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Lifeslurper resides in a big brown land called Auuustralia. Her early years remain a mystery cloaked in a veil of depression. Age 42 Lifeslurper meets the vague but gorgeous Wobbles. “What took him so long to arrive?” She asks. They make their way together in the world just fine, but are not fine to make a baby – not without some outside help. Enter ART and 2008 the year of 4 IVF cycles & one lousy big fat negative. Lifeslurper is now 45 years old! Time for a baby is running out fast, so too is her sanity. What’s the plan for 2009? No one is really quite sure. Join Lifeslurper and Wobbles as they dither some more.

Baby Inertia

Lifeslurper and her motivation went their separate ways some years ago. The breakup was less than amicable. Neither party can trace the exact date that things began to go wrong. Subsequent countless attempts at reconciliation have all failed. 

I have to admit I think more frequently about the issue of motivation (and my lack of it) [...]

Creating an IVF drive

Lifeslurper experiments with acrylics on canvas c.1980 at age 15.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

One of the many costs of successive IVF failure is an undeniable loss of confidence. Such a loss is exacerbated when the subject arrived at infertility with existing issues to do with self worth. 

When hopes of having a baby – through whatever means – have [...]

Post Cycle Anxiety Disorder?

Teddy Lifeslurper wondered if the Crinone brand extensions had been a wise choice.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Is there such a thing as ‘post cycle anxiety disorder?’ If there isn’t already then I have just coined a name for what is probably a common condition.

Five spectacularly unsuccessful IVF cycles down and some strange things [...]

Greetings from Lap Land!

Or should that read; I visited Laparoscopy and all I got was this lousy infection? 

It is over a week since my lap. Even now I am not even sure if I actually had the suggested d&c.