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Every year Brock and I pick out a new ornament for our tree that represents the past year of our life. Growing up, every year, we got to...

I have not been feeling very well the past couple days because I tried to go off my sleeping pill that helps with nausea. What a stupid...

I feel like I hit a turning point in my pregnancy yesterday. I know I am in my second trimester and they say that is supposed to be the...

So I am now almost 19 weeks pregnant. Wow. That went fast. I feel like I spent the first half of my pregnancy trying to sift through...

I have decided that I am no longer mentally equipped to be grocery shopping. When will I learn my lesson? Old habits die hard they say. I...

Covid really messes with us. It forces us to be firm in our views and beliefs and act on them. It forces us to make decisions in the...

I have had a few people start nicknaming me “Mama.” It sounds so foreign to me when they say, “How’s it going Mama?” How is it going? As...

Today, Trooper had to have his tail amputated. He had a non cancerous cyst that was growing quickly. A couple years ago it was able to be...

Trauma can feel so lonely. I look back at the many times in my infertility that I felt alone. I knew I wasn’t, in fact, I had many people...

I am finally off all of my IVF meds! Wow that seemed like a long time... I am just so glad it's over. Everyday the baby is growing. I am...

So I am kind of in a weird transition right now. I am still weaning off my meds yet I am now with my OBGYN doctor and not my IVF doctor....

I am still on my 4 different medications and I am just wanting to be done! I am full of bruises from my injection. Not to mention, the...

So what now? You saw the good news that I am pregnant. Yay! Everything worked. Happy Ending. All done. Right? Wrong. I have been thinking...

And now…..the moment we’ve all been waiting for… It’s official! I’m pregnant!! I went in for a blood draw and anxiously awaited the phone...

Now that my transfer is over, I have to continue taking 4 of the meds I was previously taking. These meds are meant to continue providing...

I had some levels checked and it came back that my estrogen levels were too low, so they put me on another prescription also. At this...

We received our transfer schedule yesterday. It’s just as intense as the retrieval schedule. I had a moment of breakdown after seeing it....

6 days after the retrieval we received a call that we have 9 successful embryos! I feel beyond blessed that that many of them made it! I...

This IVF process has been a different experience that by far no one could ever understand unless they have been through it. Infertility...

The nurse told me that I was going to take a little nap and Reuben (the Anesthesiologist) does a good job with that. I chuckled when she...