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Hey there Future Momma! 

Congratulations on beginning the exciting journey into parenthood! It's a thrilling time filled with questions and, of course, a touch of nerves. It’s also an opportunity to start taking care of yourself and your future baby. You might also be here because you have some concerns. Worried you might be a little older than you hoped you’d be when you’d be starting a family. Perhaps you've heard stories about friends facing challenges on their road to pregnancy. You might even be aware that 1 in 6 women faces struggles in their first year of trying to conceive.

As someone who's been through my own infertility journey, I'm here to lend a helping hand to as many hopeful moms as I can, all striving for that dream of a happy and healthy baby.

So, let's start at the very beginning—or, technically, before the beginning we usually associate with pregnancy: The Pretrimester. You know about the three trimesters of pregnancy and you might even know about the fourth trime...

Every morning since July 25th, 2019 I have written, "I will make this life count," on the top of my journal. That was the morning after my husband, Andy and I received heartbreaking news. 

Our fertility journey started way back in 2013. After years of trying everything, we were finally blessed with our miracle baby, William after 2 rounds of IVF. 

This time we were older, wiser, a little more nervous but just as hopeful. Like most infertility journeys, ours was a bumpy one.  When my son was just 6 months old, they discovered a grapefruit sized tumor next to my uterus. The first oncologist I went to, told me the only way to remove it was a complete hysterectomy. I fought hard to find a doctor and solution that kept my dream of having more children alive, but that’s a story for another day. 

After recovering from 2 major abdominal surgeries in 10 months, I finally geared myself up to try IVF again. We were just 1 week from transfer when I was sent for a mammogram to check out somethin...