I’ve been reading IF blogs for the last several months as a way to get support after 20 months of ttc and the recent discovery that I have endometriosis (complete with a large – 6.6 x 6.4 x 4.6 cm – cyst on my left ovary). After trying for 13 consecutive months, DH and I (I’ll try to come up with a good blog name for him soon) had tests done; everything OK except for this chocolate cyst and a borderline FSH of 9. Around this time, I started spending a lot of time online, googling and reading IF blogs. I don’t want this blog to be only about IF, so I am going to start by noting several other significant things currently happening in my life.
1. DH and I are getting ready to go to the Democratic Republic of Congo in February 2009, for 3 years. We’ll be sharing the job of coordinating a public health program, working for an NGO (to remain unnamed).
2. I love languages and recently did my MA in Linguistics. Right now, I am working on transforming part of my thesis into an article about missionary linguist ideology. Although my thesis has been at the back of my mind for several months, it still excites me enough that I can read an excerpt from one of my interviews, sigh and groan loudly enough for DH to ask what’s wrong, and sit and dream about church language policy for several minutes.
3. I currently teach English at a local college. I like teaching, and I like languages, but teaching people to speak a language is not what I am best at. However, it is a good challenge, and a good part-time pre-Congo job.
4. I am very involved in my local church(es). More about that some other time.
Right now, I’m going to go watch a couple of episodes of the delightful BBC series “As time goes by” before going to bed. More soon.
This is a private blog – for now. Maybe one day I’ll let RL friends read it. I’m 28, have been married for 6 years, ttc for 22 months, have endometriosis and am awaiting surgery, and would like to blog about IF as well as other aspects of my life.
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