Cathy | August 12, 2010
The first trimester is kicking my ass. It was all excitement and aww, I’m queasy, that’s so cute until 6 weeks came along.
It came along, shaking me awake in the middle of the night. “What are you doing? Sleeping? Sleeping is for pussies! Let’s get up and puke!”
Since then, every single day has been like [...]
Cathy | July 21, 2010
I tried to get a better picture, but that’s the best I can do. I’ve already decided to start using pregnancy brain as an excuse for everything.
That’s one of three positive tests I’ve taken over the last two days, from different brands.
My chart had very clear patterns this month, and I’m pretty confident July 8 [...]
Cathy | June 23, 2010
One of these mornings I’m going to get to rush out of the bathroom, positive pregnancy test in hand, and wake my husband up with some long-awaited good news.
It won’t be today.
I don’t know whose bright idea it was to make the symptoms of PMS the exact same as early pregnancy, but I would like [...]
Cathy | May 4, 2010
I’m in this odd place of being treated by a fertility specialist without being infertile. Necessarily. I mean, I might be. Or Jerrad might be. We really don’t know.
If you look at my about page or my various social media bios it sure looks like we’ve been actively trying for a long time with no [...]
Cathy | April 28, 2010
Yesterday I had my post-surgery follow-up appointment with Dr. Specialist and we got the official go-ahead to start trying to conceive again.
Well, I suppose again isn’t exactly the right word, since all of our previous trying efforts were destined from the start to be futile on account of how there were a bunch of [...]
Cathy | June 22, 2009
sigh
After a 6 month “vacation” I’ve returned to the world of the gainfully employed, and let me tell you, the adjustment has been painful. Painful.
I mean, it’s not like I’ve never done this before. I’ve always worked – I got my first job when I was 14 – except for a few weeks [...]
Cathy | April 20, 2009
Don’t get all uppity with me, people with jobs. I’m perfectly entitled to have a case of the Mondays and spend the day moping around feeling sorry for myself.
Mondays are especially lame since that’s the day I file my weekly unemployment claim, so it’s a nice reminder that I’m still a loser. I’m [...]
Cathy | March 19, 2009
My scale is totally broken. It’s the only explanation that makes any sense.
I have been very good since Monday – working out every day, drinking water, eating all the right stuff, blah blah blah, and somehow I am gaining weight.
It’s almost PMS time, but even if I am bloated and whathaveyou shouldn’t I at [...]
Cathy | February 27, 2009
I know I promised to be back yesterday to blog about how I’m not pregnant, but I was busy. And no, I wasn’t busy sitting on the couch crying, surrounded by empty hard cider bottles. I was cleaning, doing laundry, and catching up on various household chores I couldn’t get to when the [...]
Cathy | February 23, 2009
My pregnancy test was negative.
Of course it was. I knew damn well I was testing too early, but I did it anyway. Even though almost everyone says not to test until your period is at least one day late. Even though the directions on the test specifically said that if implantation just occurred [...]
