I have been crocheting for a few years now. I found that I needed something to do with my hands while binge-watching TV or else I would’ve been binging on food instead. So, I went on to good old YouTube and watched videos to learn the basic crochet stitches. For years, I made blankets, hats,…
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Struggling After Loss
Continue...My husband and I struggled with unexplained infertility. We treated with a fertility doctor and conceived our first pregnancy on a combined cycle of Clomid, injectables, and IUI. That pregnancy didn’t make it past nine weeks. At each appointment, there was always something that wasn’t right and we knew it wasn’t going to be viable. …
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Infertility Urban Myths
Continue...When you are a member of the infertility community, you hear all these stories from everybody telling you about the friend of a friend who got pregnant doing this or that. In the beginning, you allow yourself to hold onto those stories for hope. You hope that you will be that lucky person who has…
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I Will: Reflections at One Year
Continue...February 19th, 2018 marks the one year anniversary of the day we said hello and goodbye to our son. I cannot believe it has been one year, how can that be? I find myself amazed how time has passed so quickly and yet so slowly. How am I still standing after seeing my doctor shake her head,…