I can't whistle: zero

22 January 2009

zero

zero eggs.
end of cycle.
I'll be back when I can talk about it.

6 comments:

Sarah said...: shit kate, that totally sucks. i'm so sorry and wish you luck figuring your way through this.; January 22, 2009 at 2:11 PM
Anonymous said...: i'm so sorry. i wish i could say something better than that. something that would actually make you feel better. i am so very sorry.; January 22, 2009 at 2:48 PM
Maredsous said...: Oh, that sucks. I am out of town right now, but if you feel like it I can give you a call tomorrow. I am trying to figure out how I could cryptically give you my phone number.

There is just so much that I would like to share with you.

Just to let you know I had poor results too.; January 22, 2009 at 6:49 PM
Joannah said...: I'm so sorry. You'll be in my prayers.

((hugs)); January 22, 2009 at 7:36 PM
daves51 said...: Remember the general theory of love...the heart and the brain...the chemicals, the neurons, the emotions....tonight is a night for the heart. For you Kate, and for Maredsous. Yours' are journeys of love and there is nothing worth risking more than that.; January 22, 2009 at 9:28 PM
Grade A said...: Nothing to say but so very sorry. Heal as best you can and take care of yourself.; January 23, 2009 at 6:31 PM

About this blog

I started this blog during struggles with infertility--struggles that resulted in countless IUIs, medications, procedures, 5 attempted IVF cycles, 2 pregnancies, one heartbreaking loss, and one miracle baby.

Parenthood left me feeling like I was not sure what to do here, with this amazing community. To talk about parenting felt boastful for those still and forever struggling. To not talk about it felt disingenuous. So here I am. I want to talk about my real life. Parenting. Midlife reassessment. Flailing. Finding myself. Mucking about.

So yes, I am a midlife parent of an amazing child.
Yes, I battled infertility and will be forever changed by every single moment of that journey.
I am imperfect and life is messy, but it is also so beautiful.

Among many other things, I hope to reconnect to myself through writing here. And I hope to connect with you too. Others out there, parenting maybe later in life. Maybe after struggling. Maybe struggling still. We can all use a safe place and a lot of compassion. That's what I am offering to you. I hope you'll stick around.

inside out

"The key is, starting from the inside out. Often you say, “I don’t know what to do.” True, you don’t know what to do. There are infinite possibilities. And a bunch of them haven’t worked for you. A lot of them have been tried, and they haven’t worked under what you think are the same conditions. And so, you sort of pace around, you don’t know what to do. Sometimes you don’t even know what you want to have. But you always, you always, if you will stop and think about it, you ALWAYS know how you want to feel."

--Abraham