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Monthly Archives: July 2015
Choosing a sperm donor
K actually requested this post, so I wanted to oblige! We get this question a lot from well-meaning friends (many of whom are also going through the same process), so it does help to have it written down here for … Continue reading
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Tagged #artificial insemination, #donor, #ici, #iui, #ivf, #sperm, #sperm donor
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It is 2015, right?
It is 2015, right? I ask this because, in the world of trying to conceive (TTC) and pregnancy, I have read a LOT of books and websites since we started trying to have a baby three (wow, three) years ago. … Continue reading
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Tagged #baby, #heteronormative, #lgbt, #parents, #pregnancy, #pregnant, #ttc
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Jewelry, grief and a poem
When Ander died, I was given three lovely, wonderful necklaces. One has his footprints stamped into it (his actual footprints, from a picture!) and his name and birthdate on the back; my mom got K and I each one from … Continue reading
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Tagged #bereavement, #forgiveness, #grief, #guilt, #infant loss, #jewelry, #mandala, #origami owl, #poetry
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Grief, 18 months on
Grief, 18 months after my son’s death, is so much less sharp than it was before that at times I feel guilty. I still think of him every day, and likely always will, but the edges have blunted tremendously. I … Continue reading
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