Everything 2 Me

“A thing long expected takes the form of the unexpected when at last it comes.” - Mark Twain I’ve always taken the process of naming something very seriously… my childhood pet cat, our two dogs, our son… we even named our cars when I was a kid.  I think names ...

Womb with a view

On December 23, 2008, John picked me up after work so that we could go to the ultrasound together.  We had time to have some dinner together before heading the appointment, so we decided to stop at Panera Bread.  As we tried to eat (though neither of us ate much ...

To know or not to know… that is the question…

All through the first trimester, I had felt like I was literally counting down the days until it was over.  The combination of fear, sickness and the difficulty of keeping the secret was a bit overwhelming.  I had heard so many people talk about how wonderful the second trimester of ...

Should we travel a new road?

As we struggled to get pregnant, our earlier conversations about adoption began to resurface.  We talked about different treatment options for the infertility issue, and while we desperately wanted a biological child, we knew that invitro fertilization wasn’t going to be an option we would choose.  We have several friends ...

Beginning our journey towards parenthood

For as long as I can remember, John and I have known that we eventually wanted to have a family.  We never really knew when we’d be ready… we didn’t get married and have a “5 year plan” or anything like that.  We just figured that at some point, we’d ...