Listen To Your Mother: Before, During and After
Feeling equal parts terrified and exhilarated, I pressed send. It was almost six months ago that I e-mailed my Listen To Your Mother submission. I waited on pins and needles for 10 excruciating days,...
View ArticleThere Is Still So Much More To Share…
My infertility column on SheKnows has been canceled. My last post ran on July 1. I am very disappointed, but extremely grateful for the opportunity to discuss my battle with secondary infertility on...
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Somebody Pinch Me!
Jimmy Fallon and his wife recently welcomed a daughter and revealed that they spent years trying for a baby before it finally happened via surrogate and I love what he shared with Savannah Guthrie on...
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Shaking That Feeling: What Infertility Struggles Do To You
At one point I had four doctors. Recently having “graduated” from the fertility clinic I have been at for over three years, I now only have three. Since day one all of them have assured me that what...
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If It’s A Boy…
When I was pregnant with Lucas, even after finding out he was a boy, we consciously registered for and bought a lot of gender neutral items… reds, tans, greens. Even his nursery furniture and decor...
View ArticleDear Baby Girl
My first Letters For Lucas post was Dear Baby Boy, a letter I wrote to Lucas before he was born. I wrote this letter when my heart was light and my cares were few. I was bursting in anticipation to...
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Live & In Person
Several times I have shared how much I love music, from my current workout playlist, to favorite songs and my adoration of Dave Matthews. I have a short list of songs that I *must* hear performed live...
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Life After Infertility: Infertility Awareness Week 2014
One in every eight couples in the United States are affected by infertility. Nearly six million families are childless. Some chose this option, but many more long for children that never come....
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Shooting Stars
One year ago today. The appointment was scheduled for Saturday, May 18 at 10:00 am. Two embryos. One boy. One girl. Cyropreserved and stored for just over two months. We told our reproductive...
View ArticleFrozen: Six Options
My six-year-old son doesn’t remember hanging out with me for countless hours in our fertility doctor’s waiting room. Much more patient than I ever was, I might add. He doesn’t recall the separate, much...
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