another plan bites the dust… but, wait there is a new one up our sleeves

hi all, it has been a long couple weeks. as dakota said in her last post we have been contemplating our next moves. i saw our RE on wednesday (wow, that was yesterday!) dakota and i talked all night last night about which way to go now.
i went in wednesday because i thought i would [...]

pufferfish is gonna be puffin’ up

yes, pufferfish is pregnant, and now a *married lady*!
i just had to shout it from the hills because i am SO SO SO happy for them both and it gives me hope to keep keeping on…
we are still in the depths of insurance denial hell, full of how will we manage to *pay* for the [...]

denied… denied… denied… DENIED!!!

i don’t know what else to say!
got a call from insurance company today in which they told me that my request for ivf is being denied. i asked *why* and they said that there was no documented case of infertility and there was no documented history of 6 (count them) 6 failed inseminations. mind you, [...]

gasping, waiting, oooh-ing

* thanks for the asthma advice and assurance that it will all be ok i am still trying drugs and have not quite found the right combo… am still struggling… i feel a bit better when i lay very low – like i did over the weekend, doesn’t work so much in real [...]

three things that are sucking right now…

1) seems i have asthma… about a month ago i started having this feeling in my chest that i had a lot when i was little… i called it being waterlogged back then. i used to have the feeling mostly when i swam too long in my grandmother’s pool or in the ocean. i would [...]

who knew they’d be passin’ out awards?!

heidi at thinking miracles has awarded my blog with a brilliante award, who knew they’d be passin’ out awards?! i am touched and inspired…

i honestly NEVER thought i would be a person who blogs. i could not understand what on earth would inspire people to blather on about the crazy things they think about and [...]

#3 rules the day

first off let me just say that reading the comments you gals left on my last post has been so helpful and calming…
well let me say it this way, thanks for helping me to see/embrace/admit that i am confused and overwhelmed because what we are trying to navigate is knots-in-your-stomach confusing and mind-numbingly overwhelming. [...]

dear dr… options, details, questions

hello blog compatriots –
for those of you who are into process, i thought i would show you the email/letter that came of the cuddling confab that dakota and i had on sunday night.
i sent this (very detailed) email to our doc this morning (she is best with email, so far it works ok.) [...]

squint and trouble… and how to sublet my womb

the kitties are still here… (i know, none of you are surprised)
my gal is sneezing and begging to keep them. i placed a call to the landlord today to see if we can add pets to our lease. we will see what he says! there is the slight possibility that he will disallow it even [...]