wedding dress

I love these yellow, white and green flowers. My little sister is using this color combination for her wedding so I have been pouring over different bouquets for inspiration.

I love this illustration by Ruth Sanderson. I did a guest post about her books on my big sister's blog A Window to the World.

I love the pop of yellow in this blue room.

And I love this old post on My Happy Little Life on the cycles of infertility. I can totally relate. I am all done with my current Doctor and researching and preparing to visit other doctor's around the US. Hopefully I can find one I feel more comfortable with. I have also been reading books and articles on infertility, they have me pondering a diet change to a more wholesome diet. By wholesome I mean more whole grains, fruits and veggies and less meat. I want to try to switch to organic meat at least, I figure I already have problems with the hormones in my body and the hormones they have me give my body, do I really need the hormones from my meat? I think this will take some more research. Anyway, over the next year I am going to see a couple different doctors and clinics to find one that I feel good about before we start IVF.

photos via house beautiful, ruth sanderson, christine olson photography

I finished reading this book about a month ago. I thought it was mediocre. One of the hardest things with infertility is learning to cope with the emotions, the side affects, for me getting shots everyday has been a struggle, and finding good and helpful information.

I was hoping to find some ways to cope and good information but this book is all about people telling their story, which is good, but not what I was looking for.

My sister's friend highly recommended this book so it is next on my list.

I found this book on Amazon, I haven't decided whether or not to get it but I am intrigued by it.

Any recommendations?

I love the rich colors of these rooms. And the simple cradle. Simple cradle designs keep catching my eye!

Love the blue walls.

via Spearmint Baby

An update on the infertility treatments: I have/get to take a month off of treatments due to a cyst. On the bright side hopefully this means my hormones can realign themselves. The medications make them go crazy.

Have you ever seen one of these before? It's a shot that you administer to yourself. I will likely be giving myself five of these next month. Actually my husband will be giving them to me because there is no way I will be able to inject myself without passing out. That's how much I love needles. I think this whole infertility experience is aimed at getting me over my fear of needles, they seem to be everywhere these days.
(My sisters are likely laughing or rolling their eyes by this point. I fully acknowledge I am a baby when it comes to shots.)

via GPTSC
This week the Dr. told me my FSH (Follicle Stimulating Hormone) levels are high. Essentially what this means is that it will be harder for me to have children, always, because my ovarian reserve is low. While there is no way to fix this (although we are starting different treatments to try and get around it) I did read online that a Mediterranean diet and fish can help encourage my body. Sign me up. So I am looking for Mediterranean and fish recipes, any suggestions?

P.S. I hate fish so if you have any recipes or tips on how to cook fish so that it looses it's fishy taste let me know!