The baby project, second edition
January we’ll start on IVF again.
I’m looking forward to it as much as I’m afraid of it.
Happy Birthday, Lila!
Someday, you’ll be online and will read this post and know that we’re thinking of you. I hope all is well, and that your journey is proving worthwhile.
Love always,
Yoko
When it rains…
…it pours.
I have a small cyste on one of my ovaries. This means that we’ll probably have to wait with our next attempt at IVF. My gynaecologist told me not to worry, because the cyste will probably go away by itself. It’s not all that bad really. But it really does show how impatient I’m becoming.
Black Wednesday
Years ago the Belgian media spoke of Black Sunday, when the extremist Flemish nationalist party Vlaams Blok (now called Vlaams Belang) received a record number of votes.
The crisis that our country has been plunged in by the stubborness of certain politicians can only be described as Black Wednesday.
I’m a Belgian and I’m Flemish and I’ve always been proud to be both. But I do not wish to be part of a country, where the cultural identity of more than half of its inhabitants is ignored. If this is the price of Belgium’s continued existance, then it’s too high. I still pray that a solution will be found, because we need each other. And the misery that both parts of the country will meet, if the country is split, is almost unthinkable. Flanders is economically stronger than Wallonia, but that our economy would also suffer badly without Belgium is without any doubt. But if this is the price we have to pay to keep our identity, then so be it.
There are so many possible solutions to the current problems, but if blindness and pigheadedness rules the day, then no solution will be found. I hope that the Belgian politicians try again and try a different approach, but I’m afraid too many bridges have been burnt by now.
I hope the Flemish politicians will realise that there are different solutions than dividing the authorities even more and that the only solution to Belgium’s problems is more solidarity, not less. And I hope that the Wallonian politicians will realise that there is currently a very real injustice towards the Flemish people and that they also have a very real economical problem. If both sides really want, they can find a solution through solidarity and responsibility.
Disappointment report
I’ve called the doctor to hear about our next attempt to get pregnant. We would be using the frozen embryos in this attempt. The doctor told me that it would not be probable that the attempt would succeed. Due to the freezing the quality of the embryos will probably not be good enough and we’ll probably have to start the whole IVF procedure again from zero.