Inside: A story about miscarriage, friendship, and feeling less alone. I was supposed to be in labor six years ago today. Instead, I woke up on February 10th in tears, then closed my eyes again wishing the day away. I was supposed to meet my first child six years ago today. But instead, I spent…
This post originally appeared on Filter Free Parents. Searching through files on my computer looking for some old tax information, I came across a folder tucked several folders deep that I hadn’t seen in nearly five years. “Infertility” I didn’t have to go into that folder to know what was in there. Referral letters, test…
Procreating ain’t easy. It’s “supposed” to be, but for a lot of people it simply is not. So for the women out there peeing on one million sticks and wondering why their high school health teacher made it sound like if you looked at a guy funny you’d be with child, this one is for…
1 out of 4 pregnancies end in miscarriage. That miscarriage statistic is staggering, and brutal. And it’s a statistic I had never heard until I was sitting in a doctor’s office with my world crashing down around me. 10 minutes earlier I had been picking out names and excitedly awaiting the first glimpse of my…