Miracles.

I've been meaning to write something about the over use of the word miracle for a while now - but something happened yesterday that promoted me to write this.

I have issues with people using the world miracle to describe lucky or fortunate events. I have big issues with it and I don't know why, if people want to call something a miracle then who am I to argue? (I'd like to point out I don't usually argue, most of the time I just scoff to myself) But not yesterday, yesterday something annoyed me.

I read a post on a forum about pregnancy and birth - many of you know the one I'm talking about. It was titled "Miracles do Happen" or something like that. It was posted in the infertility section of the board. The young lady who posted it was 20 weeks pregnant and had found out at her 20 week scan she should have been infertile because of some condition she had, however wasn't it amazing that she conceived her first go? She wanted to give the infertiles of the board hope that because she didn't know she was infertile (or supposed to be) she got pregnant in her first cycle of trying.

A lot of the infertiles on the board came out of their safe sanctuary and said that no that story didn't give them hope - because while being told you should be infertile actually being infertile and living the infertility roller coaster is a very different matter indeed.

I pointed out that while she was lucky that she wasn't infertile - I didn't consider her circumstances to be miraculous. Because I don't, it is amazing that she beat all odds and got pregnant when according to her doctor at her 20 week scan she shouldn't have - but she did. She didn't live through infertility to get that baby, so for me that is a case of good luck - not a miracle. Had circumstances been different and she was told before she started trying to concieve and it took her years and years to fall pregnant well yes that would have been miraculous.

I think IVF babies are miracles, I think people over coming infertility to beat the odds is a miracle. I don't even considering me getting pregnant or having baby to be miraculous. I'll know I'm bloody lucky to experience the joys of motherhood and being pregnant but I don't think my circumstances stand up to miracle status.

By the way the definition of a miracle according to dictionary.com is;

1. an effect or extraordinary event in the physical world that surpasses all known human or natural powers and is ascribed to a supernatural cause.

2. such an effect or event manifesting or considered as a work of God.

3. a wonder; marvel.


Anyway I'll jump off my soap box for now!

Things here are going, slowly but going!
I assume I'm in the TWW now. I got 2 positive OPKs....clever aren't I! One on CD 16 the other on CD 17 and yesterday's CD18 one was negative...So now we begin the last two week wait for 2009. It will be an apprehensive time and I seriously hope I start throwing up in the next week or two!

We got our bill from the pathology place yesterday it came to the grand total of $439.00 - which seems a bit wrong because if you add up all the itemised costs it only totals $271.00, so I'll have to call them and speak to them about that. I always find them to be rude and condescending and I'm not feeling in the mood for it so they had better watch out!