This Mother’s Day might be my most special one to date. Honestly since becoming a mother, every Mother’s Day has been incredibly special, but this year, I will officially be six months pregnant with the baby we waited and struggled…
First Trimester Pregnancy Update + My Favorite New Non-Maternity Dress That Fits a Bump
Thank you for all the well wishes and messages. I’m still sorting through them all, but it means so much. As many of you know, the road here wasn’t easy, so we couldn’t be more excited. I know I’m in…
Big News!
Surprise! We’re pregnant! Baby #2 is coming this August! I honestly, didn’t know I’d ever have the opportunity to make a pregnancy announcement after infertility. We’ve been keeping the news secret for sooo long (though I’m sure many of you…
Watching All Your Friends Get Pregnant When You’re Struggling with Inferility
So basically every day when I open the mail, I get to cry over the fact that another friend of mine is having a baby and I’m not. Something I used to love, opening Christmas cards has become something I dread.
When You Just Need to Check Out
This weekend we skipped a bunch of Halloween parties I was really looking forward to and escaped to the country. We wanted to see the lake house before all the leaves fell, but honestly, I also needed to just get…
Surviving the Emotional Rollercoaster of Infertility
One of the hardest parts about dealing with infertility is trying to stay positive and not stress when every month, every treatment is met with the same heartbreaking results – no baby. When time marches on, your friends have second…
The Fertility Diet I’m Trying
As we struggle to conceive and the months pass by, we’re faced with the question of when to consider IVF. IVF is expensive and our insurance doesn’t cover it, but it’s also not foolproof and I think having it not…
Infertility Diaries: Should We Just Be More Patient?
I was surprised that during my first visit with an infertility doctor, IVF came up right away. Honestly, I didn’t know much about it other than it was extremely expensive and that I had some friends who tried it. I…
Infertility Diaries: Another Round of Treatments
People don’t tell you how much time you spend at the doctor when you’re undergoing fertility treatments. It’s much more than when I was actually pregnant with James, and having to try to squeeze all the doctor appointments into a…
Infertility Diaries: A Failed IUI
I got my period today and I cried. Correction, I sobbed. I’m actually sitting on the bathroom floor sobbing now while James takes a bath because motherhood doesn’t stop for infertility. I’m pretty sure this will scar him for life…
The Pain of Infertility
God, I really never thought I’d be writing a post like this. I thought I was one of the lucky ones. The ones whose husbands looked at them and they got pregnant. Trust, I’ve had to deal with a lot…
