From Fitness to Fertility As seen on Athleta’s Chi Blog HERE February 12, 2014 By Jenna Zaffino The year of 2012 had me completely in the zone. I had been dancing, running and Pilates-ing my way through the past 11 years of my life, I was the head of my successful Pilates studio and had […]
Continued from MIA Part I….. Somehow that one fertilized egg made it through to the 8 cell stage. I was unfazed. Both of my last embryos were 8 cell and did not yield a pregnancy. I was not excited. During the transfer, my husband was late, we didn’t get a good picture of the embryo […]
Well, I’ve been holding my breath for a good 2 months, so we’ll start back from the last post. In August, I was anything but positive… Pissed off at people trying to help but not wanting to listen, I retracted and started to plan. The cycle went something like this – good growth of my […]
Well, I went off of the radar for a few, licked my wounds and starting on Wednesday, I get back on the roller coaster ride that is IVF for one more time with my own eggs. I’ve spent the last few weeks truly questioning and reflecting on how moving forward with IF treatments will happen […]
Hi Ya’ll, I’ve taken two weeks off (how therapeutic of me) since my BFN of last cycle. There is a lot to come but I’m not quite ready to put it all out on text…. in the meantime, some advice that I mustered up today: I believe that the anxiety is there to help us […]
This morning I spotted a woman I know who was suddenly visibly pregnant (what’s up with that sudden visibility anyway?) Long story short, she met her husband, they were married within months and now they’re pregnant. I know her husband well and know that he’s wanted to find someone to start a family with for […]
This was written following my first unsuccessful medicated IUI cycle: Sometimes I find myself being consciously caught in a lesson. This time it happened in the Whole Foods checkout line, while attempting to soothe myself through purchasing a majorly big bag of Jane’s popcorn (the best popcorn ever – like ever!) The theme of this […]
What Doesn't Kill You Makes You Fertile? 