Reasons not to give up
When you are trying to conceive, things can get very overwhelming, very fast. And it is not unusual to want to just throw in the towel - especially if you hve been trying for a year or more with no success. I understand. Believe me, I get it.
I have PCOS with a side of endo. I am overweight (thanks to the PCOS). But when I started TTC at the age of 28 - none of this entered my mind. I had NO IDEA that it would be difficult for me to get pregnant. And that even if I did - I would be at increased likelihood for a miscarriage.
I just thought that all you had to do to get pregnant was to start having unprotected sex.
Boy, was I wrong.
Month after month, and then whole years went past with no hope in sight. It was excruciating seeing all my friends, some younger than me, get pregnant. I felt like that one neglected popcorn kernel who could not figure out how to pop. I cried buckets of tears.
But through it all - I knew there were reasons not to give up. I felt the calling to motherhood stronger than anything else in my life. I knew I was destined to be a mother - hopefully a great one at that. It was just a matter of time. It took 4+ years for my dream to be realized.
To keep me going through all that I made list of reasons to NOT to give up. (Below I share a few). I ask this morning that you all add to my reasons, with your own.
1. My husband deserves to be a father. He will be an incredible father.
2. I want to kiss baby feet. I want to snuggle into a baby's warm neck. I want that baby to mine.
3. If I give up on this desire - this thing that I want more than any other - I won't be me anymore.
4. I'll be damned if I have to carry around these DD all my life, if I don't get to someday feed a baby with them.
5. I really need a reason to read Harry Potter again and again.
(So this is me with my boy - About 5 years after I first starting TTCing - accomplishing #2 on my list.)
What are you reasons?
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