Ep 17 - Reading the Journal Entries From Our Infertility Diagnosis

In this episode, we talk through Mother’s Day, the unexpected emotions that came with it, and what happened after reading back through old journal entries from the beginning of our infertility journey. We go back to the first few months of trying to conceive — the excitement, assumptions, optimism, and the gradual shift into confusion, testing, diagnosis, and grief after finding out we were dealing with severe male factor infertility and non-obstructive azoospermia. The episode covers: The emotional shift from trying to prevent pregnancy to trying desperately to conceive Reading journal entries from the beginning of the process The emotional impact of failed cycles, testing, and the microTESE surgery Mother’s Day while navigating infertility The pressure of hope, faith, and expectations during infertility Processing grief differently as a husband and wife Looking back at how quickly life changed over a few months