4/25/2020 0 Comments #CIAWApril 19-25 is Canadian Infertility Awareness Week and National Infertility Awareness Week in the US. While so much of our energy and attention is focused on the pandemic, I have not forgotten all those who are struggling with infertility during this time. For so many, treatment plans have been put on hold indefinitely which is devastating after all the hope, heartbreak and preparation that usually precede a treatment cycle. There have been jokes about all the COVID babies who will arrive in 9 months but not everyone will get a COVID baby. There have been endless complaints made by parents who are cooped up with their children at home right now - and that is no doubt hard - but I know the sting that those whose homes are all too quiet are feeling... those who only dream of having a child to be cooped up with. For those whose arms are empty, I see you. I also hold hope for you. Though the sorrow may last through the night, I pray that joy will come in the morning (Psalm 30.5). So to mark this Infertility Awareness Week I offer these words of blessing penned by Jan Richardson and a brief summary my fertility story in images. May they spark hope. p.s. Read about my experience with infertility and my fertility story. The emptiness that you have been holding for such a long season now; that ache in your chest that goes with you night and day in your sleeping, your rising-- think of this not as a mere hollow, the void left from the life that has leached out of you. Think of it like this: as the space being prepared for the seed. Think of it as your earth that dreams of the branches the seed contains. Think of it as your heart making ready to welcome the nest its branches will hold. —Jan Richardson 1427 days 4 IUIs 1 IVF cycle 1 FET countless tears cancelled cycles, chemical pregnancy, failed embryo transfer, & fear that it would never happen so much hope, preparation & waiting supplements, surgery, research, doctor's appointments, treatments for endometriosis, acupuncture, dietary changes, yoga, financial planning, fertility coaching, etc. and after nearly 4 years... Sometimes, no matter how long we've carried a dream or prepared its way, we meet the prospect of its fulfillment with disbelief, startled to see it in daylight. -Sonia Sotomayor, My Beloved World-
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