malefactorinfertility – Growing Inside, Shrinking Outside

Infertility Part 12: Urologist

This post was written in Winter 2022 and details the first few steps with a urologist that took many months.

Nervous to start, but glad I made the effort.

Having a supportive community in all areas of your life can really help.

My wife shares the next part of our story from her perspective and addresses the empty bedroom that will hopefully belong to children some day.

Infertility ain’t cheap, and that certainly generates some emotions on it’s own.

Telling people and being very open and public about our infertility journey is wonderful but can be challenging as well

Telling the people closest to us to start making sense of things during this hard time was extremely important.

Whether past, present, or future, this day will always bring plenty of introspection.

My wife tells more about her initial feelings about my infertility.

After suffering through a little bit of a dark time, I was finally able to start feeling a little closer to normal.