https://mybrowneggs.com/2017/07/13/its-been-a-long-time-i-shouldnt-have/https://mybrowneggs.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/babyquestions.jpgbabyquestions2017-07-13T05:06:03+00:00monthlyhttps://mybrowneggs.com/2013/08/22/baby-sunshine-from-postpartum-blues/https://mybrowneggs.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/img_1280-800x600.jpgIMG_1280 (800x600)This must be a couple days after I gave birth. I'm apparently off bed rest and taking a quiet moment as Baby Girl sleeps nearby. 2013-08-22T16:30:09+00:00monthlyhttps://mybrowneggs.com/2013/08/14/happy-birthday-babies/https://mybrowneggs.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/img_03311.jpgIMG_03312013-08-14T08:05:11+00:00monthlyhttps://mybrowneggs.com/2013/08/14/labor-day-revisited/2013-08-14T07:25:21+00:00monthlyhttps://mybrowneggs.com/2013/08/13/get-out-mah-belly/https://mybrowneggs.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/img_0235.jpgIMG_02352013-08-13T12:21:39+00:00monthlyhttps://mybrowneggs.com/2012/11/28/reflections/https://mybrowneggs.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/thankful.jpgthankful2013-02-08T21:21:21+00:00monthlyhttps://mybrowneggs.com/2012/09/27/unbelievabl/2012-09-28T03:32:21+00:00monthlyhttps://mybrowneggs.com/2012/05/03/ellens-magnificat/https://mybrowneggs.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/brown_1-1.jpgbrown_1-1This is my mother in her 20s. We definitely looked alike. They didn't call me "little mama Brown" for nothing. 2012-05-05T18:57:41+00:00monthlyhttps://mybrowneggs.com/2012/02/23/pregnancy-aint-for-punks/https://mybrowneggs.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/woman-crying.jpgwoman-cryingI do this or get very close at leasts once a day. 2012-05-03T06:12:38+00:00monthlyhttps://mybrowneggs.com/2012/02/20/dancing-babies/https://mybrowneggs.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/story_dancing_baby.jpgstory_dancing_babyAnybody remember the dancing baby from the "Ally McBeal" days? I've got two of 'em just a movin' and groovin' like no one is watching.2012-02-21T03:45:07+00:00monthlyhttps://mybrowneggs.com/2012/02/20/deuces-wild/https://mybrowneggs.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/babies-8-weeks-heartbeats1.jpgbabies -- 8 weeks heartbeats(Top) Rufus is calmly positioned for capturing a heartbeat of 177 beats per minute at 8 weeks and 3 days. (Bottom) The seemingly irritated Reefus would barely stay still to measure a 183-beats-per-minute heart rate at 8 weeks and 3 days.https://mybrowneggs.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/img00850-20120126-0933.jpgIMG00850-20120126-0933Rufus is calmly positioned for capturing a heartbeat of 177 beats per minute at 8 weeks and 3 days.https://mybrowneggs.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/img00849-20120126-0932.jpgIMG00849-20120126-0932The seemingly irritated Reefus would barely stay still to measure a 183-beats-per-minute heart rate at 8 weeks and 3 days.2012-02-21T03:29:15+00:00monthlyhttps://mybrowneggs.com/2012/02/12/look-at-me-look-at-mee-ee-eeeeee/https://mybrowneggs.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/iamchanging.jpgiamchangingThis is the album cover for the original "Dreamgirls," featuring Jennifer Holliday. I'm a sucker for classics even when the remake is awesome.2013-02-02T01:38:11+00:00monthlyhttps://mybrowneggs.com/2012/01/24/birthday-card-from-god/https://mybrowneggs.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/rnr.jpgrnrMeet babies-to-be Rufus and Reefus, who officially have heartbeats. We saw the hearts beating like two fluttering hummingbirds two days before my birthday. Happy birthday, indeed.2012-02-02T21:29:28+00:00monthlyhttps://mybrowneggs.com/2012/01/22/my-hannah-moment/https://mybrowneggs.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/crying.jpgcryingAs the story goes from I Samuel, Hannah couldn't have a child and "was in bitterness of soul, and prayed to the Lord, and wept sore." It hurt until she cried, and she cried until it hurt. 2012-01-23T04:25:31+00:00monthlyhttps://mybrowneggs.com/2012/01/11/it-is-no-secret-what-god-can-d/https://mybrowneggs.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/sparkling-grape-juice.jpgsparkling grape juiceWe're breaking out the sparkling grape bubbly with wine glasses from past tastings at Williamsburg Winery, where it all began for the Mr. and I.2012-01-14T01:44:22+00:00monthlyhttps://mybrowneggs.com/2012/01/05/read-between-the-line/https://mybrowneggs.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/img00816-20111230-0416.jpgIMG00816-20111230-0416He wanted to know, so after I'd did the pregnancy test honors -- bright and early at 4 a.m. -- I woke up the Mr. to show him the results.2012-01-23T20:49:56+00:00monthlyhttps://mybrowneggs.com/2011/12/30/another-reason-infertility-kicks-rocks/https://mybrowneggs.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/angry-black-woman.jpgAngry-Black-WomanThis doesn't even begin to show what nine kinds of ticked off looks like. I was here -- and for good doggone reason.2011-12-31T01:41:47+00:00monthlyhttps://mybrowneggs.com/2011/12/29/pee-er-pressure-in-the-mr-s-own-words/https://mybrowneggs.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/doubt_dice.jpgdoubt_diceI'm comfortable with this scenario, but the Mr. needs something more. 2011-12-30T04:34:02+00:00monthlyhttps://mybrowneggs.com/2011/12/28/to-pee-or-not-to-pee/https://mybrowneggs.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/hamlet.jpghamletOK, so the question wasn't "to pee or not to pee." However, the real query did evaluate the value of seeking resolution once and for all. Aside from that, Mel Gibson's portrayal of "Hamlet" is my favorite. The other guy with the white hair creeps me out.2011-12-29T04:57:47+00:00monthlyhttps://mybrowneggs.com/2011/12/22/double-double-toil-and-trouble/https://mybrowneggs.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/bonabroomstick.jpgbonabroomstickDespite good news, I'm still wary of the other shoe dropping. And given my reaction to a series of poop storms, I should also be watching for houses.2011-12-23T14:51:20+00:00monthlyhttps://mybrowneggs.com/2011/12/18/heres-to-the-numbers-game/https://mybrowneggs.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/blood-coll.jpgblood collThe "butterfly" part goes into a vein, and a blood collection tube attaches to the "vacuum." I gotta do this again in a couple days. It used to be fine, but now these little suckers are starting to hurt. 2011-12-19T14:57:20+00:00monthlyhttps://mybrowneggs.com/2011/12/16/alas-poor-embryos-i-knew-them/https://mybrowneggs.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/skittles.jpgskittlesMy quest for motherhood is like looking for red Skittles, i.e., good-quality eggs, in a bag of many colors.2011-12-19T14:55:55+00:00monthlyhttps://mybrowneggs.com/2011/12/15/its-the-drugs/https://mybrowneggs.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/latest-drugs.jpglatest drugsWe're done with the injectables, but these two seem to pack a more emotional punch. The Mr. finds it funny; he's allowed. Everyone else, look out.2012-12-12T20:17:34+00:00monthlyhttps://mybrowneggs.com/2011/12/11/send-in-the-embryo/https://mybrowneggs.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/transfer.jpgtransferThis is a copy of the screen-grab image from the ultrasound at the moment of the embryo transfer. 2011-12-12T15:49:22+00:00monthlyhttps://mybrowneggs.com/2011/12/09/not-the-octomama/https://mybrowneggs.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/dinosaurstvshow.jpgdinosaursTVshowRemember this "Dinosaurs" baby who's phrase was "Not the mama?" Let's take it a step further: not the octomama. I'll smile to be polite, but your joke isn't funny.2011-12-10T17:20:45+00:00monthlyhttps://mybrowneggs.com/2011/12/06/fentanyl-is-your-friend/https://mybrowneggs.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/2-cell.jpg2-cellThis is a 2-cell embryo on Day 2 (from http://www.drmalpani.com/embryos.htm#).2011-12-10T23:55:04+00:00monthlyhttps://mybrowneggs.com/2011/12/05/countdown/https://mybrowneggs.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/squirrel-gray.jpgsquirrel-grayOne innocent victim of my hormone-induced emotional outburst hours before the egg retrieval2011-12-05T14:56:08+00:00monthlyhttps://mybrowneggs.com/2011/12/03/write-this-down/https://mybrowneggs.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/cider.jpgciderMonday is egg retrieval day, but hold the sparkling cider. I've had too many BFNs to get excited just yet. 2011-12-05T13:11:09+00:00monthlyhttps://mybrowneggs.com/2011/12/02/mindless-update/2011-12-04T05:08:56+00:00monthlyhttps://mybrowneggs.com/2011/12/02/ganirelix-is-the-devil/https://mybrowneggs.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/breakfast.jpgBreakfastThis Ganirelix acetate shot might as well be a small taste of hell in injection form. 2011-12-09T19:59:03+00:00monthlyhttps://mybrowneggs.com/2011/11/28/what-if/https://mybrowneggs.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/negative-test-003.jpgNegative Test 003The ominous BFN, or big fat negative. What if after all of the insemination and in-vitro fertilization attempts, this is all I see? God forbid.2011-12-06T19:10:57+00:00monthlyhttps://mybrowneggs.com/2011/11/26/sugar-honey-iced-tea/2011-11-27T02:35:23+00:00monthlyhttps://mybrowneggs.com/2011/11/24/its-only-a-test/https://mybrowneggs.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/tgiving-wknd.jpgT'giving wkndBag lady, you gon' miss your bus dragging all dem drugs like that. That's just for the holiday weekend.2011-11-24T07:47:57+00:00monthlyhttps://mybrowneggs.com/2011/11/21/20-questions-part-ii/https://mybrowneggs.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/octuplets2.jpgOctupletsUh, file what you see in this rendering of Nadya Suleman's womb under "Not Gonna Happen." (from iammodern.com)2012-10-26T17:47:16+00:00monthlyhttps://mybrowneggs.com/2011/11/19/lets-play-20-questions-part-1/https://mybrowneggs.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/the-drugs.jpgthe drugsThey arrived. That's a month of in-vitro fertilization drugs. 2011-12-06T19:05:13+00:00monthlyhttps://mybrowneggs.com/about/https://mybrowneggs.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/eyes.jpgeyes2012-02-17T06:15:39+00:00weekly0.6https://mybrowneggs.com/2011/11/18/apologies-to-nancy-reagan/https://mybrowneggs.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/399px-nrjustsayno.jpg399px-NRJUSTSAYNOI followed Nancy Reagan's advice. Alas, my answer has changed.2011-11-18T21:57:35+00:00monthlyhttps://mybrowneggs.com/2011/11/15/eggs-of-a-different-color/https://mybrowneggs.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/cage-free-brown-eggs2.jpgMy Brown EggsOK, so those aren't really mine. But you get the idea.https://mybrowneggs.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/cage-free-brown-eggs1.jpgcage-free-brown-eggs2013-10-09T17:13:53+00:00monthlyhttps://mybrowneggs.comdaily1.02017-07-13T05:06:03+00:00