This is the first in a 3-part series of posts. Read Part 2 here and Part 3 here. ♥ Xmas…
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Internal Conflict
Trigger warning: death, bodily fluids, cremation mentioned. Banjo will be cremated either tomorrow or Friday. I’m wrestling with a decision:…
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A Native American Folktale
The earth trembled and a great rift appeared, separating the first man and woman from the rest of the animal…
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My Beautiful Banjo
The weekend was cold and bright, and the darkness has settled in ahead of the shortest day of the year….
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Pregnant Until Proven Otherwise
I had my embryo transfer was yesterday. In spite of the clinical setting (I wryly use the hashtag #somepeoplebonk on…
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Bottoms Up!
My lining wasn’t quite an 8, but I guess 7.7mm is close enough: I’ve been cleared for FET on Tuesday….
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Infertility Meta Data
I’m sitting here with uterine cramps. A dull, diffuse ache with the occasional piercing flare. It’s from all the estrogen…
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Everything Is Connected
Before giving birth to me, my mother was pregnant with another baby. She had a miscarriage, and that person wasn’t…
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Tschin-tschin up…
The shittiest week in a long time is, I hope, over. To recap, this is the pile of shit that’s…
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Ho Bloody Hum
It’s been a very long and difficult week. Wednesday PUPO. Migraine begins five hours after transfer. Thursday The migraine lasted…
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