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Posted in: Blog Posts in Pregnancy & Fertility
We were enjoying a typical evening that night. We were cooking; we were lounging; I was studying. And then, suddenly, mild chaos broke out. There was banging on doors; res ...
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Her: Hello. Me: Hi. I need to make an appointment to see Dr. S. (She finds out who I am and collects contact information). Her: So, you needed what? To see Dr. Who? Dr ...
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I had decided to wait until after the Bar Exam to see a doctor about the lack-of-pregnancy thing, but I felt so depressed when my last period started, I decided that now was a ...
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When Tony and I first started trying to have a child, we debated the wisdom of making it public information. He is a very open person and thought that sharing would be good. ...
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Like so many holidays, the origins of Valentine's Day is not entirely clear. The most prevalent theory credits St. Valentine with conducting clandestine wedding ceremonies in ...
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Even though we are nearly two months into 2008, 2007 only now seems to be ending. 2007 was a bad year -- it started with news that my little sister, still in college, was pre ...
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Last month after I got the referral for the RE, I tried to make the HSG appointment. No luck. The office only does the procedure on Monday mornings (that's 6 slots) and only ...
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For better or for worse, I am a researcher; I thrive on information. Even if I don't agree with it, even if I don't relate to it, information gathering helps me to place thi ...
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Even though it's called a cd 21 test and it is supposed to occur 7 days past ovulation, I was on cycle day 23 and 5 dpo when I had my blood draw. Dr. S. called with the resul ...
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It's official! We're going to Puerto Rico! Tony has been invited to the Univ. of Puerto Rico at Cayey to help direct science workshops for their undergraduates this March. ...
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I'm feeling a bit low today. Or maybe just a bit impatient. I was hoping that I would get the results from my blood work today, but I think its too late for the doc. to call ...
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I'm pretty certain the answer to that question is no. At our consult appointment Dr. S. mentioned that she had seen an increase in infertility and she partially attributed th ...
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It feels like we have come to the end of the chapter of trying to conceive as we know it. From here on out, things will be different. I just don't yet know how. On the one ...
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The time has come for me to decide how I am going to prepare for the Bar Exam. I, like all law students, have "choices," none of which are very appealing. But, the ...
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I had my hysterosalpingogram (HSG) today. Well, sort of. I have been anticipating having the HSG for about a month and, I must say, I was more than a little nervous. And al ...
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Once upon a time, in the land of Dr. Seuss, there existed a society in which everyone was defined by whether or not they had a star on their belly. Just that easily, the worl ...
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For the first time in a long time, I did not cry when my period arrived. Yesterday, I watched baby shows for a little while, something I had given up months ago when I realiz ...
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Yesterday, I finally turned in my Character and Fitness Application. At printing it was a fifty page document. And it contained everything there is to know about me. Where ...
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Not that I wasn't annoyed about the HSG not being successful at the time of the appointment, but with the advantage of time, I am now even more upset. Apparently my cervix i ...
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I know that at some point shortly after I had recovered from surgery, I diaried what I had gone through that summer. I suppose that writing could be buried somewhere my room ...
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