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infertility

Relaxing doesn’t make a baby

May 6, 2009

With over 7 million women in the United States with “impaired fertility”, it’s highly likely that you know someone who is dealing with the depressing situation known as infertility. So you want to be helpful. You want to be nice and supportive. This person is probably a friend of yours, or a member of your [...]

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Protocol is everything

March 24, 2009

So we’re starting over from square one with our latest baby-making attempt. Last Friday, Carrie had some tests and discovered that the current medication (known in these circles as a “protocol”) was not having the desired effect – so this month’s IVF has been cancelled.
We had hoped to “get started” in the next week or [...]

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The science project continues

March 17, 2009

Last month I posted about the difficulties my wife and I have been experiencing with infertility. Unfortunately I must report that they are continuing.
February was the time of our fourth IUI(aka “artificial insemination” for those of you not hip to the infertility lingo). It was not very successful, in that no little children were conceived [...]

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In, fertile. Tee?

February 10, 2009

About a year and a half ago, my wife and I decided that we were making far too much money, and it was time for us to start trying to have a kid. To be honest, when we first made this grand decision, we didn’t really know what we were doing. I don’t mean in [...]

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