Two days before we left for our honeymoon, we found out that my beloved father has a rare, incurable and aggressive cancer.
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PERSONAL UPDATE: Living with infertility and embracing childlessness
Acceptance
I had a moment last night when I was wrapping a baby present for my niece, her husband and their new baby girl.
My niece is great, someone who will be a fabulous mother and has had her share of issues along the baby journey, so I don’t begrudge her this new family.
But it struck me that if our own baby had lived (due two months ago), we would have been receiving baby gifts right around now too, celebrating our own miracle, dealing with the first few weeks at home after the birth, making this massive transition.
