Jeesh, Maxi, is that all you’re going to eat? What are you on some sort of cleanse? — A colleague After my first ultrasound, the doctor...

On the day we went to the German Christmas Market with Ben’s parents, I accidentally sat down on a broken bench. The bench looks...

So, while Realist Maxi was evaluating all the options at the beginning of November, Optimistic Maxi was gearing up for trying again. As I...

When our first attempt at trying to conceive again failed, Realist Maxi was far from discouraged, though not in the “Let’s just try again...

I presented all of my research (see Did adenomyosis cause my miscarriage? for the research referenced here) to Ben, and his main concern...

There were two questions that I grappled with after the miscarriage. Could adenomyosis have caused what looks to be a blighted ovum or a...

After the miscarriage, I would just start crying at a moment’s notice. Something or someone would cross my mind, and my heart would break...

NOTICE: This post is especially hard to read. It goes through the details of a medically-induced miscarriage and D&C. As I mentioned in...

The week before I found out I was pregnant, I was still complaining about symptoms of menopause, including hot flashes. I was worried...

This post is a sequel to “Pregnant (Maybe).” If you have not read it, you can read it here. So, when I saw that drop of blood, I just...

On July 29th, my mother texted me and told me to take a pregnancy test. I didn’t want to. There were many reasons I didn’t want to take a...