15 September 4, 2008

Maya,
Yesterday, your father and I decided to give up the dream of having our own child.  We don’t want to go to the special doctor and pay so much money for something that is not certain, and with so many children in the foster care system, how can we ignore them?  Nervously, I called the [...]

14 August 25, 2008

Hello Maya,
Your Oma & Opa just came back from a 3 week stay in Germany.  It is nice to have them back, but it was also nice to have three weeks of weekend all to myself.  I did not have to go anywhere that I didn’t want to, and it was gorgeous!
One weekend while they [...]

13 July 31, 2008

Hi Ehren,
I went to the doctor’s on Tuesday.  They said everything is probably fine, I just likely ovulated way early.  Now we’re on to round 2/3.  If this one is unsuccessful, then we’ll call the RE and set up our appointment for consultation.  but first, I have some other stuff I wanted to tell you.
I’ve [...]

12 July 28, 2008

Sometimes in the midst of the big couch of problems, you find something that you’ve been missing.  Not really a superlative metaphor, but on Friday, I had a sofa-bed of frustration but I found some spare change in amongst the cushions.
Friday, on day 17 of my cycle, I started a new cycle.  This is way [...]

11 July 23, 2008

Hi Maya!
We’ve been having a lot of fun working on my new craft business selling toddler shirts and stuffed toys.  It is working out to be a nice creative outlet without getting frustrated over too much.  It gives us a legitimate reason to troll around baby clothing stores looking for shirts we can use as [...]

10 July 14, 2008

Hey Ehren,
Your dad has all but forbade me to read anything on the internet about the pills I am on, as he thinks they discourage me (he is entirely right!), with their talk of negative side effects and low success rates.  When I was first on these pills, I was elated; euphoric!  It was like [...]

8 July 2, 2008

Hi Maya!
You dad & I had a really great time seeing Wall-E last Friday!  We both took the day off just to have a date together, playing hooky from work and just enjoying one another.
There were about 10 of us in the movie theater, since we saw the matinee.  One couple was a little boy [...]

6 June 24, 2008

Hey baby!
We got your dad’s labwork back yesterday.  Some stuff got better, some stuff was the exact same as last time.  They’ve put me on pills now to start me cycling regularly.  I should start taking those in a week or two, but they don’t think it will do any good.  The special doctor doesn’t [...]

5 June 19, 2008

Hi Ehren,
Yesterday was part two of your dad’s lab work. I know our fertility journey is a lot of “hurry up and wait”, so we’re getting ready to wait for a week for the results. After this, they’re starting me on some medication that regulates my ovulation and hoping that it will yield [...]

4 June 10, 2008

Hi Maya!
I had a nervous morning at the obgyn this morning! I spent my hour in the waiting room looking at an organic gardening book and flipping through pictures of babies that my obgyn has delivered. Despite my intrinsic suspicious attitude towards the US medical system, I still enjoy my obgyn as a [...]