Having lived in Winnipeg 24 years—my whole adult life, one would think I’d have made peace with winter by now, but one would be wrong. Last year I was really confronted about my attitude towards Winterpeg when someone shared the perspective that I can refuse to find joy in the cold and snow but thenRead more
Poet Anne Sexton once wrote “pain engraves a deeper memory.” This has certainly been true for me. It has now been seven years since my infertility was “resolved” which is the same amount of time it took me to conceive my first child. I have now been a mother (or expectant mother) as long asRead more
This month marks the one-year anniversary of our foray into assisted reproduction. We started with IUIs and after three failed attempts, we moved on to IVF. We’ve been in treatment nearly every cycle over the last twelve months and let me tell you – infertility sucks! I have found treatment cycles to be so wroughtRead more
The world of fertility medicine often gets a bad rap. “Big business” and “poorly regulated,” are some of the descriptions used whenever fertility clinics are talked about in the news. With examples like 2009’s “Octomom” and more recently, the tragic events involving the faulty storage of eggs and embryos at clinics in Cleveland and SanRead more
Nope. That’s not at all what happened. It’s been five years since our first miscarriage. February 2013. It’s been a blessing to write about my journey. The communities of women I’ve come across have taught me a great deal about compassion. Not only compassion for myself, and others dealing with infertility, but for everyRead more
With our very first medicated IUI cycle starting this week, I have taken the last few weeks to truly reflect on our struggle so far. Nearly 5 years ago, my husband and I began our road to baby but what we didn’t expect was for the last 5 years to pass without one. The yearsRead more
