#Microblog Mondays: Infertility is __________________
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Post to follow with my own thoughts, I promise. For now, complete this sentence:
Well, this is interesting. My brain first went to the snarky and then the clinical and finally landed somewhere weepy. And it's really all three of those things: it brings out my sarcastic side, and I really have learned more about my body than I ever wanted to know, and it breaks my heart. It breaks my heart.
After many blissful years of marriage, my husband Grey and I decided to toss the birth control and take the plunge into parenthood. What we've encountered instead is a diagnosis of unexplained infertility and an inability to stay pregnant. Now, after two losses, a failed FET, a diagnosis of APA syndrome and an early delivery & NICU experience, we are finally parenting our miracle twins. This is our story.
Life-altering
ReplyDeleteTiring.
ReplyDeleteA constant battle.
Life changing, for sure. Does "making me feel helpless in the face of fate" work grammatically?
ReplyDeleteWell, this is interesting. My brain first went to the snarky and then the clinical and finally landed somewhere weepy. And it's really all three of those things: it brings out my sarcastic side, and I really have learned more about my body than I ever wanted to know, and it breaks my heart. It breaks my heart.
ReplyDeleteSomething that you wouldn't wish on your worst enemy.
ReplyDeleteLonely. A life changer. The reason I have my daughter, so it's beautiful too.
ReplyDeletelife-altering.
ReplyDeleteFirst answer = "s#%$!"
ReplyDeleteSecond answer = "over."
Isolating
ReplyDelete...heartbreaking.
ReplyDelete...difficult.
never going to disappear
ReplyDeletelonely
a strange sort of glue/magnet
always there
ReplyDeleteheavy
nagging
depressing
frustrating
unceasing
deeply sad
overwhelming
lingering