Ocean Dreamer

Here’s a summary of what I learned about IVF both at my appointment on Monday and from what I’ve read from the clinic so far.  I’m writing this down to help organize my thoughts and solidify my understanding as well as to provide a bit of details and info to those of y’all who are [...]

Hey Folks, Yes, I’m still here. It’s been a busy month with school. Sorry for the lack of updates. I’m heading in to the doctor in a couple of hours for my next insem. I’m crossing my fingers that it’s the right time. I got a very odd reading on my OPK last night – [...]

Discovery Health has a new documentary featuring a lesbian family! Its called “Quads with 2 Moms” and features a lesbian couple from California who each get pregnant with twins at the same time. The babies are full blood siblings, since they share the same sperm donor and all come from eggs from one of the [...]

Yesterday I did my first round of inseminations. All things considered, they went pretty well. Some friends had really hilarious stories about their first times, but mine went off pretty smoothly … except for the dogs. For the uninitiated, the sperm comes in a small vile stored in a large tank of liquid nitrogen. Here’s [...]

The little swimmers arrived first thing this morning. Wonder Dog was *very* interested in the box and followed me through the house as I carried it, trying to get in a good sniff. Thanks to some excellent and much-needed advice from a couple of good friends, I now know how to safely remove them and [...]