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- My husband and I are in the process of domestic infant adoption. As part of the process we were required to participate in an infant care course at the local hospital. Oh my, what an experience. I have never before in my life felt more discriminated...
- Sharing for anyone else who may, like me, be feeling bitter. Events these last few days have left me feeling like I'm at the end of my rope. "Hi my name is Shannon and I am bitter.I dont want to be bitter, its not in my nature to be bitter. Yet you...
- I thought that when we made the decision to move forward to adoption, and very happily, that infertility, and all of the emotions, would sort of fade into the background. Yesterday, I realized that it will never completely go away, it's always going...
- I thought that when we made the decision to move forward to adoption, and very happily, that infertility, and all of the emotions, would sort of fade into the background. Yesterday, I realized that it will never completely go away, it's always going...
- Sometimes I have a really hard time making sense out of who can procreate without trying, and who cannot. I mean really, Snookie?Understanding the impossibly illogical: Snookie from Jersey Shore can have a baby, but I...
- Sharing for anyone else who may be feeling a bit down this Valentines Day. Last night as I walked my dogs after a long day at work, and a three-week and counting stint without a day off, I found myself feeling really down in the dumps. I strolled...
- Infertility and feeling broken: We are all never not brokenWhen conception fails we can begin to see ourselves as no longer complete, no longer whole, no longer unbroken.Today I share with you one of the most beautiful blogs I have read. For anyone...
- Sharing something I wrote today, which took pretty much all the strength I have. It is so hard to ask for support, and to own that I don't feel I deserve it because I have "failed" on this journey to conception. What value does my voice have when...
- Sharing something I wrote today, which took pretty much all the strength I have. It is so hard to ask for support, and to own that I don't feel I deserve it because I have "failed" on this journey to conception. What value does my voice have when...
- Common and Well Established Infertility Treatments Are Unlikely To Improve FertilityBelow is an article from the British Medical Journal and Gabriela Rosa from 2008. Im always curious to read what little is out there regarding fertility treatments,...
- A very dear friend to me, who has also struggled with IF, sent me the below link to 30 stories about adoption. I have never read anything more profound than this collection and was truly, truly moved. I hope you will take a few moments to read one...
- On the verge of Thanksgiving, I am sharing this for all you women who truly inspire me. May every single one of us never, ever forget our value, worth, and...
- Sharing for anyone interested. I was especially surprised about shrimp--I eat it all the time instead of meat! Yuck. . .http://infertilityawakening.com/2011/11/17/fertility-fish-the-ones-to-let-get-away/
- Sharing for anyone who may, like me, be struggling with the guilt that comes from robbing a husband of their life's dreams because of our failed bodies. ". . . You see the thing is I can handle my own disappointment, my own dashed dreams, and my own...
- A few nights ago my husband and I went to see The Mighty Macs. I think my eyes welled up with tears more times than I can count on both hands. Good tears, tears of conviction, tears of remembering, and tears of joy.The Mighty Macs is about the 1971...