Resolve, The National Infertility Association of America, lists a variety of emotional and physical symptoms in response to not getting pregnant when you want to get pregnant. They include but are not limited to: ~Lack of energy (especially when you have an unsuccessful cycle, on medical appointment days, or when you will see a pregnant friend); ~Headaches ~Irritability (snapping at people or making mountains out of molehills) ~Insomnia ~Extreme sadness ~Inability to concentrate Shoplifting is nowhere on this list. Yet in the nearly three years it took me to conceive, along with over $22,000 in home-refinancing and credit card debt, I also acquired the following: ~One black large-ring pullback belt with double buckle ~A boxy caramel suede jacket with fringe on the front pockets and hem ~Decadent Fig, Orchid Surrender, and Cheating Heart lipstick (Estee Lauder) ~Two bottles of 2006 Chalone Vineyard Pinot Noir ~ The complete boxed set of My So-Called-Life. Much like infertility, shoplifting requires a certain kind of seat-of-your-pants creativity. *This essay by Jennifer Maher from Full Grown People on The Manifest-Station is so offing good!!
Posted on: Fri, 17 Oct 2014 16:55:44 +0000