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Re: Psych eval

mamabea — Wed, 06 May 2009 09:55:20 -0000

Hi Pufferfish! I'm glad you found me, however it happened. I am new to this whole blogging thing--just started mine and reading a bunch of them a couple of weeks ago but have so far been too unsure about how all of this works to comment on other people's posts. You've been in my thoughts these past few days since you wrote your last post.
Interesting that you were considering using your partner's brother as your donor. What helped you decide?
Thanks for reading.

Re: Psych eval

mamabea — Wed, 06 May 2009 09:56:19 -0000

Yay! Thanks, and congrats again.

Re: Talking, Reading, Getting Things in the Mail

mamabea — Thu, 07 May 2009 09:59:09 -0000

Yay! Thanks so much--it's great to "meet" you too. T-shirts would be awesome--I would LOVE to wear one running errands around town! HA!

Re: My Gentle Alpaca

mamabea — Mon, 11 May 2009 09:05:45 -0000

hey! Thanks for stopping by. I just went by your blog--best wishes to you for try #8! I'll have my fingers crossed for you.

Re: My Gentle Alpaca

mamabea — Mon, 11 May 2009 09:06:29 -0000

Eeexcellent. Muah hah hah

Re: I’ve always liked homework

mamabea — Wed, 13 May 2009 09:59:50 -0000

Thanks Justine! I think we should all take on my homework assignment. Tee hee
Good luck with your papers!

Re: alllllllll byyyyyy myyyyyyse-EH-elf

mamabea — Wed, 13 May 2009 14:21:28 -0000

We told him that we would call him a few weeks after we visited to get his decision. We also told him that if he said no, we had another route that we would take, that in some ways would be better for us because we could move forward more quickly. If he says "I'm still not sure" when we talk to him, we're going sperm shopping on the internet! woo hoo....

Re: alllllllll byyyyyy myyyyyyse-EH-elf

mamabea — Wed, 13 May 2009 14:24:11 -0000

Thanks! I'm being good so far, but it's only been like 2 days since I stopped reading the books. TWW's are going to be awesome for me, I can tell already! Doh.

Re: I’ve always liked homework

mamabea — Fri, 15 May 2009 18:41:28 -0000

Thanks, Mom!

Re: alllllllll byyyyyy myyyyyyse-EH-elf

mamabea — Fri, 15 May 2009 18:44:25 -0000

Thanks so much! We'll see how it goes, both the known donor and the zen--I'm not holding my breath on either! ;)

Re: alllllllll byyyyyy myyyyyyse-EH-elf

mamabea — Fri, 15 May 2009 18:51:38 -0000

Yay! Hi Olive! Thanks for commenting. Ours is definitely freaked out too, understandably. Luckily for us we are fine if he says no--we've kind of prepared ourselves for the inevitability of that, and if he does say no we're not going to search for another known donor. If he says yes, we would have him freeze the swimmers in CA at a bank and then have them send it to us after six months as needed (oy). We thought about traveling but everyone's schedules don't really make that feasible. Logistically going with an unknown donor would make things a whole lot easier! Blargh, I keep going back and forth. Anyway, thanks for reading!

Re: Into the great unknown

mamabea — Tue, 19 May 2009 11:43:41 -0000

Hey Rallie Sue! Thanks for your sweet comment and your support. You know that I'm here for you too. (You guessed it: TTC= "Trying To Conceive".)
Love you!

Re: D’OH!

mamabea — Thu, 21 May 2009 10:05:22 -0000

He definitely looks like our man! At least it's pretty clear now that CCB is the way to go--so many more Asian donors in general than anyone else.

Re: Working 9-5

mamabea — Fri, 22 May 2009 10:25:50 -0000

y'all are brilliant. thank you so much.

Re: Her Mysteriousness appears

mamabea — Thu, 28 May 2009 15:46:44 -0000

Thanks, y'all, for setting my mind at ease about the timing. I totally trust the fertility center, but it always helps to have reassurance from all sides! And you're right, Mom, about the nurse--she was wonderful on the phone and I am excited to meet her.

Re: Spermies swimming our way

mamabea — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 11:21:25 -0000

Yay birthday friend. So fun that we're one day and ten years apart. Sperm as a gift is so Pompeii. And so is getting a transfer as a gift! Look at us! tee hee

Re: Gone again

mamabea — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 11:24:11 -0000

That's where she was--it was a conference at IU! She was only there for like a day, but from what she saw of the town, she liked it. We are always thinking about where we'll move next, so she tries to "shop" these university/college cities a bit wherever she goes.

Re: Phew, that’s better.

mamabea — Sat, 13 Jun 2009 15:41:48 -0000

I'm jealous! That sounds DELISH.

Re: Still life with TTC paraphernalia

mamabea — Sat, 13 Jun 2009 15:44:06 -0000

I am so glad I read your blog, because looking at your schedule reminded me that I can't just assume I ovulate on day 14. THANKS!

Re: Confronting the speculum

mamabea — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 11:58:03 -0000

Are you kidding? That is freaking hilarious! Any way I can laugh at the situation (and at myself) will only make things better. Thanks!

Re: Confronting the speculum

mamabea — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 12:03:21 -0000

Thanks so much for the great advice, Justine. My physical therapist did recommend buying a dildo (yet another thing I never thought I would be discussing with a health provider). Haven't done it yet and it's a little too late now since the IUI will be next week [shaking my fists in the air and cursing my own laziness/avoidance]. We did consider an ICI way earlier, but after conversations with our doc and reading stuff about our chances given my weirdo bod, we thought we'd just be aggressive from the start. So we shall see. It may suck, but then it'll be over, and the end result will (fingers crossed) make it all worth it.

Re: Holy Fertile Mucus, Batman! and other signs

mamabea — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 13:04:45 -0000

Tee hee I almost just spat water across the room!

Re: fun & faux-jitos

mamabea — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 16:15:21 -0000

SCORE! I can't wait to tell my mom.

Re: Goodbye food

mamabea — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 12:44:29 -0000

HA! I love this!

Re: Goodbye food

mamabea — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 12:45:53 -0000

I know, I know; I was just trying to find something to rhyme with "hot dogs" so it would fit the Goodnight Moon scheme. I wasn't really being serious with this post; no worries! ;)