Love it! Grace used to do that to me all the time... love that you've made some progress on the box room and thank you for taking the time to say "Hi"!
Awww... Della's even better in motion. What a sweet smile! Oddly, Charlotte never demanded to nurse, ever. She always accepted when offered, but never "asked" for it. I never considered that before.
Lovely to hear from you, and I would absolutely love to meet up again, group or no group. My little coaching gig ends in 3 weeks, and then my life will return to normal with time for laundry, house cleaning and socializing. Keep me posted! I'd love to meet your "little" Della in person.
ohhhh! this absolutely makes my day. I will for sure come back and watch this again. you are both so beautiful inside and out! please do more of these. :)
Love this. Thinking of you today and often. Wishing you all were near, it's all rain and blowy here but we are eating mushrooms from the forest and trying to think sturdy thoughts about the winter. Sending love, Elizabeth
Lovely to see you "live". You and the wee one are beautiful and life seems to be treating you well despite all the challenges. I've been quietly reading blogs as we continue this seemingly infinite ttc process. () virtual hug!
275 days from a successful fertilization in a petrie dish to Della's arrival on 11/9/10. Oh, my, how lucky we are. (Image by the amazing Susan Mullen. Click image to go to her site!)
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I started this blog as a place to talk about the weirdness that is this in-between place of wanting something so badly, but also not being able to make a difference in the outcome by working harder, or learning more, or hoping with more of my heart.
Many many people have been on this ride for much longer than I can even imagine. Our process was fast tracked since I began this journey in my 40s.
So far? Clomid with a natural cycle, then 3 IUIs with clomid, one failed IVF (long lupron protocol) with zero eggs retrieved (empty follicle syndrome), then a second IVF (antagonist protocol) canceled and converted to IUI due to one lead follicle and very few others-- and, against all odds: a surprising positive! A short miraculous pregnancy (we saw a heartbeat!) ending with a heartbreaking missed miscarriage at 6w+ discovered at 9w.
Since then, a natural cycle (hCG was still too high), another medicated IUI, a cyst so a non-medicated IUI and finally a gloriously perfectly played out 3rd IVF attempt with 5 embryos transferred and then... a big fat negative. A cyst so a natural cycle, then a 4th IVF, 2 embryos transferred and another negative...
One last IVF (lucky#5) in February 2010 with a new clinic and a new protocol, transferred the only two embryos we made the day before I turned 43-- and I got pregnant with one little wiggler! Holy Crap!
"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
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As brief as it was, this video hello totally made my day. She is adorable and you look relieved for having made progress in the box room.
Hilarious and thanks for the smile.
Aww, that was so sweet and "real life." Hee hee.
Love it! Grace used to do that to me all the time... love that you've made some progress on the box room and thank you for taking the time to say "Hi"!
oh, how i miss you, kate.
If only you had before photos of the Box Room. But, since the current state is non-disastrous, it's clear that you've made huge progress.
LOL! Oh, I wish Michaela would do that, but nursing was not to be for us.
It is so wonderful to see your face and hear your voice. Thank you so much for doing this.
:)
Awww... Della's even better in motion. What a sweet smile! Oddly, Charlotte never demanded to nurse, ever. She always accepted when offered, but never "asked" for it. I never considered that before.
Lovely to hear from you, and I would absolutely love to meet up again, group or no group. My little coaching gig ends in 3 weeks, and then my life will return to normal with time for laundry, house cleaning and socializing. Keep me posted! I'd love to meet your "little" Della in person.
ohhhh! this absolutely makes my day. I will for sure come back and watch this again. you are both so beautiful inside and out! please do more of these. :)
Loved seeing your smile and see Della in action. Such gorgeous eyes!
Love this.
Thinking of you today and often. Wishing you all were near, it's all rain and blowy here but we are eating mushrooms from the forest and trying to think sturdy thoughts about the winter.
Sending love,
Elizabeth
It's wonderful to see the two of you in action, makes it all more 3 dimensional and more. I loved seeing her demand to nurse, my favorite part!
Lovely to see you "live". You and the wee one are beautiful and life seems to be treating you well despite all the challenges. I've been quietly reading blogs as we continue this seemingly infinite ttc process.
() virtual hug!
Shelagh(aka Genevieve)
So nice to see you and hear your voice. Miss you, Kate. Della is gorgeous.
Love,
Maddy
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