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 [...]
Archive for the ‘Estrogen’ Category
The “I” Word
Posted in Baby Hopes, Clara Clomid, Estrogen, Love and Marriage on February 12, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Clara Clomid
Posted in Baby Hopes, Clara Clomid, Estrogen, Love and Marriage on February 5, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
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 [...]
Baby Talk
Posted in Baby Hopes, Estrogen, Life on February 1, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
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 [...]
