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SIMPLE Valentine’s Day Photoshoot Setup

First of all – I want to thank all of you who gave me advice on the daycare drop-off situation! It kind of went the same way today, but the more I think about it the more I realize…

Bad Daycare Dropoffs – HELP!

There is really no worse way to start your day than taking your child to daycare and them having to be pried off you crying hysterically. Well, OK, there is a worse way when you have to deal with your…

Luckiest Week EVER

There is nothing quite as superstitious (or just plain stupid) as pinning your hopes and dreams for having another baby on whether your home team wins the superbowl, but nevertheless that’s what we found ourselves doing.

I mentioned in my…

I Peed on a Stick and (drumroll..)

BFP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I’m still in SHOCK!

It’s only 8 days after a 3 day transfer, which equates to testing at around 11 days past ovulation, or 3 days before a missed period which is still pretty early. I wasn’t expecting…

Sandy Puc, Proselect Wall Guides & More..

The lovely folks at H&H have asked me to give their wednesday webinar LIVE this Wednesday February 1st at 11:30 am ET!

The topic I chose (of course) is “Show & Sell. ” I’ll be demonstrating how to use

I may be having a baby dinosaur…

For those of you who have been following along with my IVF journey (thank you!) it will be a long 8 days or so before I will know if any of the embryos found a home for 9 months. So…

They all made it!

Just got a call from my Dr. – all three embryos are still alive! And two of them are “excellent quality!”

One of the two is 8 cell and the other is 9 cell. The third embryo is 15 cell…

A Day Late and an Egg short

I got the call from the IVF nurse yesterday that 3 of our 4 mature eggs retrieved had fertilized with ICSI. I’m pretty happy with that percentage, it could have been a lot worse! She also told me I’d get…

Too Few Eggs in the Basket..

The Egg Retrieval (ER) yesterday was a huge disappointment. Even though I had shown at least 8-9 follicles (which is not terrible at my age) only 5 of them were able to be removed and only 4 were mature. I…

IVF Trigger Day

Yesterday I went into the Westchester office of my fertility clinic fully expecting to be ready to trigger (take the injection that makes your eggs ready to release in 36 hours) and have the Egg Retrieval (ER) on Sunday…