My Lady of the Lantern

In case you haven't noticed it yet, I suddenly have nothing to say. I find myself doing something that a lot of ALI bloggers seem to abhor - the tendency to only write pregnancy details post-BFP . I seriously don't have any more fountains shooting from my brain. I am still in awe of myself, and my body. I always wanted to, but did not really expect for plain sex to do the trick. My pregnancy is not a fruit of 'Just Relax', as I will like to point out in some other post. And when I read Barb's news , it hit me about how short-lived this can be. I am trying to be very positive. ( If you haven't been there already, please do so now....I hurt for her. ) My symptoms continue as usual. Fatigue disappeared for two short days early this week, but is back in full glory. And yes, I do sleep in my office . *he he he* (My cabin is at the absolute end of a long series of cabins and that grants me some privacy.) Off to get some housework done now...with all the precautions, I...

Before anything else, go sing a happy song for Barbara ...she just found out that she is expecting!!! Completely Awesome! And a pure ray of hope! I know that with the previous post, it appeared to some of you that I was all set to get that IUI. No, I won't . I have put on hold a number of things to be pregnant, or to the imaginary prospect of having conceived. I will not compromise a predictable outcome for the sake of something that remains as much a shot in the dark as ever. I have something lined up really...thesis, weight loss, good shot at pregnancy ( and the last two can run concurrent ). But I cannot keep up with the rush of u/s appointments and my guide's expectations. Plus, I am not a good multi-tasker ( ambiguous about it totally ), and I manage superbly only when I am playing Farmville, and tweeting and writing a mail around the same moment of time * ...I am just not upto doing it. I can get the IUI done in this very city, and that is the sweetest thing, you know. An...

I want to share the verbal pearls that make it a hay day for any infertile....all received by yours truly in the first crudder of 2010. You didn't think I would have spared you...did you? " Add sprouts to your diet ." (Aha! ...the germination principle, I suppose?) " She should have an antidepressantpillbrandname mid-cycle ." (That's the latest thing in addictions really....prescription drugs...wow...imagine the possibilities!!!) " She and DH should go out every weekend. Go away from the city. Spend time with each other ." (It is correct. I tend to ovulate every weekend.) Now that the knowledge-sharing is done, I would like to take a while and do the big reveal . It had been guessed well by a bright one . Enjoy! ^WiseGuy^

Mai of Salvageable gave my blog the Over The Top award ! Thank You Mai! There are certain rules that I need to follow to get to eat it, and they read as: 1. you can only use one word! 2. pass this along to 6 of your favorite bloggers 3. alert them that you have given them this award! 4. have fun! 1. Where is your cell phone? Table 2. Your hair? Brown-Black 3. your mother? Spiritual 4. Your father? Funny 5. Your favorite food? Non-Vegetarian 6. Your dream last night? An Office-Event 7. Your favorite drink? Pepsi 8. Your dream/goal? Disneyland 9. What room are you in? Drawing Room 10. Your hobby? Reading 11. Your fear? Snakes 12. Where do you want to be in 6 years? With-kids 13. Where were you last night? Home 14. Something that you aren’t? Skinny 15. Muffins? Chocolate 16. Wish list item? Tattoo 17. Where did you grow up? Land 18. Last thing you did? Spoke 19. What are you wearing? Attitude 20. Your TV? Movies 21. Your pets? Morris and Giccha Piccha 22. Friends? Useful 23. Your life? T...

Meg , Shannon , Kristin (Kekis) and Sharon gave me an award. And boy, am I glad or am I glad! The rules of the award are: Accept the award; post it on your blog together with the name of the person who has granted the award, and his or her blog link. Pass the award to 15 other blogs that you’ve newly discovered. I won’t be giving it only to my new digs; I am going to mix the new with the old! The blogs that receive it from me: Burble Salvageable Wracked By Faith: An Infertility Blog Elana’s Musings Destined to be an old woman with no regrets Samuel Marc An Unwanted Path Last American Girl Standing Not the Path I Chose Secrets of an Infertile Mom By the pricking of my thumbs Becoming Whole Our Life in Nutchell Xiolo's Place The Pitter-Patter Ova-EZ A Family with Ann Ovulation Did I count 15? No. There are certain other blogs that I stalk too, but they have already received the same award from somebody, so I decided to cast the net a little wider, and bring love to even more lovel...

Let me begin this Show and Tell, with a fantastic thing. I got a pendant made by Barbara@Burble through her online shop – Tiny Moments of Pure Joy . The pendant reads 3VERHOPE on one side and 2.12.08 on the other. The word was EVERHOPE and I converted the first alphabet to the number of the embies transferred into their eager home. V is for ‘we’. VER for November (November is the only month that has a V in it). This pendant is perfect for me. I wanted something tangible to remember them with. And it’s turned out precious. Surf over to her shop, because as she says best about her jewellery - Nothing is perfect! The letters won't be lined up with any precision instruments other than my own eyes and hands! But they will be made with love. Also, currently the Indian Laburnum ( Amaltas ) is in bloom and it is hard to miss their glory these days. For your viewing pleasure, here is a selection of these blooms (they are one of my mom’s favourites). Important homework details here ! ^WiseG...

Sharonvw gave me an award. And here’s what it is called – What is expected is that I need to - 1) Choose a minimum of 7 blogs that you find brilliant in content or design. 2) Show the 7 winners names and links on your blog, and leave a comment informing them that they were prized with “Honest Scrap.” Well, there’s no prize, but they can keep the nifty icon. 3) List at least 10 honest things about yourself. Thank You so much, Sharon! Blogs I pick – Cassandra@ Baby Smiling in Back Seat Lindsay@ The Steadfast Warrior Brenda@ Hope Springs Infertile Polly@ In 2 Me See Another Dreamer@ An Unwanted Path Clio@ Dancing with Gaia Elana@ Elana’s Musings One-hit_Wonder@ (Mis)conceptions: An Infertility Blog 10 Honest things about myself – 1. As a teenager, I had braces on my teeth. 2. The orange comb that I use right now has been with me since I was 14 or 15. 3. Talking of footwear, I will always pick up comfort over style. High heels never make it to my list. 4. I am self-centred. I can’t handle...

Monday: It’s night time. A session of lovemaking is in progress. On my side of the bed lies a copy of Sylvia Plath’s The Bell Jar. On his side of the bed, there is a copy of Robin Cook’s Outbreak. We are close to a fine conclusion, when I mentally work upon – “Hmmmm…will my child prefer Robin Cook over Plath?” . Can I see your jaw dropping here…just wait! Tuesday: We are returning home after dinner. Turn on the radio to find a beautiful track playing. I liked the song a lot when that particular movie released and over the period of time, try as hard as I could, I was not able to recall its first line. So when the song came on, not only did I not give it all my ears, but I also started wondering why did I forget to scout more the last time I thought of it. Then I start wondering about whether I should set it as my dialer tone? (Dialer tone is the music heard by anyone calling my mobile number). Then I think that since the song is about a mother searching for a son she has lost, people...