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Every Stop Counts.
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I have to say a big thank you to @michelinusa and @graco for inviting me to what ended up being a huge eye-opener about safety. Before Cora was born & even now as we’re #tryingtoconceive I researched TONS about safety for my baby and family. But what I didn’t even think about was tire safety- why thou? We’re in the car tons with our families and don’t we want our tires to keep us safe through every stop!.
I was able to first-hand see & feel the difference between a worn Michelin®️ Premier®️ A/S tire versus the competitor...let me just say it’s BEYOND WORDS how much safer I felt with Michelin!.
Life happens on worn tires, let @michelinusa help keep your family safe at every stop!.
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Click the link in my bio for your chance to win a set of tires AND score a $100 reward card when you buy a set of Michelin Premier tires #everystopcounts #gracolove #mymichelinexperience #ad
3 baby announcements so far THIS WEEK from friends or daughters of friends who have lucked into accidentally getting pregnant. I’m bitter, and I can’t help but show it sometimes. Being the only non-mother in my entire office at work is frustrating beyond belief, especially when they keep jokingly saying DON’T EVER HAVE KIDS. IT’S A TRAP. or saying I BET YOU’LL BE PREGNANT WITHIN THE NEXT YEAR. not even knowing how wonderful I would consider that to be. (#Femometer App FYI) #LPDefect #LutealPhaseDefect #TTC #TryingToConceive #BabyDust #Fertility #Pregnancy #PregnancySymptoms #Ovulation #BBT #BasalBodyTemperature #AF #TTCJourney #Endometriosis #EndoSister #TTCCommunity #TTCSisters #TTCTribe #TTCwithEndometriosis #TTCSupport #FaithTrustAndBabyDust
I don’t believe most people mean harm when they ask this. But, really, it just needs to stop.
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Family, friends, coworkers, neighbors. I have been asked by them all. I am sure you have too.
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After my neighbor asked me three times, I told her I didn’t know if I could have children. She still continued to ask me.
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The decision to have or not have children is extremely personal and individual. Just because someone does not have a child does not mean that they did not have one, or that they do not want to have one.
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This question is not just cute or harmless. We can all do better by thinking more before we speak.
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If someone asks you when, if, how you’re going to have children, don’t be afraid to tell them what’s what.
“Each time a woman stands up for herself, without knowing it possibly, without claiming it, she stands up for all women.” —Maya Angelou
This is a post I wrote the night before my D&C. It’s raw, but it’s real. Reminder: it’s okay to feel what you feel.
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It seems all week I find myself waking up at 3am unable to go back to sleep. This week has been exhausting, yet at the same time I can’t seem to find rest. Here I am, awake, thinking about my upcoming surgery. Given the last few days to process, yesterday has been the best day emotionally, but I know this morning will be hard. The nurse called last night and told me we need to be at the hospital at 6am. She said I will be receiving an IV sedation so I won’t be awake for anything going on, the surgery starts at 8 and will be over in about 20min. It’s hard to fathom. This little life we have been dreaming and planning for is going to be gone in a matter of a 20min procedure. I know to other people, this was early, but once you have heard the heartbeat of your first child it’s hard to imagine that being taken away. It was there. That 119 BPM. We heard it, we saw it flutter. How in a matter of a week did we lose this precious little pumpkin? To others it may seem like a loss of tissue, but to us it’s a loss of all our hopes, dreams, and plans for this child.
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I decided I wanted the surgery to be able to do some genetic testing and hopefully find some helpful information of what could have gone wrong. But today, I am realizing that in 4 hours the baby that would add a new role to my life as mom, my husband a dad, and our parents grandparents, will be just a memory. That once again our desire to be parents resets a clock and is now at least another 11 months until fruition. Timelines will drive you crazy. Here’s the thing about wanting kids..they tell you, you’ll never really feel ready or know now is the right time. Coming up on four years of marriage, we felt ready. We felt we were ready to take on this new challenge and blessing in beginning a new chapter and raising our own family. And when you feel you are ready, every month it doesn’t happen is more and more devastating as you realize that thing you desire more than ever is completely out of your control. You can’t will a baby into existence. You can’t make yourself get pregnant.
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We did it! One maybe baby is all tucked in and hopefully getting comfortable.
This morning was our embryo transfer. We got off to a bit of a rocky start when they thawed one embryo and it didn’t survive. That conversation was heart stopping.
My anxiety went through the roof.
After waiting around for a while (with a very uncomfortably full bladder) they thawed a second embryo which they said was perfect.
Our transfer went smoothly from there and now I’m at home watching Netflix on the couch. ❄️
I am not pregnant!!! However, I do what to talk about pregnancy tests! Have you or someone you know ever been ashamed of going to the store to buy a pregnancy test? ♀️ I know I have!!! With my first set of twins, I was in college working on my RN degree. I still lived at home in a small town where I knew so many people and so many people knew my family as well as Nicks family. I NEVER use to get sick, but when I did, I knew something was wrong. Having to sneak out of the house to go to the store late at night to buy a pregnancy test PRAYING I would see anyone I knew was awful! I have partnered up with @getstix to stop the embarrassment of running into people that you don’t feel like talking to about why you’re buying a pregnancy test, to break women who are struggling with infertility and don’t want to risk getting questioned if it’s “Her Time Now!”
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I have a new blog post up (link is in my bio) I have quite a few friends who are struggling with infertility, the constant negative test, having to go out in a store full of people that they don’t want to be around to get a pregnancy test in hopes this time it is positive is heartbreaking. @getstix and I have a few helpful tips on “How To Support Friends Struggling To Conceive” on my blog, be sure to give it a read.
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. https://doublethedoubles.wordpress.com/2019/06/11/how-to-support-friends-struggling-to-conceive/
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We are finally so excited to announce that we are ADOPTING! We cannot wait to grow our family, & we are so pumped to do it through adoption! (and no, it’s not another dog). We have been waiting for this miracle for 8 years now, after all the meds + doctors visits + no after no every month, we have never smiled & cried as much as we have the past couple years! Truly, we have seen so many divine blessings happening in our lives in such a short amount of time, it’s unbelievable. Adoption was never plan B for us after infertility, it was always an option right alongside treatments, we just had to choose one at a time with how expensive and emotionally draining they both can be. Once we chose to pursue this we have felt the spirit guiding us at every turn.
Now we need your help completing our family! We are just asking for continued prayers for our future baby + expectant mother + us. Please click the little plane & share this post on your IG feed/story to help us fundraise for our adoption. We are so so grateful for all of you who have supported us in our journey, & we are so thankful for the help! So many of you have reached out to us & have brought us so much hope! So thank you!
UPDATE... for those asking we do have a go fund me page to help with donations, see my link
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As most of you know we’re trying for another baby which is completely new to us. Our 3rd month just ended tracking everything in hopes of getting pregnant. In a few days it will be time for me to take that early detection test & hope for a YES. Everyday I try to prepare myself & say that if I’m not it’s not big thing, we’ll just keep trying. I know I’m still soo early in this #ttcjourney and I’ve got to stay positive through it. It really is different going from having an amazing “accident” to “working” for it though. But here’s to good luck charms & for us.
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