The Path Less Taken

I had intended to keep up with this blog with an occasional post every month or so, then 2020 happened. It wasn't just 2020 happening though, it was my continued journey towards becoming a single mother by choice that slowed my writing.  At the time of my last post, I'd just begun the IVF process, and didn't totally know what the timeline would look like over the coming months (news flash: a pandemic hit and skewed my plans a bit). By the time I knew what came next and when, we were a couple of months into our COVID-reality, and writing about my fertility journey no longer seemed worth while. Like many people, my life was still dominated by the pandemic...I just also had an equally huge other thing going on. In late June, I got the news that my first embryo transfer (just days after my birthday) had been a success. I was pregnant again! However, like many women who have previously experienced pregnancy loss or struggled to get pregnant, this news is more anxiety-inducing th...