Earlier in June 2019 the New York Times released an article titled “When You’re Told You’re Too Fat to Get Pregnant”. It sparked a lot of conversation among people that I follow on Instagram - both from the patient perspective and the medical perspective. As someone who is both fat and has been navigating fertility treatments for about three years now, this article made me pause and reflect on the experience that I’ve had these years trying to start our family.

Eight months ago I shared the last update in our infertility journey. Since then we’ve had some disappointment, a well deserved break and a renewed sense of energy and hope, and I’m excited to share with you where we are in the process now!

It's been a while since my last infertility update, but a number of you have reached out to see how we are doing and where we are in the process, so I felt like an update was in order! If you remember from my last post, our doctor in Florida had encouraged us to find a fertility specialist after we moved and start exploring the process of In Vitro Fertilization (IVF). We had a busy late summer/early fall with moving and getting settled in Pennsylvania, so I waited a bit to schedule this appointment.

If you read my May and June goals posts, you know that we have been moving through our second round of fertility treatments. Well, last week, we had our last appointment with our fertility specialist. The second round of medication didn't work, and because of our planned move to Pennsylvania in August, we are out of time here in Florida. 

As a child, I didn't often think about becoming a mom. I wanted to be a professional pianist, performing and teaching piano at the collegiate level. It was my dream and goal for so long, and as I grew up thinking about that future, a husband wasn't always a part of it and children were almost never a part of it. So when I was diagnosed with PCOS at about 20 years old, it didn't phase me. Children hadn't been important to me leading up to that time, so, learning that PCOS is one of the leading causes of infertility in women, I didn't worry.