I can't whistle: one year ago today

07 February 2011

one year ago today

One year ago today, Della began in a petrie dish in Waltham Massachusetts.

4 eggs retrieved (oh, how I had hoped for more...)

2 fertilized

1 turned into beautiful, miraculous Della.

Here's to bucking the odds.

14 comments:

alyssa said...: raising a glass to you and sweet della. xxx; February 7, 2011 at 8:24 PM
Baby Smiling In Back Seat said...: Happy Conception Day!; February 7, 2011 at 8:41 PM
t said...: big congrats to you lady. she's a beaut!; February 7, 2011 at 9:21 PM
Somethingtogrow said...: A day to celebrate! Congratulations on your beautiful Della.; February 7, 2011 at 9:54 PM
Esperanza said...: What a difference a year makes. I'm so happy this date is so happy for you! Your daughter is beautiful.; February 7, 2011 at 11:13 PM
It is what it is said...: Indeed and touche'!; February 8, 2011 at 2:16 AM
sprogblogger said...: Bucking the odds, indeed! Here's to all three of you who brought a dream to life.

Henry sends loving raspberries and a tiny bit of drool. Hope to see you soon!; February 8, 2011 at 7:01 AM
Michele said...: Happy 1 year alive day, Della!!!; February 8, 2011 at 8:49 AM
Gil said...: A wonderful day to celebrate and smile! It's so beautiful to remember and mark these milestones isn't it? You'll be doing it for years to come, I'm sure. Gotta love bucking the odds. :); February 8, 2011 at 8:57 AM
IF Optimist, then... said...: Just grinning here like a fool. Yay Kate. YAY DELLA!; February 8, 2011 at 11:47 AM
Erin Bakal said...: Just YAY. So glad that you got your happily ever after.; February 9, 2011 at 11:28 AM
Kate said...: It's great to see that it really ain't over till the fat lady sings! So glad you beat the odds and had your beautiful daughter.; February 9, 2011 at 7:42 PM
linda said...: What an amazing year it's been! :); February 10, 2011 at 9:06 PM
K said...: Salute! What a beautiful year....; March 2, 2011 at 5:49 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