(hummed to Simon and Garfunkel song, Slip Sliding Away) …You know the nearer your destination, the more you’re backsliding away… Yep. I’m a miserable wanker (to use the Irish slang). I’ve been harboring disingenuous feelings.&hellip
Monthly Archives For November 2007
Misleading and Judgmental – Can’t We Do Better Than That?
Oh how I hate it when a good opportunity goes unrealized or worse. Just once I’d like to read a story about infertility and the people struggling with it that didn’t take a sensationalized tone.&hellip
From the Tight Rope to the Balance Beam
One way for me to characterize my state of mind is to use word pictures. For years I walked a tight rope around the holidays. The concentration required to get through them was intense. This&hellip
Guest Post: Mother_Of_None’s Last Embryo Transfer
This Guest Post comes from a regular reader, Mother_Of_None, who asked if I would consider a guest post to mark her final RE intervention, a frozen embryo transfer. She hopes that it will resonate. It&hellip
IVF: Five Years Ago Frozen in Time
This week marks the five year anniversary of my last IVF cycle, my last egg retrieval and embryo transfer. I was doing my best not to dwell on it but how could I not? That&hellip
How Long Do I Have to Grin and Bear It?
We’ve given each other some hard lessons lately But we ain’t learnin’ We’re the same sad story that’s a fact One step up and two steps back Those of you Bruce Springsteen fans will remember&hellip
The Year of Radical Thinking
I had fun creating a play on the book title, The Year of Magical Thinking. Did you know that search engines can deliver on queries like “ words ending in ‘cal‘ “? That just amazes&hellip
I’m Not an Axe Murderer, I’m Just Infertile Is All
So much for keeping quiet. Now I’m usually not one to get worked up about being disrespected and all that, but damn there are moments. I’ve made a living in two predominantly testosterone-driven industries: the&hellip
Veterans In More Ways Than One
Each year I make a point of honoring Mr. PJ on Veterans Day. Yes, I share a roof with my very own veteran. He served in a peacekeeping force in the U.S. Navy before we&hellip
The Envy Factor
While I don’t gnash my teeth quite the way I once did even a few months ago in response to new baby announcements, a new emotion has taken hold: ENVY. According to one definition, “envy&hellip
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