by Kayla Lauriano | Oct 11, 2019 | Fertility, Motherhood, Pregnancy
To love is to grieve. When a baby dies, all hope is lost…it feels unnatural to outlive your baby. You may experience excruciating pain, anger, guilt, and depression, but we must remember to move through those feelings. When we refuse to go through and release...
by Susan Fuller | Sep 25, 2019 | Fertility
“How did you get into that?!” is usually the first question I get asked once someone finds out that I was a surrogate mother. This closely followed by, “…and you did it how many times??” Seven times. I carried babies for other couples seven times between 2002...
by Shannon M. Clark | Sep 11, 2019 | Fertility
In my 20’s, I never had an aching desire to get married and have children. I never felt rushed. There were too many things I wanted to do and experience first. The two major goals I had at that time were getting an education and traveling the world, and I was...
by Lauren Manaker | Sep 3, 2019 | Fertility
Thinking back to that super-uncomfortable “birds and the bees” conversation you likely had when you were younger, it was very clear that it takes a sperm and an egg to create a baby. Yet when couples are trying to conceive unsuccessfully, often the “cause” is assumed...
by Shannon M. Clark | Aug 19, 2019 | Fertility
I’ve had to be strong my whole life. For the most part, it has served me well, but over the past several months my strength has been tested time and time again. Since April 2014, I have been through 2 hysteroscopies, 5 cycles of IVF, 2 attempted embryos transfers, and...
