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A Letter to My Husband on Father’s Day

I try to make it a point to say "thank you" every day, for all the things my husband does to help take care of me, and Preston. It's been a hard year for us, so "thank you" hardly seems like enough sometimes...

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Do You Have a Life Outside Your Kids?

I’ll be the first to admit it: I am 100 percent guilty of dedicating all my free time to my son. I suspect this might be a result of going through infertility, and being a full-time working mom. Also? He happens to be a very good time.

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Depraved T-Shirts About Infertility

While I was shopping for ironic tees for Preston on Saturday—shirts that say “Dude” and “Aloha” and all kinds of ridiculous things—I came up with a few of my own, for women going through infertility. 

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When’s the “Perfect” Time to Have Another Baby?

I think about this a lot, especially lately. I hate being so consumed by these thoughts of whether or not now is the perfect time to have another baby, when I don't even know if I can...

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Has Infertility Changed You?

For better or worse, I feel like a changed woman since going through secondary infertility, and all the ups and downs we’ve been through over the last year or so. Here are some reasons why...

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My Sweet Baby

The other day at the park Preston was mesmerized by two young sisters playing a game with each other—it made me happy, and a little sad. 

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How Do You Relax?

“Just relax and you’ll get pregnant” is a big bunch of b.s. My relaxing vice used to be a bottle of wine, but ever since those hormone-induced migraines I suffered last year, I've pretty much given up alcohol altogether. 

Are Your Friends Done Having Kids?

The women in my circle of friends (we're in our late 30s) are still very much in baby mode—some onto numbers 2 and 3. It makes me think I can do it again, too, but I still have some reservations.

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Crowdfunding for Kids

This is an actual thing now, for infertile couples trying to conceive, according to a recent New York Times Motherlode blog. Would you try to fund your infertility treatments this way? Would you help someone else fund theirs?

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How Do You Live in the Moment?

The future nags at me. I'm finally able to enjoy the present, and am happy with exactly where we are now (and what we have), but if I don't move forward with more fertility treatments soon, will I live to regret it? At 38, with unexplained infertility, you can't exactly "go with the flow."

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You Might Be Pregnant If...

Find out the 16 earliest signs you have a baby on the way