Looking Ahead is Too Much Right Now

Note: This article originally appeared on Mom.com on August 26, 2014. Read the original article here. This has been a week of high emotions. So much in fact that I had to resort to writing the first draft of this post in a journal. Sort of a Dear Diary if…

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Canning and making fertility decisions

Summers are always busy for us.  Most of our weekends are filled with family outings, weddings, showers, or canning.  The garden is looking great this year, so we have been busy now trying to can the beans and tomatoes.  A few weeks ago we canned 30 jars of cinnamon peach…

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The Road Less Traveled: From IVF to Donor Eggs

We had our phone consult a couple weeks ago with Dr. G. at the clinic in Texas which we were looking at for their frozen donor egg program.

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Moving Forward: I’m Using Donor Eggs and I’m Torn

Note: This post originally appeared on mom.me on August 12, 2014. View the original article here. I’ve known for about three months now that having a child with my own eggs wasn’t going to be a possibility. Well, to be fair, I’ve known since the start of the third and…

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I’m a big girl. Donor eggs don’t scare me.

I was browsing through my blog last night.  I don’t know, I do that every once in a while.  Looking thought the old posts, snickering to myself periodically, thinking, “Ah geez, I’m hilarious.” Then I’ll hit on a post that gets too real for me.  Like this one.  I see…

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