Sparking Litherland Life

Infertility blog about our struggles and the hope that keeps us going

Just keep swimming!

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Now that I have recovered from my food coma and endless amounts of leftovers, its time to get back to posting! I know I’ve been MIA for a little while but I have a really good excuse.. my husband Cliff was home for Thanksgiving!!! 😀 😀 😀 😀 This is so exciting because he works in the oil field and they do NOT recognize holidays.. crazy right?!?! They don’t even stop drilling for Christmas. If the Grinch could own an industry, it would be the oil field. Well it just so happened that in between moving from one rig to another, he got to come home and it was over Thanksgiving! I took advantage of the situation and have been completely ignoring the world starting the second he got home. What is it the kids say these days?? oh yes… #sorrynotsorry 😎 We had an awesome Thanksgiving but now its back to reality I guess..

At this point in the holiday season, you are either Continue Reading

Soul Food

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You know that feeling you get when a song you love comes on the radio and your car instantly becomes a mega concert staring you?? It’s awesome right?!?! It always amazes me how the right song can completely turn your attitude around and make your day better. Whatever mood you are in or want to be in, there is a song for it. My dad is an awesome singer and I got to grow up watching him sing with different groups and at church. He taught me about the joy a song can bring you and the impact it can have on your life. This has helped me countless times and dealing with infertility issues has been no exception.

In August 2016 I had my first major surgery to remove fibroids and was in the hospital for 5 days. The first fewContinue Reading

Operation Baby Litherland.. GO!

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I thought I would bring everyone up to speed on where we are currently in the adventure known as Operation Baby Litherland!

There are a few key things that have to happen in order to conceive a child. I am well aware that the no pants dance is what makes that happen but that’s not the part I’m talking about. A woman has to grow an egg then ovulate to release it and that’s when all the mattress time should create your tiny human. Sounds simple right?? Women have been doing this successfully for thousands of years! Well, my body missed that important memo and decided it does not want to ovulate every month. ∗insert my annoyed face here∗

So what is the plan of attack you ask? To start, my doc prescribed me Femara which stimulates egg growth. This isContinue Reading

Here We Go!

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If someone told me 2 years ago that I would be starting an infertility blog, I would have told them they were crazy. I am not anything close to a writer and typically follow my own set of rules for things like punctuation! Why in the world would I write a blog??

Well.. my husband and I began trying for kids in December 2015 and were thrown head first into the heartbreaking world of infertility. I was diagnosed with a severe case of fibroids, PCOS, and excessive bleeding. We never saw it coming and were not prepared for anything that was about to happen to us. But we had each other. So together we started on this insane adventure that began with a doctor telling us they needed to remove my uterus.

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