Ms. Aesthetician (and yes you were right, she’s sort of a skin-clinic tech, not a “what are your best colors” type) not only called back, but has already gone in to have her meeting with the doctor AND to have her blood drawn for the infectious disease screening! Now, we just have to wait for [...]

So, Tzeitel took herself out of the running, apparently, not wanting to cycle during the holidays. We sat through an hour of Fashion Designer’s information before my doc mentioned the rather salient fact that she only produced 9 follicles, and only 6 of those fertilized.  Um, WTF?  I do better than that.  They may be [...]

So, glorious day that marks the end of the miscarriage chapter and the beginning of the new cycle. Thank the bloody heavens above. Yesterday was Day 1; I’ll be going in for a pap smear, HSG, mammogram, and chest x-ray on Friday.  Assuming all goes well in there with donor interview & exam, I’ll start [...]

So two out of the three “proven fertility” donors my clinic was hoping for have called back.  And I’ve viewed their profiles.  And while I’m sort of “meh” about one, the other one is someone whose photo I’d noticed back when I was an innocent young thing, just checking out the possibilities for poor souls [...]

Feeling – cautiously, fragilely – better.  No meltdowns for a few days now; it helps that the Boy has been so quietly supportive about starting up thie DE cycle. When I suggested we might go on Monday, he asked “Why not Thursday morning?”  Um, ok.  I was trying to give him a bit more time [...]

I know I’ve made the comment before, but it seems to me that choosing an egg donor is rather like signing up to wed a mail order bride.  Only without the, you know, romance.  Or the sex.  Or really anything like it.  Except for signing over a sizeable amount of your financial resources, sight unseen, [...]

So after yesterday’s debacle of querying adoption agencies, I decided to stop thinking with my goddamned fear and start thinking with my head again. Point number one:  We haven’t gotten the testing back yet, and won’t for another 2 or 3 weeks.  I’d be willing to bet the farm, though, that it’s another chromosomal issue. [...]