2022

5 years in a blur

Since my IVF journey I have been blessed with not 1, but 2 small people to join our family.

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In 2016 we welcomed a little girl, Rabbit, who has been the opposite of the experience it was to conceive her. She has been a pleasure to raise as she is the ultimate people pleaser and she gets joy from making others happy. 

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We were so thrilled we tried again.

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Essentially a twin to our wee girl, but born a month short of 2 years later, in 2018 we welcomed a boy, who we lovingly call Fat Rat. 

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With our car, and our lives, full we stopped. We stopped and we took stock. We have created a beautiful family and home so full of noise, chaos, dance parties and love that we barely have time to appreciate what it took to get here. 

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There is something amazing about the feeling of knowing your family is complete. I wouldn't have believed it until I experienced it for myself. The content calmness I feel now is a far cry from the dark feelings of being cheated (by not being able to conceive) that I once experience. 

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5 years on and our kids are growing, and our energy is no longer spent creating our family, but instead taking the time to appreciate it.

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How do you know when your family is complete? I'm sure its different for everyone, but for me it was being able to agree to my husband getting a vasectomy without a full blown melt down.  Very ironic that he felt the need, but its almost symbolic.  A full stop in the journey to conceive.