One of the 1 in 8: Infertility Awareness Month
June is Infertility Awareness Month, and when it came to being one of the 1:8 women who experiences infertility, I was very unaware.
I spent more than half my life trying not to get pregnant....
9 Things I Didn’t Know About IVF
My husband and I are recessive carriers of a potentially fatal gene. Every time I get pregnant, the baby has a 25% of adopting this gene as dominant – which would render the baby...
Our Little Angels Matter Too: Pregnancy Loss Awareness
(Trigger Warning: Pregnancy Loss/Miscarriage/Pregnancy After Miscarriage)
Pregnancy loss is sensitive and it’s full of pain, and heartbreak but that doesn’t mean that it should be a taboo subject that we must keep to ourselves. Just...
Best Friends & Rainbow Babies Through Pregnancy Loss | UT Health
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...
Secondary Infertility: My Story
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...
Against All Odds
Infertility. When people hear this word it a lot of times negates a negative connotation. Like you are saying a bad word or talking politics at work. It is often one of those subjects...
Meet Beth Ward
Hey, hey Austin Mamas! I’m Beth Ward, lover of butter coffee, wine, shoes and all things Kendra Scott and mama to 2 adorable little girls, Harper and Emmy. I live in SW Austin with...
Endometriosis Awareness Month–What It Means For Me (And You)
Last week, I found myself watching the 18th season of Grey’s Anatomy, both because I have no idea what’s good on TV anymore, and because I’m a masochist. As soon as I heard the...
Building a Legacy {National Infertility Awareness Week}
In order to honor those families that are affected by infertility every single day, Austin Moms Blog plans to share several stories throughout this week. What binds us together is motherhood and whether you...
Primary Infertility Insurance: A New Option for the Next Generation
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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...