Art History for Children

This past weekend I went to the LACMA (Los Angeles County Museum of Art). An incredibly unassuming name for such a fabulous collection. In any case, I was impressed by the volume families there, and children of all ages were receiving impromptu crash courses in everything from German Impressionism to Fauvism. This is good stuff, [...]

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The Surprise

“We really weren’t expecting it to happen so soon!”
“It was totally unplanned, but we are thrilled.”
“It’s a little earlier than we expected, but we always knew we wanted them – so it’s super.”
“We never knew we’d be so happy about it at this time in our lives! It’s like a gift!”
My, my girlfriends. Things sure [...]

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Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell

We have been married long enough now that people who know us seem to have a sense that it’s inappropriate to ask. Oh sure, there was the extended family memeber that got her head bit off last summer. There are occassional references to, “if you guys decide to have kids…” But for the most part, [...]

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The “I” Word

It changes you, the day they diagnose you. The day they label you. The day you become a piranah to the health care system. It’s bewildering and strange. With any other condition it’s a good thing when all of your medical tests come out normal. With any other condition it indicates you are healthy, and you go home relieved.  
You do [...]

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Tell Her

I have had the amazing opportunity over the past year to start working with my local Girl’s Inc.organization. For anyone who doesn’t know about them – see if you have a chapter in your home town and check it out. They have dozens of ways to get involved, and they throw fabulous fund-raising events. The logo for Girls [...]

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Clara Clomid

When embarking on the journey of fertility, especially when hormone therapy becomes a part of the picture, invariably there is a trail of casualties left behind a woman each day. Among them is probably her partner, but they include the pharmacy assistant that has never heard of clomid and its effects on cervical fluid, the [...]

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I Love My Day Job

Love is really too strong of a word, but I will never, ever complain about my day job again.
This is an article about people who work in a pig slaughter house for a living. It is specifically about the people who work at the “head table.” Um, that would be where the brains are scraped out [...]

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Baby Talk

I was IM-ing with a friend who has a kid today. (Actually, they all do, so this is the one and only time I will clarify that). She was describing the time when she lost her mucus plug.
Her what?
Shortly thereafter was the bloody show.
The huh?
Then the midwife stuck her entire arm inside of K’s body to [...]

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I’m Fine, How Are You?

I am walking towards my office after my “appointment” the other day (that’s code for my trip to hell on a monkey wand). My friend J is about 20 yards ahead of me. “J!” “J!” I call out. She stops and waits for me to catch up. 
“Oh hey!”
And before she can get out another word I blurt, “I just had [...]

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Implantation Cramping?

I rue the day I first heard about implantation cramping. This is an expression created by some fertile myrtle used to describe the moment at which the fertilized egg embeds itself in the uterine lining. The sperm, after an exhausting tryst through the fallopian tubes finally catches the hotty and lands her in the sac.
Occasionally [...]

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