INFERTILITY WARRIOR Blog

For any of you that have checked out the About page from www.lifemedals.com and/or watched the video piece on me, this is old news.  For those of you that haven't .  .  .  after 5 years and 13 procedures I gave birth to a beautiful baby boy late last year!!  I didn't share this on the blog for a couple reasons:  1. After going through so much disappointment, I almost couldn't believe it and didn't want to 'jinx' my miracle.  2. This blog is intended to be a powerful advocate for women going through infertility and sometimes learning of pregnancies can hurt.  So I waited.

Becoming a mom after infertility.  For me it was an incredible gift, absolute magic.  I loved every step, although I had some scary weeks in the beginning and most of the discomfort that pregnant women endure, it was totally overshadowed by my gratefulness of the miracle that was happening to me.  The birth was not easy, but I soldiered through with only a little pain medication and within an hour of giving birth my sister asked if I would do it again and I replied "absolutely." 

Certainly, the circumstance was not how I had always dreamed it would be.  I am single and often wondered wistfully what it would have been like to have shared this with a man I loved.  Sometimes that was very hard, my heart hurt, but I never regretted my choice - never.  Financially the stress is intense as I still work to get publicity for Life Medals, but I hope that it will turn around some how, some day soon (hey anyone know Oprah??)  Of course, I will do whatever it takes to provide for my little guy.

For all of you that are still fighting I will tell you with no hesitation that all the heartache, physical pain, financial pain, etc - it was worth it all.  My son was worth the effort and worth the wait and he is my living, cooing, smiling lesson every day to NEVER GIVE UP!