all about parenting and fertility over the age of forty from a christian perspective
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This post has been a long time coming. I finally sat down to the computer to write, cleared a spot off the desk, and discovered my mouse has been abducted by my toddler. After awhile spent searching, I found the mouse…missing it’s batteries and cover. I tried to find replacement batteries, but no luck. Any other day and I would’ve said forget it, I’ll live to write another day. But not this time. This post …
I have a very, very, very exciting announcement! I received a call back from our fertility clinic today and we scheduled our next and final embryo transfer for this July! If you’ve read my previous posts, you already know that we went through a total of two egg retrieval procedures and had all the day 5 embryos tested for viability. We ended up with three pgs-normal embryos and one low-level mosaic embryo. This time around, …
Happy Valentine’s Day!! Here’s to hoping that in the midst of all the chaos of either dealing with fertility treatments, or handling a tiny Tasmanian Devil, or dealing with the grief of a battle with infertility, you were able to put your spouse or Significant Other back on the pedestal they deserve and ACTUALLY REMEMBER IT’S VALENTINE’S DAY TODAY. I sort of didn’t see it coming up so fast and totally failed to go out …
Until last night, I hadn’t slept in a week. I hadn’t showered in days. My house was a disaster, and that’s putting it lightly. Somehow, I have found myself in the midst of sleep training (again), weaning (again), teething (again), a horrific diaper rash, and as an added bonus, my dryer broke. All converging at once into a groundhog’s day of living hell. I was on the verge of collapse. I had to have sleep. …
The other day a young person was sharing with me her aspirations to one day be a rich and famous YouTuber. Cue humongous eye roll…I dutifully proceeded to dismiss her idea as ridiculous, ill-informed, not based in reality, and heartily encouraged her to get a real job when she grows up. I did her a big favor and quashed all remaining embers of enthusiasm she had for this path of folly. After mentally patting myself …
Ok, I know this post might seem a little controversial and a bit woo-woo. But I’m a firm believer in the techniques I’m about to share with you because they absolutely worked for me and my baby! A quick Google search will reveal lots of articles claiming that you can do all sorts of things for your little babe while in-utero to set them up for success. A few of the recommendations include: play them …
Read my story about getting pregnant at age 40 with IVF, or jump straight to the list of stuff you need to know before starting IVF
I’ve decided to start this blog, partly as a therapeutic outlet, but also to share my experience in the hopes that I can help others who are in the same boat as me. Sometimes being a brand new parent in one’s forties can feel a bit isolating, to say the least…and having much younger friends with babies and young children can make it feel even worse, not better. It somehow manages to shine a spotlight …