2021-05-20 18:56
It’s been a long, long time since I updated my blog. Thanks to the Almighty, I’m now a mom of twins – a boy and a girl. My twins were delivered via C-section earlier this m… Read More
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2019-10-25 15:19
It’s been 6 months since I updated this blog. And, I’m still childless. In my last post, I had mentioned that we were contemplating IVF. But I was in 2 minds about it for the lon… Read More
2019-03-28 14:48
My husband’s surgeon, the one who had messed up his hernia operation (which led to his azoospermia) had told him a few weeks back that it was wise not to waste time and plan on IVF-ICS… Read More
2019-02-05 08:24
Growing up, I had often heard about “depression”, but did not realise the full impact of its blow until it actually hit me.
Infertility has hijacked my life. Not only is infertil… Read More
2018-11-30 16:04
I had a lovely dream yesterday.. In the dream I was expecting, and no doubt, my husband and I were simply ecstatic. It was a miracle, and we were totally unprepared for the surprise. N… Read More
2018-09-20 13:49
Coping with infertility seems like suffering from a wound that never heals – the rawness of the wound makes you feel like you’re in constant discomfort and pain. There’s a… Read More
2018-08-30 16:16
I spent almost a month at my in-laws’ place after my SIL was blessed with twins and came back to my home, sweet, home last week after Eid. It feels heavenly to be back home with my hub… Read More
2018-07-23 13:42
My SIL who had IVF done last year gave birth to twins via C-section last week – a boy and a girl. Everyone was overjoyed at the new arrivals. Though they arrived a month early ( which… Read More
2018-06-28 08:19
It’s been a couple of months since I’ve updated my blog. Nothing has changed for us. Our situation is the same. We’re still infertile. In April, we discovered that my… Read More
2018-04-20 05:47
A few days back, my husband finally underwent a semen analysis and the results just devastated us completely. We had not been prepared for this at all. He has azoospermia – his sperm c… Read More
2018-04-01 18:49
Somethings never change… like my infertility journey. It’s long, tiring, boring and unending.
A couple of weeks back, I had my bartholin cyst removed surgically. I had it… Read More
2018-02-11 15:47
I remembered my infertility blog as I’m at the wrong time of the month again. I’d visited a gyno during my last af and I had been diagnosed with cervical erosion and a chocolate… Read More
2018-01-09 16:45
Have you ever had the feeling that you’ve won, but then, realised it was a mistake on your part and you’ve actually lost ? Well, that’s what happened to me today.
Dealing w… Read More
2017-12-29 14:07
According to the Sharee’ah (Islamic law), there is no legal adoption. It is prohibited for a person to legally adopt a son or a daughter of whom he is not the biological father. If a p… Read More
2017-12-19 07:56
The last month of the year 2017…and that too has gone by without bearing any fruit. That makes it exactly 4.5 years of trials and errors. I’ve been trying to conceive since June… Read More
2017-11-26 07:30
In my neighbourhood, my house is perhaps the quietest house of all. From outside, people can never tell whether there is someone residing inside because of its quietness. Whereas every… Read More
2017-11-18 15:28
Yesterday, before taking ghusl for Friday prayers, I noticed a little bit of spotting but I assumed it was too early for af to begin. It is not uncommon for me to experience mid-cycle spotti… Read More
2017-11-14 15:28
Infertility hurts…it’s really painful to come across women who have kids while I’m the deprived one. It stabs me deep in the heart when women comment “What do you do… Read More
2017-10-29 17:12
Another month…another disappointment…another failure. AF made its entry once again yesterday. This month, I was more or less expecting failure as there hardly had been any inti… Read More
2017-10-23 18:13
I’ve been extremely busy for the last week or so because my husband and I have changed homes. My in-laws have come over to help us shift, so, I hardly get any free time for relaxation… Read More
2017-10-13 11:52
Recently, I’ve become obsessed with all things related to babies – a little too much. And I don’t know how to break off the habit.
90% of videos on my YouTube homepage are… Read More
2017-10-07 13:29
In my last entry , I’d written about why I felt it was better to be childless than have a disrespectful child who will be a source of distress to you later on in life. From what I&rs&hellip…Read More
2017-10-05 12:48
A few days back, my husband came home from work and told me that an elderly man in his 60s had come to the hospital and requested for a free consultation. The lady at the cash counter had re… Read More
2017-10-04 11:16
Childless women whine about missing out on the joys of pregnancy and motherhood and rightly so. Becoming a mother is a life-altering event and majority of women describe it as being the most… Read More
2017-10-03 12:03
Another poem from my archives about my longing and desire to become a mother. This poem was written in October 2015.
So empty does this house of mine feel
Going through infertility is a tire… Read More
2017-09-30 01:50
As I was going through old notes on my cellphone earlier today, I came across this poem which I’d written in October last year. It fits with the blog’s theme of infertility, so… Read More
2017-09-29 10:59
Battling with infertility drains up so much of your internal energy and strength, that you do not have any inclination or mood to battle with anybody/anything outside. You just learn to over… Read More
2017-09-28 12:17
Sometimes you get so wrapped up in lamenting about what you don’t have in life that you forget to appreciate and be thankful for what you do have.
I was thinking the other day, that ha… Read More
2017-09-27 11:13
A year or so back, I became interested in gardening and plants. As we currently live in a flat, we do not own a garden, however we have a few potted plants in our balcony. I used to ha… Read More
2017-09-26 11:09
Sewing was my hobby once – I would stitch a lot of shalwar kameezes for myself. Before my wedding , I had stitched plenty of dresses to wear after marriage. However, a few of them rema… Read More
2017-09-23 12:55
Yesterday night, we learned that the wife of a close friend & business partner of my husband was expecting. The couple had gotten married 7 months after us and my husband and his friend… Read More
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