2016 we are breaking up….

Don't get me wrong, I have to admit 2016 was a pretty awesome year.  I got to plan the wedding I never knew I always wanted, I married my soul mate, and we bought a cute little house that we are now making our home.  M and I got to enjoy just being a regular …

Thoughts on giving up social media for one week.

I am a bit of a Facebook addict.  I don't spend hours on end scrolling, nor do I post a whole heck of a lot.  However I do randomly check Facebook several times a day.  If I'm feeling overwhelmed at work, sitting in a long line of traffic, brushing my teeth (see, I told you it's …

The sundry side of my life….

So thus far this blog has been pretty much solely infertility-centric.  Infertility has been my biggest hurdle in life, partly just the effort it takes to go through it but mostly because the outcome is so unknown.  It's also been challenging to not really have a venting outlet as so many people just Don't. Get. It. …

So this happened….

I got married!  Yep, for the last two months I have been busy planning a wedding, no big deal 😉  M and I finally tied the knot, almost 4 years to the day we started dating.  Four years together, almost 3 of those fighting the infertility monster.  Four years of happiness, sadness, excitement, disappointments, adventures, …

Back with a vengeance. Or just back:)

So.  Holy crap.  I haven't written anything on this blog for a whopping 18 months.  Is that some kind of record?!  Well, it should be!  A part of me was just going to scrap this blog and start over fresh, but then I thought wait a second, I created this space so I could have …

One Lovely Blog Award.

I am so honored to have been nominated for the One Lovely Blog Award by Sarah at Where's My Baby Bear .  Thank you so much, and it came at just the perfect time as well.  I initially started this blog to work through my very varied emotions regarding infertility, which is a work in …

Another day, another cancelled IVF cycle

The title says it all, doesn't it?  What I was fearing the most happened and unfortunately my second IVF cycle was cancelled, much like the first one due to a poor response.  Actually, this cycle was worse than the last one in that only one follicle was larger than 10, although I had ten follicles …

Why did you have those kids again??

So this my be viewed as a pretty negative post, but I am trying to use this blog to release my pent up feelings, negative or otherwise.  So here goes. Parents complain a lot.  They complain about how little sleep they get.  They complain they don't get alone time with their partners.  They complain that …

The wonderful land of health insurance

So let's talk about money.  Specifically, how effin much of it we need to even be able to attempt fertility treatment.  There's blood work, scans, surgeries, medications, and on and on.  When all is said and done, a person can be looking at being thousands of dollars in the hole even before they conceive a …

IVF #1: Cancelled cycle – cue the waterworks!

I hope all my fellow bloggers had a beautiful and restful weekend!  My weekend was BUSY, as M and I are officially living together now!  We have been living together for a while, but the last of his stuff was finally shipped from the Midwest to good old Dirty Jersey, so now it's official.  Making …