Infertility + Pregnancy Loss

One in eight women today encounter issues getting pregnant. You most likely know (at least) one of them. Maybe it’s a co-worker or neighbor, maybe a sister or best friend. Maybe it’s you. Given the sensitive nature of infertility, it’s...

“What medications are you on?” The medical assistant asked as I sat on the table at the doctors office for a routine visit. “Prenatals, coq10, and Clomid,” I replied. “Clomid?” she asked. “Yes.” “Oh, so you’re infertile,” she stated....

One in eight. One mommy waiting for preschool pickup. One woman in your Target checkout line. One mini-van maven in the Starbucks drive-thru queue on any given morning. One of your best friends. One in eight women today suffer from infertility....

Detroit Moms Blog welcomes our community’s input on this important topic and is pleased to offer this guest post from Gloria Raines, a local infertility warrior: Navigating through the seemingly unchartered waters of infertility seems daunting for everyone involved. Everyday...

This wasn’t the plan. This wasn’t the way that way that we were supposed to become parents. We did everything the “right way." We had a long courtship, engagement, and lovely wedding surrounded by our family and friends. We spent...

Chinese Medicine has a lot to offer those who are looking to conceive. Acupuncture increases blood flow to the reproductive system, regulates hormones, and calms the nervous system. Of course I recommend seeing an acupuncturist to assess your specific...

Fun fact: I actually started blogging way back when I was diagnosed with PCOS (Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome) and Endometriosis. I find blogging to be two fold: it's therapeutic for me to speak my truth, to put my thoughts and...

I spent the day before Christmas Eve in stirrups, in a cold sterile room of doctors and nurses, doing my third round of In-Vitro Fertilization (IVF) at my infertility clinic while praying for a Christmas miracle. It was then...

At our 20 week ultrasound, we discovered our twins were both boys. My husband and I thought we had a pretty good idea of what our future was going to look like: sports, roughhousing, bumps, bruises, scrapes, lots of...

Today is Pregnancy and Infant Loss Remembrance Day. It’s a day of remembrance for pregnancy loss and infant death. This includes miscarriage, stillbirth, SIDS, and death of a newborn. I have carried 11 precious babies in my body, some longer...