By BrokenBrownBelle    |    Feb 7, 2012
Posted in: Fear, Friends of BBE, Latest, Pregnant Folk, Procedures, Success Stories, The Emotions     |    No Comments

BrokenBrownBelle: “The other side of my infertility” Part 3

There were more appointments then ever. And instead of reading about people talking about beating PCOS and drifting into motherhood, the talk had turned to talk to exclusively the word miscarriage. That word could strike fear in my heart like no needle ever could and  it was suddenly everywhere. Oh my God, could I have come this far only to spend every set aside dime and then lose my baby?!? This never was [...]

By Mrs.Tiye    |    Jan 22, 2012
Posted in: Anger, Choices, Confusion, Fear, Latest, Medicines & Treatments, MrsTiye, PCOS, Procedures, Sadness, The Emotions     |    10 Comments

Good Mornin, Metformin

So, it has been a while since I’ve taken the time to actually POST some tidbits here on the site.  And it is all your fault.  See, most of you follow The Egg on Facebook and we have such great conversations there, that by the time I get over here, I have nothing else to say because we’ve talked it to death over the course of a day! But, getting [...]

By BrokenBrownBelle    |    Jan 19, 2012
Posted in: A.H.A., BrokenBrownBelle, Fear, Joy, Latest, Medicines & Treatments, Procedures, Success Stories     |    No Comments

BrokenBrownBelle: “The other side of my infertility” Part 2

I thought the entire time, I would get pregnant and that this would all be over. No one warned me that this is not a fight for the weak and that it lasts a lifetime. I was never this tough. If I knew then, what I know now, I might have never started this fight.  My story is just what I described in previous posts, and to be honest I’d spent [...]

By Mrs.Tiye    |    Jul 9, 2011
Posted in: Conditions & Diagnosis, Hypothyroidism, Medicines & Treatments, Miscellaneous Rants, MrsTiye, PCOS, Procedures, Tales From the Darkside, The Emotions     |    1 Comment

Seems like You’re Ready….

So, when I originally became a member of the embattled, tough girls of infertility lifestyle, I thought the best way to make myself strong, was to completely act un-phased by things that were the cliche discomforts for infertile women.  The textbook cases of teen -pregnancy haters, bitter stepmothers, and weepy weak women who couldn’t bare to lay eyes on children until they had their own.  I was so busy avoiding [...]

By Mrs.Tiye    |    Feb 24, 2011
Posted in: Abortion, Advocacy, Foundations/Organizations, Latest, Procedures, Race & Infertility, Responsible Conception     |    No Comments

Scare Tactics: The Great Reproductive (in)Justice

Planned Parenthood is not our enemy here. Nor is the African American womb. Our enemy is the lack of education and resources. Our enemy is a misrepresentation of the idea behind Reproductive Justice. Our enemy is a political machine that is willingly allowing millions to fall by the wayside in a false effort to “save” children that they are proving they won’t adequately support once their born, anyway.

By BrokenBrownBelle    |    Oct 16, 2010
Posted in: BrokenBrownBelle, Conditions & Diagnosis, Hypothyroidism, Latest, Medicines & Treatments, Nonfiction, PCOS, Procedures, Weight Loss     |    No Comments

Recovery

Our lovable and honest Belle is back with a message from her recovery room and a lesson on Metformin, Synthroid and learning how our meds work.

By Mrs.Tiye    |    Aug 12, 2010
Posted in: Advocacy, Cancer, Conditions & Diagnosis, Nonfiction, Procedures, The Eggshelf, The Emotions     |    3 Comments

The EggShelf: “The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks” by Rebecca Skloot

"Patients believed what doctors said..."Especially black patients in public wards", she writes." How The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks increased my passion for Reproductive Health Awareness, and a need to engage more African Americans in medical literacy.

By BrokenBrownBelle    |    Aug 9, 2010
Posted in: Conditions & Diagnosis, Confusion, Latest, Procedures, The Emotions     |    2 Comments

I Hate the Stirrups

Stirrups, Polyps, Thyroid, Oh My! "All I want to know, is why am I just now hearing about it. Surely they saw this when they looked 2 months ago? Well we are here now. This is the present and evidently, this polyp is in the present..."

By Mrs.Tiye    |    Apr 30, 2010
Posted in: Procedures, Success Stories     |    9 Comments

Things Infertility Tried to Steal…

By Mrs.Tiye    |    Apr 18, 2010
Posted in: Coming Events, Foundations/Organizations, Procedures     |    No Comments

WIN A FREE IVF ROUND!!

CNY Fertility Center Celebrates National Infertility Awareness Week by giving away 4 FREE IVF Cycles. GET OVER THERE AND SIGN-UP! AND TELL SOMEONE ELSE ABOUT IT! National Infertility Awareness Week 2010 – IVF Giveaway at CNY Fertility : CNY Fertility Center

By Mrs.Tiye    |    Nov 9, 2009
Posted in: Procedures     |    4 Comments

You skurred? Don’t be skurred.

The subconscious is a cruel little deviant.  But she usually has a point.  So, anywho, I dreamed about this test for some reason, so I can only assume that it is something I’m supposed to share with you guys.  I present to you, the dreaded HSG test.  One of the many preemptive strikes some RE’s or OB/GYN’s will take is the hysterosalpingogram test.  If this is a step that your [...]

By Mrs.Tiye    |    Jun 24, 2009
Posted in: A.H.A., Choices, Friends of BBE, Miscellaneous Rants, Procedures, Success Stories, The Emotions     |    No Comments

Random Thoughts on Infertility…Submitted by a BBE Friend

Random Thoughts on Infertility It’s complicated! It’s personal and yet not so personal! It’s scary! It is a fight to fill a space that your spirit demands be filled. We need to talk about it, empower ourselves, empower each other … come out the dayum closet! My daughter will know her journey to me, my journey to her, our journey to each other. What I know about my body now, [...]