It's been a year since my last entry, and boy what a year it has been. Since most folks who read this are my friends and family on Facebook, it's no surprise what I've been up to from March 2016 until now. But for those of you who may happen upon this blog and don't know, I'll do my best to fill you in. To read previous entries, go hereThis time ( Read more... )

Since my last post, I met my Reproductive Endocrinologist (Dr. L) and have begun a new round of treatment in hopes of conceiving. Our first meeting with Dr. L was amazing. He was very open and accommodating in answering any questions we had. We even had a meeting with the billing lady to go over exactly what our insurance did and didn't cover. The ( Read more... )

The cycle of my miscarriage was my fifth medicated cycle using Letrozole. Since I had to wait for another blood test to confirm that I was no longer pregnant, I couldn't start my final round of Letrozole. So, R & I kept our schedule as usual and I went ahead and took the Progesterone with the hopes that since I never had issues with ovulating, ( Read more... )

In my last post, I mentioned having a rough time at my doctor's office during my visit immediately following my miscarriage. Here's what happened.

I received a call from my doctor's nurse around 10am Monday morning after I had left her a message regarding my symptoms the previous night. She said they would need to see me immediately and connected ( Read more... )

This was the first cycle following what Dr. O and I believe may have been a "chemical pregnancy" or unofficial miscarriage. Overall it was cycle 5 of meds, of the 6 we had agreed to take. I was feeling the pressure and uncertainty of what was to follow, although I was a little relieved that I had just passed a potentially fertilized egg. While it ( Read more... )

Fresh off our vacation, I started round 4 of meds. We had been having issues with our apartment and the air conditioner, and couldn't convince maintenance to call a professional to save our hides. We decided not to renew our lease and gave the required 60-day notice. Let the house hunt begin. We decided to try to find a house to buy rather than ( Read more... )

This summer has been super crazy, so I haven't been able to keep up on my blogging, but I want to get back on track. That starts with a backlog of updates and picking up where I left off ( Read more... )

I recently completed the novel Twelve Years a Slave by Solomon Northup, as well as viewed the 2014 Oscar winning film of the same name. The following review will contain spoilers of both the novel and the film.

There are times when the film adaptation represents its inspiration exceptionally well. Such is the case with The Fault in Our Stars, which ( Read more... )

Round 2 of meds has come and gone. I'm currently in Round 3. Round 2 was a bit different than Round 1. I didn't have as much of the "ovarian awareness" that I had in round 1. I did, however, have some crazy ovulation pains this time around. Essentially, I had a "perfect cycle": 28 days, ovulating on day 14. When talking about the menstrual cycle, ( Read more... )

My husband and I saw The Avengers: Age of Ultron this weekend. A fantastic movie that would allow one to forget about her infertility woes, right? Yes and no. It was a great movie, and I enjoyed it thoroughly. However, there was a scene that called to mind some feelings us pregnancy-challenged folks have on occasion.

**SPOILER ALERT FOR THE ( Read more... )