In the pregnancy and infant loss community there’s a quote most often used by Ronald Regan that says: When a child loses his parent, they are called an orphan. When a spouse loses her or his partner, they are called a widow or widower. When parents lose their child, there isn’t a word to describe …
I ran this race last year and aside from the massive hills I loved it! I was hoping with more training, it wasn’t going to be too bad this year. Then I got an email from the race directors who said they changed courses and it will be fast and flat! Woo Woo! So I …
This year I am reflecting on my own mother and other strong women for Mother’s Day. I love listening to podcasts. I happened to be listening to one that helped me reflect on my own mother and the example that she’s given me. I’m the oldest of 3 in my family, and my parents got …
Growing up I always thought if something bad happened to me I had done something wrong in my life. I did all the things required as a good christian: What I’ve learned since is that bad things still happen to good people, that’s just life. We all are given trials. When Chase and I were …
what does it mean to go through infertility and self preservation? I’ll explain that in this post, if you’ve been feeling the same. I asked this question to a Facebook Infertility Group: “For the past few years, I don’t have that burning desire to become a mom. Like it’s nowhere to be found in my …
The past few weeks I have been pondering finding faith for an upcoming lesson that I’m giving in my church. The title of my lesson is; Having Faith in Christ During Trials. After a few years of struggling with getting pregnant I struggled with faith, and I felt like it had completely gone. Same with …
How are we going to stay healthy the holidays? After posting about Chase’s weight loss journey, I realized we are getting closer to the holiday season. Where you want to eat All. The. Foods. “How am I going to survive when I want to eat everything yummy?” is what I keep thinking. Training for the …
Running has been given a bad reputation when it comes to infertility, fertility and fertility treatments. You might be asking why? I had the same question. I started researching and trying to figure out if running while trying to get pregnant was okay. I’ve always been a casual runner, never an elite runner who can …
I had my first IUI and I got my hCG test back and it was negative. You aren’t pregnant if your levels are below a 5, and mine was 1.82. The same day as my beta, I started bleeding, and cramping really bad, so I knew it was going to be negative. I’ve read that …
From marathon training to infertility treatments. Life doesn’t always go the way you plan it. This picture says it all: Life definitely hasn’t gone as how we thought it would go. We don’t have kids, we have 2 dogs. We don’t get to go on vacations with our children, we go on vacation by ourselves. …
