My fiancé and I have been trying to conceive naturally for nearly 7 years. In the fall of 2022, we started our IVF journey. December 9th we had our first embryo transfer. Little did I know, it was my perfect angel in the making. I struggled often from subchorionic hematomas with bleeding starting at […]
Their story began with a flicker of joy, tinged with apprehension, as Michelle discovered she was pregnant for the first time. Excitement blossomed in their hearts, dreams of nursery rhymes and tiny footsteps filling their thoughts. But fate, in its capricious way, intervened cruelly. Early in her pregnancy, Michelle faced the devastating blow of miscarriage.
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Pregnancy was not easy for me. I suffered only one loss, and granted others have had it worse, but it was my first pregnancy. That loss occurred in February 2022, just before Valentine’s Day. I went to the ER and found out I was having a chemical miscarriage, 1 week after. I was 6 weeks
In 2018, just 3 short months after marrying my sweet husband, we found a genetic marker in our family which meant that my husband and I couldn’t naturally conceive. We had just purchased a 6 bedroom house, so we were devastated. In 2023 we were finally ready to go the medical route, and did an
1. Describe the process of getting pregnant. Was it easy for you? Was it hard? Did you have to go through fertility treatment? My husband and I were married for 3 years, together for 6 years, when we decided we would like to start a family. We always believed that if it was God’s will
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My husband and I got married in August 2016. In summer of 2017, we began trying for a baby. We got a positive test in late September. We were overjoyed to begin a family. In November while lying on the couch I began feeling some super sharp cramps in my stomach. I got up to
Journey through Loss1.Describe the process of getting pregnant. Was it easy for you? Was it hard? Did you have to go through fertility treatment? My goal through parenthood was to space my children out by at least a year to allow my body to heal and strengthen but also to give that special time to
When people would ask me as a child, what I wanted to be when I grow up, typically I would feel obligated to state “teacher, nurse, pharmacist, librarian, etc.” However, the only thing I have ever truly wanted to be is a mom. My mom has always had a special place in my heart. She
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Tw: mention of miscarriage, infertility, IVF, SCH My husband and I met in 2nd grade and began dating in high school. After high school graduation, we attended college in different states but continued to date. We often talked about how excited we were to get married and have a family when the time was right.
January of 2022 we found out we were having our first baby together (my fiance has a 9 year old son and I have a 9 year old daughter from before we met each other). I was diagnosed with gestational diabetes and I was kept on a strict diet and close monitoring with a high