I Was Pregnant for 3 Weeks
***TRIGGER WARNING**** The brief moment I finally became pregnant after years of IVF In 2014, I was pregnant for three weeks. It was my first round of IVF using donor eggs from Greece. When we…
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National Infertility Awareness Week: A Different Kind of Strength
Every year, National Infertility Awareness Week arrives with a familiar message: raise awareness, share stories, break the silence. And yet, there is still a part of the story that often goes unspoken. Not the beginning.…
View PostInternational Women’s Day, and the Woman Who Helped Me Survive
On infertility grief, therapy, and rebuilding life as a woman who is Childfree Not By Choice. The Women We Celebrate Every year on March 8, International Women’s Day fills my Instagram feed with messages about…
View PostFrom Anti–Valentine’s Day to Neutral Valentine’s Day
A CFNBC Reflection on Love, Laughter, and Letting Go I went from being an Anti–Valentine’s Day person to being a Neutral Valentine’s Day person. In my adult years, I learned from my ex-husband that Valentine’s…
View PostJournaling Helped Me Heal After Infertility and Fostering/Adoption Loss
I didn’t begin journaling to process infertility grief. In the early days, it wasn’t even on my radar. I was still debating whether to foster again, still hoping a different agency might open a door…
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