I can’t even tell you what is going through my head right now because I can’t get my mind to sit still long enough to figure it out. Shock, elation, excitement, terror. Check!

It was just so surreal, from the …

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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 …

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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 …

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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 …

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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 …

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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 …

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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 morning. …

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At my parents’ new year’s eve party Jasper told my friend Janaki  “Mommy hasn’t gotten me a baby sister yet. It’s very hard to do.”

Yes baby, it is.

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First, about the images: I took these images yesterday as part of endeavor to take our own family portraits with just a remote shutter release.  I have to say I’m a little bit amazed it actually WORKED! {Taken with …

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Another long absence from the blog, another apology, another excuse!   Seriously though, the second Jasper’s 3rd Birthday party was over, I basically ceased to do anything but work on the the Organic Bloom Frames for my wall guides! It …

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