adieu, farewell, auf wiedersehen, goodbye

Third beta - 1769. No more blood tests needed, ultrasound in another 10 days or so.

Thank you all so much for your support. I started this blog because IF and IVF outraged and confused me. The whole process is demoralizing, destabilizing and ignored by the world at large. Little did I know my process would end after exactly 3.5 years of trying. Pregnancy on the other hand may be confusing but it is not an outrage, it is not ignored by the world.

I am not really interested in writing a pregnancy blog - there are many, many, many of them out there. If anything really bad or really good happens I may add a note, a sort of postcript to my narrative of IVF, but I don't think I'll be posting much more.

I spent a long time being a commenter and I want to continue - I am so touched and impressed by all of you out there. Amazingly strong and resilient women who are so giving and kind to complete strangers.

I will leave my IVF story up here for people to read. If someone comes along with my diagnosis they may find some solace in my happy end. I'll keep checking my email so feel free to ask me anything at all.

I'm tempted to keep doing book reviews and I'd love to start a blog about overachieving women professionals but at this point I'm afraid to write about my job.

I cannot thank all the commenters enough - even the anonymous ones - you were so, so helpful and kind to me.

With lots and lots of love and good wishes - Penelope