Greg Bales

Being On Hold...

In 2008, after two years of failing to make a child organically, we learned the doom Kathy had already been feeling for more than a year was justified: I was diagnosed with male-factor infertility. Our only real chance to move forward would be in vitro fertilization. We couldn’t afford it; we couldn’t afford not to do it. One way we tried to work through that diagnosis, our anger, and our options was to start a secret infertility blog, “Less Than a Million.” This post and what comments from 2008 that are attached to it come from that blog.—gb

Sucks. Although being actively TTC without success sucks, too.

I kind of thought “taking a break” would be a bit of a relief, but it’s not. I just keep thinking that all of this lovely eggwhite cervical mucus is just going to waste. And of course, the pregnancy and birth announcements from friends isn’t helping much.

But at least I’ll have nothing to fear from the chicken pox. That’s something, right?