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. …
We can choose to be better instead of being bitter. Let me give you some thoughts that have helped me through our infertility journey. In church I heard a sister say that when praying to the Lord we sometimes will say “okay, do what you can,” but He reply’s with “no, do what you can.” …
So often we forget when we’re in a bad mood, or down and depressed that exercise can improve your mood. While I was writing, things that we wished we could change, I realized I haven’t been running or doing any type of exercise for quite a while. I have felt down, depressed, and not wanting …
We found out early on in our journey that we were dealing with male factor infertility. However, we went for a few years without really knowing what else was wrong. In all honesty, we didn’t know where to start and didn’t have the money to go see a fertility doctor. I happened to be following …
Sharing some things learned from a Utah Fertility Center seminar back in 2015. While it’s been a while I still think things learned in this are helpful if you’re new to infertility or are dealing with a new diagnosis. I also published this post back in 2015, and have since updated it. We got an …
I have read all over social media things you “SHOULDN’T” say to an infertile couple. Can we please focus more on the POSITIVE things you SHOULD say to an infertile couple? When I get really down it seems like everyone vanishes from my life. I think that it’s cause I’m supposed to get help from …
