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...
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Erica Smith Pulley
- Jan 16, 2022
- 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, 2022
- 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...
Guest Writer
- Nov 14, 2018
- 4 min
Thankfulness for What I Have
What I learned after losing my hair during chemotherapy
Guest Writer
- May 20, 2018
- 3 min
What My First Chemo Taught Me
We have a guest post from my friend Maggie today. She was recently diagnosed with Hodgkin’s Lymphoma and speaks today about the lessons...
Erica Smith Pulley
- Mar 31, 2018
- 3 min
Cancer – The One Word That Changes Everything
Cancer. It’s my life’s work. My calling. It’s a word that makes people shudder. It’s a life changing diagnosis. Once the word cancer is...
Guest Writer
- Mar 20, 2016
- 4 min
What I Learned About Life, Love and Health in 2015
I’ve never thought of myself as a particularly healthy or unhealthy person. Just middle of the road, good days and bad days. My...
Erica Smith Pulley
- Oct 7, 2015
- 3 min
#Chase2015: A Season of Change
Over the past few weeks, I’ve made many decisions to change the way I live, or had been living. It’s not that I was extremely unhealthy,...
Guest Writer
- Oct 2, 2015
- 4 min
#Chase2015: Finding Balance
The older I get, the more I realize that life truly is a balancing act. We are always balancing work life with home life, healthy eating...
Guest Writer
- Sep 15, 2015
- 3 min
#Chase2015: 7 Enhancements for Better Living
We’re already well into September, where exactly has 2015 gone? I am still asking that question. This year already my family has...
Guest Writer
- Jul 21, 2015
- 5 min
Confessions of a Former Carbaholic: A Kitchen Transformation
If you had met me a year ago, you would have been greeted with a loaf of freshly baked bread drenched in butter, some homemade jelly and...
Guest Writer
- Jun 4, 2015
- 3 min
Whole 30 Adventure
Hello! My name is Ruth, and I am still adjusting to life with two little ones. And can I just say, there is definitely a learning curve...
Guest Writer
- May 10, 2015
- 3 min
Healthy Eating as a Family
When I began losing weight three years ago, I warned my husband that it (the weight loss and the changes I was making) would affect him...
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