Hey hey hey…

…and it looks like my cycle is back on track, which is a relief.  I’m planning on (listen up, Universe, and have yourself a good laugh) going to the World Fantasy Convention at the end of October, but I still wanted to start a new IVF cycle at the beginning of my next menstrual cycle. [...]

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I’m a Missus..

…which is pretty damned weird when you think about it.  
Wedding was a hoot – truly a perfect ceremony for us, a blend of sheer goofiness and unadulterated sentiment – sort of like our relationship, actually.  Our J of the P wasn’t actually certain that his certification – or whatever – was still valid.  Fortunately, [...]

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For a change, something totally NOT infertility-related. I’m getting married.

Except, as I write that, I realize that it’s not entirely true.  The actual reason for the hurry-up wedding is in case we end up striking out a couple more times with the IVF, in which case we’ll be looking to adopt some parentless sprog out there ASAP, in which case we’ll need to look [...]

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It’s over.

This is the first day since July 28 that I haven’t bled.  Mere words cannot express how wonderful this is.  
It feels like fall outside, Nellie’s first vet appointment went great – her new vet has owned whippets in the past, said she was looking great, and seems like he’ll be fantastic to deal with.
And [...]

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Summer sucked, but it’s almost over.

And today I underwent the procedure I was trying to avoid two months ago when I forewent the D&C for a natural, astonishingly scary & painful miscarriage at home.  
Today’s hysteroscopy/D&C was certainly unnatural, but really not scary or painful at all, thanks to the joys of a general anesthetic, which I’m pretty sure he [...]

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