Writing is cathartic.
My decision to write my story mostly came from a desire for further healing from my experiences surrounding my fertility journey and path to becoming a mother.
To provide myself somewhat of a closure on a chapter that included some of my most difficult and best times of my life.
I am writing for me but there is also power in sharing our stories with others.
Power to motivate.
Power to inspire.
Power to empathize.
Power to educate.
Here you will find my personal story surrounding: struggling to conceive, birth control effects, my journey to balance my hormones, healing from pregnancy loss, postpartum depression and ocd, healing from birth trauma, and life with 2 kids.
Along my journey, I loved reading other women’s stories. Hearing others perspectives helped me feel less alone in a very painful period of my life. My hope is others can find something in my story that resonates and can help them in some way.
With love and gratitude,
Dominique
healing my story
ENTRY #1
The Beginning
I was put on birth control 6 years before I became sexually active. I infiltrated my body with “hormones”, masking my body’s own natural rhythm. I have no idea what my period was like for most of my teens. I wish I had learned to listen to my body, know my body, and trust my body. Using my period as a source of bodily intuition. Maybe some of my future hormonal and fertility issues would have been avoided. But that’s not how my story played out.