The In Between

It is very difficult to wait patiently. I have never been good at it. It is hardest to be patient when things are at their most difficult. When you want them to end with haste more than at any other time. My period ...

Impotent Impatience

Well, after my first month on Clomid, little seems to have happened. The home-testing ovulation kits are still presenting a resounding: And my 21 day progesterone blood test has come back low (non-ovulatory) once more. So today I called the Enigmatic Nurse at ...

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Standing Ovulation

After believing the drugs were working, last month I seemed to have hit a road block. Having had no periods for the last 2 years, the Metformin I am taking has faithfully prompted my cycle for the past 3 months. But this ...

Two Shades of Hope

If there's one thing that I know It is the two shades of hope One the enlightening soul And the other is more like a hangman's rope Well it's true you may reap what you sow But not that despair is the all time low Baby, ...

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Laura the Lionheart

Enough. I have briefly mentioned  before about my fear of blood tests. "But you are a scientist!" I hear you cry. This is true. And this fear annoys me more than most due to that very fact. As a child I was intrigued by blood ...

Nananananananana Metformin!

The drugs are working! It seems that magical Metformin is indeed magical. Since beginning to take it in late October, I have had 3 periods - fully accompanied by cramps, PMT and all (lucky John). This is good news. So on our last ...

Bleeding Terrified

We'll just go see the doctor... We've decided to take it one step at a time. A simple doctor's appointment doesn't mean much. After all, it could take us years before anything baby-shaped happens, given our circumstances. My doctor is the son ...