To the Woman With the Aching Heart and Empty Womb
To the sad woman in the OB/Gyn waiting room, I see you. I know why you’re here. Don’t worry, I won’t tell the others. I get you. I…
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The Invisible Mother Hurts and Hopes
In a world full of mothers, so many of them seem to go unnoticed, unrecognized. Forgotten. They belong to a special class of mothers who walk amongst…
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A Month in the Life of Trying
Another month has come and gone without getting those two pink lines on that stick. Even though you did everything humanly possible to try to get the…
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Dear Someday Baby, I Long For You
Dear Someday Baby, Sometimes it feels as if I’ll never get to meet you. You see, we’ve been trying for you, for quite a while now. …
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This is Infertility
I see you. I see you buying the 50-pack of ovulation sticks from Amazon, because your cycle is never regular. I see you using those sticks…
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To the Woman With an Only Child Who’s Struggling to Fit in
Sometimes I wish I could create this pact with all of my new mom friends. Maybe you had kids easily and can’t relate at all. Please read on so that…
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When All You Want For Christmas is a Baby
When I picture a mother’s love or a child’s joy, I am flooded with memories of cozy Christmas mornings that my parents planned out month…
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To the Moms and Dads Who Suffer Loss: You Are Not Alone
You are walking the hardest path anyone will ever walk—living this life without your children. Your losses have come in many shapes and sizes.…
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I Had Someone Else’s Baby: 5 Truths About Surrogacy
“I could never carry a baby for nine months and then just give it away.” That’s what I have heard over and over again from the time…
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Where the Fear Lives
You’re tucked in and prayers are said. Last sips of water, last hugs, last kissing hands, and I have to pull away and close the door because I…
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