blytheswideshut

two little lines

2008-10-23T04:01:27+00:00

I'm pregnant. I can't believe I'm writing that. I'm going to have a baby. I'm going to be a Mum, Scott's going to be a Dad. My life is about to change in ways I never imagined. I'm very excited. It's 5am.

Read more | Posted by blytheswideshut | Comments (3)

pangs, twinges and nausea

2008-10-19T18:47:23+00:00

I feel like I'm getting my period.

Read more | Posted by blytheswideshut | Comments (2) Tags: art , ivf , 2ww

symptoms that must mean I am pregnant...

2008-10-17T06:11:56+00:00

Of course the following must mean that I'm pregnant. The waiting is killing me, so to make it easier I'm stuffing food in my mouth as though the famine is hot on my heels and totting up "symptoms". Sick in the morning. A queasy car sick feeling ...

Read more | Posted by blytheswideshut | Comments

Day 5

2008-10-13T11:21:18+00:00

I almost can't bear it. I feel full of energy and restless but tired at the same time. I'm hungry but queasy and billious all together. I've never been good at waiting, but this truly is the hardest wait. The two most obvious changes are that I'm so ...

Read more | Posted by blytheswideshut | Comments Tags: art , ivf , 2ww

what a co-inky-dink

2008-10-12T05:29:34+00:00

Upon publishing (doesn’t that sound so professional?) my previous post I noticed that my last post here was in October of 2007. I'm going to try harder, I promise.

Read more | Posted by blytheswideshut | Comments Tags: blogging

4 days...into the 2WW

2008-10-12T05:19:49+00:00

Four days post egg transfer. I have to resist the urge to write in "forum speak" - all those abbreviations do my head in. Despite the fact that every little shift and groan within my body seems noteworthy at the moment, I am hopeful. I ...

Read more | Posted by blytheswideshut | Comments Tags: art , ivf , 2ww

www.kiva.org

2007-10-03T12:43:10+00:00

I used to support a charity that bought cows for women in countries where women weren't really allowed to have a business or money or any of the things we take for granted. But these women needed to buy cows and be business women because all the men had been killed ...

Read more | Posted by blytheswideshut | Comments (1)

Wednesday already?

2007-08-15T22:15:32+00:00

This is the time of year when I consolodate. I like this time - the weather is good, the days are just the right length, it's mid year but close enough to the end to feel like I'm on the home stretch. I want to get down a few notes to self - so I can look back ...

Read more | Posted by blytheswideshut | Comments (2)

Greyhounds can't fit under fences.

2007-05-15T12:00:54+00:00

Read more | Posted by blytheswideshut | Comments (2)

Book Binge wrap up

2007-05-01T23:13:35+00:00

Take 2. Book Binge Stats: Number Accounted for: 23 Number unaccounted for: 5 (I lost the library docket with the details - my recordkeeping methods suck) Re-reads: 3 (This number is abnormally low - but I cranked up the library ...

Read more | Posted by blytheswideshut | Comments (3)