September 2007

For the newly pregnant, the world must have been a rather bleak place before blogging came along. How frustrating to have such news and be unable to share it—after the ultrasound I wanted to tell everyone from the parking attendant to the woman who poured me an Italian soda, that I was maybe, possibly, really [...]

Unless Dr. Schrödinger, OB discovers differently at my appointment, I am now five weeks and four days pregnant. Of course my hCG could have dropped like a stone after my last beta, the inevitable bleeding quelled only by the vast quantity of hormone I am injecting into my musculature each evening, but I am valiantly [...]

Friday afternoon I developed a wicked lower backache, and my cramping ramped up from “twinges” to “uterine vice grip.” Sitting in my desk chair became increasingly unpleasant, and I was forced to flee work early in order to spend an evening on the couch watching Meerkat Manor. There was no spotting, however, and I didn’t [...]

Spotting. Brown, not red, which I suppose I should be grateful for, in the way that you might be grateful after having your car stolen that at least you still have your bicycle. I am 9dp3dt, and it seems too late for implantation, and this is the time in a regular cycle that I generally [...]

Saturday morning, as we were rushing around getting ready for my in-laws to arrive, I had a bit of a pant crisis. Namely, I didn’t fit into any. Though I have gained less than five pounds during this IVF cycle, they seem to congregate around my midsection in an alarmingly protuberant fashion. I have been [...]