Posts from ‘May, 2007’

Today was the big day. I had the procedure done at 11am this morning. 49 million swimmers and all went well.
Dr. S came in and proclaimed that everything looked great — endometrium, follicle, etc. He asked me if I was ready and I replied yes. “Let’s get you pregnant,” he exclaimed. He gave the swimmers [...]

* WARNING: Girl stuff mentioned
“I am still confident of this: I will see the goodness of the LORD in the land of the living.” Psalm 27:13
I was reminded of that verse in the car this morning while listening to my iPod. Tears came to my eyes as I knew that word [...]

I just got back from the mountains from a work retreat today. While lying on my pull-out bed in the loft trying to drift off to sleep, I was able to see the stars through the skylight above me and through the large windows to my side.
I can see stars at night at home sometimes [...]

That is the advice I got from a friend the other day. And it’s good advice. It really is. After lamenting to her over forking all that money over with no guarantee in the end, she offered that advice. It did help me put things in perspective, but, nonetheless, somehow, handing over my wallet tomorrow [...]

After celebrating Mother’s Day with the family, we ran by Sam’s to pick up a few things. On the way out my husband handed our receipt to the lady that stands at the door so she could check what was in our cart. I was staring off looking at something. As we started our way [...]

Mother’s Day has always been a sore subject for me. I used to hurt on that day for the mom I never had, now I hurt for fear of the mom I will never get to be.
My own mother physically abandoned me at 16, although really, emotionally, she abandoned me and my siblings long before [...]

So, I ovulated on my own, on day 18 which is no short of a miracle for my PCOS self! In the past, when I have ovulated, I always did so on day 21 or so, so this is huge. I would ovulate on day 18 or so on drugs. Being able to do this [...]

Went to the RE Tuesday and I’ve got a plan. I’m scared to death about spending a ton of money and having nothing to show for it in the end, but I have to try, and I have to trust.
As I’ve said before, I think I go into these appointments thinking they will be able [...]