Holy moly, I was not looking forward to this. Despite my many tattoos, I am not a fan of needles by any means, but after a 5 day break, it was game time. First chunk of treatment called for a shot in the morning and shot in the night, all in my well cushioned belly. …
Ball is in Play
The waiting game was brutal. All the ducks were in line except for the fact that Health Canada changed the rules between baby one and baby two. The donor signed a form declaring that he hadn’t had certain illnesses or health issues within five years. Although that was good enough for many years, including the …
The Consult
The date was set and all we had to do was get down there. We shoved the family in the car and made the 12 hour trek, praising the inventor of the portable DVD player for amusing our toddler on the way. As we were attending the fertility clinic to get the down-low on how …
Let the Tests Begin!
Just FYI, things are going to get real. This is entire process is a TMI nightmare, so if you are faint of heart, turn away! If not, you will most likely laugh at my misery. Feel free! I too can now laugh at the experiences 😉 Now that we had a date set, a barrage …
The Referral
Let's rewind to over a year ago. Now that I had decided that this was going to happen, the next step was to go get a referral. Not only can you not just walk into a fertility clinic, but you generally have to wait a good chunk of time so I wanted to get at'er. …
Intro
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