On Feb 2nd, 2015 we had our first large snow storm since living in Central NY; it also happened to be the first day of our year long journey that allowed us to separate our loss’ and our hope. On February 2nd we had our first visit with CNY Fertility. Our first appointment was in […]
Read more "One Year on our Journey"2015 Mommies Enduring Neonatal Death Holiday Ornament Exchange I’m VERY honored and pleased to announce that this year I will be leading a holiday ornament exchange for Mommies Enduring Neonatal Death (M.E.N.D). This ornament exchange is free of charge for anyone that has suffered a pregnancy or infant loss and would like to receive a […]
Read more "2015 Mommies Enduring Neonatal Death Ornament Exchange"Some Food for Thought October is Pregnancy and Infant Loss awareness month, last night (October 15th) was the “wave of light” – asking people to light a candle and allow it to burn for one hour at 7pm during their local time remembering the babies that died due to a type of pregnancy or infant […]
Read more "Pregnancy & Infant Loss Awareness Month"Tuesday I posted this photo and caption (shown above) – I had been through a long intralipid infusion – which resulted in me missing Aiden’s skating/hockey lesson and simply hadn’t had the greatest morning. I try (like I’ve said in past posts) to be grateful for what we have, thankful for our family and baby […]
Read more "Perspective, Gratitude & Gratefulness"Tuesday Talks This week’s feature is quite simple – an author who knows Recurrent Pregnancy Loss, has walked the pregnancy loss journey, fought for her medical answers, traveled distances to see the right doctors that were going to fight for her & with her, Amy Daws. I stumbled upon this book, a very quick read, […]
Read more "Tuesday Talks"“God did not give us a spirit of timidity, but the spirit of power, and love and self-control. “ (2 Timothy 1:7) Part of my journey has been being completely clairvoyant about this journey, my conviction, my faith and my progress. However, in a fertility and pregnancy journey it can be difficult – not because […]
Read more "Beating Fear – “live without a rule book”"Stay busy, confident and in a positive mindset “The Two Week Wait” (aka TWW) is a term/phrase that is readily known in the infertility/ttc community. This is the 14 days post ovulation/transfer that will either result in a positive pregnancy test or negative. It’s full of angst, nerves, excitement and PLENTY of symptoms. These symptoms […]
Read more "The Two-Week-Wait…."After our most recent loss we really had to make the decision that this was going to be our journey. We felt a true conviction for what we were doing, despite our struggles in loss and emotional hurdles we both felt strongly that we now, more than ever, have a unbelievable support team that really […]
Read more "Shots, Sinuses & Side Effects – a fertility update"Part of this journey is making a decision to move forward. It’s not this big grand decision that you sit down one day and it comes to you; at least it hasn’t necessarily been for us. It’s the idea that every loss, every time you are stripped of hope, love & support means starting over. However, […]
Read more "Decisions…."Quick one today – it’s been a pretty sluggish day for me. This is by far the most frustrating part of my “recovery”, I’m exhausted and don’t sleep well. This morning I had my post-op appointment – no concerns – pathology came back “normal”. It’s like nails on a chalk board….”normal”, clearly it’s not normal […]
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Kandy and Kids 