I don’t often watch football. But tonight the University of Arizona was playing UCLA and I made it through half the televised game. For some reason I really got into it tonight. Maybe it was all the grit and determination on the players’ faces. The fight to gain ground every ten yards and ultimately put… Continue Reading
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All She Needs Is Me To Be Me
I think all IVF parents agonize over whether they are giving their child everything they possibly can. I know that after Elliana was born I wanted her to have everything. As she has gotten older I’ve realized that isn’t always a good thing. Sometimes the pursuit of providing everything has led me to be a… Continue Reading
Putting It All On The Line–Day 2
When you’ve committed to an all out battle on all fronts, a strange sense of peace will come over you. You will feel moments of serene clarity, and a sense of empowerment that comes from being resolute about what you want. Of course those moments will often be interrupted by periods of sheer terror, panic… Continue Reading
Putting It All On The Line–Day 1
If you really want to go after your vision of anything–including a child, you have to be willing to put it all on the line. I know this goes in the face of wisdom and is often the reason people have unrealistic expectations of what they can really do, what their resources are to do… Continue Reading
Don’t Freeze–Just Keep Moving
It will be easy after multiple failures during cycles to feel paralyzed. You don’t know which way to go. It is easy to freeze up. So many couples lost any forward momentum because they stopped moving at all during our infertility support group days. It happened to me briefly after our GFT cycle failed. I… Continue Reading