The Wait

Recipe for Invitro:

• Equal parts man and woman (preferably magnetically attracted and madly in love)


• Two ovaries containing viable eggs


• Two testicles with ambitions sperm


• One magical Petri dish


• One expert Lab Pathologist


• One Fertility Specialist


• One large some of money (preferably cash)


• One ounce of luck for good measure

Insert cash. Preheat female "oven" by injecting multiple hormone medications into the body. After about two weeks, the eggs in the ovaries will mature. Once eggs become mature, place female under light sedation and extract each individual egg from each ovary. Place the newly harvested eggs into Petri dish with newly "submitted" sperm and monitor for fertilization for about 4 days. At the precise moment replace the now Embryos back into uterus, add luck, and wait! another 11 days to take blood sample to check for success! Enjoy!

Prep time: About 4 Weeks Servings: Usually two

To even be able to attempt this recipe, I have to wait for the first day of my cycle. I don't know if I have ever anticipated an upcoming cycle as I have the one that is due any day. Who would of thought a woman could look forward to her period? This cycle is the marker that sets our rough timeline for invitro fertilization (IVF). Until then, Ian and I both have blood work to complete and an IVF class to attend, and the Jeopardy theme song runs through my head continuously...