Hello bleeps! How are you all doing? I went to a very interesting workshop yesterday on Techniques at the Counselling House at church (where I do the play therapy, uh, correction, not doing it at the moment due to work overload). We had to do various activities which would reveal … [Read more...]
You know you’ve been infertile for too long…
Hello bleeps! I’m still here! Working hard, but still functioning! I am so happy to be on a long weekend midterm break. Today we went to a book sale where they sold books by the kilogram. A nice one I am reading right now is all about stories of different women and how they conceived ("Trying to … [Read more...]
Book Review: The Fertile Kitchen Cookbook
It was about six months ago, in the depths of depression after a failed IUI, that I received the news that I had won Cindy Bailey’s "The Fertile Kitchen Cookbook". It became a ray of hope in an otherwise dark situation. I had something to plan for. I’m embarrassed to say that the CD sat there on … [Read more...]
Happy New Year!
Hello bleeps I hope your Christmas and New Year was super duper. Mine certainly was. There is something wonderful about just going away and getting away from it all. So good just to vegetate and read books (the fiction kind, not the non-fiction where you have to concentrate) and spend time with … [Read more...]
Four Ways to Emotionally Survive Infertility
Here are four ways to heal: suggestions to help in the emotional minefield of infertility: Dr. Joe Dispenza, DC interviewed over 170 people from around the world who had baffled their physicians by going into spontaneous remission. His curiosity about healing and the brain led him to discover … [Read more...]
If Infertility were told through TV shows
I was inspired by Bella’s idea of "Unsolved Mysteries - watch what happens when a couple tries to conceive and fails miserably" I was thinking.. what if we altered all our current show to reflect our infertility struggles: You enter this journey with the optimism and energy of the dancers on So … [Read more...]
The Last Airbender
Critics have had much unflattering things to say about "The Last Airbender". And it isn’t such a good movie. Brett and I joked throughout the film. I took my 3D glasses off and on and didn’t notice much difference. The characters are left significantly undeveloped. It’s a pity because I think the … [Read more...]
Inception
I’m going to be serious today, because I just watched a very serious film yesterday. It was called "Inception". It’s about a man called Cobb (Leonardo DiCaprio) who is able to enter dreams and steal their ideas (extraction) (or at least get to know their subconscious better). He is called upon to … [Read more...]
Aromatherapy for Fertility
A few days before my fertility treatment, I booked myself for a massage. She used aromatherapy oils and I felt fantastic afterwards. She used Rosemary and Lavender. In any case, since that experience I have been thinking about the oils more and more. I was getting something in a bookstore and a … [Read more...]
Disruptions and Dilemmas…
Hi folks. I know you haven’t heard from me in more than a month. A couple of events have conspired to disrupt things! First of all my Wizard autoresponder, which so wonderfully collected new subscriptions and delivered messages so wonderfully has been hacked. You can read more about it here: … [Read more...]