Now, this is the part of my journey that I never posted about on Facebook because, well, I didn’t feel it was the right platform. When you post on Facebook people are essentially going to read what you write whether they want to or not because your newsfeed is instant… whereas in a blog, people have the choice to read it or not. I also didn’t want to share this part because I didn’t want anyone to think I was looking for sympathy.

After discussing it with my husband, we finally decided that it was time to open up about what we’ve been going through. We want people to truly understand the struggles behind my weight loss journey… to know how hard it is to obtain and keep the WILL to do something stronger than the WANT to do something. We also want those struggling with the same issues to find comfort in knowing they’re not alone. With that said… here goes…

I had previously mentioned that I had always wanted to be a young mom, but I wasn’t going to put my baby, myself or my family through an unnecessary high risk pregnancy. When I finally started losing weight, my OB had told me she wanted to see me lose 10% of my body weight before I started trying.

By March 2012 I had lost over 15%… it was finally time to try!

And… by May 2013 we were off to our first visit with the fertility specialist…