It’s a difficult fact to accept that not everyone gets to experience a rainbow baby. For some, your losses are your only motherhood. For others, you may have a child or children, but because of secondary infertility and losses, your rainbow isn’t arriving. And you are still stuck in the storm. For me, infertility was…
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Multiple Losses: Lightning Keeps Striking
Continue...After my first stillbirth, the doctors assured me that it wouldn’t happen again. They thought I had caught a virus that affected the pregnancy. It was a “fluke”. I was cleared for another cycle of IVF. I was “young and healthy.” The odds were “in my favor.” Lightning “doesn’t strike twice.” So what do we…
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On the Cliff
Continue...And then the faucet burst. The ground cracked open again. We slipped. And now we’re both hanging on to the side of the cliff. Rocks keep falling into the abyss around us. We don’t want to fall because we know how hard it is to crawl back out. But it’s hard. And it hurts. And…
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She Would Be Four
Continue...She would be four today. I’ve been gone from Still Standing Magazine a long while. I’ve been gone from the entire communities in both the loss and infertility aspects. I don’t feel I have a place here anymore. There is no more trying to have a child anymore for me. My losses, my children, will…
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Infertility In The Military
Continue...A Guest Post By: Michelle Moskiewicz From: Your Reproductive System To: Active Duty Female Subj: INFERTILITY ASSIGNMENT AND REPORTING ORDERS You have been assigned infertility while in active duty status. Your duties will include, but not be limited to: frequent medical appointments, numerous hormone medications and injections (you’re giving yourself the shot!), regular…
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Secondary Infertility Is Not Secondary
Continue...“Mommy, can we get a new house?” “Why,” I questioned back to my 4-year-old. “Don’t you like living here?” “I want to live in a different house. One that has kids in it — you know — friends? Who live there all the time? I want to get rid of this house, and live in a…
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The Strength of Infertility and Loss
Continue...Guest Post By Cathie Quillet [media-credit name=”Lori” align=”aligncenter” width=”989″][/media-credit] Growing up, mama taught me that femininity was synonymous with strength. As her only daughter, she made sure to depart in me all the characteristics that I would need to navigate this world as a woman. Bravery. Courage. Resiliency. Strength. I knew that I would need…
