You know how you see those posts on social media from moms sharing their house-cleaning woes? The ones where their husband’s dirty socks didn’t make it all the way to the hamper or where they leave their husband with the kids only to come home to paint on the dog and teetering dishes in the […]
No one ever talks about the financial side of infertility. When my husband and I started out on our quest to become parents, we had no idea that by the time our baby was born, we would have sunk $50,000 of our own money to make it happen. We tried to have a baby […]
Apple picking is one of our favorite fall activities. The only trick to apple picking is using up all the apples when we come home because we tend to pick more than we need. We keep some for lunches and apple pie in a jar, and we always keep plenty on hand to make our favorite dessert, […]
There’s this misconception that having a child after infertility means the entire situation has been resolved. Now that you’re holding a baby in your arms, you’ve been cured, and you can now move on with life. That couldn’t be further from the truth. I’ll never forget the day a friend and I were having lunch […]
You won’t believe what the Italian fashion designers said recently. As a mom, I’m horribly offended.
The Today Show’s style editor is reminding moms like me that we’re not alone in our own infertility struggles.
Why do strangers think that it’s okay to ask twin mamas how their babies were made?
Have you been following my IVF story? If so, you’ll know that at this point in my trying-to-conceive adventure, almost two weeks had passed since my egg collection.
At this point in my IVF treatment, we had arrived at the embryo transfer. Trying to conceive had been difficult but we were determined to see it through to pregnancy.
Eggs and Embryos. If you’ve been following my IVF story, you’ll know I’m now at the point in trying to conceive, I’ve started the stimming medication, which is what we hoped would prompt my embryos to produce plenty of follicles, yielding a decent number of eggs to be fertilised into viable embryos.
IVF begins! This part of my preconception story begins with me still in a state of shock at being told we could start so soon.
As you will recall if you’ve been following my preconception story, I was prescribed Clomid, to try for six months, in the hope it would result in pregnancy.
