Bicornuate Baby- The Chronicles of a Reproductively Challenged Woman

       I recently had my MRI this past Wednesday March 24 th at 8 am. Thankfully my scan was close to my house at an independent imaging facility, however it is located on the hospital campus where I will eventually choose to go for delivery if all goes well as my OB/GYN has privileges at the hospital. This is actually my second MRI overall so despite the fact I was nervous I was familiar with the process. Despite my knowledge about the scan it is still scary going into a hollow tube especially with underlying claustrophobia. The scan itself lasted about and hour with the majority lasting during the first phase which was taking pictures of my pelvis without contrast. The second phase I came out of the MRI tube and I was then given a quick dose of contrast then was placed back in the tube. For the final phase of the scan they then took pictures once more of my pelvis and the process was over.     Thankfully I tolerated the procedure well and was somewhat rel...

  Dear baby,     You technically don’t even exist but I already love you so much. Your daddy thinks I am crazy, however I think about you everyday and how I want you to be in my life so much, however timing hasn’t helped get you to us. You see baby we are living in a worldwide pandemic, which has plagued our lives the past year. The coronavirus also known as COVID 19 has been a disease, which has sickened many and unfortunately caused some unfortunately souls to loose their lives.  As your mommy my number one job on this earth is to protect you from any potential dangers and you see precious baby, mommy is a healthcare worker and has been exposed to so many sick individuals that your daddy and I did not want to be put into a situation where you would not be in a world that was safe for you to live in. We thankfully have a vaccine, which is offering some protection so if we do get the virus our body will know how to fight it. The world is upside down but is slowl...

            Time is fleeting and often you don’t realize how important something is for you until you have the potential for it to be taken away from you. I throughout my whole life have been on a plan and have had several life goals that I have successfully achieved at designated and normal times according to societal expectations. Graduations, jobs, promotions, advanced degrees, marriage, adopting a dog to prepare for a child.   With all of the specific goals set, the next goal which   I wanted to achieve was starting a family, however the first obstacle for that plan was that was unfortunately the COVID 19 pandemic. As a healthcare professional I have been though the brunt of it the past year seeing and treating COVID patients. We have gone through so many transitions in the past year, however at the beginning we were extremely cautious due to the fact that we had a limited about of supplies and had to get creative such as homemade masks a...