infertility

It’s not them, it’s me

February 11, 2010

Photo taken from Google images. For illustration purposes only. Breathe. Wipe away the tears. Sit straight. Breathe deeply one more time. Now, write. I’ve promised I’ll put it behind me. No more heavy drama on every good news I hear. Damn, these people need to be congratulated, not cried upon! I am sure I am happy for each [...]

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It’s easy to think outside of the box – only if the box isn’t so comforting

January 31, 2010
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Thank you very much for all your kind words regarding my oh-not-so discreet heart break. I feel great being able to voice it out. I’m working in an all-male office with no female chatty-chatty friend with day in and day out, hence the birth of this blog and random rants. Days after I wrote that post, [...]

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Diagnosis: Secondary Infertility

January 29, 2010
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Photo taken from here, for illustration purposes only. I cry everytime I look at the prescription sheet the ob-gyne gave me. “Infertility” – the word sounds so remote, so alien, unbelievable, not applicable for me. Don’t I have a record of being able to procreate? I am sure the pregnancy and the labor 6 years ago [...]

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I’m not the captain of my ship

August 16, 2009

I should be in the hospital right about now, wearing fluffy rabbit slippers, flannel pajamas and a really big bra. But I am not. I am not in a place with boring white walls and smelling of ammonia and there’s no IV drip on my wrist. I should be swinging back and forth the corridor [...]

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