My husband has said from the beginning of our relationship that he couldn’t deprive this world of me as a mother. And admittedly it had been my dream all my life. But I knew if it wasn’t meant to work out to have children of my own, I was blessed with two bonus children. We
I have always wanted to be a mother, I have always known something was wrong with me (all my ex’s have kids). I tried for many years and knew that I would need IVF, my husband agreed to going through the cycle of IVF after many, many fails of IUI and other reproductive treatments. First cycle
My husband and I got married in 2017 and decided right away to try to have a baby. We were so sure it would happen and so excited for the whole process. Almost a year later, we still were not pregnant and decided to seek outside testing and help. We found out that really the
My husband and I began our journey to create a family in 2015. After two years of negative pregnancy tests, an incorrect diagnosis, and no clear answers, it was time to see a new infertility specialist who concluded that we had only a 4% chance of getting pregnant without the assistance of IVF due to
Charlene and Owens’ story. July 18th, a morning I woke up to feeling a change in my body. It was a very positive feeling, my boobs were still sore and by today it would have stopped being sore because I would have expected my period to start and I was always dead on time. I
Our journey started with trying to conceive for a year. Working in OB I had some insight as to what needed to happen and when and we were already in our 30s. After 4 months of ovulation induction medication we were still unsuccessful and referred to a RE. After 3 rounds of IUI and no
My story is of secondary infertility and recurrent pregnancy loss. After having successful pregnancies and coming from a family of women who got pregnant and stayed pregnant without issue, experiencing infertility and miscarriage caught me so off guard. My husband and I have identical twin boys who are five and another little boy who is
Hoping Amidst the Rain Rainbows have definitely become special to me since the losses. They are symbols of God’s promises to me. His promises of hope and an expectant end. I see them often everywhere. It seems at my lowest or when God knows I need a pick me up, He will allow a
After over a year of trying to conceive naturally, my OBGYN suggested we try IUI. We did 4 IUI cycles with her before she recommended we move on to see a fertility specialist, who then tried 2 more IUI cycles before ultimately recommending IVF. We proceeded with IVF and that was an absolute rollercoaster. We