Okay, so you don’t actually use a turkey baster, it is a little more high tech than that…also cleaner and more sterile! Phew! My Google research on how to artificially inseminate at home gave me some options that did not … Continue reading
Artificial Insemination – The Who. Well. This is where the whole Artificial Insemination decision gets a little weird and sometimes a little ugly, and the ugly was only on day four of navigating this option. My first step was to re-watch … Continue reading
Artificial insemination (AI) is the deliberate introduction of sperm into a female’s uterus or cervix for the purpose of achieving a pregnancy through in vivo fertilization by means other than sexual intercourse. Insemination may be called in vivo fertilisation (from … Continue reading
Following on from last week…
I’m one day out of surgery, my arm is bandaged – not cast – swollen, and very warm.
I had pain killers that the hospital prescribed that I was to take every 3-4 hours (or as needed) along with Tylenol Extra Strength every 6 hours.
Those first few days, I set my alarm for both doses – even through the night.
When Karen left the morning after the surgery I felt sure this was the time to grieve. I wanted to cry my heart out for the experience of the past four days. Continue reading
Two years ago Saturday I was approved as an adoptive parent. My home study was signed off by me and the team leader at the Ministry of Child and Family Development and I was approved. Two years. It feels like a … Continue reading
Saturday I participated in an Early Child Development Conference workshop entitled “The Blanket Exercise”. This was an interactive workshop about the history of First Nations people in Canada, with particular emphasis on First Nations people in BC. There were many First Nations … Continue reading
Even with adoption no longer feeling imminent, every part of my life I try to translate into a lesson I can learn to either understand my potential future adopted children, or I can use to help them through their own … Continue reading
Last Friday there was an Adoption Networking Event in Victoria, BC. While I wasn’t able to attend this year, I had some other pre-adoptive parent friends who attended and gave me updates. One parent friend sent me messages throughout the … Continue reading
My kitty cat, Greyson, is teaching me what I will be like as a mom. Or at least what I might be like – because a mostly self-sufficient, independent cat is a totally different experience to a child, I do … Continue reading
Saturday I went to my second Be My Parent matching event. This is one of the smaller events, where they set up separate stations of the kids being profiled with laptops playing video or slideshows, along with a one page … Continue reading