Fertility Patience Okay, so the hubby and I have been going through fertility treatments. The same treatments brought us our two year old son, so we know that they can work. The medications, this time around, seemed to make my body react more quickly. But we are, again, waiting on our third-try lab date to find out if this worked. I'm just frustrated and impatient (and moody).

I was raised by a very matter-of-fact mom in a Catholic home here in MN. If that doesn't mean anything to you, it was a environment where you learned not to put too much hope in the best outcomes, because 1) they don't often happen that way 2) you don't really deserve them and 3) you might just be asking for trouble.

So I hold onto the reality that fertility concerns are more an issue of cosmetics. I will not die because this treatment didn't work. We already have a wonderful son who is healthy, happy and intelligent beyond his years. No matter what happens, there are always children right here in MN who would love to be adopted into our happy (if not quirky) home.

So today, I hold onto the hope that I will have the gift of being pregnant again. I honestly look at all the wonderful blessings we enjoy each day. I thank God for our challenges, because they help us to appreciate what we have, and make us more empathic/sympathetic towards those dealing with challenge in their life. And I wait. And I learn that life passes by quickly enough without wishing days away. And I wait.

And I try to find more and more things to keep me BUSY so the waiting is not the most difficult thing in the world.

Labels: challenge, difficulty, fertility, infertility, patience, thankfullness

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