Taking a Break from Infertility
The last 5 years of my life have involved a lot of pregnancy and baby talk. Thomas and I decided, while we were engaged, that we would start talking seriously about having children after we'd been married at least a year. Less than 4 months after the wedding we threw the idea of a year out the window and decided to just let it happen. And it didn't happen. At least not on our own. Fast forward through multiple fertility treatments and lots of waiting. We finally had Lincoln. We were over the moon. Finally being parents was everything we'd imagined and more. Adding another child and a sibling for Lincoln came up from time to time. After Lincoln's first birthday we started the process again. This time with even more heartache. After years of infertility, I suddenly had no problems getting pregnant. Except this time I just couldn't keep them. And then Abbie Rae changed all of that. Six pregnancies and two living children in five years. We are luckier than many...