Along the broken road through IVF. To tell or not to tell. What is a VET? July 27, 2016. The twins arrived on 06 July. They are perfect in every way and we are getting into a routine now.

A little clump of spring in the sea of brown and gray.

Saturday, March 21, 2015. Happy Saturday, my fellow fucked-fecundity friends. This week was marked by weirdness but yesterdays gem takes the cake. A cousin of mine, who is not someone I talk to more than once a year, called me out on Facebook for, apparently, posting my entire life online.

What does it mean? 5DT - 5 DAY Transfer. Beta - Blood Pregnancy Test. BCP - Birth Control Pills. BFP - Big Fat Positive. BFN - Big Fat Negative. DPO - Days past Ovulation. EDD - Estimated Due Date. FET - Frozen Embryo Transfer. FSH - Follicule Stimulating Hormone. HPT - Home Pregnancy Test. IVF - In Vitro Fertilization.

The title of the blog is a line from the HBO series Boardwalk Empire. The blog itself details how I discovered that fertility was not mine to command. Thursday, 13 August 2015. The morning after we brought Jate home, I walked into the kitchen to make a cup of tea. Upon entering the kitchen, I stepped in cat puke. Welcome to my new life. Only one month old and she has sass.

A story of high stakes, false starts, recalculations, the muck and chaos in pursuit of baby. We struggled, even argued, about where to go on vacation this year.

Well, those chickens have come home to roost. Because I spent all my money buying a baby. Letting him stay awake too long.

Finding a Way Out of IF. Donor Embryos - Our Experience. Sunday, 26 July 2015. Life has been good to us these past months. Antidepressants have been the boost that I needed for so many years.