“‘What do you hope to achieve in your time here?’ Defeatedly, I said, ‘I just want my life back.’”
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“‘What do you hope to achieve in your time here?’ Defeatedly, I said, ‘I just want my life back.’”
“It’s incredibly hard to understand how we got here, to the tiniest urn you’ve laid eyes on and a few ultrasound pictures.”
“People saw that picture as a snapshot of a loving couple with two adorable kids. But there was so much that photo didn’t show.”
“From the day we found out about his diagnosis, we knew we had a fighter on our hands.”
“All I wanted to do was lay in bed, do nothing, and just exist. I felt lazy, but as time passed, I noticed it was burnout.”
“I’m proof that change is possible when you’re willing to fight for it.”
“As I sat there talking through all my fears and worries, my husband said, ‘I mean, in all reality, this is the least worst thing that could have happened to her.’ It did not go over as well as he meant it, but it was eventually something I’d think about many times.”
“Infertility may not be considered life-threatening, but it is life-changing. Just because you can’t see it from the outside does not mean it doesn’t exist.”
“Once you start looking for yourself outside of motherhood, you may find you may not even be the person you were before becoming a mom. It can feel like you are discovering an entirely new person, but it’s an opportunity to meet yourself all over again.”
“These were doctors, medical ‘professionals,’ speaking to us. They know about what they’re talking about, right?! Well sometimes the people who should know better, don’t.”