A New Beginning
As I type this, I honestly don’t know how to get the words out- which is new for me. Two years ago, my best friend believed in me and...
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An Angel Kiss After Loss
My name is Caitlin. And I experienced secondary infertility. This impacted my whole family but I will just speak for myself. I had no...
The Emotional Toll of Coping with a Missed Miscarriage
As morbid as it sounds, I honestly thought I was the miscarriage guru. After three pregnancy losses, I felt like I experienced it all....
Infertility + Loss Real Talk Recap: Adoption
Choosing to adopt is taking a giant leap of faith but so is choosing to be a parent in general. This week's Infertility + Loss Real Talk...
Infertility + Loss Real Talk Recap: Pregnancy After Loss
Once you are finally pregnant after loss, you expect to embrace this new pregnancy and soak in all of the joy that comes with it. After...
Infertility + Loss Real Talk Recap: Interview with The Fertility Center
Once you realize your fertility journey is going to be a struggle, what are you supposed to do next? We spent some time talking with Dr....
World IVF Day
I am so moved by this day for too many reasons. Those that pursue this route didn’t just wake up and choose it. It chose us. Whether it...
Meet Leah - Vice President + Treasurer
As a mother to my daughter who has always been so good with and wanted children, the journey was a difficult one. Your motherly instinct...
Embryo Donation + The Miracle Snowflake Babies
Your family is complete, thanks to IVF, and you have 5 embryos remaining. You are forced to make a difficult decision in what to do with...
This is Pregnancy Loss
It wasn’t supposed to be like this. Seeing those two bright pink lines was all I should have needed. But it wasn’t and I wouldn’t be able...
PCOS Warrior
Guest Author - Alexys Leek Dear you, You, who at 24 started to see your body change in ways you couldn’t understand. You who couldn’t...
The Infertility Friendship
You didn’t meet them in college. They haven’t been your bestie since childhood. Yet, they know more about you than anyone else in your...
Navigating Roe vs Wade for Infertility and Pregnancy Loss
If you have eyes and a device with the internet, it's very likely your mind has been flooded with information regarding the recent...
To the Dad in Waiting on Father's Day
I need you to know I see you, too. You never talk about it, because you‘ve never heard any guy ever talk about this. Your partner needs...
I Get to Love You
Dealing with the struggles infertility brings is awful. There is no sugar-coated version to express it. Of course there are the positive...
There is No Deadline for Grief
I was an assistant principal on my way to serve my lunch duty when I lost our first baby. Here I was about to enter a kindergarten...
Navigating Infertility
As humans, most of us want so desperately to belong to something bigger than ourselves. Our need to belong is why we root for specific...
An Open Letter to the Teacher Waiting for Their Own Littles
To the teacher who is still waiting for littles of your own, You are surrounded by other people‘s children and some days, it really...
Mother's Day for the Mama Who's Still Waiting
You long for the days when Mother's Day was simply making your own mom a decorative card and serving her breakfast in bed. Meeting her...
Resilient
Hey sis. Look at you with all of that hope. You are blogging away about your first fertility appointment and are secretly convinced this...
I See You
I want you to know that I see you. Most of your friends have had babies. Not you, though. You want them, badly. I can tell. You react to...
Infertility Series: Frozen in Time - Part Five (The End and Beginning)
December 17th, 2020 I’ve been drafting this in my head for days. It has been 5 days since our second child was born and even typing the...
Infertility Series: Frozen in Time - Part 4
August 19, 2020 We all know Dr. Google can be pretty negative when all we really want is to find some reassuring news. This was all I...
Infertility Series: Frozen in Time - Part 3
June 1st, 2020 It was March 16th and all of us at the office were told we would be working from home until further notice. The number of...
This is Infertility
January 16th, 2020 I watched 3 YouTube videos on how to give myself an injection on my backside. This is infertility. I’ve been injecting...
Infertility Series: Frozen in Time - Part 2
December 21st, 2019 It appears this body is not a baby making vessel. After 4 months of pills, injections, and assuming everything was a...
Infertility Series: Frozen in Time - Part 1
July 7th, 2019 Looking back at where this blog started and where our journey began is indescribable. I feel the term "blessed" is tossed...
Jessica’s Journey: Part 15- An Open Letter to Our Miracle, Our Son
I can't believe this is my last post. I can still remember being a more innocent version of myself, newly married beginning our fertility...
Jessica’s Journey: Part 15- It was Always You
July 9th, 2018 Our beautiful boy is sitting beside me as I type this. My fingers will not give justice to the overwhelming joy our hearts...
Jessica’s Journey: Part 14- The Waiting Game
April 25th, 2018 As I'm typing this, I can't believe that almost 5 months ago this amazing miracle was brought to us. What is even more...
Jessica’s Journey: Part 13- When a Miscarriage Can’t Just be a Miscarriage
February 17th, 2018 After three miscarriages, I feel like I should be a pro at this point. In reflecting back on each one, it is clear...
Jessica’s Journey: Part 12- An Open Letter to Another Angel
January 21, 2018 My Dear Little Peanut, You came to us at such an unexpected time. We had a plan and knew your brother was coming in...
Jessica’s Journey: Part 11- Expect the Unexpected
January 6th, 2018 For those who know me even a little, they are fully aware of how much of a planner I am. Even if I am sitting still, my...
Jessica’s Journey: Part 10- An Open Letter to my Body
November 29th, 2017 After peeing on a stick to see if we are ovulating for the past ten days and still not seeing the result I want, I am...
Jessica’s Journey: Part 9- One Step Back Then Ten More
April 19th, 2017 I have been waiting to post updates until I had my follow up appointment after we lost our 2nd little one. Little did I...
Jessica’s Journey: Part 8- An Open Letter to Our Second Angel Baby
February 19, 2017 To Our Little Peanut, I really thought my next open letter would be to our rainbow baby. The baby that survived...
Jessica’s Journey: Part 7- An Open Letter to Our Angel Baby
August 7th, 2016 To My Sweet Little Angel, I've been drafting this letter in my heart for sometime now. I think I've been avoiding it...
Jessica’s Journey: Part 6 - Surgery
July 28th, 2016 I didn't expect to have an update this soon, but what I need to realize is I need to stop having any expectations. I...
Jessica’s Journey: Part 5- Your Fertile Window is Active
April 7th, 2016 As I'm driving home from work today, I randomly think about my fertility app on my phone. I won't tell you that I...
Always Remembering
Last night as my husband and I were driving home from a long day out of town, we drove down the long road that leads straight to the...
Jessica’s Journey: Part 4 - A Beautiful Tiny Life
December 12th, 2015 I must preface this by saying that the story does not end well. It began Saturday when I took a pregnancy test. ...
Jessica’s Journey: Part 3- Chlomid Moments
10/26/2015 I do apologize for the lack of updates. Apparently this whole fertility process is not as clean cut as I had hoped. Last we...
Jessica’s Journey Part 2- The Diagnosis
August 30, 2015 Back in March it had been 2.5 years since I had, had a period. I was on the pill until November 9th, 2012 and after that...
Jessica’s Journey Part 1 - The Beginning
August 29th, 2015 After ten amazing years with the love of my life, at 30 and 32, we finally said our vows and made that lifelong...
An Open Letter to the Woman Who Carried My Son
I saw a picture of you holding him and my heart stopped. My mind instantly took me back to that day, and I wish I realized then how...
Snowflake Miracle
March 20th, 2020 is where it all began for us, little one. After four years, frozen in time, we were united. I remember everything about...
Your Words Matter
She asked them if they planned on having kids. They said yes and then she advised they better get started. Little did she know they had...
Dads Feel Pregnancy Loss Too
We sat there with our nerdy card game at our kitchen table. We each had a Guinness. I bent a piece of insulated wire into my best clover...
Another Holiday Missing Our Babies
Tomorrow is a rough day in our house. It will be exactly 4 years since I found out I was pregnant with our Poppy. It wasn’t my first...
The Anxiety of Pregnancy After Loss
I thought you were gone, but you were just hiding- waiting to come back just when I thought I had you under control. Never in my wildest...
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