This is Hard - Infertility
This is Hard I'm really not sure what I'm going to write about - except that infertility and recurrent loss is hard. Really, really hard....
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Erica Smith Pulley
- Feb 7
- 5 min
TWW - After Infertility and Loss
The Second Cycle I started to write about our second IVF cycle, and I will, but I wasn't ready at this point. The second round was full...
Erica Smith Pulley
- Jan 16
- 10 min
IVF Round 1
Friday Evening - Stims Start They had put me on birth control pills until everything was approved with insurance, my meds had arrived,...
Erica Smith Pulley
- Jan 1
- 5 min
It's Been a Year
2021 2022, here we are. 2021 started off with hope. The vaccine was here, we were starting the home buying process, we were getting more...
Erica Smith Pulley
- Dec 5, 2021
- 4 min
Faith Hope Love
The Room There is a room in our house that didn't get put together right when we moved in. It has the access to the attic and we had work...
Erica Smith Pulley
- Nov 21, 2021
- 5 min
Next stop... IVF
IUI + Progesterone After our 2nd loss, our doctor recommended trying IUI again with progesterone support. Entering another cycle and...
Erica Smith Pulley
- Oct 11, 2021
- 4 min
Eyes Forward - Heart Open
October I tried to start writing this blog on October 1st. I wasn't ready yet. I'm not sure I still am. But I'm going to try. October is...
Erica Smith Pulley
- Sep 27, 2021
- 6 min
The Day I Became 2%
Trigger warning: I talk in detail about miscarriage. The Day It's funny to think a little over a week ago I wasn't in the 2% (or 5% or 1%...
Erica Smith Pulley
- Sep 25, 2021
- 3 min
It's a Journey - A Reflection On Our Fertility Journey
It's funny to think back now. A few months before my 34th birthday we decided to start trying to have a baby. Up until this point, we had...
Erica Smith Pulley
- May 29, 2021
- 4 min
First Month of Fertility
First Month or 14th Month? It's been officially a month since we first met with our fertility doctor. And it has been quite the month at...
Erica Smith Pulley
- May 23, 2021
- 4 min
Healthy Comes in All Shapes, Sizes, and Colors - Part 1
Information Overload Everywhere I turn, I feel like there is something telling me this is what I need to get healthy. Or here is the...
Erica Smith Pulley
- May 2, 2021
- 4 min
Life Changes in the Blink of an Eye
I began the week pregnant and digesting after a week of positive pregnancy tests that I may actually be pregnant. I began the week with...
Erica Smith Pulley
- Feb 21, 2021
- 2 min
White Lasagna with Almond Noodles
Ingredients: * 1 pound of chicken * 32 oz of Chicken Stock * One pack of Cappello's Grain Free Lasagna noodles (or noodles of your...
Erica Smith Pulley
- Feb 1, 2021
- 3 min
2021 Healing: Boundaries Over People Pleasing
People-Pleaser One of the biggest things I've struggled with my whole life is boundaries. It's been a long process to truly understand,...
Erica Smith Pulley
- Jan 6, 2021
- 4 min
2021 - Healing: Empathy over Shame
Healing Healing. noun the process of making or becoming sound or healthy again. "the gift of healing" adjective tending to heal;...