Mine to Command

The title of the blog is a line from the HBO series Boardwalk Empire. The blog itself details how I discovered that fertility was not mine to command...

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Thursday, 29 May 2014

Waste Another Year Flies By,

He walked in just before the elevator doors shut. Tall, dark hair, handsome, wire-rimmed glasses and a nice smile. The attraction was instan...

Monday, 26 May 2014

Inclusion Criteria

I recently attended an all-day continuing medical education workshop. During a break, one of the conference administrators drew names of par...

Thursday, 22 May 2014

Some days are harder than others

About a week ago, the 18 week pregnant primary care provider approached me to ask a favour. She was too inpatient to learn the gender to wai...

Sunday, 18 May 2014

Don't Ask, Don't Tell

As we've recently celebrated some historic achievements for the LGBT movement, freedom to marry in Arkansas and the first openly gay foo...

Thursday, 15 May 2014

Gender Benders

*This post discusses a very sensitive topic. Reader discretion is advised* Even though Husband is hoping that we have a girl if I ever m...

Sunday, 11 May 2014

The Second Wave of Grief

There isn't a manual or instruction booklet to guide a woman and her partner through the process of a miscarriage. However, I thought my...

Thursday, 8 May 2014

You Can't Always Get What You Want...

During their first year of marriage, Co-Worker received a call from her husband's brother, inviting both of them and her parents to a bi...

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jAllen: I am the typical 'I thought I never wanted to have children' woman who turned 35 and the ovaries turned on the maternal desires.

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