Playlist for my babyboy

Sometimes I think of my life in terms of music. This is the playlist for my bun in the oven.
I can’t even speak for sobbing when I hear this song. I always loved this song but now its like the words pour from my own heart when I hear it. Its my [...]

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Turning in bed sucks!

I have read so many times in articles, books and on the web that endometriosis gets better with pregnancy. And while it maybe true, it doesn’t feel it. It hurts so bad to turn in bed sometimes. The other night I woke up screaming in pain. This morning it woke me [...]

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My worse pregnancy symptom yet

Not every women gets this symptom, but oh lord do I have it. It’s vaginal fluid that is leaking-no flowing out of me. Its called Leukorrea. Its a thin, white orderless discharge that happens in the first and last trimester to some women. It softens the cervix to prepare for delivery. [...]

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Pregnancy changes you

I have always heard other women say that having a child changes you. Being pregnant changes you. Since conception I am different. I have so much love for this little being growing inside of me. I can’t even express it. This poem does it nicely for me (its a little [...]

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Just another symptom of pregnancy

I have finally developed veins on my boobs. Nobody tells you about veiny boobs, except my friend ML, she actually showed me. Here comes the milk truck!

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Oh crap. I have lower abdominal pain.

On Wednesday, (today is Friday) I had my nuchal transparency ultrasound. It took about an hour of poking and prodding to get the baby into the exact right position to get a measurement of the neck fold. And it kind of hurt. She said that my ovaries were easy to find [...]

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Emotional Day

To be pregnant is a gift. Anyone who has ever gone or is going through infertility issues understands what I mean. I am very emotional today- probably the hormones. Morning sickness has reared its ugly head big time today.
I have been emotional all morning. I am crying at the Dave Matthews [...]

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Week 11 Milestone-still pregnant

After week 10, 95% of pregancies will go to full term. The baby will now be called a fetus and has moved on from the embie stage. Its the size of a kumquat! This is a big milestone. I have lost a pregancy as much as 8 weeks.
I am [...]

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I’m preggers!

It took me a long time to post just because of privacy issues. My blog was getting a lot of hits and it was freakin me out.
The first IVF failed. I was devastated. During that time, my best friend became pregant and she wasn’t even trying. It was a [...]

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The Fertility Diet

This is amazing. I read an article about the book in Newsweek. Anyone trying to get pregnant with or without fertility issues, needs to get this book. I am so shocked about some of the recommendations.
In general the recommendations are:
No trans-fat
Increase plant protein and decrease animal protein
Full fat dairy products
But [...]

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