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Surrounded by Children

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  I can honestly say that we are so blessed to be surrounded by children. We have many nieces, nephews and cousins all of whom we absolutely adore. Sometimes time with them is a welcome relief from our struggle with fertility. I love how children live in the moment entirely and teach us how to truly be present, however sometimes, time with them just leaves an emptiness behind once they’ve gone and all is quiet again, the silence can be deafening. Part of the rollercoaster ride of fertility struggles is never knowing which feeling you’ll be left with after spending time with families with children. Never in my life had I felt the need to shut the door on opportunities to spend time with people I love, however when you’re struggling with fertility sometimes you force yourself to retreat. You make yourself shrink, you want a big hole to swallow you up with all your pain. That is no way to live.......so you get back up..... you face the day with the family regardless of whether you’ll ...
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Emotional Rollercoaster

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This has been a solid mantra of mine during our treatments and whilst on this TTC rollercoaster.  Infertility has taught me to embrace all of my emotions not just the “positive” ones. Over the years I’ve felt intense Anger, Disappointment, Overwhelming Grief, Insane Jealousy, gut wrenching guilt and a strong sense of shame. The process has instilled in me an daily practice of accepting all my emotions as they are, allowing them to get as big as they need to be and then finally releasing #emotionalrollercoasters #ttcjourneys #acceptingyourself #surrenderingtotheflow
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Deciding to start a family.

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Hello beautiful people!  My name is Zoe, I’m 33 and my partner Sean is 31. We’ve been together for almost 7 years and are currently saving, working towards all the things most couples want, a home to call our own 🏡 a wedding 👰 🤵 and maybe one day a family 👶🏻  We started trying to conceive in Jan of 2016 and boy has it been a rollercoaster I’m sharing our story in the hopes that one day we will live in a world where pregnancy announcements are never an April fools joke, where men and women who have struggled to conceive don’t feel ashamed to talk about their experiences and to be in a society that doesn’t forget about childless people wether it’s their choice or not. #tryingtoconceiveuk #fertilityjourneys #coupleswhodream
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