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Colleen

About Me

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My Interests

Loving people, being healthy, writing my memoirs, body-work, fashion, cooking, tattoos, pedicures, going for long drives, drawing, poetry, body-mind-spirit connection, cozy fires, women's rights, juicy wet lip gloss, jewlery making, nostalgia, psychology, photography, listening to my eclectic musical selections, etymology, linguistics, margaritas, singing off key, being real, being simple, silliness, piercings, glittery things, drinking coffee, making new friends, red red wine, flexing in the mirror, attention, interpretative dance, shopping, photography, walking barefoot, elevated conversation (I talk a lot), laughing, cuddling, reading, contemplation, meditation, introspection, things that allow me to feel the wind in my face and the sun on my skin, hanging out with grown ups, oh, and I love chocolate. If you want to know more, just ask.... My man is in this video from waaaaay back when he was a rock-star!

I'd like to meet:

...already met him!
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Music:

Hip hop, funkadelic old school, some hard stuff when I feel like a rocker chikk, some soulful grooves to make me feel sexy, and maybe a little bit of hippy junk and a sprinkle of folksy kids songs.

My Blog

Chemical Pregnancy

Chemical pregnancy is the name for a miscarriage when you miscarry before they can detect the heartbeat. Our angel was alive a very short time. According to our HCG levels today, I should miscarr...
Posted by Colleen on Wed, 10 Oct 2007 04:41:00 PST

IVF Journal - October 6, 2007

I read an article last night about late implantation of embryos. It said if implantation occurs after day 11 (post egg retrieval), then the chances of miscarriage are 82%. I took another home pregnanc...
Posted by Colleen on Sat, 06 Oct 2007 02:51:00 PST

11 days post 4 day transfer (beta day) *updated*

I had my 2nd beta drawn this morning. I don't have the results yet. I am trying to hold on to a bit of hope and stay positive. I had a darker home pregnancy test this morning. I couldn't figure out ho...
Posted by Colleen on Fri, 05 Oct 2007 12:11:00 PST

For those of you dying for an update

I went to the doctor yesterday and got a blood test for pregnancy. It came back positive. Unfortunately, the levels of HCG (the pregnancy hormone) are 5. The normal levels for this point in pregnancy ...
Posted by Colleen on Thu, 04 Oct 2007 07:38:00 PST

IVF Journal - October 1, 2007

Today I am 7 days post the 4 day embryo transfer (11 days post egg retrieval). Last time I was pregnant, I got a + pregnancy test by this date in my cycle. Today, I got another negative pregnancy tes...
Posted by Colleen on Mon, 01 Oct 2007 09:34:00 PST

IVF Journal - September 29, 2007

Today I am 5 days post the 4 day transfer (9 days post egg retrieval.) Egg retrieval is equivalent to ovulation in an natural cycle. Therefore, I really feel like I should be feeling something right n...
Posted by Colleen on Sat, 29 Sep 2007 12:10:00 PST

IVF Journal - Bedrest Day 2

There's nothing much going on here... just watching tv, movies and playing on the internet. I plan on reading some books, but I haven't gotten around to that yet. That will probably be tomorrow. I thi...
Posted by Colleen on Thu, 27 Sep 2007 04:10:00 PST

IVF Journal - Bedrest Day 1

I stink. I can't get out of bed except to use the bathroom for the next 48-72 hours, not even to shower. Lee is pretty much at my beck and call, so I am getting pretty spoiled. I plan on milking it fo...
Posted by Colleen on Tue, 25 Sep 2007 10:24:00 PST

IVF Journal - Embryo Transfer day

We did it. We'll know on 10/5 if we are pregnant.
Posted by Colleen on Mon, 24 Sep 2007 03:47:00 PST

IVF Journal - September 23, 2007

I supposed all 50 of my myspace friends want an update. Well, not much to report here... I am just cleaning like a mad-woman. I want the house to be clean when I go on bedrest... STARTING TOMORROW! I ...
Posted by Colleen on Sun, 23 Sep 2007 10:17:00 PST