Fighting Infertility for Baby Nerison

20/02/2025

16/09/2024

Today begins World Childless Week, which raises awareness and supports the community of those who are childless not by choice. This includes women and men facing infertility, miscarriage, or stillbirth. ​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​For many, the experience of longing for a child can be deeply heart-wrenching, often creating feelings of unfulfillment.

https://worldchildlessweek.net/

10/05/2024

Take care of yourselves, warriors ❤️‍🩹

01/03/2024

Our hearts go out to the fellow infertility warriors in Alabama and the barriers they are facing regarding IVF following new legislation. ❤️‍🩹

25/12/2023

Merry Christmas to all. And to all, a goodnight… ❤️‍🩹

24/11/2023

If the holiday season is especially hard for you, you're not alone. Here are some reminders to give yourself grace this season 🤍 We are sending so much love to those still on the journey, we see you.

02/11/2023

Anger is often the first emotion we see, but what if I told you anger is actually a secondary emotion? Most of the time, our anger presents first, but what we are really feeling is much deeper.

If you are an infertility warrior, provide yourself forgiveness and grace to feel these emotions, because they are valid. If you don’t relate to the topic of infertility personally but know someone who does, allow them the space to process these emotions as they come in waves.

12/09/2023

September 11-17 is World Childless Week. This is a label not by choice, but one that we have had to learn to accept. ❤️‍🩹

01/07/2023

An update on our childless fertility journey…..

Five years ago, in July of 2018, we started trying to grow our family. After 60 months, we have decided to end our fertility journey.

It seems that some, perhaps many, do not believe that we are childless not by choice. In their minds, if we wanted a baby badly enough, we would have done anything to have one. To them, we are childless by choice because to them, we gave up.

And to this group, I would like to say that letting go is different than giving up. What others who have never been through our situation don’t understand are the complexities that go along with this journey.

We tried countless natural cycles, ovulation monitoring, timed in*******se, vitamins and supplements, medicated cycles, follicle monitoring, injections and shots, 4 IUI procedures, a deposit on IVF. We didn’t just “give up”; we tried for 5 heartbreaking years.

Our story is often called an “unsuccessful ending”. We did the work to keep breathing and keep moving forward, and to stop pursuing something that was going to destroy everything good about me before it delivered anything worthy. Before it took more than it would give. This version of the fertility story that ends without kids is brutal, but I also believe that we need to re-learn how to love our life with where we are currently instead of constantly chasing a dream that may never become a reality.

I still want to be a mom, so badly. But it’s time for me to heal. I am so grateful for the family I have with Doug and Bennett, and it’s time I be better and more present for them. ❤️‍🩹

18/06/2023