Yes, the blog has been quiet. And it’s likely my already low output will further decrease in the short-term as, after five long years…Eliana, our sweet, magical little miracle baby has arrived!
Despite working so hard towards this goal and the vast majority of our circle having children, we’ve clearly only understood parenthood on an abstract level — no matter how good our time management and organization, we’ll be playing catch up for quite awhile. But I couldn’t be happier about it. :)
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After several miscarriages prior to and during a variety of infertility treatments, we were told last November that my wife's eggs weren't viable and to come up with Plan B. As we were contemplating the possibility of an egg donor, an adoption, or just moving on, we unexpectedly conceived... and obviously carried the high risk pregnancy to term, mostly through my wife's sheer force of will (which also powered her through a partially failed epidural during a very painful and unplanned c-section).
Been contemplating writing a Kindle book the last year covering our experiences, from my (male) perspective: "Infertility. It ain't for pussies or paupers." It's been quite the emotional rollercoaster. But, man, what a happy ending. Or, rather, a happy beginning.
And how naive I was. :) Thought I'd have time and energy to do some freelance writing and knock out an overdue certification during my "paternity leave." Good luck with that? It took me nearly a week to even turn on the computer.
Congrats!
That's really awesome, congrats to you!