2018 Reader Survey Results Are In!

This is the third reader survey I’ve done for this blog and every year I find it so helpful. I received 76 77 responses! Congratulations to Kelly, who was the winner of the $10 Amazon gift card! These surveys are always so much fun and they’re oddly enjoyable for me.…

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Happy New Year! I got my period! (And Olivia starts school)

There’s something really satisfying about my cycle starting January 1st. We’re wasting no time ringing in 2019 with fertility treatments around here. I went in on Thursday for my CD3 ultrasound and blood work. I’m at a new satellite clinic now and so far it’s been going well. My labs…

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Pneumonia

It’s been a bit of a doozy around here. Olivia started getting a runny nose, cough, congestion thing on Christmas, which wasn’t anything new, and really, I think she’s been putting her colds into hibernation for a few days, maybe a week, before bringing it back. Wash, rinse, repeat since…

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Christmas 2018

Honestly, I’m not sure if Christmas is ever going to feel as “perfect” as it should. I’m not sure when I’ll wake up that morning without the strange urge to cry because I’m not over my infertility and probably will never be. Christmas, as I talked about in this post…

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2018 Freelance Income Report: Q4

With Olivia in daycare three days a week, I thought I could wrap up those three days in a nice little package of writing work. I thought for sure that would leave me four other days of non-work, and that turned out to NOT be true. Working for yourself means…

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