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.”

A reintroduction.

Hello blog! It’s been a while. I am not quite sure where or when I abandoned you. I guess I could go back and re-read through my old posts and figure that out, but I won’t. So you may be wondering what I’ve been up to and why I feel the need to reintroduce myselfContinue reading “A reintroduction.”