Infertility, The Pandemic & Mother’s Day

In other words, an emotional clusterf*ck

Photo by Trym Nilsen on Unsplash

I’ve been writing this piece in my head for weeks, as is so often the case. Originally it didn’t involve Mother’s Day, so in a way I’m glad I waited. I considered writing it during National Infertility Awareness Week, but felt like a fraud. After all, I stopped trying to get pregnant over a decade ago. I felt the stories shared…