This, That, and the Mother Thing

So, ummm, yeah! We are adjusting to having twins.  And yes, I do know it's still  early and all that stuff, but things are looking great...

Our new heating system, a Trane , was installed on Friday,  and there was much rejoicing.  It's amazing how used one can get to being co...

Hello! Hello! Things are going just dandy, which means my boobs are killing me, I'm often nauseous and I will likely fall dead asleep b...

My boobs really, really hurt.  In all my gazillion pregnancies, my boobs have never been this sore.  And that includes when I was breastfeed...

I swear, I wasn't trying to play coy.  One of the problems with being on the east coast with a west coast clinic is that they are fully ...

for today's follow up test results, go check out Looky Daddy's recent post .  It truly moved me.  

Well, we just got the call from the doctor's office.  I am "officially" pregnant.  My HcG was 631 on 10dp5dt, 15 dpo.  (By the...

I hate when I realize that I totally didn't blog about what I meant to blog about. I was dashing off that last entry before class and wh...

I guess officially, this is 9dp5dt.  But I've already converted it in my head from retrieval and transfer to ovulation.  If yesterday...

We are so psyched over here in the Mother Thing household.  After waiting for years and years, we've finally got what we want!!  It'...

I don't when I've ever been this excited about an election.  It probably has to do with voting in state that is actually going to ma...

How weird to finally be "in the game" with this process and being able to write that bizarre word.  It stands for 3 days past a 5 ...

The transfer went really, really well.  They transferred two high quality blastocysts that looked like they were starting to "hatch...

When we last checked in, one day after retrieval, we had found out that 15 of our 22 eggs had fertilizied. Two days after retrieval, we foun...

We have 15 fertilized embryos!! Today they are going to let us know how they are developing (2 vs. 4 cells) and whether we will be doing a 3...

Well, this is a bit different. Of course, now that I've said it, I've jinxed everything. And I'm not being facetious, that...

Well, things are still looking good. The retrieval is set for Thursday.  We may be looking at double digits as far as the number of follicle...

Holy Cow.  It appears we are actually doing this, or at least, we're actually heading out to California.  Everything is a go and I am st...

The trip to the dentist continues to be important in the Mother Thing household.  Conor is checking the morning and evening circleson  his ...

We're a little behind taking Conor to the dentist for the first time.  But we decided to go ahead and start him, even without insurance....