Today’s success story is about a woman named Lauren. After nearly two years of trying to conceive, she and her husband decided not to receive an official diagnosis or medical intervention. Instead, they turned to adoption. But the story doesn’t end there. Join us to hear how she found success unexpectedly in the drugstore while waiting to be approved for adoption.
What you’ll hear in this episode:
- Before infertility, Lauren describes herself as young, carefree, and confident
- How she met her husband at the workplace when she started a new job
- From a big family, Lauren always knew that she wanted to be a mother
- Why she chose to leave her career behind
- Trying to conceive, expecting success, and suspecting problems
- NOT seeing an RE, NOT wanting a diagnosis, and NOT wanting medical intervention
- Beginning the adoption process
- How a friend encouraged Lauren during the “wait” time for adoption
- Losing hope during the adoption process
- How they recovered together during the difficult time
- Using the Stork OTC, after a random trip to the drugstore
- Twin daughters, born 10 weeks early: “THIS is a miracle!”
- How infertility changed Lauren
- Lauren’s advice to herself, looking back
