My RE recently told me I had a sparkly personality. Since everyone loves a compliment, I blushed a little and laughed it off. I also made a joke about how I was shocked he would think this because I’m usually crying when I see him. But I thought about this passing comment all the wayRead more
I want this story to serve as a beacon of hope for all of you reading this and still praying for your miracle. I used to scour the internet (and still do) looking for hopeful stories to provide me with the strength and inspiration to keep moving forward. One step and each day at aRead more
Three years into a gruelling infertility battle I attended a 30th birthday party. The “birthday girl” being honoured was seven months pregnant at the time. One of the gifts she received was a t-shirt, with the words I Can Grow a Human. What’s Your Superpower? scrawled across the front. The guests oohed and aahed, giggled,Read more
** Trigger Warning – this blog talks about baby milestones I don’t know if my husband and I will ever have another baby, but I do know that I’m very grateful for the baby I already have. He is now almost six years old, and on the day he was born, I bumped into myRead more
On July 4th, 2018 my phone rang. “CONGRATULATIONS! You’re pregnant! Your beta hCG test came back at 1043.” I’m sure the nurse thought I didn’t care, because I didn’t get excited. I didn’t cry, I didn’t get emotional, I just said thank you and asked what was next. The thing was, I had already known forRead more
TRIGGER WARNING: This post contains information about sexual assault which may be triggering to survivors. I don’t talk about my sexual assault much. For a long time, it lived under the surface of my daily life, allowing me to pretend it didn’t happen at all. But like thin ice, it’s easy to crack through withRead more
I’ve been trying to ‘quit’ fertility treatments for a while. I’m fortunate enough to have a son who came after years of trying and multiple miscarriages. Since this success, my husband and I have only had bad news and worse results. It’s been five years of getting knocked off our feet, over and over again.Read more
Angry. Mad. Shamed. Misunderstood. Complicated. Sad. Heartbroken. Confused. Terrified. Broken. Empty. These are just a few of the adjectives I would use to describe how a person battling infertility may feel at any given time during their journey. Although you may look at that person and think to yourself “she/he looks alright, I don’t seeRead more
When I first recognized that I may have a problem conceiving, my husband and I were already one miscarriage deep, less 12 months of our lives. I brought up the subject of my fertility with my gynecologist who did some initial testing and sent a referral in to “his friend from medical school who isRead more
“At least you have one…” That’s the most common phrase I hear when I talk about infertility and our journey to give my son a sibling. My husband and I struggled for two years to conceive our now five-year-old, and on the day he was born, we were already asking my doctor when we couldRead more