April’s Journey to Fertility: You are Not the Only One
Week 45: You are not the only one In times like these, when it’s pouring rain, it is important for us to reevaluate how we handle our health and our stress. Sitting in the neurologists office yesterday, I not only had to have a clearer understanding of what was happening with my body but of what my treatment choices were so that I could get this flair under control. I also had to let go of some of those crazy little fears that creep into my head, both around having a baby and around treating a chronic illness. As I was talking to my husband on the phone, he reminded me that I am not the only one with MS or struggling with infertility. He’s right. I was picking up my prescriptions at the pharmacists and she said “I bet your ready to go home. I saw you hear yesterday, too.” I gave her a bit of my story about having MS and being in the middle of a flair I was trying to get under control. She told me she too, has MS, and that we just have to keep fighting it. Clearly, I wasn’t the only one. Ladies, I know we struggle and that infertility and/or the chronic illnesses we have are downright awful. But we are not alone! Find your infertility friend and plan some great stress relieving events. I plan to hit acupuncture this morning, Qi Gong class on Thursday (which is free at Rochester CNY this month) and we’ll see what the weekend brings me, a pedicure perhaps. I wish you each a blessed, stress reducing week! In sisterhood, Below are links to April’s past articles in case you missed any of them: Week forty three: Online Resources Week forty two: Resources and Personal Update Week forty: Creating Families and Parenthood for Me Week thirty nine: Trusting Fate Week thirty eight: A Little Review Week thirty five: Groundhog Day… Again Week thirty one: Feel Fabulous Week thirty: Counting Your Blessings Week twenty nine: The Holidays Week twenty eight: Making yourself a priority Week twenty seven: The truth is… Week twenty six: Making a Plan Week twenty five: Attitude of Gratitude Week twenty three: De-cluttering Week twenty two: The Voice from Within Week twenty one: Marital Bliss Part II Week twenty: Marital bliss and infertility Week nineteen: The changing seasons Week seventeen: Trust your place Week fifteen: Keeping the faith Week thirteen: Maya Abdominal Massage Week eleven: A little bit at a time Week ten: Well-timed reminders Week five: The right path for us Week four: Our fertility treatment “break” Week three: Deliberate choices
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April… your not alone!I sat here reading your story this morning feeling like I was reading my own.I was diagnosed 2 years ago with MS it seemed to fall on me right in the middle of my own fertility journey.I suffer from unexplained RPL,I seem to have no problem getting pregnant but it never seems to hold past 5 or 6 wks.After each loss I seem to have a flareup I’m not sure if it is the stress or maybe the hormones that do it.We’ll it is nice to know I’m not alone.
HI Casey,
I am so sorry, I missed your post and would love to get into contact with you. I am going to ask our web coordinator to give me your e-mail address. I would LOVE to get into contact with someone my age who has MS and is also trying to get pregnant. Everyone I know who has MS seems to be out of our age group.
Thanks so much for commenting!!