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Pregnancy - and more... ------------------------------------ This is part 3 of my blog series on the road to having our child Introduction:  Right Here Part 1 can be found:  Right Here Part 2 can be found:  Right Here Part 3:  *YOU ARE HERE* Part 4 can be found:  Right Here Part 5 can be found:  Right Here ------------------------------------- Pregnant!     So, as was previously mentioned in the last post our plan for having a child was that once we exhausted all chances of IUI's working we had our first major fork in the road.  Did we want to move on to the adoption process or go down the IVF road.  Also, as previously stated, we knew we wanted to adopt at some point.  So adopting now could be two birds with one stone.  I don't care how pro-adoption you are, adopting your first child incurs very strange feelings.  I know I personally wrestled a lot with myself.  Thoughts like "does this mean I am turning my back on chances of ever having a child of my ow

Infertility - The Reaction ------------------------------------ This is part 2 of my blog series on the road to having our child Introduction: Right Here Part 1 can be found: Right Here Part 2:  *YOU ARE HERE* Part 3 can be found:  Right Here Part 4 can be found:  Right Here Part 5 can be found:  Right Here -------------------------------------     This entry is going to require a pretty strong warning.  This is going to be all about the emotional warfare that will be encountered for anyone living with infertility.  This post will contain the raw, unfiltered feelings felt.  Therefore, examples will be given of things said or done that you very well may have done yourself in talking to us or someone struggling with infertility.  You simply must understand that for actions or things said to make it to the "example" list means you're not the only one so I urge that you do not feel bad or offended in my bringing it up.  Understand that even if it hurt us we realize

Infertility ------------------------------------ This is part 1 of my blog series on the road to having our child The introduction post that came first can be found: Right Here Part 1: *YOU ARE HERE* Part 2 can be found:  Right Here Part 3 can be found:  Right Here Part 4 can be found:  Right Here Part 5 can be found:  Right Here -------------------------------------     What a scary word.  What an unexpected turn of events for anyone to encounter.  The last thing you consider when deciding to have a child.  The process of creating a mini-you is always painted as so simple, and for many lucky people it can be.  However, for a much larger number of people than you'd expect *insert some made up surprising statistic here* it is a very difficult task.     Back up a second.  I should forewarn, of all the posts in this series this one may be the most "scatter brained" of them all as this stage of our journey included so many emotional attacks from so many d

Dental Floss: Overview ------------------------ As new posts are made this space will become a table of contents linking to each one Introduction: *YOU ARE HERE* Part 1:   Click Here Part 2: Click Here Part 3:  Click Here Part 4:  Click Here Part 5:  Right Here ------------------------     "Where am I and why does this guy care so much about tools for proper oral hygiene?" Valid question.  So here's the deal; roughly 3.5 years ago my wife and I decided what many married couples come to decide, time to have a kid.  Like many couples the dreams began and, well, the fun started.  It always seemed like such a simple process, A+B = BABY.  Easy math, but then life struck.     Infertility struck us and I had always envisioned one day writing a blog post of a male perspective to the struggles and challenges faced.  However, I decided to wait to post anything until AFTER the baby was born, just to make sure I had my story straight from start to finish.  Th