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Childless and motherless on Mother’s Day
Happy Mother’s Day. Three simple words that can cause extreme happiness or debilitating sadness. Such an innocent thought shared, yet it can cause a deep ache.
Mother’s Day from the trenches of infertility
Mother’s Day is coming up, which is bringing up all of my feelings about infertility. It’s been a painful holiday for me over the last 5 years.
Secondary infertility: Guilt
My son asked, “Why does everyone else have brothers and sisters except for me?” If ever a question could pierce straight into my heart, this was it.
Top 5 strategies for eating with PCOS
Figuring out what exactly to eat when you have PCOS, and balancing your blood glucose and insulin throughout the day, can be overwhelming.
Everything’s not lost
My RE recently told me I had a sparkly personality. Because everyone loves a compliment, I blushed a little and laughed it off.
A miracle only needs one
I want this story to serve as a beacon of hope for all of you reading this and still praying for your miracle.
What’s your superpower?
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.
To the new moms who will struggle to have their next
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.
Handling a due date when you’re no longer due
On 4 July 2018, my phone rang. “Congratulations! You’re pregnant!” I’m sure the nurse thought I didn’t care, because I didn’t get excited.
#metoo: Surviving fertility treatments as a sexual assault survivor
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.
If at first you don’t succeed…
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.
Infertility: The silent illness
Angry. Mad. Shamed. Misunderstood. These are just a few of the adjectives to describe how a person battling infertility might feel.
Goldilocks and the Four REs
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.
A look at secondary infertility
“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 infertility will always be a part of me
Poet Anne Sexton once wrote “pain engraves a deeper memory”. This has certainly been true for me.
Infertility and the new year
Since our infertility diagnoses four years ago, my ideal New Year’s Eve would unfold as follows: Takeout dinner eaten in PJs, bottle of wine and movie, in bed by 10:00 pm.