Elise’s Journey Infertility is hard. If you had told me how our journey to starting a family would go 5 years ago, I would’ve thought it was a sick joke. Our experience was grueling, heartbreaking, depressing, and anxiety-inducing, and felt very hopeless at various points. I always say infertility is like a wildfire: every single … Read more
“I hope this does not happen to me,” is what I kept thinking after one of my friends told me about her challenging journey dealing with infertility. After she struggled to conceive and then disclosed her miscarriage to me, I was one of those friends who naively but still insensitively said, “I am so sorry … Read more
My dream was always to be a mom and have a big family. It was something Jordan and I spoke about on our first date, and within a year of being together, we had moved in and decided to start trying. Naively, we expected it to happen quickly. As the months rolled by, we began … Read more
In 2015, we started trying to grow our family. We had no idea it would be an 8-year-long rollercoaster. We tried for the year that’s recommended before seeking help, and when we finally did reach out, we were met with unprofessional medical providers who pushed us around for another year, saying, “You’re young, the problem … Read more
I experienced pregnancy while also being transgender. How did I get here? To the outside world, I was a pregnant “man.” When I was younger, before my gender realization, I never wanted to be a “mom.” The idea of carrying a child used to freak me out so much, I swore up and down that … Read more
It’s funny how things happen in life, and looking back on our journey, we can’t believe we can actually call ourselves parents. I (Mom) remember a dream I had many years ago, when most of our friends were having children and we were off traveling the world. I dreamt that I gave birth to a … Read more
You never think it will be you crying on the bathroom floor every month because once again, it wasn’t your turn. Especially when you are young, healthy, and at your supposedly most fertile stage of life. We had only been trying for 10 months, and it was still early for a couple in their 20s … Read more
My journey started in 2017, and I had no idea what the road up ahead would entail. In 2019, I was diagnosed with endometriosis, hydrosalpinx (damaged fallopian tubes), diminished ovarian reserve/low AMH (anti-mullerian hormone), and fibroids. Hearing about all the different things that were contributing to the reason I was not getting pregnant was so … Read more