I am extremely grateful that I was able to attend the 2021 Moms in the Making conference. I remember wanting to attend a MITM conference ever since I saw some pictures of the first one in 2017. Initially, I had no intentions of attending this...
After over 3 years of infertility, 4 failed rounds of IUI, 1 round of IVF that brought us 3 beautiful embryos, we heard the news no one ever wants to hear, “I’m so sorry, but there is no heartbeat.” Our first embryo transfer ended in a miscarriage at...
Since I was a little girl I have wanted to be a mama and not long into life I knew that was my calling from the Lord. In 2016, I got married and a few weeks later I experienced my first miscarriage. Immediately after my...
My husband and I were married in 2010. We had it all planned -- we were going to wait 4 years and start a family, have 3 kids and be all finished by the time we were 30. We started trying for our family in...
In 2016 my husband & were excited to grow our family and begin to try to conceive. We had no signs that there would be any difficulty getting pregnant but we tried for 7 months before conceiving with our first pregnancy. To our shock, we miscarried. We...
After a year of marriage and months of obsessively tracking my ovulation, we found out we were pregnant on 12/15/18. In the midst of the holiday season. We were excited and told all our family and friends at gatherings. The excitement was short lived as...
I was diagnosed with PCOS in 2016 but after only a month of meds I conceived my son, Hunter. So when we started trying for #2 I didn’t think it would be difficult. Our first medicated cycle at the fertility clinic was successful but then we quickly...
Infertility can be a lonely, hard road. In April 2018, after 6 pregnancy losses, a friend introduced me to Moms in the Making. I felt alone, unseen, bitter, angry, and jealous. I was putting on a show and everyone thought I was ok, but on the...
In 2009, I was hospitalized for appendicitis and had my appendix removed. I spent a lot of time in hospitals for the next few months due to excruciating pain. After many diagnoses and a slew of doctors, I found out that the toxins were not drained when...
Though my cheeks are stained with the tears I shed over our circumstances, I wouldn’t change a thing. God has met me here, in the deepest of my grief. When my husband Andrew and I started trying for our family, we never thought for a second...