by Natasha | Jul 8, 2014 | Fertility diet recipes, Sauces, Seasonings, and Condiments, Traditional Food Preparation
Cheesemaking used to scare me. Then I lived in a foreign country where cheese was not readily available. It’s really true that necessity is the mother of invention. Did you know that powdered whole milk can be reconstituted and made into cheese? It’s not...
by Natasha | May 7, 2014 | Miscarriage and Loss
For many years there was very little talk or thought given to those who long to have children but cannot. Around would come Mother’s Day, and those facing the silent struggle of infertility would disappear to cry out their sorrows at home, or in the women’s bathroom...
by Natasha | Apr 4, 2014 | Natural Health
One of the first things you’re told to do when you start working on fertility issues is to track your BBT (basal body temperature). Several years ago I started taking mine and immediately I had an issue. The handy little chart the doctor gave me? It didn’t go...
by Natasha | Apr 2, 2014 | Coping with infertility
I was in the shower when I realized that I was having a baby. I didn’t even know I was pregnant, but it was obvious that I was giving birth. I screamed for my husband to come take me to the ER. No one answered. I kept screaming for help until finally my mom...
by Natasha | Mar 19, 2014 | Fertility diet recipes, Herbal, Natural Health
I really like homemade gummy vitamins. Well, let me rephrase that: I really like fruit snacks, chewy candies, and even gummy vitamins. It’s a terrible weakness of mine. I think I picked it up when I was a pre-school teacher and we kept fruit snacks in the classroom as...
by Natasha | Jan 8, 2014 | PCOS
Cycles, for me at least, have been these irritating, random, untraceable things. I remember when I realized, at nineteen years old, that some people actually knew when their next cycle would be. My jaw about dropped to the floor. They were kidding, right? Turns out...
by Natasha | Dec 12, 2013 | Desserts and Sweet Things, Fertility diet recipes, Gluten Free
When giving gifts for the holidays, you want to be able to give many of the people in your life a gift that’s useful and pretty. This oatmeal cookie mix is quick and easy to put together (and budget friendly too!) and it looks so lovely in a simple mason jar....
by Natasha | Nov 25, 2013 | Coping with infertility
The holiday season can be one of the most bitter seasons of the year for those of us who are struggling with empty arms. Almost everything is geared toward family and children and the normal feelings of mourning for the things we’ve lost can take a depressing...
by Natasha | Oct 30, 2013 | Coping with miscarriage
It was only six weeks. Barely enough time for my body to register pregnancy, let alone for a child to develop. The miscarriage was swift. Painful but not debilitating. I just sat at home in the bathroom and soon it was over and the blood was cleaned up. Two days later...
by Natasha | Sep 25, 2013 | PCOS
Of all the things that PCOS has caused in my body, I think I have cried the most over the unwanted facial hair. I’m pretty sure that nothing makes me feel ugly and unfeminine as quickly as spotting those prickly dark hairs on my jawline. And, unfortunately, the...
by Natasha | Jul 26, 2013 | Coping with infertility
It was only a photograph. Our church had long ago decided to create a pictorial directory, updated every five years, to keep track of the growing families in our community. And it was only a photograph. At least, that’s what I kept telling myself as we sat in...
by Natasha | Jun 8, 2012 | Coping with infertility
Even before I was married the doctors were telling me that babies would be difficult to have, at best, and I was wiping tears and crying out to God that I didn’t want to travel this road. I had been mothering everything around me since I was a child myself....
