I struggle with Infertility. For a long time, that phrase made me feel ashamed. I thought there was something wrong with me as a woman because I couldn’t do the very thing I was created to do, carry a child. I would dread the inevitable and highly personal question, “When are you guys going to have a baby?” At the beginning of our marriage, I would deflect it with something about us wanting to enjoy being a couple. Then as the years progressed I would answer with, “Once Matt is finished with school.” Once those excuses didn’t apply anymore I’d simply say, “oh you know, one day.” Each time that question was aimed at me it was like a dagger to my heart and I felt like they must know my dirty little secret, I couldn’t have a baby.

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