Where Do I Start?

I am the kind of person who likes to start things at a logical starting point (just as the 1st of the month, the new year or the beginning of a new phase). I am sitting here attempting to think of when my fertility or infertility journey started. Do I start from the day I got my period? The first time I had sex? The first time I thought I was pregnant? The first time I began to take birth control pills? The first time I intentionally wanted to get pregnant? Well, to be honest, I still don't know.

In this blog, I will take you through my fertility or infertility (TTC) journey from these various points in time. I will take you to each beginning and hopefully it will all come together at some point for you (and I). 

In my attempt to explain events, terms and the other stuff, I may need to cuss or use terms that you may find offensive. I apologize in advance for offending you however I do not apologize for the language or the content I will use. It is important for me to keep this blog meaningful and authentic, just as I work on being in my personal life and throughout this journey. This in fact, is how infertility is. Infertility is vulnerable, intrusive, impolite, shameful, sad, exciting, secretive, raw and crazy. There are times when things don't make sense and times when we cuss out of happiness, sadness, anger and excitement or all of the above.

If you are reading this, you yourself are either experiencing infertility directly or indirectly. I'm sorry you have to go through this. If you are on the infertility path and undergoing treatments, I wish you the best and hope I can provide you with empowering and useful information here. If you are supporting someone (friend, doctor, boss, coworker, sister, brother, mother, cousin, etc), I thank you for doing research for your loved one. It is amazing how we can spend hours looking up prices for new floors or cars but we don't bother to look up information on medical/emotional conditions our loved ones are experiencing in order to support them. I am guilty of this as well. So the fact that you are here is A.M.A.Z.I.N.G! You are one of the few people that really care to understand and will have the necessary tools to help your loved one(s) on this journey.