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Still here
Yep, I am still here. Still infertile, too, though I have baby twin girls which helps me not mind so much. Sorry have been away so long — gosh, the girls are 4 1/2 months old now! It has been a...
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Unbe-freaking-lieveable
OMG what a damn day. Got to hospital at 6:30 a.m. to visit babygirl before she was taken to surgery, and to discuss the plan with the surgeon. The timing of this procedure got moved up so much so...
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Other people’s kids
Even before our IF battles, I wasn’t fond of Other People’s Kids (my students in my middle school class excepted). I find that hasn’t really changed a whole lot now that I have a couple myself....
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CHDs — Congenital Heart Defects
The very wise Kami asked for a quick tutorial on the heart problems we are facing, so here is a VERY layman’s description on babygirl’s condition, including some of the medical terms in bold, for those...
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CHD and ALI intersect
For my readers who are pregnant or hope to become so, here is a short but great article on the 20-week ultrasound. It’s not “the big u/s when we find out the gender!!!!” — it is a whole lot more. At...
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Not exactly a comfort
Battling infertility, you hear a lot of ignorant comments — the kind that are meant to be helpful but are really nothing of the kind. “Just relax.” “Just adopt.” “You’ll get pregnant if you just...
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A thought, and a merry Christmas
Last night I had an epiphany of sorts. After Baby M was in bed, Mike and I were hanging out on Christmas Eve. I called the hospital to find out how Baby A was doing. The nurse, Carmen, said they had...
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So much for resolutions
Holy cow, I knew it had been awhile since I blogged but I can’t believe it has actually been since Christmas! So much for the idea of trying to write every day!! Ah well, I will keep trying… So, help...
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“A family, at last”
The “sequel” to my newspaper story “The Longing” was printed in the newspaper on Sunday (yeah, Mother’s Day). Here’s the link. A family, at last. I hope you like it! *** Oh, and by the way, I have...
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Another babymaking fail
Well, I guess I’m not here much anymore. I discovered I’m not terribly interested in doing a parenting blog. There are a million of them out there, and I am more into just living the life than...
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Still blogging, kind of
Two quick, mostly unrelated updates: 1. I know I said I didn’t want to blog much about parenting. However, I got someone to pay me for it. I’ll be contributing a post or two a week to the St....
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Creme de la Creme
It’s that time again. Since I have hardly blogged at all, I wasn’t going to participate. But per Mel’s reasons 5 and (sort of) 6, I am persuaded to go ahead and submit one. All’s well here. Doing all...
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