Don't we all hate waiting in line or being on hold... those minutes passing by while you are trying to get something done or get in contact with someone always feel like moments of life just wasted away... even though you know that once you get to the front of the line or that person... Continue Reading →
Build It And They Will Come: Part 2 – Demolition
"It won't be easy, but it will be worth it". That's what I kept saying to myself once demolition started on my new home. I knew that renovation was synonymous with demolition, but I don't think I truly visualised how it would all happen. The project started slow... my friend Karelle did the architectural drawings of... Continue Reading →
Build It And They Will Come: Part 1 – The Project
I've always had an interest in Do-it-Yourself projects. Part of me loves seeing my efforts lead to something concrete. I helped renovate a house with Habitat for Humanity a couple of years ago. I was so excited to be taught how to work the power tools! My ex built me a deck and months later,... Continue Reading →
Single Mom By Choice – Part 18: A FIRST…
It comes a time where you almost become insensitive and immune to all the emotions that IVF can bring on. It's not that it doesn't hurt anymore or that it's not something you hold dear to your heart... it's just that you get to a point where it's like "meh... I can't do anything about... Continue Reading →
Single Mom By Choice – Part 17: If you build it, they will come!
"If you build it, they will come" - not only did God say that to Noah, but who doesn't love that line in Field of Dreams!! "If you build it, they will come" After over a year of trying to have a baby, I decided to change things up a bit and that quote inspired... Continue Reading →
Single Mom By Choice – Part 14: Feeling GREAT!
How have you been doing? “GREAT”, I answer. Yet I feel that some people don’t believe me... I can understand why. If I take a step back and look at the crazy roller coaster ride that was the last year, it does boggle my mind that I got through it all. I don’t think I... Continue Reading →
Single Mom By Choice – Part 8: The Gift of Life
Sometimes you have to chose the smart decision over the emotional one. As I sat at the doctor's office two months after my failed in-vitro, I knew I had a difficult decision ahead. I had already set the minimum number of follicles for another try at in-vitro to seven, but I only had 6 (more... Continue Reading →
Single Mom By Choice – Part 6: What Next?
These two past months have seen a lot of ups and downs, including posting my first of these blogs. I will admit that I was at a very low point, after four failed insemination procedures and one failed in-vitro, and I wasn't sure that I could carry on with this adventure. I don't know how... Continue Reading →
Single Mom By Choice – Part 5: Let’s In-Vitro!
It can cost up to 8500$ for one in vitro fertility procedure and that doesn't include the cost of sperm... wow. It's a big jump from the free insemination procedure that I had been undergoing, but on the other hand, there's a better chance of a return on my investment. Statistics wise, I'm paying over... Continue Reading →
