24 years old. Trying to conceive baby #1. Endometriosis and PCOS. Losing track of cycle numbers. MC: 2/6/19. Birth of Eliza: 3/11/20 Main: my-internest
In October of 2020, my dad, Joe Richins, was hospitalized with COVID-19. He was in the hospital for nine days and then was released. His immune system was weak during recovery, and he had to spend a lot of time on his stomach to take the pressure off his lungs. During this time, he lost a lot of weight. He got a lapband place over 10 years ago, and after everything that happened, it got infected and needed to be removed.
This was meant to be a short surgery, but it quickly turned into a nightmare. In the last two and a half months, he has had fungal infections, gastric leaks, irregular heart rhythms, and 6 surgeries. He hasn’t been able to eat or drink anything in almost 70 days now. He has been getting all of his nutrition from IVs and a feeding tube. It has been difficult to get his nutrition right so he can finally heal.
His last surgery was able to finally close up the incision of his abdomen, but he is still having problems recovering from the yeast and bacterial infections. He will continue to need to use a feeding tube indefinitely, and there is no timeline on when he will be able to leave the hospital. After he is able to return home, it is still going to be a long recovery ahead for him before he can return to work or normal life.
We are so grateful to the hospital staff that has helped him so far, and for everything they do for our community. Without their dedication and skill, my dad wouldn’t be with us anymore.
While he has been going through this medical journey, he has been on disability pay, but that isn’t much. My parents now owe thousands of dollars in medical bills that they can’t afford while he is unable to work. My mom, LyDee Richins, has been working a full-time job as a nurse and spending all of her extra time at the hospital with my dad. Since some COVID-19 protocols have relaxed during this time, she has started sleeping in a chair at the hospital most nights. She comes home to shower and eat sometimes, but that’s about all the time she has right now.
If you can donate, we would appreciate anything you could do to help ease the stress for them during this recovery period. You can donate with the GoFundMe link https://gofund.me/92585e8a or send money to my Venmo @Darby-Richins or PayPal at paypal.me/darbyltaylor. Please put something like, For Joe in the payment line.
Even if you are unable to help, I would appreciate any boosting.
In October of 2020, my dad, Joe Richins, was hospitalized with COVID-19. He was… Darby Taylor needs your support for Help Joe and LyDee Pay
It's been while since I posted anything on this blog. I am still actually pregnant. Everything has seemed to go really well, and I have just been trying to enjoy that. With this blog being TTC based, I didn't really know what to post lately. I still actively follow other TTC blogs, and really hope for the best with my mutuals. I'm still around so please feel free to reach out if anyone wants to talk.
I'm officially 7 months along now so I'm getting close to the end! We found out we are having a girl which is exciting. We still don't have a name picked out though. We can't seem to agree or my husband second guesses a name when his mom isn't immediately on board. I figure we will hopefully have something picked out when we see her though.
I found out I was pregnant two weeks ago. I was feeling very hopeful and confident about this pregnancy. Then I started spotting today. It's the exact same timing as when I started spotting before my last miscarriage. I feel bad, but I'm already preparing for the worst. I'm at work, and I only have 3 hours left, but I feel like those hours are going to drag by as I wait and see if the spotting continues like it did last time.
I saw my first positive ovulation test today. The first time I got pregnant I wasn't testing or anything so I got really excited about this one. I'm not going to let my hopes get too high, but for once I think there's actually a chance of this happening.
Am I the only one who has more than one app to track my cycle? I haven't been adding anything to them this month, and they all have different opinions on when AF might show up.
I've just been so done lately. My sister announced her pregnancy a week after I had my miscarriage. It sucked for a lot of reasons, but that made it even harder to accept.
Then I found out one of my in-laws is pregnant. I don't know why I handled that one so well, but I'm honestly nothing but excited for her.
Two days ago, I get a lathe group message from my husband's twin brother announcing that they are expecting too. This one put me over the edge. I knew it was coming sooner rather than later, but I just couldn't handle it.
A reminder to all of us who are trying to conceive:
You are beautiful, strong, and wonderful human beings. There is no reason you “shouldn’t” be able to get pregnant, the universe is not punishing you, and you have done nothing wrong to “deserve” fertility struggles.
You are on a longer journey than the girl on your Facebook who got pregnant on the first try, or by accident, and you are entitled to your jealousy, your anger, your sadness, and whatever helps you get through it. It is okay to grieve the fact that your womb is currently empty.
Most of all, this will be worth it. You will hold your little one someday, and while you are looking down at that sweet face, holding those impossibly tiny hands, in awe of all the possibilities ahead of this amazing little being, you will be that much more appreciative of the battles that brought them to you. You will love them even more for the tears you cried when the negative tests ripped out a piece of your heart month after month.
You will be mothers, one way or another, and
You
Will
Be
Extraordinary.
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