I started this blog in the hope that it would provide the ultimate success story for women with adenomyosis. When I was diagnosed, the little information available online was very discouraging... years of futile attempts to conceive, recurrent miscarriages, surrogacy as the only hope. I wanted to prove that women with this condition could have a baby naturally (because my doctor told me it was possible). But, that was not to be. Ultimately, we had to resort to IVF and surrogacy in order to have children. While this is not the success story I wanted it to be, it is still very much a success story. Three years ago, I would have found it unbearable if I had known we wouldn't be able to have children without the help of a surrogate. Today, I can not imagine a more miraculous way to build a family. The experience opened my eyes to generosity and kindness that I didn't know was humanly possible, and it has enabled me to feel gratitude more deeply than ever. Most importantly, it gave me the children I so desperately wanted.
I know how lucky I am to have reached my happy ending. Infertility does not always end happily. But, I hope everyone reading this will find the strength to conquer the challenges that their personal infertility struggle bring and reach their own happy ending, even if it looks different than you thought it would in the beginning.
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Having real-life stories out there to read is very important. The statistics and the science can be rather cold comfort.
I apologize for dropping off of your blog--quite honestly when my hard drive crashed a few months ago I lost all bookmarks (I never did do google reader) and found it hard to figure out all the blogs I used to follow! I am so glad you commented on my recent post so I found you again--and got to see your beautiful and amazing video and see the end/beginning to your journey! THey are beautiful!
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Huge congrats. I hope that other women struggling with adenomyosis find your story inspiring. Your children are gorgeous!
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