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I’m sitting in our cozy living room, fire blazing in the wood stove, Christmas tree lit up, with sweet baby A snoozing in his glider a few feet in front of me. This time last year I was feeling empty — I’d had my third miscarriage right before Christmas, and was keeping up an outward […]

This is my first Christmas season with the babies and I have experienced many moments over the past few weeks of overwhelming joy and exhilaration. At least twice already, I have been in a moment with Mr. Starfish and the babies and have thought to myself, “I can’t remember ever feeling this happy before in […]

Without a doubt, one of the hardest parts of the infertility journey for me was the dreaded two week wait. For those who accidentally became pregnant or who became pregnant quickly and easily, you might not be familiar with this time from hell. The two week wait – or “2WW” – is the time in […]

This being National Infertilty Awareness Week, I thought I would share my thoughts on one of the greatest lessons I learned through my infertility journey: the importance of being your own advocate. Being aware of your treatment plan, educating yourself on it, asking informed questions about what is happening and why, and pushing back on […]

When we were first diagnosed with infertility my world crumbled. I know that sounds dramatic, but from the time I was a little girl the majority of my hopes and dreams revolved around motherhood. I remember in 4th grade when our teacher asked us what we wanted to be when we grew up, and I […]

I feel so incredibly lucky that my infertility journey is quickly approaching its long-awaited conclusion, as we approach the due dates for our little girls in just a few short weeks. I don’t want to imply in any way that I am not grateful for the fortunate change in events that Mr. Starfish and I […]

I never realized how intense seeking help for infertility was until we went to meet with a reproductive endocrinologist. Once we decided that we were going to move forward with testing to try to figure out why we’d had so much trouble getting and staying pregnant, things happened fast. My husband and I were both […]