Because Of Course Not
*sigh* This is what cycle day one looks like at my house. It’s for the best really. I have the over time in March and the trip in April. It would have been horribly inconvenient to be growing a tiny human … Continue reading
Tag Archives: TTC
Even the Stars Tell Me to Wait
Cycle day 31 with no sign of Aunt Flo. Was tempted to test again this morning but I held off. I wouldn’t believe the results anyway. So instead, I’m trying to funnel my energy in other directions. Like baking muffins at … Continue reading
“We Have Ways of Making You Conceive, Ms. Bond.”
It was September 2011 when my husband agreed with me that we should have a baby. I went off my birth control, and we started to work on the new project very casually. No temperature charting, no ovulation prediction testing strips, … Continue reading
How to Survive a Baby Shower- The HFM Method
At the bare minimum, you need two things to survive a baby shower when you are in your own battle with infertility. 1.) A smile 2.) Vodka Really I suppose it could be any alcoholic beverage of choice, but a … Continue reading
Self-Actualizing Like Whoa
According to Wikipedia, self-actualization has a few definitions. I like this one: ” the concept was brought most fully to prominence in Abraham Maslow’s hierarchy of needs theory as the final level of psychological development that can be achieved when all basic and mental … Continue reading
Baby Tights
Yesterday, I went shopping for a baby shower gift for a good friend. Her shower is this weekend. And I was doing just fine, thankyouverymuch, until I saw— baby tights. Logically, in my head, I’ve always known that there … Continue reading
2013- Shaping Up to Be a Real Bitch So Far
I just had to get this out of the way. 2013- I thought you were going to be my bitch. Instead, you just are a bitch. New Year’s was spent quietly with a few friends. No incidents. No strange resolutions. Just … Continue reading
New Look, New Year and NTNP- At Least For a Little While
Happy New Year. A new year deserves a new look, amiright? And if you’ve visited before 2013, you’ll notice that we are ROCKING a new logo for HFM. Designed by my fabulous teacher/designer/DJ husband, Willie Schaefer. If you’re into industrial … Continue reading
Five Stages of Grief Condensed into a 28 Day Cycle
You know what sucks about being educated and self-aware while TTC-ing? Knowing what a tool you’re being while going through your 28 day cycles. After doing that 15 times in a row, I know what an incredible jerk I am … Continue reading
BFN and Taking a Break from TTC
I guess I’ll just start this post with the word that came to mind this morning upon looking at my negative pregnancy test. DAMMIT! I want so much to be a mother. And with no breakthrough bleeding this cycle, I … Continue reading
Hungry For Motherhood 