tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36095574.post3415640898024349244..comments2023-07-22T04:25:04.122-05:00Comments on Not Quite What I Had Planned: When Discussing Your Cervical Mucous Quality With Total Strangers Seems Perfectly Normal ...Kristiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18325715096763265816noreply@blogger.comBlogger21125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36095574.post-39571347583229071462007-02-24T21:03:00.000-05:002007-02-24T21:03:00.000-05:00As the result of pregnancy #2 ending in a genetic ...As the result of pregnancy #2 ending in a genetic miscarriage I was especially anxious during my amnio (which at my 4 years request turned into a family affair) by NEEDING to come too. My mom came with us, in case they wouldn't let my son in. During the private time the doctors requested permission for just a little extra fluid for research. Of course, with the understanding that it would it no way hurt the "baby" I agreed. They also needed blood from my husband - which I also agreed to. BUT, when they approached him telling him that his wife had volunteered him...his first thought was that he would have to "donate/deposit" with my mother's knowledge in somewhat (in his mind) the same space. The relief that came over him when he found out it was just blood was truly PRICELESS.......AND that is coming from a man who continues to bitch 30 years later that he had to have 2 blood tests to get married because I waited so long to have mine that his first one expired!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36095574.post-80667715909547729982007-02-22T10:39:00.000-05:002007-02-22T10:39:00.000-05:00Ok Krisite, we are all desperately waiting on the ...Ok Krisite, we are all desperately waiting on the rest of the story!<BR/><BR/>ClaireAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36095574.post-44278354048300133972007-02-21T22:26:00.000-05:002007-02-21T22:26:00.000-05:00Kristie... I am LMAO!! You put in words what all ...Kristie... I am LMAO!! You put in words what all the rest of us keep in our heads!! I had two bio kids then went through 18 months of the Clomid horror (same tests as you, but isn't it hysterosalpinogram, not "pingogram" - LOL!! - I know how you like to have everything spelled correctly!). Then, went through a divorce... and adopted on my own as a single mom in 2005. I now have three children that are just the lights of my life!!<BR/><BR/>I was on the edge of my seat too... can't wait to read the rest of the story!!!<BR/><BR/>SarahSarahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05748280883860444530noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36095574.post-38382997564079528432007-02-21T19:50:00.000-05:002007-02-21T19:50:00.000-05:00I've been reading your blog and Caringbridge site ...I've been reading your blog and Caringbridge site for something like two years now and it's taken me THIS LONG to finally sign the guestbook, but I couldn't resist. I was also supposed to be a Matthew Dallas, had I been born a son - neat coincidence! Seriously, you should absolutely write a book, I'd buy a copy and pick one up for everyone I know. You have an amazing way with words (and this is coming from a creative writing minor, English teacher, also-self-proclaimed grammar snob). Also anxiously awaiting the next installment in the saga!Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04768955918467968062noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36095574.post-19253808677337754802007-02-21T19:06:00.000-05:002007-02-21T19:06:00.000-05:00Can I ask what happened to Matthew?Can I ask what happened to Matthew?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36095574.post-88356944640166410082007-02-21T17:31:00.001-05:002007-02-21T17:31:00.001-05:00By the way, it is so funny to read these comments ...By the way, it is so funny to read these comments about the sperm samples-<BR/>"he swallowed his pride"<BR/>"he sucked it up"<BR/><BR/>Man, I have GOT to get my head out of the gutter!Leeannhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17529722995554495470noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36095574.post-89435778227661928102007-02-21T17:31:00.000-05:002007-02-21T17:31:00.000-05:00Thank you for sharing your story with us. I have b...Thank you for sharing your story with us. I have been enjoying it so far! My middle child was also a Clomid baby and I clearly remember making my husband do the deed, come hell or high water. One time, I was such a total obsessed woman, I made him have sex with me when he had a stomach virus. Poor man did the deed and then ran to the bathroom to puke. Sorry moment in our lives, but hey, we have three great kids to make up for it.<BR/>You can see them at Niccofive.blogspot.comAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36095574.post-68046248437512405782007-02-21T17:04:00.000-05:002007-02-21T17:04:00.000-05:00...to be continued...are you kidding me? I am sitt......to be continued...are you kidding me? I am sitting on the edge of my seat...come on...this is worse that waiting until next week for the next episode of 24!<BR/>Write a book...quick!<BR/><BR/>Kristina<BR/>Brookville, OHioAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36095574.post-34769803136384847892007-02-21T15:38:00.000-05:002007-02-21T15:38:00.000-05:00I so feel your pain. Clomid sucks!!! Try explainin...I so feel your pain. Clomid sucks!!! Try explaining to your boss why your sitting there at age 26 with your hair soaked,sweat running down your face and it's December!!! I finally got drunk one night and BAM, 9 months later my first bundle was here!!! My 2 girls that I had later were accidents but absolute blessings!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36095574.post-83871871693438278182007-02-21T15:00:00.000-05:002007-02-21T15:00:00.000-05:00WHAT...continued?!?!?!My husband also had to do th...WHAT...continued?!?!?!<BR/>My husband also had to do the seman analysis...at home. I was supposed to come and "help" him gather the sample, but I was late getting there. When I got home, he was gone and had left a note that said, "I came and went, See you tomight." I kept the note for years. Can't wait to hear the rest of your story.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36095574.post-86109427144309095422007-02-21T11:29:00.000-05:002007-02-21T11:29:00.000-05:00Kristie, Haha, Been there..done that, including st...Kristie, Haha, Been there..done that, including standing on my head after sex, putting pillows under my butt to keep the love potion from seeping out. Can't wait to hear the rest of your story.I to will be waiting in line to buy your book. :))Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36095574.post-72177601214552000832007-02-21T11:08:00.000-05:002007-02-21T11:08:00.000-05:00Hey at least your husband went to the urologist hi...Hey at least your husband went to the urologist himself!! Mine did it at home, and I had to take it to the doctors office. I must say walking into that office was a little embarrasing at first, then I had to laugh a little when I realized what they all were carrying in their little brown bags!! <BR/><BR/>The story gets better when we went through IVF. The nurse screamed across the room, what should I do with this semen sample!! I thought my husband was going to faint. Never mind that I was laying there spread eagle with every doctor and nurse in the room with me. Our IVF was done at Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center, which by the way is a teaching hospital. So every intern was there watching too!<BR/><BR/>Thanks for showing me how to laugh at all of the procedures that we went through. It was hard at first, conceiving, then miscarring. Not to mention the cost!!<BR/><BR/>Sam GleasonAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36095574.post-43113038824917461412007-02-21T10:41:00.000-05:002007-02-21T10:41:00.000-05:00I can still feel that clomid gut pain when reading...I can still feel that clomid gut pain when reading your story. Oh, and that ultrasound. Such fun days.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36095574.post-27602080210060921592007-02-21T10:27:00.000-05:002007-02-21T10:27:00.000-05:00Ahh..brings back memories of our 'sex right now' d...Ahh..brings back memories of our 'sex right now' days. One of our days (and oddly enough, the day I finally conceived, after 5 freaking years on the infertility train) fell on a day that Minnesota was having the 'worst storm ever'. 9 years later and people still talk about 'the storm of 98'. So, while our house was LITERALLY blowing down around us, there was no power, God-had-opened-up-the-heavens-and-He-was-pissed kind of storm, I told Jim too damn bad - I haven't endured countless shots in my stomach etc. for nothing and YOU WILL PUT OUT FOR ME, DAMN IT! <BR/><BR/>Ahhhh...good times....Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36095574.post-56325697163209972672007-02-21T10:13:00.000-05:002007-02-21T10:13:00.000-05:00I have to say I read this at 1:30 am and this to b...I have to say I read this at 1:30 am and this to be continued stuff definitely has me waiting like all you other readers. Once again thanks for sharing your personal journey with us.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36095574.post-25331409549670987392007-02-21T10:00:00.000-05:002007-02-21T10:00:00.000-05:00This is worse than any "To Be Continued" at the en...This is worse than any "To Be Continued" at the end of season-ending cliffhangers!! :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36095574.post-87568618762104006652007-02-21T09:53:00.000-05:002007-02-21T09:53:00.000-05:00Kristie,Thanks for sharing the R.I.D.E. with us. ...Kristie,<BR/>Thanks for sharing the R.I.D.E. with us. And let me tell you, I know the R.I.D.E fertility treatments can be. <BR/>Thanksgiving? We did Christmas at my Hubby's Parents...set the alarm clock on his watch and stuffed it inside his pillow to wake up before everyone else because damnit...between 12 and 36 hours I WILL ovulate and we need to be prescise here. We had some stops in parking lots on the way home to visit family (we are a military family too...remember my 1 year old daughter who looked like a Marine in your Kendrie's hair cut post)... Needless to say, after lots of memories made, and probably a few people flashed...Twin girls graced our home 3 and a half years ago.<BR/><BR/>Looking forward to the next installment as well.<BR/>I for one would buy your book.<BR/><BR/>Mesha in NCAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36095574.post-72398217141837262602007-02-21T07:16:00.000-05:002007-02-21T07:16:00.000-05:00Ah, the semen analysis...My husband was one who di...Ah, the semen analysis...My husband was one who didn't want to do it but sucked it up for me. Not something he ever wants to have to do again. <BR/><BR/>I can't wait to hear the rest.<BR/><BR/>Thank you for sharing your story so far.Tracyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06389162214835497250noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36095574.post-15342863473344069552007-02-21T05:47:00.000-05:002007-02-21T05:47:00.000-05:00Kristie, you are awesome, I shared that infertilit...Kristie, you are awesome, I shared that infertility ride right along with you for 6 years. And the blessing of adoption. twice. & giving birth twice. what a wonderful way to make a family. Thank you so much for sharing your experiences. I agree with the previous post, you must write a book. waiting for the next installment. Praying for all of you & hoping to hear good news about Blaine soon.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36095574.post-46396223278039472702007-02-21T04:21:00.000-05:002007-02-21T04:21:00.000-05:00EDGE OF THE SEAT, I TELL YA! Thanksgiving, small ...EDGE OF THE SEAT, I TELL YA! Thanksgiving, small duplex, with seven relatives, huh? YOU TWO CRAZY KIDS! <BR/><BR/>Can't wait for the next installment. Plus, this thing with the six kids? That sounds like a future post, too!<BR/><BR/>Today I'm not going to tell you that YOU ROCK. Unless I just did? HA!kim-dhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11650811256788756378noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36095574.post-47926770785565735522007-02-21T03:27:00.000-05:002007-02-21T03:27:00.000-05:00You're wonderful - that book HAS to be written. Ca...You're wonderful - that book HAS to be written. Can't wait for the next installment. Love and Prayers.Leecehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00292000278206480506noreply@blogger.com