Gut punch! Receiving the news from my Reproductive Endocrinologist that my best bet for getting pregnant was IVF was devastating to hear. After nine months of clomid or letrozole and zero evidence of ovulation, I wasn’t expecting such drastic measures would be required for success. After trying on our own for six months, we sought a consultation from the RE as my twin sister had difficulty...
(Story written in 2014) I know a lot about the baby growing in my belly, but not the gender. I know he (or she) was fertilized on September 7, 2011 at around 8:40am. The embryo was placed in cold storage a few hours later, along with three of its little embryo buddies, where it stayed until November 16, 2013. It was placed inside my ready-and-waiting uterus on November 21, 2013, where I imagine...
Ever since I was little I hoped for a big family someday. I was one of 3 children, which was so much fun. My siblings and I were good friends and we had a great time together. I hoped for at least the same for my own children, but I dreamed of having 6 kids someday. When my husband and I started dating I learned he was one of 5 children. When things were getting more serious for us we started...
I babysat my life away as a young teenager and loved every minute of it. While attending high school I became interested in child development and worked in the high school’s in-house daycare everyday after school; eventually becoming the Home Economics Sterling Scholar for my studies in child development classes and my work at the daycare. I was an Elementary Education major in college, and a...