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This journey is hard. More than that, it's personal and arduous and gets to the core of our dreams as women in a real, vulnerable way. We often blame our bodies for failing us, wonder what we did wrong, and question if all of this will lead us to where we so desperately want to be. In that process, we will encounter so many people. Women like us that understand the frailty of our souls right now, people that have never heard of ART and don't even know how to relate, and people who want to support us the best way they can, without personal experience, or a different experience from our own. It's that final group that I struggle with the most. You know them. They are our husbands saying "you got this babe, this is our time!", our parents saying "it's for sure gonna happen now!", it's other TTC sisters saying "it only takes one good one!". And what's crazy is, this could all be true. Every last one. And I so want it to be. But the blind optimism strikes me in a tender spot and actually makes me recoil. Because even though these statements are said with nothing but good intentions, they aren't always helpful to me. In those moments, here is what I feel in response: "but what if it's not our time?", "What if it doesn't happen next?", "What if after the retrieval and fertilization and growth and testing we don't have our one?" And then I start to feel guilty that I'm not positive all of the time. It invalidates my feelings of worry and doesn't recognize my emotions in the process. My husband and I are opposites in IVF. In a single convo with our RE, he hears the positives and I hear the negatives. Where he hears "let's give the follicles more time", I hear "this cycle might be cancelled". So we work on this. He knows that the best way to support me isn't with sunshine and butterflies all the time, I more want him there to support me and keep me seeing all of the possibilities. I know my anxiety is not a place I should live all the time either. So I challenge you to think about the forms of support. How do we let others know we hear and see them in a way that makes them feel validated? Sometimes "I know this is hard, but I'm thinking of you" goes a long way ❤️.

Everyday struggle! We should never feel guilty for how we feel no matter what your going through. There are people a lot worse off but your battle is your own and something no one will understand how it feels!

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As a father has compassion on his children, so the Lord has compassion on those who fear him (Psm 103:13). Happy Father's Day to all the men out there who are father's by blood or being a father figure in someone's life. To those patiently waiting to be fathers on this crazy journey that we call ttc, continue being strong in the Lord and in the power of his might! Do not be discouraged or dismayed for your labor is not in vain. Your prayers have not fallen on death ears! . To my husband; Making you a father has been one of the most rewarding gifts and my greatest success in life! So many are praying to experience fatherhood, and we don't take this gift for granted. As our children read the letter of your life, I know it will teach them to fear God. They will not just be hearers of his word and live a life that's contrary to it, but will do His word daily. They will see a man who's love for their mother is pure and holy, lacking nothing. I thank you for your prayers over me, for walking this journey of life next to me, for being strong where I am weak, encouraging me when there's doubt, and empowering me when fear tries to creep in! I love you with my whole heart. Happy Father's Day❤

Happy Monday: would you like some COFFEE with your sugar? That used to be my typical order at Starbucks, lots and lots of sugar. Even as a doctor I failed to realize that lean PCOS still suffers the metabolic profile of someone who is obese. Studies have found that lean women with PCOS have a 3 to 10 percent incidence of missed diabetes diagnosis. This is likely because doctors don’t generally expect normal weight adults to develop diabetes or insulin resistance. That said, the risk of developing diabetes in normal weight PCOS women is not as significantly increased like it is for obese women. Accordingly some studies recommend that all women with PCOS have their insulin levels checked, regardless of their weight. This was me, skinny with an abnormal insulin resistance profile. (Just another reason why I need to wake up early and workout) Side note- happy birthday to @jaanuubydrneela (here is to more boss babe women physicians) . . . . . . . . . . . .#ttc #ttcpcos #ttcwarrior #ttcchicago #ttcmembers #ttccommunity #ivf #ivfwarriors #infertility #infertilityproblems #infertilitywarrior #fertility #fertilitywarrior #pcos #pcosdiet #nutritional #diet #reproductivehealth #fertilitycommunity #fertilitydoctors #fertilitystruggles

Husband just got back slightly tipsy from seeing a friend and brought back a gift from him and his wife. This is the first item of clothing I have actually held in my hands for this baby, and very predictably I burst into tears when I held it. I just can’t imagine that this is going to house a baby in a few short months, it just feels too good to be true.

26 weeks today Bump is really getting large now, as he is measuring a couple of weeks ahead. It’s becoming a challenge to get up and down my stairs, and sleeping is almost impossible. Also spending lots of time with my feet in buckets of cold water/elevated to relieve the swelling! But I can feel baby move so much now and it’s such an amazing feeling. Still have to pinch myself that we are at this point.

Official first bump photo at 14 weeks! Really noticed it appear in the last few days, and have full on migrated to maternity leggings and tights and given up entirely on my jeans. This weekends job will be finding some maternity jeans - please let me know if you know where I can get some good ones! I am super pear shaped, so need ones that will fit around my backside as well as my bump! So amazing to reach 14 weeks, only a couple more weeks and I’ll be 4 months. Can’t believe we have got this far, so so grateful!

Officially 13 weeks today! I know some places say 14 weeks is the second trimester, but my app I use says it starts at 13 weeks so that’s what I’m going with! Still feeling pretty terrible, so those dreams of the second trimester bringing glowingness aren’t quite accurate. Still feeling very nauseous and absolutely shattered! Been listening to baby’s heartbeat every day on my Doppler so feel a LOT less anxious than I did before. Have our nhs dating scan tomorrow which I’m excited about! Time is starting to fly!