Psychedelic Sock It To Me!

A HUGE thank you to the one who sent me these awesome socks:

Aren't they gorgeous?! They definitely lifted my day!

I don't know who the person was who sent them, but THANK YOU!!

What is "Sock It To Me"? It's the brainchild of Roxy Saucebox over at The Smartness. She's done this before. The idea is to send fun socks (or office supplies) to someone and receive a fun package of the same from someone else! I never buy fun socks for myself, so this was a treat.

The theme for this year was:  
It has been roughly a year and a half since the last SITM Exchange. Reflect on the past 18 or so months – how has support from others, either in the blogosphere or otherwise, helped you? 


Here's what I've been up to:

• Feb 2010: recovered from 2nd ectopic pregnancy (Methotrexate anyone?) from my FET and the passing of my dear grandma and my lovely cat Fluffy (three losses in a row, splendid!)
• Spring and Summer 2010: time off of treatment
• Fall 2010: prepare for IVF #3 with Dr. Z
• Jan 2011: IVF #3 = BFN, no frosties. Total heartbreak. Stop treatment
• Spring 2011: no treatment
• Summer 2011: marriage crisis and begin marriage counseling and rebuilding my marriage
• Aug 2011: Hail Mary donor sperm IUI = BFP! High betas (twins?)
• Sept 2011: First U/S: singleton sighted!! 2nd U/S: heartbeat
• Current: 8w1d pregnant. Next U/S on Thursday. Hoping the little one is sticking around.

It's been a real roller-coaster of a couple of years. I have to thank my Resolve leader for encouraging me (over and over) to go for donor sperm IUI. She helped give me hope when I had given up entirely.

~Jem