This is National Infertility Awareness Week. I struggled for years to get pregnant with my two rainbow babies. Today we will honor those who struggle and those who have suffered miscarriages.
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This week is national fertility awareness week. We're going to talk about my own fertility struggles and how to hold your children close. And dear
subscribe. So you don't miss another podcast. Join me every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday for your daily incurred. This week is national fertility awareness week. Just a warning. If you don't want to hear about miscarriages or loss, then you might want to skip to the next episode. It's really fitting that national fertility awareness week happened stair in our birthday week.
The week that we celebrate the birth of our two rainbow babies. If you don't know a rainbow, baby is a baby conceived after a loss, it could be a pregnancy loss. It could be a miscarriage for us. It was a miscarriage. I've had three miscarriages in my life. The first one was before I had my daughter, the other two were between my daughter and my son, one in eight couples in America, struggled to conceive.
One in four pregnancies and then a loss. The amazing thing is that as a society, we don't talk about this. There's a lot of shame around loss. There's a lot of shame around miscarriage. Oftentimes the mom feels like it's her fault. She also feels like she's alone. Like no one understands. But here's the great thing.
25% of all women have had some kind of miscarriage. You aren't alone. Your pain is valid. The struggle is real, and the hurt is deep. Whether you struggle with secondary infertility or initial fertility, I want you to hear it's not your fault. After all of my miscarriages, I felt devastated, but question of what could have been, what might be and what will be in the future.
And today as I hold my two rainbow babies, I will tell you if I could go back and talk to that woman who had just miscarried, I would tell her you're going to be okay. The child that you want is out there. It may not come from your body. It may come from adoption and there's nothing wrong with that.
If you want to be a mother, you can be a mother. And that child is yours. Infertility is difficult, it's lonely. It pulls at your heart. But the important thing to remember is you are not alone. Many women will suffer a miscarriage. Many women will struggle to conceive. If you don't struggle, hold your baby close.
Don't take them for granted. The best thing anyone ever told me during my fertility struggles was how my story made them connect deeper with their own children. How people like me, who struggled to conceive and who want that child so bad made them appreciate their child more in that moment. When that person told me that I cried, I finally understood how my story could impact other people.
Hold your baby close. Love them. See them as a gift that was given to you, connect deeply with them. And if you have ever struggled with infertility or infant loss or miscarriage, share your struggle, it's vulnerable, it's uncomfortable, but it's important that we start understanding how common it is. It's important that we take away the fear and anxiety and guilt.
That moment was for you. Now go make someone else's day.
