I have been living with thyroid disease since I was seventeen. At seventeen I'd never even heard of the thyroid, but here I found myself possessing one that was diseased. Leading up to that diagnosis was an overall sense that I had become a shell of a person....
This post was supposed to be about the trials and tribulations of creating a baby registry. Then two weeks ago, something unexpected happened. At 32 and-a-half weeks pregnant, I was still working, exercising and feeling great. Then one night, I started bleeding. A lot. I immediately...
“Have you ever considered starting a family?”
“Do you think you might have kids one day?”
“Are you thinking about your biological clock yet?”
Why do people think it’s okay to ask these questions?
The hardest part of infertility for me wasn’t the physical demands of IVF (in vitro fertilization), the testing, injections and procedures. It was the stress and emotional turmoil I felt while going through it.
After a year of trying to get pregnant without success, my husband and I were referred to a fertility clinic. I was hoping it would be a simple case of “unexplained infertility” that would require a straightforward solution. We were not so lucky. My doctor...