Has It Really Been Six Years? April 19, 2010
I started this blog six years ago today. I can hardly believe I’ve been writing here that long.
Man, I’ve been through a lot in that time. When I started this blog we hadn’t even started IVF. Oh, we had been at the infertility thing for a while, but in hindsight we were just getting going.
It’s hard for me to tally it all up. I mean, really, who wants to sum up a big list of crappy events? Surgeries, failed cycles, pregnancy losses, and life threatening experiences don’t make the best set of bullet points. Despite all of the crap, despite our recent setbacks, despite the total hell we went through, I hope our happy ending (even though I see it more as a beginning) prevails throughout my writing.
I am lucky to have this space. I am lucky to have this community. And most of all, I am lucky to have come out on the other side with a fantastic little man.
So, thank you. Thank you to all of you who have shared in any of the past six years. I really appreciate it.
- Posted in : Life after IF
- Author : amanda
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Glad you’ve been here all this time, though I’m so sorry you’ve had to go through the bullet points o’ suck. Your boy, however, is a darling, indeed.
I hope this doesn’t mean you are going to stop blogging! I’ve “known” you now for 5 years, hard to believe. Your little man is truly adorable…I’m glad despite all of the suck you have him.
Nope, I’m not closing up shop yet, Lisa. It won’t be as exciting around here without things like ectopic dramas, but I’ll still be here.
You sure have been through it, but I’m so glad that your story is out there. Thank you for sharing!
No one can ever say you didn’t give it your all!
And Adam is definitely a little cutie pie:)
So glad that you are looking to the future as a beginning. Who knows what great things the future holds in store and what is your destiny. Hope you don’t mind..but here are my 2 cents ( like all pennies strung together, easier said than done) Whenever I go through a lot, I tell myself “Think of all the women whose husbands “work” in the fertility dep’t but who are in bad marriages. They probably look at my marriage and wish they were in my shoes…or the people who are suffering or whose kids are suffering from some terrible disability….they probably feel resentment toward others’ who don’t have a clue what it’s like to be in their shoes.
Yes, there are always those people who seem to have it all and don’t seem to really have to sacrifice anything for such easy lives, but somehow, over time, you start to realize that they end up dealing with their own share of crap and that you have it better than many others in regard to x, y and z. It helps me think that everything is just relative.
Please don’t ever say never to what the future might hold in store for you. My 2nd cousin finally had a baby boy but knows that she can’t do more fertility treatments…they’re working on adoption, and she’s gotten really excited about that. Maybe that’s not the right path for your family, but who knows what tomorrow might bring.
You need time to grieve, but most importantly, you need to hold on to that hope to live life to the fullest that makes you the beautiful person and a great model you are to your child.
Thank you for your blog, Amanda. You provided me with wonderful insight and helped me when I was in the “thick” of it. (and I’m sure…many others!)
Congrats on making it 6 years. I’ve enjoyed and benefited from your blog and you personally. I hope you keep writing.
Happy blogoversary sweet friend :)
Crazy. I just went back and looked and I started to read your blog in January 2005. Wow. Happy blogoversary.. I hope the next six years are just as exciting in a much more contented way!
I’m not sure if congratulations are in order for a blog of this nature, but I’m glad that we’ve passed some of this time together rather than alone. Let’s hope that year 7 is an upward swing.
Happy anniversary :) It’s amazing what 6 years can bring, and how much life can get packed into those years. I’m so glad I got to come along for the ride, although I do wish it hadn’t been quite so bumpy for you. Give that cutie pie Adam a hug from a total stranger.
It’s been a long time. You have been there for me through a lot! I hope I’ve helped you back in some small way over the years.
Here is to your happy beginning.
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