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Same-sex parents through open embryo donation.
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Keira
Apr 30, 20214 min read
My Pregnancy in Photos
In the weeks since our son's birth, I've been reflecting on my pregnancy - and on how strange it is not to be pregnant anymore. On the...
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Keira
Sep 26, 20203 min read
Conflicting Pregnancy Advice (Somehow, You’re Already Doing it Wrong)
The advice pregnant people get is often contradictory, and rarely has clear science to back it up. “It’s best to completely abstain from...
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Keira
Sep 19, 20204 min read
The "Right" Time
In a conversation that feels like a lifetime ago, I told my Dad that my spouse and I were planning on having kids “sometime soon.” One of th
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Keira
Aug 16, 20201 min read
Update: It's Happening! (TW: Pregnancy)
Well, it's official. I'm pregnant! The nausea and exhaustion have made it pretty difficult to keep the good news hidden from the people I...
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Keira
Jun 13, 20203 min read
Fear in Donor-Assisted Reproduction
Ultimately, our decision to pursue EDA was an easy one - but before we reached that point, there were some fears we had to address.
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Keira
Jun 6, 20203 min read
The Radical Act of Queer Family-Building
There is no one way to go about it, but I believe that Queer family-building always has the potential to be a radical, intentional act.
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Keira
May 25, 20203 min read
Learning to Trust My Body
My relationship to my body is a difficult one. Now I have to find a way to trust it with the most important thing I have ever done.
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Keira
May 16, 20202 min read
Update: Some Good News!
I had intended to post an entirely different blog update today. However, a significant update in our fertility journey has taken precedence.
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Keira
May 10, 20203 min read
Choosing not to Grieve this Mother's Day
This can be an upsetting day when you're trying to conceive. I’m not upset, but my feelings are more complicated than in years past.
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Keira
May 4, 20203 min read
The Weird and Wonderful World of Facebook Groups
Want to match with donors? There’s a group for that. Want to get advice from someone who's been through the process? There’s a group.
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Keira
May 2, 20203 min read
About Time
Sheltering in place is like driving a car. Hear me out. A few years back, I had a job in a city almost 2 hours away from where I lived.
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Keira
Apr 20, 20203 min read
Our Act of Hope
"Loving a child and endeavoring to raise them into a good person seems like the ultimate act of hope. This is our act of hope."
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Keira
Apr 18, 20204 min read
Bitterness, Queerness, and Pregnancy
Another day, another pregnancy announcement on Facebook, another “are you expecting?” postcard from my insurance provider in the mail....
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Keira
Apr 13, 20202 min read
10 (Non-TTC) Facts About Me
Hi there! I’ve written before that TTC (especially for a researcher and planner like me) can turn into an all-consuming task. I am so...
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Keira
Apr 11, 20203 min read
The Trap of Over-Planning
I am a problem solver. A planner. If there is a question that needs to be answered, I want to address it immediately, usually by doing...
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Keira
Mar 30, 20203 min read
Grief in Queer Conception
Our journey to parenthood wasn’t undertaken on a whim. But moral superiority is a cold comfort when all I really want is to be a mom.
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Keira
Mar 27, 20202 min read
The World is on Fire. I Still Want a Baby.
It's March 27th, 2020, and my spouse and I are getting ready to celebrate our 5th anniversary. It's Friday, and the much-needed end to a...
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Keira
Mar 8, 20203 min read
Deciding to Become Embryo Recipients
Sometime in the late Spring of 2018, my spouse Sami and I started talking more seriously about having children. Like most couples, it was...
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