Category — IComLeavWe

Welcome back to IComLeavWe. It stands for International Comment Leaving Week, but if you say it aloud, doesn’t it sounds like “I come; [but] leave [as a] we”? And that’s sort of the point. Blogging is a conversation and comments should be honoured and encouraged. I like to say that comments are the new hug–a way of saying hello, giving comfort, leaving congratulations. Here is the vital information, pure and simple (a more detailed set of rules follows below the list):

• The list opens the 1st of every month. It remains open until the 21st. You can add yourself at any point. The list is open to everyone in the blogosphere–blog writers and/or blog readers.
• Add yourself to the list by filling out this form after adding the icon below: The May list is now closed.  The June list will open on 5/27.
• Click here to cut-and-paste this bit of code to add to your sidebar (if you have the old code from another month, remove it and replace it with this one). You need to add the icon or a link to the current list on your blog (see below) and will not be added until it’s up.
• Commenting kicks off every month on the 21st. Please mark it somewhere (calendar, post-it note taped to your computer…), though I will be sending out an email reminder on the 20th. Commenting week runs from the 21st to the 28th. Every day, leave 5 comments and return 1 comment for a total of 6 comments. You are highly encouraged to choose the blogs you comment on from the participants list below, but this is not required.
• I will send a second email on the 28th to remind you to remove the icon from your blog.
• Read below if you want to find out about Iron Commenters.
• The commenting ends on the 28th. We catch our breath and the whole thing starts again the next month on the 1st. Drop in and out according to what is happening in your life between the 21st and the 28th.

The May 2014 List

1. Stirrup Queens (twins, books, writing)
2. Breathe Gently (mum-of-1-year-old, IVF, PCOS)
3. Life As I Know It (life, parenting, twins)
4. My Lady of the Lantern (parenting post-IF and neonatal loss, newly pregnant)
5. One Step at a Time (toddler after infertility)
6. Life’s Little Bump (IVF, recurrent miscarriage, faith)
7. In Due Time (loss, grief, faith)
8. Me vs Infertility (ivf, miscarriage, feelings)
9. Life Breath Present (family, life, adventures)
10. Just Another Infertility Blog (infertility, ivf, life)
11. A Little Bit More (TTC, infertility, life)
12. Climbing the Pomegranate Tree (IVF, anticipation, MFI)
13. Amateur Nester (infertility, faith, encouragement)
14. Lil Family Blog (parenting, motherhood, disabilities)
15. Birds, Bees, and Medicine (IVF, pregnancy, psychobabble)
16. Muddy Boots and Diamonds (kids, PPD, life)
17. Baby On Mind (embryo adoption, infertility, 40+)
18. Recovering Beauty (love, life, recovery)
19. Stellar (love, life, survival)
20. Comatised (love, life, survival)
21. Suzanne Nicole (infertility, photography, psychology)
22. Joyfully Infertile (infertility, loss, G-d)
23. Creating a Family (infertility, adoption, parenting)
24. Life of an Army Wife (army, donor gametes, pregnancy)
25. Everything Christine (adventures, life, love)
26. Baking & Babies (baking, parenting, PCOS)
27. Ready Now God (family, life, reviews)
28. The Quest for a Tiny Human (infertility, iui, fur babies)
29. Infertile Girl in a Fertile World (IVF, infertility, coping)
30. The May list is now closed.  The June list will open on 5/27.

Q: What if I miss a day?

A: Catch up the next day by doubling your comments–12 comments instead of 6.

Q: What if I have two blogs? Can I sign up twice, listing both blogs?

A: Yes, but you also need to double your comments. If you have two blogs listed, you should be leaving 12 comments per day.

Q: What is an Iron Commenter?

A: Not for the faint-of-heart. People who wish to be an Iron Commenter and be entered on the Iron Commenter honour roll need to leave a comment on every blog on the participants list (exceptions are blogs that require you to have a special log-in, such as some LiveJournal accounts or other similar situations). You can spread out this commenting any way you wish over the whole week, but the final comment needs to be left by midnight on the 28th (EST). Reaching Iron Commenter status is done on an honour system. Please email me if you earn Iron Commenter status so I can add you to the wall of honour.

Q: Why do I have to add that bit of code to my sidebar?

A: The code is the latest icon (the icon changes colour every month so you know that you’re on the right list). This month, the icon is yellow, the next month it will be red, etc. The reason is two-fold: (1) it enables more people to find out about IComLeavWe and (2) it gives you easy access to the current list once the commenting week actually begins and better ensures that you’ll use it. Too many times, people sign up and forget to actually do IComLeavWe and this icon gives you a daily reminder (with the dates on it) every time you open your own blog. The icon is linked back to the current list. On the 28th, remove the icon from your blog. A new one will be created for the next month.

Q: It’s the 23rd and I just saw this for the first time on my friend’s blog! I want to join the list–why can’t I?

A: Because IComLeavWe happens every month, once the list is closed, it’s closed. If you’re finding out about this on the 23rd, you can’t join the current month. But leave yourself a note to check back in a week on the 1st and you can sign up for the next month.

Q: You said the list closes on the 21st. Well, it’s still the 21st where I am. Why aren’t you moving my information onto the list?

A: All dates and times are U.S. Eastern Standard Time (UTC/GMT -5 hours). The list closes around 11 p.m. EST on the 21st.

Q: What if no one comments on my blog and I have no comments to return?

A: Well, that really doesn’t happen for the most part, but in that case, simply choose another blog and add an additional comment. The goal is to hit 6 comments daily as a minimum. Going over that is fantastic and encouraged.

Q: Mel, my question wasn’t covered at all. What do I do?

A: Email me; I’m quite friendly. It helps to place “IComLeavWe” in the subject line. You could also check this post which contains the history of IComLeavWe and see if you can glean anything there.

Looking for the comment section? It has been closed on this post. Use the form in the directions to add yourself to the list.

Welcome back to IComLeavWe. It stands for International Comment Leaving Week, but if you say it aloud, doesn’t it sounds like “I come; [but] leave [as a] we”? And that’s sort of the point. Blogging is a conversation and comments should be honoured and encouraged. I like to say that comments are the new hug–a way of saying hello, giving comfort, leaving congratulations. Here is the vital information, pure and simple (a more detailed set of rules follows below the list):

• The list opens the 1st of every month. It remains open until the 21st. You can add yourself at any point. The list is open to everyone in the blogosphere–blog writers and/or blog readers.
• Add yourself to the list by filling out this form after adding the icon below: the April list is now closed.
• Click here to cut-and-paste this bit of code to add to your sidebar (if you have the old code from another month, remove it and replace it with this one). You need to add the icon or a link to the current list on your blog (see below) and will not be added until it’s up.
• Commenting kicks off every month on the 21st. Please mark it somewhere (calendar, post-it note taped to your computer…), though I will be sending out an email reminder on the 20th. Commenting week runs from the 21st to the 28th. Every day, leave 5 comments and return 1 comment for a total of 6 comments. You are highly encouraged to choose the blogs you comment on from the participants list below, but this is not required.
• I will send a second email on the 28th to remind you to remove the icon from your blog.
• Read below if you want to find out about Iron Commenters.
• The commenting ends on the 28th. We catch our breath and the whole thing starts again the next month on the 1st. Drop in and out according to what is happening in your life between the 21st and the 28th.

The April 2014 List

1. Stirrup Queens (twins, books, writing)
2. Amateur Nester (infertility, faith, encouragement)
3. The 2 Week Wait (infertility advocacy humor)
4. My Lady of the Lantern (parenting after IF, baby loss, TTC ambiguity)
5. Breathe Gently (mum-of-1-year-old, IVF, PCOS)
6. Life’s Little Bump (recurrent miscarriage, infertility, hope)
7. Inconceivable! (parenting after DE/IVF, struggles, step-parenting)
8. Waiting for Baby (new mom, PCOS, weight loss)
9. Waiting for Baby Bird (infertility, PCOS, waiting)
10. Climbing the Pomegranate Tree (MFI, IVF#2, life)
11. Comatised (love, life, survival)
12. Stellar (love, life, survival)
13. Recovering Beauty (love, life, survival)
14. One Step at a Time (toddler after infertility)
15. The M House (adoption, family, parenting after loss)
16. Life of an Army Wife (army, pregnancy, donor gametes)
17. The Quest for a Tiny Human (infertility, iui, fur babies)
18. The Fertility Challenged Midwife (infertility, life, family)
19. The Infertility Voice (infertility, advocacy, empowerment)
20. An Engineer Becomes A Mom (adoption, parenting, family)
21. A Little Bit More (TTC, infertility, life)
22. Mommy Summers (mom, pcos, family)
23. Dogs Aren’t Kids (infertility, IVF, humor)
24. Living Our Miracle (embryo adoption, TTC, POF)
25. In Due Time (faith, waiting, loss)
26. The Empress and the Fool (IVF, coping, DOR)
27. Birds, Bees, and Medicine (IVF, pregnancy, PCOS)
28. Baby On Mind (embryo adoption, infertility, 40+)
29. The April list is now closed

Q: What if I miss a day?

A: Catch up the next day by doubling your comments–12 comments instead of 6.

Q: What if I have two blogs? Can I sign up twice, listing both blogs?

A: Yes, but you also need to double your comments. If you have two blogs listed, you should be leaving 12 comments per day.

Q: What is an Iron Commenter?

A: Not for the faint-of-heart. People who wish to be an Iron Commenter and be entered on the Iron Commenter honour roll need to leave a comment on every blog on the participants list (exceptions are blogs that require you to have a special log-in, such as some LiveJournal accounts or other similar situations). You can spread out this commenting any way you wish over the whole week, but the final comment needs to be left by midnight on the 28th (EST). Reaching Iron Commenter status is done on an honour system. Please email me if you earn Iron Commenter status so I can add you to the wall of honour.

Q: Why do I have to add that bit of code to my sidebar?

A: The code is the latest icon (the icon changes colour every month so you know that you’re on the right list). This month, the icon is blue, the next month it will be red, etc. The reason is two-fold: (1) it enables more people to find out about IComLeavWe and (2) it gives you easy access to the current list once the commenting week actually begins and better ensures that you’ll use it. Too many times, people sign up and forget to actually do IComLeavWe and this icon gives you a daily reminder (with the dates on it) every time you open your own blog. The icon is linked back to the current list. On the 28th, remove the icon from your blog. A new one will be created for the next month.

Q: It’s the 23rd and I just saw this for the first time on my friend’s blog! I want to join the list–why can’t I?

A: Because IComLeavWe happens every month, once the list is closed, it’s closed. If you’re finding out about this on the 23rd, you can’t join the current month. But leave yourself a note to check back in a week on the 1st and you can sign up for the next month.

Q: You said the list closes on the 21st. Well, it’s still the 21st where I am. Why aren’t you moving my information onto the list?

A: All dates and times are U.S. Eastern Standard Time (UTC/GMT -5 hours). The list closes around 11 p.m. EST on the 21st.

Q: What if no one comments on my blog and I have no comments to return?

A: Well, that really doesn’t happen for the most part, but in that case, simply choose another blog and add an additional comment. The goal is to hit 6 comments daily as a minimum. Going over that is fantastic and encouraged.

Q: Mel, my question wasn’t covered at all. What do I do?

A: Email me; I’m quite friendly. It helps to place “IComLeavWe” in the subject line. You could also check this post which contains the history of IComLeavWe and see if you can glean anything there.

Looking for the comment section? It has been closed on this post. Use the form in the directions to add yourself to the list.

Welcome back to IComLeavWe. It stands for International Comment Leaving Week, but if you say it aloud, doesn’t it sounds like “I come; [but] leave [as a] we”? And that’s sort of the point. Blogging is a conversation and comments should be honoured and encouraged. I like to say that comments are the new hug–a way of saying hello, giving comfort, leaving congratulations. Here is the vital information, pure and simple (a more detailed set of rules follows below the list):

• The list opens the 1st of every month. It remains open until the 21st. You can add yourself at any point. The list is open to everyone in the blogosphere–blog writers and/or blog readers.
• Add yourself to the list by filling out this form after adding the icon below: The March list is now closed.  The April list will open on 3/27.
  
• Click here to cut-and-paste this bit of code to add to your sidebar (if you have the old code from another month, remove it and replace it with this one). You need to add the icon or a link to the current list on your blog (see below) and will not be added until it’s up.
• Commenting kicks off every month on the 21st. Please mark it somewhere (calendar, post-it note taped to your computer…), though I will be sending out an email reminder on the 20th. Commenting week runs from the 21st to the 28th. Every day, leave 5 comments and return 1 comment for a total of 6 comments. You are highly encouraged to choose the blogs you comment on from the participants list below, but this is not required.
• I will send a second email on the 28th to remind you to remove the icon from your blog.
• Read below if you want to find out about Iron Commenters.
• The commenting ends on the 28th. We catch our breath and the whole thing starts again the next month on the 1st. Drop in and out according to what is happening in your life between the 21st and the 28th.

The March 2014 List

1. Stirrup Queens (twins, books, writing)
2. In Due Time (hope, faith, natural)
3. kate; unfiltered (motherhood unrequited, life)
4. Breathe Gently (new mum, IVF, PCOS)
5. The 2 Week Wait (infertility, ttc, humor)
6. The M House (adoption, family, parenting after loss)
7. Comatised (love, life, survival)
8. Desire to Mother (infertility, emotions, poems)
9. Moonfish and Buttermilk (parenting, surrogacy, marriage)
10. waiting for baby bird (infertility, PCOS, natural)
11. Feeding My Inner Child… Hopefully! (parenting; twins; health)
12. The Quest for a Tiny Human (infertility, iui, fur babies)
13. The Road From There To Here (faith, knitting, infertility)
14. Family Of Three (PCOS, parenting after infertility, TTC #2)
15. The Empty Cookie (disabled mother, child loss, living children)
16. My Lady of the Lantern (parenting after IF, baby loss, TTC ambiguity)
17. MissConception (infant loss, life, parenting)
18. Amateur Nester (infertility, faith, encouragement)
19. A Crack In Everything (loss, acceptance, TTC while single)
20. Life of an Army Wife (army wife, donor gametes, pregnancy)
21. A Little Bit More (life, PCOS, infertility)
22. Hope Love and Family (faith, infertility, ivf)
23. Creating a Family (infertility, adoption, parenting)
24. Stupid Broken Eggs (twins, IVF, faith)
25. Life’s Little Bump (infertility, miscarriage, grief)
26. A Virtual Hobby Store and Coffee Haus (news, food, life)
27. Beautiful and Impossible Things (endometriosis, dating, randomness)
28. The Idea Girl (family, gardening, food)
29. A Greater Yes (embryo adoption, parenting)
30. Gypsy Mama’s Family (pregnancy, positivity, life)
31. Baby Makin’ (pcos, pregnant with baby #1)
32. Meanttobemommy (infertillity, endometriosis, support)
33. Ready Now God (life, parenting, god)
34. The Lewis Note (recurrent pregnancy loss, secondary infertility, adoption)
35. The March list is now closed.  The April list will open on 3/27.

Q: What if I miss a day?

A: Catch up the next day by doubling your comments–12 comments instead of 6.

Q: What if I have two blogs? Can I sign up twice, listing both blogs?

A: Yes, but you also need to double your comments. If you have two blogs listed, you should be leaving 12 comments per day.

Q: What is an Iron Commenter?

A: Not for the faint-of-heart. People who wish to be an Iron Commenter and be entered on the Iron Commenter honour roll need to leave a comment on every blog on the participants list (exceptions are blogs that require you to have a special log-in, such as some LiveJournal accounts or other similar situations). You can spread out this commenting any way you wish over the whole week, but the final comment needs to be left by midnight on the 28th (EST). Reaching Iron Commenter status is done on an honour system. Please email me if you earn Iron Commenter status so I can add you to the wall of honour.

Q: Why do I have to add that bit of code to my sidebar?

A: The code is the latest icon (the icon changes colour every month so you know that you’re on the right list). This month, the icon is green, the next month it will be red, etc. The reason is two-fold: (1) it enables more people to find out about IComLeavWe and (2) it gives you easy access to the current list once the commenting week actually begins and better ensures that you’ll use it. Too many times, people sign up and forget to actually do IComLeavWe and this icon gives you a daily reminder (with the dates on it) every time you open your own blog. The icon is linked back to the current list. On the 28th, remove the icon from your blog. A new one will be created for the next month.

Q: It’s the 23rd and I just saw this for the first time on my friend’s blog! I want to join the list–why can’t I?

A: Because IComLeavWe happens every month, once the list is closed, it’s closed. If you’re finding out about this on the 23rd, you can’t join the current month. But leave yourself a note to check back in a week on the 1st and you can sign up for the next month.

Q: You said the list closes on the 21st. Well, it’s still the 21st where I am. Why aren’t you moving my information onto the list?

A: All dates and times are U.S. Eastern Standard Time (UTC/GMT -5 hours). The list closes around 11 p.m. EST on the 21st.

Q: What if no one comments on my blog and I have no comments to return?

A: Well, that really doesn’t happen for the most part, but in that case, simply choose another blog and add an additional comment. The goal is to hit 6 comments daily as a minimum. Going over that is fantastic and encouraged.

Q: Mel, my question wasn’t covered at all. What do I do?

A: Email me; I’m quite friendly. It helps to place “IComLeavWe” in the subject line. You could also check this post which contains the history of IComLeavWe and see if you can glean anything there.

Looking for the comment section? It has been closed on this post. Use the form in the directions to add yourself to the list.

Welcome back to IComLeavWe. It stands for International Comment Leaving Week, but if you say it aloud, doesn’t it sounds like “I come; [but] leave [as a] we”? And that’s sort of the point. Blogging is a conversation and comments should be honoured and encouraged. I like to say that comments are the new hug–a way of saying hello, giving comfort, leaving congratulations. Here is the vital information, pure and simple (a more detailed set of rules follows below the list):

• The list opens the 1st of every month. It remains open until the 21st. You can add yourself at any point. The list is open to everyone in the blogosphere–blog writers and/or blog readers.
• Add yourself to the list by filling out this form after adding the icon below: The February list is now closed.  The March list will open on 2/27.
  
• Click here to cut-and-paste this bit of code to add to your sidebar (if you have the old code from another month, remove it and replace it with this one). You need to add the icon or a link to the current list on your blog (see below) and will not be added until it’s up.
• Commenting kicks off every month on the 21st. Please mark it somewhere (calendar, post-it note taped to your computer…), though I will be sending out an email reminder on the 20th. Commenting week runs from the 21st to the 28th. Every day, leave 5 comments and return 1 comment for a total of 6 comments. You are highly encouraged to choose the blogs you comment on from the participants list below, but this is not required.
• I will send a second email on the 28th to remind you to remove the icon from your blog.
• Read below if you want to find out about Iron Commenters.
• The commenting ends on the 28th. We catch our breath and the whole thing starts again the next month on the 1st. Drop in and out according to what is happening in your life between the 21st and the 28th.

The February 2014 List

1. Stirrup Queens (twins, books, writing)
2. Comatised (love, life, survival)
3. Breathe Gently (new-mum, IVF, PCOS)
4. The 2 Week Wait (infertility ttc humor)
5. Waiting for Baby (new mom, PCOS, weight loss)
6. In Due Time (waiting, faith, hope)
7. Birds, Bees, and Medicine (ivf, pcos, hope)
8. No Bun In This Oven (IUI, IVF, adoption)
9. Stupid Broken Eggs (IVF, faith, marriage)
10. Donating Hope (donor gametes, pregnancy, faith)
11. Amateur Nester (infertility, faith, encouragement )
12. Baby On Mind (embryo adoption, infertility, 40+)
13. elizabeth obih-frank (lifestyle, inspiration, haiku)
14. Hope Love and Family (infertility, faith, ivf)
15. Life of an Army Wife (donor eggs, donor embryo, army)
16. waiting for baby bird (faith, hope, infertility)
17. R. Sativus (writing, infidelity, parenting)
18. Family Of Three (parenting after infertility, PCOS, secondary infertility)
19. The Sea of TTC (ttc, infertility, testing)
20. Creating a Family (infertility, adoption, parenting)
21. Improving Egg Quality (egg quality research)
22. It’s Just a Box of Rain (parenting after IF, open domestic adoption)
23. A little blog about the big infertility (TTC after RPL,endometriosis, PCOS)
24. The Quest for a Tiny Human (infertility, ttc #1, furbabies)
25. A Little Bit More (ttc, pcos, life)
26. Sweet Dreams are Made of This (adoption, faith, family)
27. Losing Chiara (babyloss, grief, parenting after loss)
28. The February list is now closed.  The March list will open on 2/27.

Q: What if I miss a day?

A: Catch up the next day by doubling your comments–12 comments instead of 6.

Q: What if I have two blogs? Can I sign up twice, listing both blogs?

A: Yes, but you also need to double your comments. If you have two blogs listed, you should be leaving 12 comments per day.

Q: What is an Iron Commenter?

A: Not for the faint-of-heart. People who wish to be an Iron Commenter and be entered on the Iron Commenter honour roll need to leave a comment on every blog on the participants list (exceptions are blogs that require you to have a special log-in, such as some LiveJournal accounts or other similar situations). You can spread out this commenting any way you wish over the whole week, but the final comment needs to be left by midnight on the 28th (EST). Reaching Iron Commenter status is done on an honour system. Please email me if you earn Iron Commenter status so I can add you to the wall of honour.

Q: Why do I have to add that bit of code to my sidebar?

A: The code is the latest icon (the icon changes colour every month so you know that you’re on the right list). This month, the icon is purple, the next month it will be red, etc. The reason is two-fold: (1) it enables more people to find out about IComLeavWe and (2) it gives you easy access to the current list once the commenting week actually begins and better ensures that you’ll use it. Too many times, people sign up and forget to actually do IComLeavWe and this icon gives you a daily reminder (with the dates on it) every time you open your own blog. The icon is linked back to the current list. On the 28th, remove the icon from your blog. A new one will be created for the next month.

Q: It’s the 23rd and I just saw this for the first time on my friend’s blog! I want to join the list–why can’t I?

A: Because IComLeavWe happens every month, once the list is closed, it’s closed. If you’re finding out about this on the 23rd, you can’t join the current month. But leave yourself a note to check back in a week on the 1st and you can sign up for the next month.

Q: You said the list closes on the 21st. Well, it’s still the 21st where I am. Why aren’t you moving my information onto the list?

A: All dates and times are U.S. Eastern Standard Time (UTC/GMT -5 hours). The list closes around 11 p.m. EST on the 21st.

Q: What if no one comments on my blog and I have no comments to return?

A: Well, that really doesn’t happen for the most part, but in that case, simply choose another blog and add an additional comment. The goal is to hit 6 comments daily as a minimum. Going over that is fantastic and encouraged.

Q: Mel, my question wasn’t covered at all. What do I do?

A: Email me; I’m quite friendly. It helps to place “IComLeavWe” in the subject line. You could also check this post which contains the history of IComLeavWe and see if you can glean anything there.

Looking for the comment section? It has been closed on this post. Use the form in the directions to add yourself to the list.

Welcome back to IComLeavWe. It stands for International Comment Leaving Week, but if you say it aloud, doesn’t it sounds like “I come; [but] leave [as a] we”? And that’s sort of the point. Blogging is a conversation and comments should be honoured and encouraged. I like to say that comments are the new hug–a way of saying hello, giving comfort, leaving congratulations. Here is the vital information, pure and simple (a more detailed set of rules follows below the list):

• The list opens the 1st of every month. It remains open until the 21st. You can add yourself at any point. The list is open to everyone in the blogosphere–blog writers and/or blog readers.
• Add yourself to the list by filling out this form after adding the icon below: The January list is now closed.  The February list will open on 1/27.
  
• Click here to cut-and-paste this bit of code to add to your sidebar (if you have the old code from another month, remove it and replace it with this one). You need to add the icon or a link to the current list on your blog (see below) and will not be added until it’s up.
• Commenting kicks off every month on the 21st. Please mark it somewhere (calendar, post-it note taped to your computer…), though I will be sending out an email reminder on the 20th. Commenting week runs from the 21st to the 28th. Every day, leave 5 comments and return 1 comment for a total of 6 comments. You are highly encouraged to choose the blogs you comment on from the participants list below, but this is not required.
• I will send a second email on the 28th to remind you to remove the icon from your blog.
• Read below if you want to find out about Iron Commenters.
• The commenting ends on the 28th. We catch our breath and the whole thing starts again the next month on the 1st. Drop in and out according to what is happening in your life between the 21st and the 28th.

The January 2014 List

1. Stirrup Queens (twins, books, writing)
2. Waiting for Baby (third trimester, thyroid, PCOS)
3. Where the *Bleep* is Our Stork? (infertility, random acts of kindness, life)
4. Our Crazy Ever After (life, infertility, humor)
5. Breathe Gently (new-mum, IVF, PCOS)
6. Life of an Army Wife (army, donor eggs, donor embryo)
7. One Step at a Time (toddler after infertility)
8. The Empress and the Fool (ivf, dor, coping)
9. The 2 Week Wait (infertility, humor, motherhood)
10. Baby On Mind (embryo adoption, infertility, FET)
11. No Bun In This Oven (unexplained infertility, iui)
12. Stupid Broken Eggs (IVF, marriage, faith)
13. Stork Stalking (science behind infertility, surrogacy, pregnancy)
14. A Little Bit More (infertility, PCOS, TTC)
15. Family Of Three (TTC #2, PCOS, parenthood)
16. Improving Egg Quality (egg quality, pregnancy over 35, lifestyle interventions)
17. Comatised (love, life, happiness)
18. Just Another Infertility Blog (infertility, ivf and loss)
19. Ready Now to See it You Way (toddler, family, loss)
20. Amateur Nester (infertility, encouragement, faith)
21. Hope Love and Family (infertility, faith, ivf)
22. Sweet Dreams are Made of This (adoption, life, family)
23. Infertile Girl in a Fertile World (infertility challenges, treatment and coping)
24. Dragondreamer’s Lair (parenting, secondary infertility, crafts)
25. MirthandMotivation (lifestyle, inspiration, peace)
26. Positive Kismet (lifestyle, mind, spirit)
27. Recipes for Lemons (adoption, infertility, challenges)
28. Fruitful Furbishing (infertility, decor, low-amylose)
29. Creating a Family (blog infertility, adoption, parenting)
30. Meant to be Mommy (infertility, iui, endometriosis)
31. Missing Noah (tfmr, stillbirth, ttc)
32. Birds, Bees, and Medicine (infertility, IVF, family)
33. Reese’s Rants and Raves (parenting after loss)
34. I Can Do This (secondary infertility, immune issues)
35. The January list is now closed.  The February list will open on 1/27.

Q: What if I miss a day?

A: Catch up the next day by doubling your comments–12 comments instead of 6.

Q: What if I have two blogs? Can I sign up twice, listing both blogs?

A: Yes, but you also need to double your comments. If you have two blogs listed, you should be leaving 12 comments per day.

Q: What is an Iron Commenter?

A: Not for the faint-of-heart. People who wish to be an Iron Commenter and be entered on the Iron Commenter honour roll need to leave a comment on every blog on the participants list (exceptions are blogs that require you to have a special log-in, such as some LiveJournal accounts or other similar situations). You can spread out this commenting any way you wish over the whole week, but the final comment needs to be left by midnight on the 28th (EST). Reaching Iron Commenter status is done on an honour system. Please email me if you earn Iron Commenter status so I can add you to the wall of honour.

Q: Why do I have to add that bit of code to my sidebar?

A: The code is the latest icon (the icon changes colour every month so you know that you’re on the right list). This month, the icon is silver, the next month it will be green, etc. The reason is two-fold: (1) it enables more people to find out about IComLeavWe and (2) it gives you easy access to the current list once the commenting week actually begins and better ensures that you’ll use it. Too many times, people sign up and forget to actually do IComLeavWe and this icon gives you a daily reminder (with the dates on it) every time you open your own blog. The icon is linked back to the current list. On the 28th, remove the icon from your blog. A new one will be created for the next month.

Q: It’s the 23rd and I just saw this for the first time on my friend’s blog! I want to join the list–why can’t I?

A: Because IComLeavWe happens every month, once the list is closed, it’s closed. If you’re finding out about this on the 23rd, you can’t join the current month. But leave yourself a note to check back in a week on the 1st and you can sign up for the next month.

Q: You said the list closes on the 21st. Well, it’s still the 21st where I am. Why aren’t you moving my information onto the list?

A: All dates and times are U.S. Eastern Standard Time (UTC/GMT -5 hours). The list closes around 11 p.m. EST on the 21st.

Q: What if no one comments on my blog and I have no comments to return?

A: Well, that really doesn’t happen for the most part, but in that case, simply choose another blog and add an additional comment. The goal is to hit 6 comments daily as a minimum. Going over that is fantastic and encouraged.

Q: Mel, my question wasn’t covered at all. What do I do?

A: Email me; I’m quite friendly. It helps to place “IComLeavWe” in the subject line. You could also check this post which contains the history of IComLeavWe and see if you can glean anything there.

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