tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30259745.post3519727556727148270..comments2023-08-15T05:02:58.115-04:00Comments on Stirrup Queens and Sperm Palace Jesters: Friday Blog RoundupLollipop Goldsteinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01020874415819057995noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30259745.post-24058467053302318122008-09-07T22:18:00.000-04:002008-09-07T22:18:00.000-04:00Thanks for the shoutout and the praise!Cathartic, ...Thanks for the shoutout and the praise!<BR/><BR/>Cathartic, yes. Summer is far from over for me since I am currently on the other side of the world from where I normally am -- hot and a vacation, that's summer. Yesterday DH and I were having a fabulous adventure and he said, "Are you feeling empty and harried now?" I said, "It was frantic, actually, but no, I am not feeling that way at all." I am dead tired from sleeping 14 hours in the past 3 days, but feeling good.<BR/><BR/>The biggest thing this summer? Since the adventures are still in progress, I can't even begin to choose. Big but definitely not best, though? Failed IVF #1.<BR/><BR/>Thanks! :)Baby Smiling In Back Seathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06483533946303787478noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30259745.post-65288913088168418902008-09-06T14:05:00.000-04:002008-09-06T14:05:00.000-04:00Sigh...I was that mom sobbing her eyes out when I ...Sigh...I was that mom sobbing her eyes out when I left Builder Boy at preschool last year. I likened it to rubbing him in raw meat and putting him out in the wild. It was so awful!! I feel for you. I hope this transition for you goes smoothly. Transitions are no my strong suit either.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30259745.post-70871675032897221712008-09-06T10:15:00.000-04:002008-09-06T10:15:00.000-04:00Two major things I had to get through this summer:...Two major things I had to get through this summer: my SIL having her baby, and me getting a new job. I've gotten through both of them, so it's a good thing.Nataliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16003334714597731355noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30259745.post-56472381928425970762008-09-05T22:10:00.000-04:002008-09-05T22:10:00.000-04:00Despite trying desperately to cling to it, yes, su...Despite trying desperately to cling to it, yes, summer is over. Oh, now I want to cry...but then I realize it means all this waiting will end and something will happen.<BR/>The biggest thing this summer? All the crap with Al failing and losing his job and making it so we couldn't do IVF this fall. So maybe it's not so bad to leave summer behind after all.Iohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00918928563224342054noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30259745.post-49445435201240015742008-09-05T21:48:00.000-04:002008-09-05T21:48:00.000-04:00The biggest thing that happened this summer was mo...The biggest thing that happened this summer was moving from a little townhouse to a big house with a big yard. All the lead up to it and then the actual move itself was huge. And now I'm trying to transition into my new life and I'm deathly ill with a cold or allergies or something of the sort. And with all that, having a hard time getting into the blogging - both writing and commenting. <BR/><BR/>Yucky.Tarahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18384206429432741119noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30259745.post-32918218490359422542008-09-05T20:21:00.000-04:002008-09-05T20:21:00.000-04:00I think a lot of people generally have been busy w...I think a lot of people generally have been busy with back to school stuff. Having no kids, of course, I'm not sure what MY excuse is. ; ) For a short week, it felt like a really LONG week.loribethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09272814565916935113noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30259745.post-29679281477052546172008-09-05T16:12:00.000-04:002008-09-05T16:12:00.000-04:00Well...we're currently wrapping up our last summer...Well...we're currently wrapping up our last summer vacation (we're on the way home from Edisto, SC) so that's where I've been. Summer is almost over at home and it's almost time for harvest. <BR/><BR/>We bought the kids' fall wardrobes on vaca, so fall must truly be right around the corner.Jesshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05181924375187173030noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30259745.post-7750096588677124512008-09-05T13:33:00.000-04:002008-09-05T13:33:00.000-04:00I hope you are easing into this transition well. d...I hope you are easing into this transition well. did you ever get something to do at the twins' school? something tells me you will be the world's greatest volunteer mom, signing up for everything! am I right? you don't even have to answer that one. <BR/><BR/>thanks for the roundup, as usual. I just spent 45 minutes bawling my eyes out reading the story of tikvah and holding her memory...<BR/><BR/>yes, sadly, I think summer has come to an end. my biggest accomplishment is our home study. we applied in june and the first draft should be complete today... yay us.lunahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15455301696832647867noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30259745.post-90378523291727631032008-09-05T13:05:00.000-04:002008-09-05T13:05:00.000-04:00I can't say that weeping is my preferred way to st...I can't say that weeping is my preferred way to start my Friday morning, but your summary of posts was so moving, so heart-wrenching, so full of things I can relate to (TTC with loads of infertility treatments for a number of years, miscarriage, though earlier on than 36 weeks) and things I fear (the loss of our child), that I couldn't help but weep. I was never able to take the full journey to giving birth but, as a partnered lesbian, one of the potential upsides is that my wife (we married in Canada last year and live in California, so I love that I can use the "wife" word) gave birth to our daughter. Sophie, nine months ago, after her third IVF and after being told by our doctor that we should consider an egg donor, since her eggs weren't looking too perky (but, hey, perky ain't always all that, as I learned with my more-gorgeous -8-cell-embryos-than-I-could-count). We've decided to try for another child--just, just decided to start the process--and I find all of my old infertility anxieties and pain resurfacing, even though I won't be trying to conceive. Reading today's post helped ground me in knowing that those feelings are integral parts of me, that honoring them is important, yada, yada, yada. Long way of saying thanks for posting about other posts and thanks for the wonderful work you do.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30259745.post-40924680892565158882008-09-05T11:00:00.000-04:002008-09-05T11:00:00.000-04:00The post-Big Project time period is always so hard...The post-Big Project time period is always so hard for me. I have all this momentum, then . . . nothing.Jamiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11509124764568535676noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30259745.post-5411948317909388292008-09-05T09:36:00.000-04:002008-09-05T09:36:00.000-04:00Thanks for the mention Lollipop, that post was a H...Thanks for the mention Lollipop, that post was a HUGE realization for me and I hope it well help more of us to feel less guilty and like failures.<BR/>My new favorite quote is: Its not how you finish the race, its how you ran it!"Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com