Category Archives: TTC

Thank You and Farewell

Posted on November 24, 2014 by MommyAtLast

On Friday last week I drove home from work listening to Pink Floyd on full blast in my car.  More than two decades ago I wrote a story using ‘Dark Side of the Moon’ as inspiration and hearing those lyrics … Continue reading →

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Surrogacy

Posted on October 30, 2013 by MommyAtLast

For a while there the yearning to have another pregnancy was so strong some days it felt like it might overwhelm me.  And then at a get together for the Fertilicare Infertility Forum (http://www.fertilicare.org/) I met the fabulous Tertian (http://www.tertia.org/) … Continue reading →

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Secondary Hypogonadism Success

Posted on July 25, 2013 by MommyAtLast

I have to shout it from the rooftops because I am literally fighting back tears of joy and have repeating goose pimples from head to toe at the news I found in my Bloglovin feed this morning. My friend in … Continue reading →

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The Legacy of Infertility

Posted on July 22, 2013 by MommyAtLast

So a few weeks back I had a dream which was clearly my subconscious trying to process the fact that I will probably never be pregnant again.  I had a special response to that post from a friend and in … Continue reading →

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The Twin Thing

Posted on June 27, 2013 by MommyAtLast

I remember as a little girl being told that twins run in our family and being so excited at that.  My Grandmother on my Dad’s side had twins, but she lost them and she never talked about them at all. … Continue reading →

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On Ice

Posted on August 14, 2012 by MommyAtLast

Before Chris stopped the hormone injections last year, after we were in the second trimester with the precious Hope Babes, we put 13 straws of Chris’ sperm on ice.  They were our insurance policy, in case we wanted more babies. … Continue reading →

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Building a Family Heirloom

Posted on August 3, 2012 by MommyAtLast

I signed the Hope Babes up for the Disney Book Club.  You may remember my post on how some Children’s Books broke my heart during our infertility struggle.  I worte about my awesome Step-Mom “I told you of the beautiful … Continue reading →

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Conception-Aversary

Posted on March 6, 2012 by MommyAtLast

Dear Pudding and Sausage, This is the story of where you were at a year ago. How can there not be a real word for this momentous event?  On Sunday it was one year ago that I had egg retrieval … Continue reading →

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One Year On

Posted on May 10, 2011 by MommyAtLast

This is a post I have been so excited to write.  I had actually started another post about first trimester pregnancy symptoms, but this is soooo much better and I am sure you can wait a couple of days to … Continue reading →

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A Story of Hope for ICLW

Posted on March 22, 2011 by MommyAtLast

We interrupt our usual programming to welcome anyone stumbling on my blog from ICLW. You have stumbled on this at the best ever time of our lives. We found out last Thursday (just 5 days ago) that our fourth IVF … Continue reading →

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