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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.

The ART Dung Heap

Lately I have spent far too much time contemplating the ART scrapheap.

 

Another predictably downbeat appointment with the fertility specialist, more delays and a 45th birthday end date looming large has brought Lifeslurper to even more reflection. I suspect that this [...]

March 13th, 2009 | Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Category: Nest | 6 comments

Angelina, IVF and me

A recent widely circulated report saw claims that Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie’s twins had been conceived via IVF. The standard unnamed “source” was quoted as saying IVF was used so Jolie “wouldn’t have to deal with the stress of trying to get pregnant.”

 

September 7th, 2008 | Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Category: Nest | 6 comments