Month: January 2023

  • Real-Time Experience

    Real-Time Experience

    Up until this point, this blog has mostly been retrospective. Sharing our story this way has allowed me to reflect on our journey and provide readers regular updates while currently going through everything.  The story from here on out will be as close to real time as I can get it. It still may be…

  • Acceptance

    Acceptance

    Recently, I was at a neighbor’s house for a birthday party. (Happy Birthday, Tiff!) While there, I was chatting with some friends about our IVF experience and plans to try again soon. One of them commented that I appear much less stressed about this round than I did the first time around.  I hadn’t really…

  • Making a Change

    Making a Change

    Between our last set of doctor’s appointments in August 2022 and now, one of the big things Nick and I discussed was changing doctors before our next IVF cycle. I shared a little about my frustrations with Dr. G. in this blog, but I didn’t want to delay us trying IVF, so we stuck with…

  • Our Plan

    Our Plan

    After our appointment with Dr. W., Nick and I felt we had a solid plan. We decided to try a second round of IVF in early 2023. It was August 2022 when we crafted this plan. Dr. G. had told us if we wanted to try again it needed to be sooner rather than later,…

  • Asking for Help

    Asking for Help

    For some folks, asking for help isn’t all that easy; I’d say Nick and I both fit neatly into that box. This is why, a few months back, when a good friend asked if she could set up a GoFundMe page for us, we were both incredibly grateful. (Thank you, Jami!) Throughout this journey, we…