A bereaved mother Orca has been carrying the body of her baby around for over two weeks. This Mama, J35, lost her baby. They believe J35 has lost two babies before. The behavior isn't entirely new, mother orcas have been known to "hold" their babies for a day or two after a death, but this length … Continue reading Let us be the pod
Broken Down and BustedIn the last few months we've learned I'm even more infertile than we thought! Really at this point it's kind of funny, amusing at least, and really weird. At this point I think I have 5? Five different parts that don't work properly? (Going through the reproductive system in my mind)...yeah, five … Continue reading Why I Miscarry (most likely), and Broken Down and Busted: The Tale of a Retroverted Uterus
I loved this little video of a snippet from Elder D. Todd Christofferson's talk.I thought about this little clip while I was pruning an overgrown shrub on our neighbors property a few months ago. The man living there passed away unexpectedly in the fall but for years before his passing the huge property had been … Continue reading Little Currant Bush
Man, what a year...We started off the year pregnant, but then on January 9th our world fell apart with our first miscarriage. I left school for a semester, and through February and March I just tried to survive the heartbreak.At the end of March our little Toby joined our family.On April 10th, just ahead of Infertility … Continue reading Goodbye 2012
It finally happened. I'm actually surprised it took this long. Maybe it's happened before but I was naive enough to think "Yeah maybe." This morning I was at FedEx Office printing off our collage pages for the adoption office and of course I ended up talking about adoption with the woman helping me. As we were … Continue reading I know someone who got pregnant!
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