It’s been awhile and some stuff has happened…
I originally started this Medium to document my move from Manhattan to the middle of nowhere Missouri. If you’re new, I did this when I made the transition from NYC Mad (wo)Man to military spouse.
Unfortunately, I never quite got around to documenting that move. It’s now been a year and I’m still having new, surprising experiences every day. Some of those anecdotes will no doubt be sprinkled in this new iteration, so keep your eyes peeled.
I’m picking this back up to start documenting our IVF process. This is for 2 reasons:
First, I think it will be interesting for me to read later.
Second, I think more people need to talk about infertility. None of us are getting any younger.
Follow along if you’d like. This is really for me, not you.
That said, if you’re going to join this fast moving bullet train, there are a few things you should know:
- I am not very PC. I am probably going to say the thing that everyone is thinking but won’t say out loud.
- I don’t have a lot of warm fuzzy feelings about fertility right now. I have been very frustrated about this part of my life for YEARS. If you’r expecting a beautiful, glowing fairy tale about my journey to womanhood or whatever, you’re in the wrong place.
- Fertility is messy. Infertility is messy, time consuming, expensive, frustrating and hard. I am not going to sugarcoat it, this is the real deal.
- If you’re still here, I’m glad. It will be fun to have some readers along the way. Thanks for the support, from both me and my (scrambled) eggs.
