Infertility

Today I’m speaking with my dear friends Abby Mercado and Kristyn Hodgdon, co-founders of Rescripted, a fertility patient education and community platform. Abby was the former founder of Best Shot and Kristyn is the original founder of The Fertility Tribe. Abby and Kristyn combined their superpowers and created Rescripted in…

Here, now, at the end of my — what do I even call this? “Unsuccessful fertility journey”? “Futile quest to build a family of 4”? — I am making an effort to both heal emotionally from the past and be at peace with my present. I am not only trying…

I’ve been trying to describe what its like to lose my fourth pregnancy…as tragic as it sounds, it has started to feel normal. In fact, if I didn’t know or see any other women with their leavening stomachs and newborn announcements, I would think pregnancy is this beautiful period where…

Seeing a loved one through infertility and in-vitro fertilisation (IVF) isn’t easy. You are probably wondering what you should say (or shouldn’t say). Having gone through a year of IVF, here’s what I’ve learned from first-hand experience and from speaking with my new-found friends in an IVF support group. First…

we shot me full of holes only to have all the holes combine and break into a chasm. i was sore, bruised, destroyed in body and soul, pushed into a vat of emptiness that has swallowed me repeatedly since then. walking along the shores of the willamette after yet another…

Trigger warning: this essay is about my experience with pregnancy loss and recurrent miscarriage. In May of 2022, I had my fourth and final miscarriage. I wish you could see the look on the doctor’s face or hear the tone in his carefully chosen words: “I’m sorry guys, I don’t…