Did you know that last week was National Infertility Awareness Week? To raise money and awareness a local Fertility clinic organized a Resolve DIY walk of hope.
Some of our support group members manned the Resolve information table at the race!
Chris and I entered the 5k ‘race’ and walked with Aviana in the buggy. Some of my local infertility support group members were there too with their little miracles and others who are in their wait. Honestly, it was a bit strange walking around with our little baby knowing we were amongst friends and many others who longed for a baby still.
Chris and I were near the back of the race pack and so we ended up alone having a deep conversation about child number two, sibling relationships, which country we want to live in, what to do with the our savings, our one frozen embryo, how to get pregnant again, our long infertility journey, risk of a future growth restricted baby, adoption and fostering to adopt. Phew. That was a lot. I won’t go into detail now about all of this, but let’s just say it was all deep given the purpose of the event we were participating in and I crossed the finish line with a few years in my eyes. Chris and I need to work through these conversations some more before we come up with a mutually agreed ‘plan’ for our family’s future. To sum up INFERTILITY SUCKS!
Overall, it was a great event, I caught up with some friends from the support group which was lovely. They managed to raise over $8000 for Resolve.
And I wore my pineapple top and f*ck infertility socks.
But as we left the race and headed home I turned to chris and said
“I wish infertility would just do one”
Although it was a great event, I wish infertility awareness didn’t have to happen and I wouldn’t ever wish infertility upon even my worst enemy.
Chris and I starting the race – Baby’s gotta eat!!!
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