Mom to Poppy Kate
Born still December 15, 2011,
Five tiny angels, each lost at 5 weeks
April 2009, April 2010 and November 2010,
and
Heterotopic twins (one ectopic, one uterine)
Lost at 6 weeks and 11 weeks in January 2011
Melbourne, Australia
From Rebecca’s blog post: 2011…the year that, well, sucked:
It seems as though the best place to start is to get all of the terrible, awful stuff that happened last year out on the table, so you know what you’re getting into. It gives you some perspective as to where I’m coming from. Don’t get me wrong, my life is definitely not crap. I have a wonderful husband, let’s call him G, and he’s my soul mate and my strength. Not to mention the love of my life :). We have a little boy, Xavier, who is known by many nicknames, including ‘X’, ‘Xav’, ‘Xavi’ and ‘Trouble’. He took a bit of work to get, 2 years of TTC and 6 months of the fertility drug, Clomid, before we fell pregnant with him. Xavier is now 5, and about to start school. We have a great extended family; G’s parents and my dad and his partner all live nearby, along with a couple of our siblings. Everyone else lives near enough that we see them often and we have an array of nieces and nephews (even a grand niece!) who Xav loves playing with. We have great friends and workmates, who are a big support to us and lots of fun to hang out with! [Read more…]