by Kathy on December 16, 2015 · 2 comments
in Background, Bereavement, Blessed, Coping, Courage, Decisions, Faith, Family, Gratitude, Hope, Infertility, Inspiration, IUI, IVF, Journey, Life, Loss, Love, Memories, Miscarriage, Parenting, Pregnancy Loss, Reality, Relationships, Secondary Infertility, Time, Writing
Six pregnancies. Two living children. One neonatal death. One interstitial ectopic pregnancy. Two miscarriages. Two failed IVF cycles. One failed IVF converted to IUI. It’s surreal for me to reflect on those years. I am grateful for all that we have. I am thankful for what we’ve learned on our journey to build our family. […]
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by Kathy on August 22, 2013 · 2 comments
in Anxiety, Bob, Embryo Transfer (ET), Family, Food, Hope, Infertility, IVF, IVF #2 (second try), Memories, Molly, Secondary Infertility, TTC
This morning I was at the grocery store picking up a few things we needed. While there I noticed they had beautiful, fresh-cut gladiolus flowers for sale. Gladiolus flowers are among my favorites, especially since the summer of 1997, when I lived in a small town in Illinois called Momence, where I served as Recreation Director. […]
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by Kathy on April 24, 2013 · 11 comments
in ALI Community, Coping, Decisions, Expectations, Family, Friends, Healing, Hope, ICSI, Infertility, Inspiration, IUI, IVF, Love, Memories, Odds, Parenting, Planning, RE, Relationships, Resolution, Secondary Infertility, Secondary Infertility Stories, Siblings, Sperm, TTC, Writing
For awhile I have thought it would be interesting and helpful, especially for those still in the trenches who want more children, to profile other families who have dealt with secondary infertility. Many of these people I got to know during our journey through secondary infertility (via community forums and/or blogs). Being able to share […]
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by Kathy on October 9, 2012 · 7 comments
in Abby, ALI Community, Background, Bereavement, Blessed, Blog Hops, Bob, Coping, Dreams, Family, Frozen Embryos, Gratitude, Hope, Infertility, IVF, IVF #2 (converted to IUI#1), Journey, Life, Loss, Love, Luck, Molly, Odds, Optimism, Pregnancy Loss, Quotes, Sean, Secondary Infertility, Siblings, Time Warp Tuesdays
Let’s do the Time Warp again! Welcome to the twenty-fourth installment of my blog hop/writing exercise called Time Warp Tuesday! It has also been a little over a year since Time Warp Tuesdays began here on my blog and I am grateful to all those who have done the Time Warp with me! For those not […]
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by Kathy on February 29, 2012 · 47 comments
in Abby, Background, Bereavement, Birthdays, Blessed, Bob, Books, Coping, Dreams, Ectopic, Exercise, Faith, Family, FET, Happiness, Healing, Infertility, Inspiration, IUI, IVF, Journey, Life, Loss, Love, Memories, Milestones, Miscarriage, Molly, Odds, Pregnancy, Pregnancy Loss, Sean, Transitions, TTC, Writing
Welcome to Bereaved and Blessed! If you are here for the first time you can read about me and my blog here. You can also check out the other tabs above the header (which I designed all by myself) to find out more about me, my new blog and other places I write. There are also pages […]
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by Kathy on February 21, 2012 · 6 comments
in Abby, Background, Blog Hops, Bob, Faith, Family, Friends, Infertility, Inspiration, IVF, Loss, Memories, Molly, Peace, Quotes, Sean, The Future, Time Warp Tuesdays, Writing
Let’s do the Time Warp again! Welcome to the sixteenth installment of my blog hop/writing exercise called Time Warp Tuesday here on Four of a Kind! For those not familiar with Time Warp Tuesdays, which I currently host on the 1st and 3rd Tuesday of every month here is the background of how and why I […]
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