Growing a family. A dream that many have. A fear for others. For Morgan and I – a dream we could not wait to chase. Being a mom and dad felt like the easiest, obtainable goal we had…boy were we wrong.

There were many trial and error times that we decided to put growing our family on the back burner – money, house hunting, my anxiety, timing. Finally in December of 2022 we decided we were both ready and at a good spot. We went in knowing that it could take a while and were in agreeance that we would not put too much stress on the situation to increase our odds.

It wasn’t until mid-August 2023 that we truly began to feel helpless and let down. How could we not right. We were brainwashed that it was so EASY to get pregnant and here we were the 1 in 4 odds that we never thought would be us. Struggling to understand why it wasn’t happening. For anyone who has gone through infertility of any degree knows that general rule of thumb doctors wont see you regarding infertility until a year of actively trying. So, we were stuck in limbo hoping each month it was finally our time…

Writing this to you June of 2024, understanding that timing is out of our hands – HIS plan is greater. It would have been a nightmare trying to get pregnant/being pregnant during my rock bottom moment in November. Today we have hope still – waiting patiently to be seen or that it is our month to finally step into the next chapter — MOM & DAD.

If you are walking through this chapter too – know you are not alone, and timing is everything.

XO, Brook Ashlee