When you’re having trouble having a baby, there may be a lot to grieve. You grieve your ovaries, which work only some of the time. You grieve your partner’s sperm for being too few or poor swimmers. You grieve the entire process; all of the tests, the diagnoses, the waiting. Things many may never need
Tag: infertility
By now, it’s no secret that making a family is the top priority for my husband and me (although, just to make things really interesting, we’ve thrown a search for our first house in there, too). Consequently, I’ve spent a lot of time and energy wishing for a life with kids, perhaps forgetting the many
When my husband and I learned we might be having trouble conceiving, our journey towards a family took on an entirely new direction. The end destination is still the same, but we’re still navigating the path to get there. What started off as a daunting enough task (::deep breath:: “Okay, we are ready to have
When you’re trying to have a baby, timing is everything. Let’s be honest, there’s no perfect time to have a baby (or start a new job, a new business, move, buy a house, I could go on…) but you can certainly make plans for a time that feels right. Plus, the act of making a
Just like there are things you shouldn’t say to a pregnant woman (check out Sarah’s post!) there are also things you shouldn’t say to a non-pregnant woman. Just because a woman is in a committed relationship and appears to be of a child-bearing age doesn’t mean, A) she’s ready to have a baby, B) wants
I’ve started this post in my head a hundred times. Each time, I make mental edits, or scratch the whole thing and start over. I shouldn’t be the one writing this—surely I’m just imagining things anyway. The missed periods, the impossibly long cycles, the year of trying with no pink plus signs. It must be
I know, bizarre title, right? But stay with me… Being an infertile mom to a houseful of kids is a strange place to be. When I go out and get the constant “Wow! You have your hands full!” comments from strangers, I can’t help but think…”you have no idea how empty they once felt.” The nursery sat empty
