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on deserving …

The other day I found out that an ex-friend of mine was pregnant.  And it made me miserable.  This woman and her partner decided not to be friends with me because I wanted them to replace something expensive of mine that they had lost.  (Literally, this was enough for them to end the friendship.  I [...]

decisions, decisions …

Thanks so much for all your input on the IVF decisions.  Here’s what I’ve decided so far (subject to change, of course): 1 v. 2: I’m leaning towards transferring 2 and have been leaning this way for several days.  The tipping point was talking with a (queer) couple who had done IVF and transferred 2 [...]

red carpet (thoughts on my initial ivf appt)

So I just got back from my IVF intake appointment.  They really pull out all the stops.  The whole appointment lasted about 3 hours (!), but I met with my doctor, his IVF coordinator, an embryologist, and their financial coordinator in that time.  I was really impressed that the embryologist in particular took the time [...]

the doc visit (or, small world, eh?)

School is finally calming down some and I have a bit of free time, so I wanted to give all of y’all an update.  As I said here, I think there may be something wrong with my cycles since my previous one lasted only 24 days (with only a 9 day luteal phase), and so [...]