I know, I know, it's been awhile since I last posted. But that's only because I was busy compiling this infertility pictorial...after one of my recent posts on the sad state of my ovaries I thought it would be a good idea to put together this mini photo album to... Continue reading

For the past 3 years R and I have been arranging our lives around having children that never come. And after failed IVF cycle #3, we are now in the position of trying to figure out what to do next. So my list of options are: 1. IVF #4 with... Continue reading

Pre-mature ovarian failure. Continue reading

My house is packed with people and I am busy trying to be the perfect hostess...making introductions and conversation, while bustling around in the kitchen cooking, serving, and cleaning. They are well-wishers, here to congratulate us on the arrival of our baby daughter. R and I are so proud. She... Continue reading

Hope? Let me tell you something about hope, my friend. It's a dangerous thing. -Red to Andy Dufrense in Shawshank Redemption There are very few more cruel things to experience when you are trying to get pregnant than the excrutiating time frame between embryo transfer/IUI and the pregnancy test. The... Continue reading

The emotional toll of infertility. Continue reading

The heartwrenching sadness of the official infertile diagnosis. Continue reading

Stuck in an infertility rut of whether to continue with treatments for a biological child or move on. Continue reading

Tips on how to interact with someone struggling with infertility. Continue reading

The agonizing wait from the time of IUI to the time of taking a pregnancy test. Continue reading

Love and marriage came easy, it was the sudden loss of what could have been our firstborn that really tested us. Continue reading

Memories from a past canceled IVF cycle and documentation from a current IVF cycle canceled. Continue reading

The stim meds are s-l-o-w-l-y taking over. Continue reading