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Speechless
I have been avoiding writing a post this week, because I simply don’t know what to say. Every time I turn on the news, I feel like I’m drowning in the craziness of current events. Hate, bigotry, and violence is becoming the norm in our country, and it fucking sucks. This is not who we…
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Please Still Be My Friend
Dear Diane, I am so thankful for meeting you through the mom’s morning out program, and I really hope that we can continue our play dates in the future. Because you know as well as I do how hard it is to meet mommies that have similar interests and so many things in common. It’s…
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Oh Jesus, Why Am I Bleeding Again?
It started yesterday, and it is almost exactly like my last failed pregnancy – maybe worse. In the morning I have been passing a fair amount of blood plus some lining. The first time it happened I wasn’t too worried, I guess because it has happened before. But then today I was bleeding even heavier…
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Big Scary IVF – The Frozen Embryo Transfer
I’m not sure if it’s the idea that we might actually be pregnant or if it was the valium I took prior to the procedure, but I feel like the embryo transfer was one of the most wonderfully surreal experiences of my life. Unlike the egg retrieval, there were no jitters when we arrived at…
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Guilty Gut
Becoming a mom is eye-opening, and the cliché is true that my love knows no bounds when it comes to my son. However, no one actually tells you just how much work it’s going to be – when you become a mom. Oh sure, everyone says, be prepared for your life to change forever, and…
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Big Scary IVF – The Decision
IVF is scary. Not only do you have to deal with the reality that your infertility is so bad it requires IVF treatment, but you also have to deal with the reality that it may not work. You dump thousands of dollars and emotions into pursuing a dream that may never come true. Yet, you…
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