CW: Pregnancy, Miscarriage, Infertility. Please protect your heart if you do not want to read about this subject.
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Jake: In the end, I realized that I took more than I gave, I was trusted more than I trusted, and I was loved more than I loved. And what I was looking for was not to be found but to be made.
She’s Having a Baby, 1988
I can’t believe I’m writing about this subject again.
I can’t believe this because for years I was super public about my infertility, to the point where it became part of my identity to embrace my child-free decision. I’d done an interview for the Huffington Post, a viral video for BuzzFeed, shared my full journey in podcasts and blog posts. I even wrote an entire TV pilot about it that I’ve been trying to sell!
I thought I was done talking about not being able to get pregnant.
And then, one Friday in February…
