First Born
I never really believed I’d ever be able to have kids–much less thought that I’d one day become an advocate for others suffering from infertility. But sometimes life comes full circle and delivers in a BIG way.
My Baby
This weekend (Jan 12/13), I am speaking at the Fertility Planit 2013 show in Los Angeles alongside fertility guru Randine Lewis–the very same woman who helped me achieve my dream of having a family. Here’s a blog post I wrote for my blog on FertilityAuthority.com - it has that story (or at least part of it!). http://www.fertilityauthority.com/blogger/suzanne-rico/2012/12/13/one-big-fertility-planit
For anyone here in Southern Cal, I’d love it if you would attend the Fertility Planit Show as my guest. The speaker list is quite impressive and there’s lots to learn. Hope to see you there!
Come On Down!
I love that you are serving as a guide for women and the struggle and you know it makes me so happy to picture you with Randine! Give her a hug for me. I wish I could be there with the two of you!
Grif and Aldo are the most gorgeous boys on the planet! and you are an amazing mom Suzanne- I don’t know anything about infertility or what causes it, i’ve heard of women in stressful jobs giving up on the idea of ever conceiving then going on an extended vacation and voila! they get pregnant. Stress might play a role- but otherwise I don’t know much about it- the only thing i have observed from some beautiful, wonderful friends of mine trying to get pregnant and having a hard time is noted below.
I am one of those fortunate people who had no trouble conceiving naturally at the withered old age of 42. This is just my instinct, I haven’t done any research nor do I have any medical training, but after living in LA for years and seeing so many gorgeous women with beautiful bikini ready size 2/4 bodies (whom I envied, believe me) I often wondered if difficulty in conceiving can come down to low body fat. I know that when I was very thin in college (5’6″, 108 lbs) and ran everyday, I lost my period for a year so maybe there is some link between body weight and hormones? When I got pregnant I was a doughy 150 lbs, which is my standard weight- and I ballooned to a staggering 206 when my baby was born. (Fortunately I dropped 40 lbs the first month of her life) Doughy isn’t delightful in a bathing suit and it’s horrible for evening gowns (the under arm fat is ghastly) but my instinct is there is plenty of room for an egg and sperm to anchor in that cushy miasma of human bean bag that is my body.
Oh sweet Shawn–you always manage to make me laugh, even as I sit in a hospital room I haven’t left for 30 hours watching my own lovely mom get battered by this son of a bitch cancer. You are beautiful–you just don’t know it–and getting more so each year.
miss you my friend. So glad we met at that faux camping trip!
Suz
Wow! I’m sure its unscientific and there’s alot more in play but everything Shawn said rings true for me. I was fat and happy and early thirties and was blessed with three kids in four years. On the other hand, my mom was barely old enough to drink and slim when my sister and I arrived in 15 months. Those boys are eye candy for grandmas!
Well Suzi, here is my little bit of wisdom. It is a biological fact that the best time to get pregnant is between 20 and 30. I was 19 when I married had my first one at 20 and the 4th one at 28 (plus one in between which I lost due to eclamplsia!). But nowadays that’s not an option for most women who want an education and then go to work. By the time they decide to have a baby they are often in their late 30′s and conceiving might become more difficult. My heart goes out to the Moms who don’t give up and try other avenues like you did — and what joy that Griffy and Ado are now in the world!!
Forever in my prayers