I’ve hesitated to post this week, because I almost feel guilty we have had two successful pregnancies when I know so many continue to struggle to even get to that point. But I’ve always been an advocate for sharing your story, so I will continue to share mine.

The first time I shared our infertility journey, I didn’t receive backlash but I did get some comments that I didn’t NEED to share my story to everyone. And that made me feel guilty that I was trying to get attention to myself, when really I was just trying to draw attention to a subject that everyone seemed to brush under the rug.

1 in 8 couples deal with infertility.

1 in 4 women have a miscarriage.

Only 4 out of 10 women have a successful pregnancy with their first round of IVF.

After learning those facts 5 years ago, I decided to speak our story. However, now we have had 2 successful IVF pregnancies with 2 beautiful, sweet children and I feel a little guilty speaking about National Infertility Awareness Week. But, I’m still infertile, I still cannot have children without the use of IVF, I still take that huge chance of doing IVF and it not being successful, but yes, we do have two children. I refuse to let myself sit in that mindset, because where we are now is because of our struggles we went through and the only way I think I got through it mentally & physically was because of lots of prayers and support from those I shared our story with. So I will continue to share for others. And if we have another IVF journey I’ll share it as well.

And for now I’ll continue to love on these blessings we have, not take them for granted and raise these little ones to share their story and be brave when they question themselves.