Day 29:  What is your favorite book? A Thousand Pieces of Gold. It opened my eyes to Chinese immigration into the U.S., which made me ask questions and read more. If anyone is interested in Chinese culture, read Lisa See’s books. So great!   And my period came last night. Bummer. I had a good […]

As NIAW draws to a close (and as a way to distract myself from the heartbreak I am experiencing), I would like to take this time to remind myself and all of you wonderful bloggers not to ignore your relationships. Hubster and I had a consult with our first Reproductive Endocrinologist this week. It was […]

DAY 28:  Have you ever done something “non-traditional” in order to help you conceive? My coworker gave me a “baby jar” that is beautiful! Sometimes when I’m feeling particularly determined, I rub it on my bare belly and just stand there pouring all of my hopes into the connection between my jar and my belly. […]

DAY 27:  What do you use the “nursery” for right now? It’s still a nursery…just for the fur-babies!!! Lol! All 3 dog crates are in there. We’ll just move them into our room when the time comes. Still no period and a faint second line followed by 2 negative tests. So we’ll see what happens […]

DAY 26: Post a picture of something that makes you happy. This hard to decide on so I chose three… 1.   The girls are cuddled up on one pillow and our giant is taking up an entire one by himself.  It was cold that evening and Emily has really short hair so she sometimes […]

DAY 25:  What was your first baby or pregnancy-related purchase you ever made?  Was it before or after you started trying to conceive?  Or was it after you were already pregnant?  Why did you choose that particular item to buy first?  If you haven’t purchased anything yet, why not? I bought a ton of diapers […]

Not so “zen” after all seeing as how I just had a PMS rage/meltdown. I guess AF is arriving any day now. I had my good cry and now I’m just going to sleep. Bummer.

DAY 24:  Does your religion (or lack of) help/hurt/affect your infertility journey?  Have you found religion?  Lost it?  Does it affect what treatments you do? Whew.  This is tough.  Ok so I believe in God.  I got lost there for awhile and then came back and then doubted again when this IF stuff started getting […]

DAY 22:  How has your financial situation affected your infertility journey? It hasn’t affected it in reality, but it scares me to death! We’re having a hard enough time building our nest egg, that I wonder how we’re going afford IVF if we get to that point. Since I’m a planner, I already have us […]