I got a positive pregnancy test this morning.
1 1/2 years of acupuncture. 4 tries. 10 frozen sperm vials. G-d I hope it sticks.
It is extremely early. My period would be due tomorrow.
Even if I lose it, this is progress. My eggs work. Maybe I really will carry our second child.
Archive for September, 2008
It worked.
Posted in Uncategorized on September 26, 2008 | 5 Comments »
Laughter
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged withdrawal, tegretol on September 23, 2008 | 2 Comments »
[NB: I found this tidbit of writing from mid-tegretol withdrawal in Feb 2006. At that point, I'd gotten off of zyprexa and klonopin, and was still on Lamictal. It is hard to believe 2 1/2 years have passed since then]
Sometimes I find a piece of myself I didn’t even know I lost.
I’m down to 200mg of Tegretol. [...]
Bootstraps
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged bipolar, depression, medication, recovery on September 18, 2008 | 5 Comments »
One of the major themes when apologists for the current system diagnosis and treatment get going is that people struggling with mental illness cannot be expected to just “pull themselves up by their bootstraps,” that you can’t just “decide” to get better. Back when I believed in my diagnosis, I would take deep offense [...]
Keep Away
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged "high-risk", bipolar, birth, c-section, intervention, post-partum depression on September 5, 2008 | 6 Comments »
I recently spoke with a doctor who founded and runs a clinic specifically for women who are or want to be pregnant who have a mental illness diagnosis, everything from mild depression to schizophrenia with active psychosis. I approached her because I heard her ask a smart question of another doctor about the effects [...]
