Infertility haiku

So I was tagged by Kirby to do this Haiku meme. Kirby's are awesome; she obviously has a flair for the haiku. Mine are kind of lame-ish, but they get the point across.

doctor said cancel
not enough follies or eggs
we retrieved anyway

four eggs, not enough
"we prefer five, six or more."
fertilization

implantation? no.
no gestation, it's all over
no baby for you

first wife said no kids
vasectomy for him
now I get the pain

why don't you adopt?
you know, to get pregnant you
just need to relax

your eggs are no good
use somebody else's eggs
then you'll feel better

I know you'll be a
mommy someday, I can just
tell about these things.

if we use donor
eggs, will our baby also
have his bright blue eyes

(Update: somehow this one got left out of the original)
it's a friend's birthday
but we have no kids to bring
no party for us

I tag Bea, Megan and Meg, who I'm sure doesn't have time for this at all!

Labels: infertility, mememe

posted by projgen @ 19:24 4 comments

Hubby Appreciation Day

With all my griping, whining, cramping/not cramping, etc., etc., I failed to mention something.

I have the best Hubby in the world. He comes with me to every appointment that he can. He's had to miss two because of meetings he couldn't get out of, but otherwise, he's there for every blood draw, every ultrasound.

And while I was stimming, he was in the bathroom with me morning and evening, popping open needle caps for me, prepping the alcohol wipes, collecting the needle wrappers, used cotton balls and wipes and tossing them in the garbage, and putting the used needles in our sharps jar.

He can't take the shots for me (although I'm pretty confident he would, if he could!), but he tries as much as possible to make sure this is something we're both going through, and that I'm not doing all the crap work alone.

And that makes me one very lucky Projgen.

Labels: isitacycle, mememe

posted by projgen @ 23:03 5 comments

Getting to read me

Hey kids,
I figured out what the problem is with my feed. I don't know why, but I know what.

When you subscribe to my blog with say, bloglines, if you enter my blog URL, Blogger sends back the feed link incorrectly. If you were previously subscribed, please unsubscribe and enter the following:

http://projgen.blogspot.com/atom.xml

I don't know how to reach the lovely souls who have me blog rolled and are just assuming I haven't posted in two months. *sigh* Maybe I should just spam comment every blog out there. Nah, that would be rude ;)

Labels: mememe, misc

posted by projgen @ 20:12 5 comments

Getting to know me

The two or three of you who are kind enough to check my blog regularly, since apparently my feeds aren't updating anymore. Blargh. Anyone have any ideas? I've checked to make sure all my settings are correct. *sigh*

Anyhoo, this is inspired by an old post of Baleboosteh's (I'm still playing catch-up with all my blogs!). I wasn't tagged, but it looked like fun. It's a little long (okay, a lot long), so I won't be hurt if you don't stick with the whole thing.

Things I have done are in bold:

01. Bought everyone in the bar a drink (I might have already had one or two myself...)
02. Swam with wild dolphins
03. Climbed a mountain
04. Taken a Ferrari for a test drive
05. Been inside the Great Pyramid
06. Held a tarantula
07. Taken a candlelit bath with someone (maybe, maybe not. That's a little too personal to answer here)
08. Said "I love you" and meant it
09. Hugged a tree (it hugged me back!)
10. Bungee jumped
11. Visited Paris
12. Watched a lightning storm at sea
13. Stayed up all night long and saw the sun rise
14. Seen the Northern Lights
15. Gone to a huge sports game
16. Walked the stairs to the top of the leaning Tower of Pisa (couldn't walk without wobbling for days!)
17. Grown and eaten your own vegetables
18. Touched an iceberg
19. Slept under the stars
20. Changed a baby's diaper
21. Taken a trip in a hot air balloon
22. Watched a meteor shower
23. Gotten drunk on champagne (oh yeah)
24. Given more than you can afford to charity (this is a misleading question. Since what we're given isn't ours anyway, it's not possible to give more than you can afford. I'll explain further if anyone cares what I mean by this.)
25. Looked up at the night sky through a telescope
26. Had an uncontrollable giggling fit at the worst possible moment
27. Had a food fight
28. Bet on a winning horse (I bet on a losing horse, does that count?)
29. Asked out a stranger
30. Had a snowball fight
31. Screamed as loudly as you possibly can (very therapeutic!)
32. Held a lamb
33. Seen a total eclipse of the moon.
34. Ridden a roller coaster
35. Hit a home run
36. Danced like a fool and not cared who was looking
37. Adopted an accent for an entire day (I do this a lot!)
38. Actually felt happy about your life, even for just a moment
39. Had two hard drives for your computer
40. Visited all 50 states
41. Taken care of someone who was drunk
42. Had amazing friends
43. Danced with a stranger in a foreign country
44. Watched wild whales
45. Stolen a sign
46. Backpacked in Europe
47. Taken a road-trip
48. Gone rock climbing
49. Midnight walk on the beach
50. Gone sky diving (oh, SO want to!)
51. Visited Ireland
52. Been heartbroken longer than you were actually in love
53. In a restaurant, sat at a stranger’s table and had a meal with them
54. Visited Japan
55. Milked a cow
56. Alphabetized your CDs (I'm compulsive, remember?)
57. Pretended to be a superhero
58. Sung karaoke
59. Lounged around in bed all day
60. Played touch football
61. Gone scuba diving
62. Kissed in the rain
63. Played in the mud
64. Played in the rain
65. Gone to a drive-in theater
66. Visited the Great Wall of China
67. Started a business
68. Fallen in love and not had your heart broken
69. Toured ancient sites
70. Taken a martial arts class
71. Played D&D for more than 6 hours straight
72. Gotten married
73. Been in a movie
74. Crashed a party
75. Gotten divorced
76. Gone without food for 5 days
77. Made cookies from scratch
78. Won first prize in a costume contest
79. Ridden a gondola in Venice
80. Gotten a tattoo
81. Rafted the Snake River
82. Been on television news programs as an "expert" (does radio count?)
83. Got flowers for no reason
84. Performed on stage
85. Been to Las Vegas
86. Recorded music
87. Eaten shark
88. Kissed on the first date
89. Gone to Thailand
90. Bought a house
91. Been in a combat zone (does Israel during the Intifadah count?)
92. Buried one/both of your parents (b"H)
93. Been on a cruise ship
94. Spoken more than one language fluently
95. Performed in Rocky Horror (I once got up and spun the globe)
96. Raised children (I feel like I should delete this one. This is an infertility blog, after all. Sorta.)
97. Followed your favorite band/singer on tour
99. Taken an exotic bicycle tour in a foreign country
100. Picked up and moved to another city to just start over
101. Walked the Golden Gate Bridge
102. Sang loudly in the car, and didn't stop when you knew someone was looking
103. Had plastic surgery
104. Survived an accident that you shouldn't have survived
105. Wrote articles for a large publication
106. Lost over 100 pounds
107. Held someone while they were having a flashback
108. Piloted an airplane
109. Touched a stingray
110. Broken someone's heart
111. Helped an animal give birth
112. Won money on a T.V. game show
113. Broken a bone
114. Gone on an African photo safari
115. Had a facial part pierced other than your ears
116. Fired a rifle, shotgun, or pistol
117. Eaten mushrooms that were gathered in the wild
118. Ridden a horse
119. Had major surgery (define "major")
120. Had a snake as a pet
121. Hiked to the bottom of the Grand Canyon
122. Slept for more than 30 hours over the course of 48 hours (I had mono as a kid)
123. Visited more foreign countries than U.S. states
124. Visited all 7 continents
125. Taken a canoe trip that lasted more than 2 days
126. Eaten kangaroo meat (um, this is an Ossie list, no?)
127. Eaten sushi
128. Had your picture in the newspaper
129. Changed someone's mind about something you care deeply about
130. Gone back to school
131. Parasailed (Wanna do this one, too)
132. Touched a cockroach (oh, so gross)
133. Eaten fried green tomatoes
134. Read The Iliad - and the Odyssey
135. Selected one "important" author who you missed in school, and read
136. Killed and prepared an animal for eating
137. Skipped all your school reunions (all but one)
138. Communicated with someone without sharing a common spoken language
139. Been elected to public office
140. Written your own computer language
141. Thought to yourself that you're living your dream
142. Had to put someone you love into hospice care
143. Built your own PC from parts
144. Sold your own artwork to someone who didn't know you
145. Had a booth at a street fair
146. Dyed your hair
147. Been a DJ
148. Shaved your head
149. Caused a car accident (well, technically, my dog cause me to have a car accident...)
150. Saved someone's life

Made it this far? Yasher koach!

Labels: mememe

posted by projgen @ 02:56 3 comments