08/04/2025
As always, the August long weekend comes around and I can't believe another year has passed. It's always going to be a marker of the best AND the worst things that happened to me over the last few years.
Aug 2017 long weekend started with my IUI and ended with an ER visit that led to a rollercoaster 2 months that included:
❗ 3 visits to the ER
❗ 2 hospital admissions for a total of 2 weeks in a hospital bed
❗ tons of lab tests, x-rays, ultrasounds plus 2 CT scans
❗ too many medications to count
❗ 1 NG tube - the WORST thing ever 😫
❗ Finally a diagnosis of a pelvic inflammatory disease from the IUI with a large pelvic abscess that gave me a full bowel obstruction 😳
❗ A drain installed into my pelvis for 6 weeks to clear up the infection
I then had my IVF retrieval, followed by a laparoscopic surgery for the removal of the scar tissue plus my fallopian tubes due to the damage from the PID & abscess.
Aug 2018 long weekend was the date of my FET that resulted in my little A and I can't even start to tell you how grateful I am that he chose me to be his mama 💙
My next FET was supposed to result in an Aug long weekend baby but unfortunately, it ended in a loss instead.
And my final FET was serendipitously on the Aug long weekend as well, but it wasn't meant to be and it marked the end of my own fertility journey.
So suffice to say, the August long weekend is always wrapped up in lots of grief, but also lots of joy as well.
We spent Aug 2025 long weekend out and about, enjoying the parks and various outdoor activities available in and around the GTA.
What did you do this long weekend? 👇