I remember the call from the nurse with lab values confirming that my uterus was in fact “sleeping” like they suspected. Wait, what? sleeping? Let’s just wake it up! Let’s just wake it up! Oh, that’s not how this works? OK, let me grab a pen. As I write down the letters and numbers, even […]

Seven years ago I was told, “Your body will never return to normal, here’s some pills, come back when you want to drain your bank account and I’ll try to make you pregnant.” My first thought, *what bank account?* Second thought, *wait, what?* I was given a blanket diagnosis for my period never returning. The […]

Casey, my husband, has been trying to buy me a “real” camera for YEARS, since the day we met actually. But, like many, we were poor college kids, then poor newlyweds, then homeowners… You get it. Eventually we decided that it’s never practical to drop thousands of dollars on something thats unnecessary. So like responsible […]