I didn’t end up with the happy ending I had always envisioned – of 2 so close in age they could be mistaken for twins. After 5 years of fertility treatments, my husband and I decided to focus on our family of 3, feeling grateful to have had one kid amidst all the heartbreak ofRead more
Anyone suffering from infertility knows how tough these dreaded questions can be. For me, I experience a lot more of the secondary fertility questions like “when are you going to have more kids?” I try so hard to be mindful and understanding that it is not intentional and often a conversation starter, after all, IRead more
Four months ago, my husband and I made the decision to stop fertility treatments and move forward with our one and only child as a family of three. On the heels of five straight years of fertility treatments and yet another failed embryo transfer, we knew we couldn’t keep putting ourselves through the cycle ofRead more
When my son started Junior Kindergarten two years ago, I had a really hard time. We were in the throes of fertility treatments, and it was just another milestone that reminded us that we hadn’t yet given him a sibling, despite years of trying. We walked him to the bus stop, and just like aRead more
*Content warning: We have 2 children but are still in the trenches trying to expand our family.* Lovelies, Mother’s Day is coming up this weekend, which is bringing up all of my feelings about infertility. This has been an incredibly painful holiday for me over the last 5 years that we’ve been building our family.Read more
“Why does everyone else have brothers and sisters except for me?” – My son If ever there was a question that could pierce straight into my heart, this was it. We were on a long drive, just the two of us, and somehow, the topic I purposely avoid with him came up. In response, IRead 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
“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
Secondary infertility refers to a person with a uterus who previously carried a pregnancy to term and had a successful live birth, but now is unable to become pregnant or carry a pregnancy to term. At the time of writing this, Statistics Canada does not provide a differentiation between rates of primary versus secondaryRead more
I have a secret life that nobody knows about. It happens before the rest of the world is even awake. My eyes shoot open at 5:00a.m., I have to be out the door by 6:00a.m. I swear I don’t sleep anymore. You’d think that I was preparing for something huge, an important speech or a big race but this matterRead more