September 21st, 2008 by admin
It’s that time of the year.
Being a glass half empty kind of a gal, I have to do my best to not view the year as being over by the time we pass June. It is a yearly ritual. Something I blame on too many years spent as a student*, viewing the world and indeed my life in terms of the calendar year. In the latter half of the year I tend to dismiss the months remain as the fag end of the calendar, making my own silent vows to make better use of my time in the New Year.
Since infertility and ART reared its ugly head in my life, I have become rather time obsessed. I am not suggesting that IVF has assisted me in making better use of my time. Sadly, the real result seems to be an acute obsession with passing time that seems to lead to even more time wasting than my old ways.
Continue reading ‘The new life starts here!’
August 26th, 2008 by admin
Watch out world! Lifeslurper is writing a book.
Now before you all go out and pillage local publishers for showing such poor taste, please note this is only a pipe dream. One of those many things that infertility and the ensuing IVF treatments prompt me to recall.
Creativity is extremely important to this little brown duck. Yet I freely admit that the daily grind has assisted me in largely losing touch with any real forms of imagination. I associate creativity with beauty; imaginings that can find a simple form of beauty in the most mundane of acts, places and people. Continue reading ‘Lifeslurper’s nom de plumage’
August 7th, 2008 by admin
One of the many complicated emotions that flood the psyche at the end of an unsuccessful IVF cycle is that of failure. This runs deeper than the vain attempt to become pregnant, and the ultimate failure: not having a baby. Having little to show for our infertility labours is damaging to the confidence of any person going through IVF treatment. Going back time and time again to face certain failure is crushing. It starts to bleed into all aspects of our existence. Continue reading ‘Hardly working for ART’
