I started talking about my fertility and subsequent INfertility journey right here on this blog about ten years ago – before I even knew I was actually talking about it. It began with what I thought was going to be a routine checkup by a new doctor back in April 2007 (4 months before I …
From the time a girl is supposed to start seeing a gynecologist, I have been. Year after year, I diligently went to either a gynecologist, my general practitioner, or a nurse practitioner for my checkup and always left with a clean bill of health. My pap smears always came back “normal”. In 2007, at the …
When I was in my early twenties, I had an older girlfriend who suffered from Endometriosis. She often had horrendously painful periods and would go into hiding those times of the month. But since she also had a flair for the dramatic, we all were pretty dismissive of her disease and brushed it off. Ten …
June 12 (2007), a new anniversary for me. Last April I scheduled an appointment with a new gynecologist who also happened to be an infertility specialist. I went in for the normal yearly check-up; got weighed (fun), changed into a paper towel (awesome), and sat on the wax papered table and waited for the Dr. …
