opk resulting in yet another negative pregnancy test gets discouraging as months carry on. There were 2 months late last year when I was absolutely sure I was...
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Trying to Conceive in the Military Community
It’s been a while since I’ve written anything about fertility as my husband is in the midst of a nine month deployment and trying to conceive is obviously on hiatus. However, TTC and being a part of...
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A Quick Update- February 2015
While it may be that I write these updates more for myself than anything else, it’s been nice (well, not sure I’d use the word nice…perhaps helpful?….to look back and see what was going on with my...
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TTC and Religion…????
Trying to conceive and religion. Yes, this is a touchy and taboo subject, but I’m going there. More specifically, gearing more towards miscarriages and infertility and trying to conceive. This post is...
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April 2015 Update
So this morning I had a follow up appointment with our doctor. All of my labs came back normal (except my progesterone which is always very low). That’s awesome in a way, but sometimes I feel like if...
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My Big Sexy is HOME… and a Few Life Updates
I’m SO incredibly happy to announce that Tyler is home! Though he spent a few days traveling and stuck in airports (DFW and AA suck…sorry, but I’ve had a few bad experiences myself), he finally landed...
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How I’m Naturally Trying to Regulate My Cycles & Boost Ovulation
When we got news that Tyler was deploying, we agreed that I would keep monitoring my progesterone levels each month, but I would not use ovulation tests and partake in temping. It became too stressful...
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