Latest Blog Posts for Creating My Monster

• New Beginnings: Where Do We Go From Here?
  on Sep 11, 2014 in IVF Treatment
  As of now we have a number of embryos frozen for future use. Not all of them made it this far but that is completely normal. So, now what happens?To get pregnant, “normal” couples go into a bedroom somewhere (or backseat of a car if you prefer) w...
• New Beginnings: Retrospective Part III
  on Sep 10, 2014 in IVF Treatment
  Collection day, August 29! They asked us to be there for 7:30am and by 8:00am they were already getting us prepped. They connected me to an IV and went over the procedure while DH did his part in the “boom-boom-room” (my new term for it).All week...
• New Beginnings: Retrospective Part II
  on Sep 9, 2014 in IVF Treatment
  On August 19, all reservations and fears now gone, DH and I went in for our first ultrasound. I was a tiny bit worried that I might have a cyst blocking me from starting as I have had in the past, but everything was perfect; start injecting!I am not...
• New Beginnings: Retrospective Part I
  on Sep 9, 2014 in IVF Treatment
  August went by in a flash! Summer is over, school has started back up again, and soon the weather will be changing too; bye-bye summer, hello fall! We have been extremely busy and I haven’t really had the chance to write in recent weeks, so I decid...
• Get Ready Everybody!
  on Sep 7, 2014
  After a brief period of total silence, Creating My Monster is about to become a very busy blog! I have a lot to catch everybody up on and a lot to say so there will be a new post every day this week! Stay tuned!
• O Captain! My Captain!
  on Aug 18, 2014 in Quotes
  A week ago, smiles around the world faded when news broke that Robin Williams had passed away. Everyone was shocked as the details of his suicide were released, but as the pieces came together and painted a picture of the final months of his life it...
• Clinical vs Emotional
  on Aug 12, 2014 in Treatment
  A few years ago, in couple’s therapy, we had a discussion about my way of handling our previous rounds of treatment. DH said that I seemed to lack emotional involvement and that I became overly clinical about everything. And, I completely agree. A...
• Is 35 Too Young For A Midlife Crisis?
  on Aug 11, 2014 in Birthday
  Age is just a number, and in a couple of weeks my number will be 35. Normally age and numbers don’t really bother me all that much, but when you are TTC with PCOS and know that you require IVF/IVM you start looking at “35” from a statistical po...
• Unfortunately Fortunate
  on Aug 4, 2014 in Quotes
  “Never let the things you want make you forget the things you have.” Looking back over the last couple of months, we have done extremely well for ourselves. I finally bought a new (used) car and DH decided to get rid of his old Mazda in favor of...
• Dream Diary: “Disneylands”
  on Aug 4, 2014 in Dream Diary
  Ah, hormones. One pill, just one! And this is what my brain does? Disney characters in a Borderlands-like video game mixed with Roger Rabbit?? Here we go…DH and I were characters in a game very similar to Borderlands (which I love and we have playe...

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