National Infertility Week

Today marks the final day of National Infertility Week, this one week every year is dedicated to educating and bringing awareness to infertility throughout America. 1 in 8 couples experience some form of infertility, which means more than 7 million Americans have trouble getting pregnant. We are one of those 8.

To say that out loud in such a blunt, matter of fact manners has been one of my biggest struggles in life. To come to grips with my diagnosis and stand face to face with my adversity is no easy task. It is a pain that so many have no degree of understanding and for me it has been a pain that I have attempted to cover up, ignore, or pretend it just doesn't exist. The "why me" and "what if" questions races through my head over and over. It's been tough to wrap my head around it all and doing nothing was the easiest thing for me to do for a long time.

"Going to a fertility specialist is, on some level, accepting that there is an issue, so many women don't want to do that," says Roshini Rajapaksa, M.D., an internist at NYU Langone Medical Center (known as Dr. Raj) and TODAY show contributor. "But the longer you wait, the lower your chances are of having a successful outcome, even with the best technology."

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I read the results of some study on infertility somewhere out there of the internet and one of the questions asked and the most common answer to it struck me. I don't even know where I read it and don't exactly the entire context of the study. But what hit me the hardest was the question "If you knew what you know now, would you have sought medical help sooner (in regards to infertility, pardon my horrible paraphrasing). The answer was overwhelmingly yes and I would certainly lump myself in with those women as well. Dwelling on that question though and going over the "what if's" does me no good now. I need to focus on the future and I need to focus on moving forward, making progress.

With purpose in mind, we are finally moving forward. Where direction had started, then slowed and eventually stopped has now restarted and we are not looking back. Faith in a Heavenly Father who knows me and knows my abilities and capabilities helps me move in a positive direction. I know it won't be easy and I know there will be more heartbreak and heartache along the way but I cannot stop now, I will not stop now.