Tuesday, September 2, 2008

Email sent to my co-workers

Below is the email I sent to 4 of my coworkers last night.

The chosen few, that's who you are. You four lucky women that get to
know all about our baby-makin process...=)
Anyway, as I told you all last week, our first medically assisted insem did not work. (This is the one they do in the doctor's office with a long catheter and thawed
swimmers.)
You see, our known donor moved away to Boston, so we could not longer do the insems at home. Total bummer, but we thought that with the medical intervention, our chances of a positive pregnancy might increase. Yeah, not so much.
Although we love our RE (reproductive endocrinologist), and all the monitoring, it is very expensive. Just to get the little swimmers to Michigan costs almost $600 for 5mL. 5mL?! That's not much, let me tell you. And that is not including any
medical costs for the actual procedure. The RE's office hasn't figured out how to code the actual insemination for a lesbian couple. Great. So we might have to pay
that upfront and hope and pray to get reimbursed through B's insurance (her
insurance pays up to $5000 lifetime for infertility). As a result, sadly, we have to sit a cycle out. (Hopefully only one..)We are looking for another local donor, but we
realized we really have no male friends. Anybody know a healthy guy, preferably with known successful swimmers? Let us know. =)
So that's our story.While we wait to get pregnant, I am growing my hair out. I have decided it will be a great distraction for myself and as a bonus it will be a great visual for y'all. That way there is no awkward questions or glances at those mid-year PD days. If the hair is short, congratulate. if not..well..don't say anything....unless you
want a f-emotional basketcase on your hands. Perhaps by the end of this all,
locks of love will get a nice donation. And if for some reason I choose to cut my hair and get sick of it, i'll let you know too.
Sorry if that was TMI. I promise it will be the first and last email on this subject...unless you ask. =)
Have a happy first day of school.
J

3 comments:

faedrake said...

Your hair idea is great. I might actually consider something similar after fielding several, "Well...?" questions today at work.

Ali said...

Great idea about the hair!

Anonymous said...

awesome post...just awesome. lovin' the hair idea too.