The second you find out you are pregnant after battling infertility (if it were possible, the second before that second!), your love tank for your baby fills instantaneously. To suffer a pregnancy loss after reaching what is, up until that point, the pinnacle of your joy on your journey to motherhood is almost unreal. It […]
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On my seven-year journey to motherhood, my husband and I saw a reproductive endocrinologist (RE). Because I fell into that category the medical profession calls “advanced maternal age”, i.e., 35 years or older, and we had been trying to become pregnant for more than a year and a half, my OB suggested we see a […]
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If trying to become a mommy is not working out as you had planned, at best, and has been downright heartbreaking because of pregnancy losses, at worst, it is difficult to not fix your eyes on the disappointments on your journey to motherhood and become incredibly discouraged. But if you are not ready to give […]
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When my husband and I decided we wanted to start a family, it was a year and a half after the loss of my mom. Although I was a few weeks shy of my 34th birthday when she died, I couldn’t even think about starting a family because I had to figure out how to […]
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After struggling to conceive for nearly a year, in addition to family, my husband and I made a decision to open up to a small circle of friends for emotional support. I had lost my mom a year and a half earlier and facing infertility was another painful blow. Our struggle ended up turning into […]
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There are questions I wished I had asked concerning my reproductive health when we first began trying to have a baby, especially since I fell into that category of “advanced maternal age”—35 years or older. Once I finally became pregnant, I began taking prenatal vitamins. Sadly, my pregnancy ended in a stillbirth, and that devasting […]
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“I am so sorry Kim!” Hearing those five words while I was 20 weeks pregnant took my breath away. I had to fight to not allow them to take my hope, too. If you have suffered a devastating loss, you must fight to not let fear and hopelessness overwhelm you. I was at my 20-week […]
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It may seem obvious, but I learned how important it is to ask critical questions about your reproductive health when you’re fighting infertility. And if you are feeling overwhelmed or discouraged, I encourage you to consider asking, in prayer, for wisdom and strength and your heart’s desire. Unfortunately, many years passed on my seven-year journey […]
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Pause. Think about what you been thinking, what you have been replaying or rehearsing in your mind. Are you allowing the disappointments and heartaches you have experienced on your journey to motherhood, thus far, catapult you into a state of hopelessness about your fertility? Whether you are a few months into your journey or a […]
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