Mother’s day is quickly approaching. We women without children living with infertility know that this means “the most awful weekend of the year”. How in the world am I supposed to make it through a weekend dedicated to celebrating being a mommy, when the reason for my existence is not on Earth? I am still…… Continue reading Angel’s Day
This past week was the first week I have felt normal in about a month. I have so much to look forward to in the coming months, and it just occurred to me this week that I don’t always have to have my guard up in fear of being let down again. I’m still nervous…… Continue reading Wrapping up our first NIAW; baby steps on this path of ours.
Today was a long day, but for good reason. We arrived at REACH this morning around 9:15 am for our day full of appointments with our surrogate (gestational carrier) and her husband – aka, my cousin Kristen Broome. So it’s official, our “surrogate” has a name! A lot of people already know, being that this…… Continue reading A Decision is Made
In honor of NIAW this coming Monday, 4/22, I wrote the following entry. It is being nominated for the “Hope Award” for best blog, via the RESOLVE organization. I could win a trip to NY to speak about my story & infertility if I win! Fingers crossed… I strongly believe that women are the strongest…… Continue reading National Infertility Awareness Week
Finding the perfect pair of shoes can be a daunting task. Imagine trying to find the pair of shoes that will be your “trademark”; I know, that sounds so superficial. But, that’s how I’m dealing. I decided a month or so ago that I wanted to find a pair of baby-blue heels to wear for…… Continue reading If the shoe fits..
Before I continue on telling the story of our tragedy turned triumph, lets not forget how it all started. I used to be so impatient about getting pregnant. Like a child being told they can’t open their presents Christmas morning, I was chomping at the bit for years for my turn. We were married when…… Continue reading Rewind: Two lines are better than one
I was looking so forward to Christmas this year. Hopefully I would be out of the morning sickness phase of my pregnancy, and starting to finally really “show” my baby bump. I knew that my family had already bought some baby-related Christmas presents, and I couldn’t wait. But mostly, I couldn’t wait to find out…… Continue reading The “Pink or Blue” countdown..
Time pressed on as it always does, but somehow it seems to morph into “slow-mode” when you’re pregnant. It’s probably because from the second you find out that test is positive, you want it to be 40 weeks later with a baby in your arms. Naturally, I was no different. Like a child marking off…… Continue reading What morning sickness?
“We are really ready for this!” After 9 years together and 3 years married, we were ready to start our family. Sounds simple enough! I had been tracking my cycles for months…okay, a year. I had my ovulation down to the day and I hadn’t been on birth control in over 6 months. We were…… Continue reading It all started in August 2011..
Hello family, friends & fans! We have so much going on in our lives, I thought what better way to document it all than to start a public blog. I’m a diary kind of girl, so it will take some getting use to this whole electronic format of journaling. I’m excited nonetheless, and I have…… Continue reading Hello world!
No Foot Is Too Small 