Love and Science

Tonight's post is a happy one. Not that the other ones were necessarily unhappy, but tonight's is a full circle for 2017 but also a tribute to an anniversary. December 29, 2011 That date will forever be etched in my memory as the beginning and ending of everything. And it truly is. Six years ago today I found out I was pregnant with Scarlett. Life shattering Heart broken Devestated Just a few adjectives that surrounded that moment of realization when the insanely dense blue line that popped up wasn't a control line, it was a "dear lord woman, you are pregnant" line. I was twenty-three years old, home on winter break from my master's program, when I realized I was a few days late and the stomach flu everyone else in my family had may actually be a surge of pregnancy hormones for me. I honestly took the the test thinking it would ease my mind, that with the stress of finals and holidays I was just a few days off. How wrong I was. Liter...

I considered posting for a few days now, and was going to write what I was going through and how I felt. But talking felt better than writing. Thank you again for all the support.

I have been a total slacker. I've taken a break from writing to enjoy the glorious month off where I wasn't been poked, prodded or otherwise bothered with needles and ultrasounds. It was simply amazing after nearly 7 months of weekly (or more) testing and medications. It was much needed and I'm feeling great. That being said, by some lovely twist of fate I ended up sick from Halloween until November 20th. If you're wondering, that's over three weeks. So while I wasn't taking a thousand hormones, I was one two rounds of prednisone, two antibiotics and an antiviral for Influenza B, bronchitis, sinus infection and finally pneumonia. Despite that, it really was nice to take a break. We did a lot the last month, I celebrated my *gasp* 29th birthday, Matty and I escaped for a weekend to Milwaukee and enjoyed Thanksgiving with our family. That makes up from the rest of the crap. We started prepping for our transfer on 11/13, which surprisingly included more daily i...