by Amy | Dec 27, 2012 | Infertility, My Family, Parenthood
The day we found out I’m not pregnant (again), Dave, Viv and I went walking in our neighborhood and spotted an adorable family. A smiling mom watched her son and daughter – ages 3 and 5 – racing up and down a grassy hill, squealing with laughter. “Do they...
by Amy | Dec 17, 2012 | Babymaking, Infertility, My Family
Fertility world is ruled by acronyms. TTC = Trying to Conceive. AF = Aunt Flo. BFP = Big Fat Positive (as in pregnancy test). And of course, IVF = It’s Very Frustrating. There are hormone pills and headaches, injections and bruising, mood swings and tears, constant...
by Amy | Nov 13, 2012 | Babymaking, Infertility, My Family
Oh my God, you guys. After our first cycle of IVF didn’t take, Dr. Rosenpenis made us come in for a post-mortem to discuss what went wrong. I was trying to hang onto my optimism, and the last thing I needed was more insane analogies. Do I even need to tell you...
by Amy | Nov 8, 2012 | Babymaking, Infertility, My Family
Do you want to see something disgusting? No? Aw come on. This is the “tea” that my acupuncture doctor wants me to drink twice a day to help me get pregnant. It looks like swamp mud. It smells like someone pooped poison mushrooms. When I confess to her that I just...
by Amy | Oct 8, 2012 | Infertility, My Family, Parenthood
We’re deep into the IVF process now, and this past weekend, doctors harvested my eggs. They didn’t even buy me dinner first. Dave and I conceived our first child naturally, in a cartoonishly ideal way: on vacation in Waikiki, waves crashing outside our balcony, the...
by Amy | Oct 2, 2012 | Babymaking, Infertility, My Family
One of my favorite Saturday Night Live bits ever was Seth Myers and Amy Poehler doing “REALLY!?!” during Weekend Update. I’ve found myself channeling them a lot this week. I mean, the fertility doctors we’re paying to get me pregnant have...
