by Amy | Oct 8, 2012 | Infertility, My Family, Parenthood
We’re deep into the IVF process now, and this past weekend, doctors harvested my eggs. They didn’t even buy me dinner first. Dave and I conceived our first child naturally, in a cartoonishly ideal way: on vacation in Waikiki, waves crashing outside our balcony, the...
by Amy | Oct 2, 2012 | Babymaking, Infertility, My Family
One of my favorite Saturday Night Live bits ever was Seth Myers and Amy Poehler doing “REALLY!?!” during Weekend Update. I’ve found myself channeling them a lot this week. I mean, the fertility doctors we’re paying to get me pregnant have...
by Amy | Sep 4, 2012 | Babymaking, Infertility, My Family
My birthday is the deadline. If I’m not pregnant by then, I’m pulling out the big guns and doing IVF (It’s Very Fancy). Did I mention my birthday is this weekend? Yeah, so, to prepare, I scheduled a consultation at the fertility practice where we did...
by Amy | Jul 12, 2012 | Babymaking, Couplehood, Infertility, My Family
When I was knocked up with Viv, Dave and I became obsessed with the television program “I Didn’t Know I Was Pregnant.” Have you seen this show? It’s AMAZING. In every episode, a woman recounts how she somehow made it through 9 months of gestation without ever...
by Amy | Jun 25, 2012 | Babymaking, Couplehood, Infertility, My Family, Parenthood, Pregnancy
I’m 40 years older than my daughter, Viv. As my mother helpfully pointed out, if Viv waits until she’s 40 to have kids like I did, then I’ll be 80 (eighty!) before I’m a grandma. Hmm, maybe I shouldn’t be in any rush to explain safe sex to my daughter. Is being a...
