Thank you for sharing your story. Our kids are also 6 1/2 years apart after I experienced secondary infertility, and all I feel to this day is thankful that we have our two wonderful kids and that they love each other dearly. It's so weird how people feel a need to make comments about something so personal (and in our case that was very trying). So glad it all worked out for your family too!
Wow, that is very cool -- solidarity fist bumps! I received so many messages about people's entitlement to comment on other people's reproductive lives. It is so weird!
Oh wow, I love those photos. A woman is never s beautiful as she is in childbirth. Too bad I don’t have one. 😟 And recalling motherhood memories is always so fulfilling. It’s amazing how you’ve recorded those memories.
Thank you so much for that kindness, and I also will say that there is so much beauty in the different forms that mother/parenthood takes. I am sure there are many such moments in your journey. :-)
Thank you for sharing this story; a great reminder we can have certain plans and inevitably may need to make a pivot. And it will be okay. Even if there are naysayers. Also, what lovely pictures ! And OMG that cake is a thing of beauty!!!!!!
Thank you so much for sharing your experience with the larger age gap and how beautiful their relationship is. I think the 2 under 2 status is glorified so much, as well as the idea of having children close together to create a better bond. My toddler is now approaching 3 this summer, and if it were up to me, there'd already be another newborn in the house. My journey isn't one of secondary infertility, but rather of forcing myself to be patient while I sort out my own health issues before trying again. It's been a long journey of medication changes, new doctors, now a surgery that I'm recovering from. I'm still hopeful that we can try again soon, but also reminding myself that Elio will be an amazing big brother whenever the time comes, and their relationship can be beautiful even with a bigger age gap than that of most of my friends' babies. <3
Thank you for sharing that, Lexie. And YES to all of this... the need to focus on getting yourself stable and well, the glorification of the two year gap, the reality that Elio will be a wonderful sibling no matter when it happens. :-)
Thank you for sharing your story. Our kids are also 6 1/2 years apart after I experienced secondary infertility, and all I feel to this day is thankful that we have our two wonderful kids and that they love each other dearly. It's so weird how people feel a need to make comments about something so personal (and in our case that was very trying). So glad it all worked out for your family too!
Wow, that is very cool -- solidarity fist bumps! I received so many messages about people's entitlement to comment on other people's reproductive lives. It is so weird!
Oh wow, I love those photos. A woman is never s beautiful as she is in childbirth. Too bad I don’t have one. 😟 And recalling motherhood memories is always so fulfilling. It’s amazing how you’ve recorded those memories.
Thank you so much for that kindness, and I also will say that there is so much beauty in the different forms that mother/parenthood takes. I am sure there are many such moments in your journey. :-)
Thank you for sharing this story; a great reminder we can have certain plans and inevitably may need to make a pivot. And it will be okay. Even if there are naysayers. Also, what lovely pictures ! And OMG that cake is a thing of beauty!!!!!!
Pivoting is what it is all about! And thank you!
Thank you so much for sharing your experience with the larger age gap and how beautiful their relationship is. I think the 2 under 2 status is glorified so much, as well as the idea of having children close together to create a better bond. My toddler is now approaching 3 this summer, and if it were up to me, there'd already be another newborn in the house. My journey isn't one of secondary infertility, but rather of forcing myself to be patient while I sort out my own health issues before trying again. It's been a long journey of medication changes, new doctors, now a surgery that I'm recovering from. I'm still hopeful that we can try again soon, but also reminding myself that Elio will be an amazing big brother whenever the time comes, and their relationship can be beautiful even with a bigger age gap than that of most of my friends' babies. <3
Thank you for sharing that, Lexie. And YES to all of this... the need to focus on getting yourself stable and well, the glorification of the two year gap, the reality that Elio will be a wonderful sibling no matter when it happens. :-)