Originally, my plan was for this fertility diary series to be a written post like everything else, but then it just felt more appropriate to actually talk about all of this. I mean, it’s quite personal. So here’s giving that a try. I talk a bit in here about what you can expect in future episodes, but here’s a little preview of what’s in this one:
A recap of my busted-ass fertility journey so far, including a brief rundown of the miscarriages and the time my body decided to grow a tumor instead of a baby (cool)
The tempting future of staying a one-child family and having kids out of the house before I’m 45, aka the dream
The crucial (but perhaps replaceable) role of siblings in one’s life
A tiny bit about how you can get postpartum depression and anxiety from a miscarriage (extremely rude—you don’t even get a baby with the depression! Oops, all depression!) which we’ll discuss more in-depth on a future episode
How I know I’m in my fertile window before ovulation because I feel “shitty and horny” for 3 days
How progesterone feels like poison in my veins
A preview of next week’s “am I pregnant?” testing week update, where we’ll talk about the absolute psychosis that befalls me during the week before my period when I compulsively pee on a thousand cheap internet pregnancy tests
Since we’re doing new things and I genuinely want to know your thoughts about them, and because I very much want this to be a place where other people can chime in with whatever thoughts or experiences they want to share on these topics, I’ll keep comments open on these posts.
Bad Eggs Podcast: the fertility diaries first episode