IVF – The Lady Esquire

fed is best: why I’m glad that I gave up on breastfeeding

For those of you just joining the blog, let me catch you up. My husband and I just had our first biological child about 8 weeks ago. Our son was conceived via IVF due to a very rare genetic condition. Our IVF cycle only produced 2 embryos, one is which was deemed non-viable and isContinue reading “fed is best: why I’m glad that I gave up on breastfeeding”

You’re on your own, kid. Sorta.

This last year has been defined by two themes: isolation and community. How the heck those two themes go together? I don’t know, but let me try to explain. I learned in the hardest way imaginable this year that I have been a burden to my friends. I don’t say that lightly to to illicitContinue reading “You’re on your own, kid. Sorta.”