AlwaysAndreina

Once upon a time… Well to be exact it was the year 2010. I received the scariest news of my life at the time. I was pregnant! I know for some of us this news would be the happiest moment of their life. However for me, at barely 20 years of age, it was the scariest news I had ever received. I was about to become a single Mom with nothing to my name. Even though I did work, I did not make enough income to be able to provide for a baby. To make matters worse, I grew up in a very strict Christian religious home where this type of situation was frowned upon. But that is a story for another day.

After considering all of my options, I decided that the best option for me was to raise my baby. No matter what. I was going to step up to my responsibilities and do the best I can. Was it hard? VERY HARD. The trials that I faced were not for the faint of heart. And that is also another story for another day.

You may be asking yourselves right now how does all this incomplete back story relate to your fertility Andreina? You had a baby, you must be fertile? What is the problem? Well that’s just it my beauties, I didn’t really know what my problem was until my husband and I decided to try to have a baby 2 years ago. Little did I know, I would run into secondary infertility. Some of you might have never heard of this before so let me explain. Secondary infertility is the inability to conceive or have a full-term pregnancy after having had children without difficulty before. In basic terms, I got pregnant without even trying once upon a time, and 9 years later I am not able to conceive.

There are many factors to this my beauties. My body has gone through many changes. The most difficult ones were my hormonal changes. Oh boy! I was so uneducated about hormones. And I still have so much to learn my beauties. I hope we can learn from one another as we venture through this journey together.

One thing I want YOU my beauty reader to know is that you are NOT less of a woman. Infertility can happen to anyone at any time. Even after having a healthy pregnancy and full term healthy baby like myself. Infertility does not define YOU or place any value. We are more than infertility. We are strong, relentless, intelligent, strong and unwavering beautiful women. I struggled feeling worthy of being a woman because of my infertility. It’s taken me two years to write this and to change my perspective about myself. If you are reading this, take your power back my beauties. You are never alone.

I still have so much to share! Everything I have learned I wish to share with you all and what beauties of life lie ahead in this journey! Join me! This blog will have updates on a weekly basis. Sometimes twice a week! Stay tuned!

Until next time my beauties! I love you.

Xoxo- Andreina