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Tag Archives: transfer
Tennis Anyone?
With a dozen eggs, you can make an entire menu of foods consisting of deviled eggs, a chef’s salad, matzo ball soup, fried chicken, a noodle casserole, and cupcakes. A dozen eggs can also make twelve people. That’s more than enough … Continue reading
Posted in Donor Egg Fertility Treatments, My Head, Own Egg Fertility Treatments
Tagged egg donation, grief, hope, infertility, transfer
5 Comments
O, Me of Little Faith
My parents got married in 1970 and divorced in 1980. Then they got remarried in 1990 and divorced again in 2008. And then last year, they got re-remarried. This time it’s different, though. This time they’re also married to God. … Continue reading
Posted in Donor Egg Process, Greatest Hits, My Head, Things Past
Tagged family, hope, infertility, marriage, period, therapy, transfer
10 Comments
Fall from Grace
My grandmother was a woman of grace. She bore 11 children in a 2-bedroom home, cared for her husband through a decade of Alzheimer’s, and lost her eyesight near the end of her life, and the only time I ever … Continue reading
Posted in Donor Egg Process, Greatest Hits, My Head, Things Past
Tagged Ashtanga, egg donation, family, grief, infertility, not ready, transfer
5 Comments
Beta Beta
The second beta was 11.32, which means that this pregnancy isn’t viable, so I’m stopping meds today. Good thing, too. I need a drink.
Posted in Donor Egg Fertility Treatments, Donor Egg Process
Tagged egg donation, infertility, miscarriage, pregnancy, testing, transfer
6 Comments
Alpha Beta
This morning’s result was 17.47. This is super low by beta standards since most providers consider anything below 50 to be negative, but when I urged my nurse to lay it out for me doomsday style, she wouldn’t do it. She … Continue reading
Posted in Donor Egg Fertility Treatments, Donor Egg Process, My Head
Tagged blog, egg donation, grief, hope, infertility, miscarriage, support, testing, therapy, transfer
2 Comments
Pee Antipathy
Wednesday, June 20 – 8dt5dt. I peed on another stick this morning, and the line was darker than yesterday’s, so I went back to bed and cried. The line was darker, which means I’m probably really pregnant. Bummer. I was … Continue reading
Posted in Donor Egg Fertility Treatments, Donor Egg Process, Greatest Hits, My Head
Tagged egg donation, grief, infertility, miscarriage, pregnancy, testing, therapy, transfer
7 Comments