We were scheduled for a genetic counseling session and arrived to meet a counselor that looked exactly like Jessie Eisenberg. I don’t know Jessie Eisenberg personally, but this counselor had all the mannerisms of Jessie’s character, Columbus from Zombieland.
If that wasn’t disconcerting enough, once we got into the conversation about this genetic scrambling Toby and [...]

Robbie: Mom, if we have another child, I’ll share my pajamas with him.
Me: That’s really nice of you.
Robbie: And I’ll share my pancake. Even if there’s just one. She can share.
Me: How about if I just make you both one?
Robbie: Good idea!
Me: What if we get a baby that’s not from mom’s tummy? What if [...]

We met the specialist Friday. Although the appointment had only been scheduled for a week, it felt like it had been years coming.
As it turns out, the specialist my doctor referred me to wasn’t covered under our insurance, so we were instead referred to the head of the maternal-fetal medicine department at the U of [...]

Some people who write blogs do it to share their innermost feelings or journal the ins and outs of their daily struggles. I’ve discovered I’m not that kind of blogger. When things are very stressful I keep them between my husband and I – possibly one good friend. And since I can’t write here about [...]

I have more than one friend that admits to getting pregnant with essentially no effort. She may have decided to give it a whirl and “Blamo!” She never even had to crack open another box of Tampax. Or worse, she was on the pill and “Blamo”. Quintuplets. Ok, maybe not. But you see where I’m [...]