In this category you’ll find everything that doesn’t belong in another category 😉 Everything about my life as a mom of Liv, wife of Denny and all the brain waves I have. If I have time 🙂
*We have a little Christmas announcement: Since the blogs keep coming and coming, and I would like to continue a little more in the present, there will be a new blog online EVERY DAY in the Christmas holiday. That means …
First day babysitting Yes! It’s finally time! Today I am babysitting my niece for the first time! I don’t know what I’ve looked forward to more: this day, or starting ICSI soon. She is exactly 3 months old today, and …
1 step at a time Today is the day: the intake for IVF in Gent. I don’t expect much, but now that the day has dawned I’m feeling nervous. We’re very early, because we have to do loads of paperwork …
Mother’s Day Today is Mother’s Day. Yesterday Denny asked me whether I would find it a difficult day. My own mother died in August 2011. I said it wouldn’t be difficult. Missing my mother comes and goes in waves. I …
Back-up-plan Because we have to wait 3 and a half months, I have time to focus on other things, and that’s not so hard with my first niece on the way! I do a maternity shoot with my sister-in-law Sarina, …
IVF/ICSI on own cycle Luckily we make it up quickly. The whole way home we don’t talk to each other, but in the silence I understand Denny’s point of view, and he understands mine. We don’t need to talk it …
The final meeting in Bergen op Zoom On the 25th of March we go back to Bergen op Zoom. We’re not sure why we’re still going, because we’re already completely ready for the meeting in Gent. We don’t expect to …
Tears After Mexico I get my period. So much for letting go. Halfway through March I have a really bad day. I have no idea why. I cry about everything. An email which I don’t like, loads of work waiting for …
Mexico I’m so glad we just booked our holidays without thinking ”maybe I’ll be pregnant then’, or we probably wouldn’t be here. We’ve agreed to just let it go during the holiday, and to talk about it as little as …
The definitive result Two days before we go on holiday, the doctor calls me again. I’m doing a newborn shoot at someone’s home, and I’ve told them I’m expecting a call. When the phone call comes, I walk into the …
The phone call No, don’t let it be the doctor. No, no no! I drive into a parking lot just before the Antwerp exit. Maybe it’s better to not be driving. It’s the doctor. 🙁 “I have bad news. The …
The insemination Denny left early this morning, because his sperm had to be in the pot by 8:00. It’s amazing how quickly you get used to such ‘strange’ conversations. I’m so nervous! He phones at 8:15. He did it, but …