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A Piece of Me
I was sitting in my bathroom in August of 2019 staring at this pregnancy test sitting on my cabinet. I couldn’t believe the word staring back at me, “Pregnant”. This wasn’t part of my plan. My first pregnancy had been traumatic to say the least. I had gotten...
An Olive Branch
I’d like to think that most parents begin their journey with the hopes of doing most things right. Couple those desires with a Type-A, perfectionist personality and a recipe for disaster is possible, at least in my case it was. Having studied Dietetics in college and...
The ‘C’ Word
Over the past couple of days, I have felt an undercurrent of anxiety in my bones. Easily weeping at a Christmas movie-one in which the mother passes away when the main character was a child. I quickly fumble the remote in my hands to turn off the television. Why...
No Denying the Negative
I knew I wanted to be a mother one day, and throughout my 20s it had always seemed like something that would eventually happen, probably with the help of medical intervention due to my struggle with infertility because of Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome. I did not at all...
Clothes Matter
For as long as I can remember, I have loved getting dressed. I feel my best when I wear something I love, that fits, feels great, and like “me.” When I feel great about what I’m wearing, I can focus better, do my job better, or maybe just trick myself into feeling...
Sadness of Missing Out
It was the Monday night before Thanksgiving this year that I found myself exhausted from the day, already in bed with an ache in my heart. I laid there thinking about something my counselor recently told me, “Over our lifetime we will have a thousand tiny funerals.”...
Embracing the Unpredictability
Nearly two and a half years ago, my husband and I embarked on our surrogacy journey fueled by our shared desire to build a family. We emailed a handful of surrogacy agencies to learn more about the process and get started with the requisite forms. From that moment...
Ironic
Tommy and I got married in January of 2016. I have always wanted to be a mother and Tommy, being a kindergarten teacher, was made for the role of being a father. There were no plans of starting a family immediately, but when we found out I was pregnant right after the...
Keep Trying
I will preface by saying that even as you read my story and I become “this person I know that stopped trying and got pregnant”, that I am not by any means a person that believes in that. In fact, those very words used to rip my husband and I from the inside out and we...
Our Path to a Miracle
My husband and I got married in August of 2019. We quickly began trying for a baby. I have dreamed about being a mother since I was a little girl. I was always a mommy to my dolls, babysat and nannied through high school, college and into grad school, and have worked...
Imagine a space where the question ‘why does no one talk about this’ disappears. A space where you’ll never feel alone again in the journey of Parenthood. A space where everyday women and men come to shout from the rooftops what parenthood is like behind the scenes. Welcome to No One Talks About where we talk about ALL of the things that no one talks about as it relates to Parenthood.
We are building a community of everyday women and men who are tired of asking themselves, ‘why does no one talk about this?’ If you have a story to tell we would love for you to join our community! The more we share the less alone we will all feel. If telling your story helps just one person then it was worth it.