Tag Archives: Hope

Thank You and Farewell

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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A letter to my infertile self

I am working on a new / old project.  I am back on a project I worked on briefly just before I fell pregnant.  And I don’t think I have even set foot through this clients’ doors since falling pregnant.  As … Continue reading

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Looking back on the final days of infertility

Every now and then I find myself browsing back through my blog posts.  I find I keep returning to the posts during our successful cycle.  And those first posts following the best news of our lives.  I love reliving the anticipation … Continue reading

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Playroom

When we put in an offer on our new house, I knew that we would have the space for the kids to have their own play area.  We decided that although there are enough bedrooms for them to have their … Continue reading

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Conception-Aversary

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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Falling Out

A friend’s post reminded me of the craziest dream I had the other night and I thought I would share it with you.  So far I have not had a pregnancy full of weird vivid dreams that other women talk … Continue reading

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One Year On

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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Butterfly Kisses

A week ago today (can you believe it is a week already / only a week!?!) was test day.  One week ago today, our lives changed!  Anyway a week ago today, I walked into the office, a complete and utter … Continue reading

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A Story of Hope for ICLW

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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Quiet Before the Storm

Test day has finally arrived.  Maybe this time the wait seemed so much worse because the stimm phase went to so quickly!  Maybe my patience is just totally worn thin.  Anyway, yesterday was the best thing I could have done … Continue reading

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