Once upon a time, a boy and girl fell in love... then they got married and dreamed of a house full of children...until it didn't happen.
It's estimated that 1 in 6 couples deals with infertility, yet it can make you feel so alone... inferior... broken...
Our son was conceived after a year of fertility treatments. We were thrilled and felt absolutely blessed to have him, but we knew our family was not yet complete. When he was 3 years old, we began trying again. And again, and again. We stopped trying to get pregnant and pursued adoption. Met with difficulty and obstacles along that path, and began trying fertility treatments again, and again, nothing. Tried natural treatments like herbs and acupuncture, still nothing. Finally decided to pursue adoption again, got our homestudy completed and our family profile perfected, and just as our agency was getting ready to start showing our profile to potential birthmoms.......... I somehow got unexpectedly, blissfully, miraculously pregnant with our daughter.
So we finally have our two kids, and they are 11.5 years apart in age. People are frequently surprised that yes, they're both mine, yes, they're both his, and yes, we realize that we are "starting all over again", that we'll be going through puberty and the "terrible two's" at the same time....... Honestly, we couldn't be happier :)
