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End of Leif
This month will be Leif’s last chance to shake his money maker. I am planning on going in for an IUI the 2nd week of January. I am doing a “whatever” cycle. So far I haven’t taken my morning temperature, I haven’t been dealing with medications, I’m just going to wing it. One last fling.
While it would be amazing if this month worked…I’m being pretty pragmatic about it all. If I get knocked up without the help of all the bells & whistles, chutes & ladders, vodka & tonic then that will be some kind of fantastic joke. & I would laugh about it for 9 months happily.
So with that in mind, I’ve got my eye on February. I will make the switch to injectable medications. I will also have a new donor at bat. I found a bank I really like in Michigan & am narrowing down the choices. As soon as I have him I will start talking him up. Will also have to work on his “stud” name.
See my first donor (for the 1st three tries) was nicknamed Fred Schwartz. (after a family joke. “Who left the milk out of the fridge?” “Not me, must have been Fred Schwartz.”)
R always left great voicemails on the day of IUI’s screaming, “May the Schwartz be with you!” & the Episcopalian in me would always giggle & think, “And also with you.”
It is important that the new donor have a fancy stud name as well. Leif was fun. But I need something way more butch or potent for the new guy. Once I pick him I’ll fill you in on some of his background & we can have a contest. Won’t that be fun?!
In other RE related news, the official kabash was put on R being my donor. If I was married to R there might have been a way that the clinic could have worked with us as an IVF patient, but it would be a really big paperwork/legal to do. In the long run I think it is best if R continues to cheer from the sidelines. & he has happily agreed to keep that up.
But what a great thing it almost was.
The photo with today’s post is from my 30th birthday dinner…or as some may call it, Christmas Eve dinner. Whatever. Mom got me a crown from ebay & I wore it all day. It made GM laugh so much. She kept saying that if I was a princess, Mom was a Queen & that made her the Queen Mother. QM indeed!
As we dance into the new year I am going to try to upload a photo for every post. Just because I can.
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Cali, I think we were seperated at birth. DAR protege’s, and cradle Episcopalians to boot??
I agree, I don’t think Leif is giving you what you need. Time to move on to…Keanu? Brad? Johnny?
SO much has happened in the week (or two) that i’ve been slackin’ on my reading!
First of all, i am so sorry about your trip. We will be just south of you at the beach near Apalachicola if you get a wild hair and want to get the heck out of ‘bama.
MLK weekend will be fun though, and i’m glad you got to take a rain check.
Sorry to hear about your friend not being able to be the donor, too, but it sounds like things are looking up, and we’ll definitely help you butch up your new donor (we may need some help with that, too!).
Happy belated birthday, btw…
Cali, this photo is so great. I’m glad you had a good birthday and I’m so sorry about all the very disappointing news.
How about Bruce?
We just bought a baby name book that includes a list of “most powerful” names. I’ll post the best/most entertaining ones when you open up the contest!
I vote for Holden Stroke. I just want you to mention that name at the RE’s office. LOL
that’s a BEAUTIFUL photo - and you look SMASHING in your tiarra!
I think you should go witht he name spike.
And if insurance will cover it, darlin, go for broke - take all of the meds you can, screw the last “natural cycle” and just go for it - don’t take as long as it took us to move to meds - just do it, as the Nike ad says.
We move onto IVF in March, if there’s no baby by then (and it’s looking like there won’t be)
Episcopalian here too…although not cradle (that would be Sacha).
Good luck with your new donor and with finding an appropriate “stud” name.
I already have a few names picked out for Wonder donor!
I want to see GM wearing the tiara! She looks like a tiara lady.