Natural Ways to Increase Your Fertility

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How to Naturally Increase Your Fertility | For those that don’t know my story, we’ve been through the ringer with trying to increase fertility; let me save you a buck and years of your...

Reclaiming Meaning for Motherhood Despite Childloss

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My first Mother’s Day as a new mom started with ice cream and a massage at 39 and 1/2 weeks pregnant. It ended with my incredible doula and amazing nurses at Seton preparing me...

Best Friends & Rainbow Babies Through Pregnancy Loss | UT Health

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A story of how two women were brought together over recurrent pregnancy loss  Kim and Julia weren’t best friends in college, they didn’t meet at a book club, or even through mutual friends at a...
Cervical Cancer Awareness

I Am One of the Lucky Ones: Cervical Cancer Awareness Month

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I am one of the lucky ones. My regular pap smear triggered a follow up call to tell me that abnormal cells were found and I would need a repeat, just to rule out...

Primary Infertility Insurance: A New Option for the Next Generation

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Sponsored By :: LifeSpring Insurance Well, here we are, after five years of fertility treatments. Five years of sonograms, blood tests, surgeries, shots, medications, and appointments. To be specific, we tried 7 rounds of IUI...

I Had a Miscarriage

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I’ve waited my entire life to be a mother. The first time I had a positive pregnancy test, I sat in quiet anticipation staring- at a stick. Waiting. Praying. I didn’t realize that I could...

Struggling with Loneliness? Do This.

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“Nobody played with me, mommy.” My daughter’s words pierced my ears and my heart as we drove home from the gym. “Really?” I said, concerned. “Yes. I asked all the kids to play with me, but...

My Postpartum Anxiety

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Having my daughter was the best thing that had ever happened to me. Then postpartum anxiety took hold and withdrew me into a world of constant panic, trouble sleeping, and restlessness. I hadn't realized...

Infertility – A Hidden Scar

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Sometimes I’m struck by just how much we humans can endure, without anyone else ever guessing a thing. Once the initial wound has turned to scar, we put on a brave face and go...

Secondary Infertility: My Story

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This past week (April 21-29) was National Infertility Awareness Week. Though few of us like to talk about this sensitive and heartbreaking issue, it affects 1 in 8 couples—in other words, I can almost guarantee...