tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30259745.post115834200350163569..comments2023-08-15T05:02:58.115-04:00Comments on Stirrup Queens and Sperm Palace Jesters: Cheers to Infertility (Blogs)Lollipop Goldsteinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01020874415819057995noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30259745.post-48180163177770389562008-04-28T12:30:00.000-04:002008-04-28T12:30:00.000-04:00I really like your blog. I am sure many people wil...I really like your blog. I am sure many people will benefit from your blog. Keep up the good work.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30259745.post-1158618840184104812006-09-18T18:34:00.000-04:002006-09-18T18:34:00.000-04:00Thank you for your brilliant post. I wish I would...Thank you for your brilliant post. I wish I would have found such like minded people back in April 2003 when we began our journey. It was only three years ago but, back then, I didn't know what a blog was, or that a community of women enduring similar struggles were just a web page away.<BR/><BR/>And you're right. Those 36 weeks, for me, was a state of fear that something would go wrong. <BR/><BR/>And now I sit here with one girl at my feet and the other in the next room chatting away. To this day, I still can't believe it.Momma Beanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17348325351327677491noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30259745.post-1158611925044079752006-09-18T16:38:00.000-04:002006-09-18T16:38:00.000-04:00I love the way you write Mel, I finally feel like ...I love the way you write Mel, I finally feel like part of a community..and thanks for mentioning my blog. (I get extra cake tonight for being a cyberspace celebrity..giggles)<BR/><BR/>Blogs have become the stories of my life, my friends lives and I just hope each one has a happy ending.Kirhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17894442143508446312noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30259745.post-1158602584668529982006-09-18T14:03:00.000-04:002006-09-18T14:03:00.000-04:00This blog has become my hub. It's already brought...This blog has become my hub. It's already brought me so much more than I feel I could give back. Thanks.<BR/><BR/>Also, so as not to be too repetitive...I read murray's comments and thought, "Yeah, me too."Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30259745.post-1158582078849205572006-09-18T08:21:00.000-04:002006-09-18T08:21:00.000-04:00As usual, Mel - well said!As usual, Mel - well said!Serenityhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17765237663006604157noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30259745.post-1158540098491357372006-09-17T20:41:00.000-04:002006-09-17T20:41:00.000-04:00I love the infertility blogs that become pregnancy...I love the infertility blogs that become pregnancy blogs, then become Mommy blogs. I think it gives hope to the people that are still in the first stage.<BR/><BR/>I was lucky. I didn't have trouble getting pregnant. I did have a loss and I know that you never really expect the pregnancies after that to go well. You just hold your breath the nine (or ten, or seven in my case) months until the baby(ies) is/are born.<BR/><BR/>Thanks for the link.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30259745.post-1158537427402860002006-09-17T19:57:00.000-04:002006-09-17T19:57:00.000-04:00Thank you for this. You have a really great way of...Thank you for this. You have a really great way of voicing things and if I may say so I for some reason have started to think of your blog as the 'Mother' of blogland. Not sure how you feel about that but there it is. <BR/><BR/>Pregnancy after infertility or pregnancy loss is scary. It is not super happy and joyous. I try to stay positive. I try not to let my anxiety get the best of me. I try not to let all of those many sad scenarios run through my head that I know could happen because unfortunately they have happened way too many times to good women everywhere. Good, deserving women. I wish things weren't so complicated. I wish I could talk about my pregnancy to friends and family as though in 8 months from now there will be a baby... but I don't want to jinx things. I don't want to assume. Until I actually see that baby I'm not counting anything. So going from grieving my lost baby to trying desperatly to hold on to this one would be much easier with support from people who have been there. No one seems to understand unless they have been through it themselves and I get the sadness. I completely understand how sad it feels to see other people be/get pregnant when all you want is that for yourself too. I have felt that sadness, anger, fear, guilt.Murrayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01573589642469517860noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30259745.post-1158506381004318142006-09-17T11:19:00.000-04:002006-09-17T11:19:00.000-04:00One of the things (and there are many) that I like...One of the things (and there are many) that I like about your blog is that you try to find connections with people. Thanks for blogging.Summerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10462071403127406819noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30259745.post-1158491560809768472006-09-17T07:12:00.000-04:002006-09-17T07:12:00.000-04:00Thank you for your blag, and all your comments. Me...Thank you for your blag, and all your comments. Mel. I truly value your place in the blogosphere.ms. chttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02369055212101853503noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30259745.post-1158451486041161772006-09-16T20:04:00.000-04:002006-09-16T20:04:00.000-04:00Thank you for posting what you did- my blog is cur...Thank you for posting what you did- my blog is currently in a state of identity crisis. I am pregnant after two years of unexplained infertility and I have those fears that you mentioned. This hasn't been nine months of pregnant bliss, it has been filled with anxiety and fear- particularly fear that all of the misfortunes my Babycenter and blog friends have gone through will also happen to me. Therefore, until I have a baby in my arms I have am in an infertility state of self-exile. I still read the infertility blogs religiously, but you are right- I have not yet made the jump to reading pregnancy blogs and certainly have not commented. I need to venture outside of my little circle of negativity and offer a little more support to fellow bloggers. After all, that is the beauty of blogging as you said.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com