Made me smile

Don't get me wrong, I am thrilled to be pregnant. But sometimes I wish the world were a little bit more like this (as long as people didn't assume that you can "just" make this choice or that it's an easy path). 

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IVF baby humor

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Hallmark Rejects

Long ago and far away, Will and I used to produce an occasional series called Hallmark Rejects to document the ridiculous, and often darkly humorous, aspects of trying to conceive and the experience of recurrent miscarriage. Because it's not fun to be sad all the time.

We've been on a long hiatus, because, well...for awhile, we lost our ability to laugh about this stuff. But today, today, we were in the mood again.

I can't promise this will keep up with any regularity, but for now at least, here is another installment of the series Hallmark Rejects...after a long not-so-funny absence.

We hope you enjoy.

Mo and Will

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For your amusement

Made me chuckle (and a little sad, too) thinking of all the time we've spent doing IVF cycling and me shot up with depot lupron, or recovering from procedures, or on pelvic rest waiting for my beta...all the while poor Will waiting patiently, his sperm starting to look like this...

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If we dressed up for Halloween

Mo's costume
Pretty much sums up how I feel about my eggs these days...

Will's costume
minus the condom logo, other "sperm," and merchandise

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Egg donor humor

So I'm basically a seedless watermelon?

Hmmmm....

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Hallmark Rejects: TV series that never made it

Hallmark Rejects is back again, today with a look at infertility-related television show ideas that never made it onto the air.

Our first Hallmark Reject TV idea is inspired by a popular 1990s show that you may vaguely remember.

Populated with muscled hunks and attractive curvaceous women, filled with romantic intrigue and drama, set on the lovely beaches of Southern California...

Our new television series idea is similar in many ways to the hit formula followed by Baywatch, with just a few tweaks, to make it more, shall we say, infertile.

Brought to you by Hallmark Rejects, please enjoy:

In which two people agonize, staring intently at a small white stick, hoping a second line will appear. Most episodes, the line doesn't appear, but on those rare occasions that it does, our intrepid (and neurotic) couple continue to worry, peeing repeatedly and looking again and again in a vain attempt to see the line darken.

It's just like Baywatch, except, well, no beach, the actors are pasty skinned, nonmuscular, the woman is covered in bruises from multiple injections, and most of the episodes take place in a bathroom. There is also very little sex in our show, which is funny, because this couple is desperately trying to have a baby!

Not sure why this didn't take off and become a runaway sensation... Maybe we need a new agent or something?

Mo

Got an idea for Hallmark Rejects? Submissions welcome at moandwill@gmail.com

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Hallmark Rejects: the two week wait

Got a friend in the two week wait?

Not sure what to say to convey your excitement, your vicarious nervousness, your unwavering sensitivity to her hope and anxiety? Look no further than the latest Hallmark Reject, back after a long hiatus.

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