As this is my first blog post, my thoughts are a little fragmented. I think, however, that the title for this blog is appropriate. 

I was listening to Arcade Fire's "Neighborhood #4 (7 Kettles)" and it will forever stick with me:

They say a watched pot won't ever boil
you can't raise a baby on motor oil
just like a seed down in the soil you gotta give it time.

My husband and I have been struggling to "sprout" new life for almost 2 years now.

I felt it was a good time to start a blog. Hopefully, I'll be able to share my story and get inspiration from others' stories. I follow a couple of other TTC blogs and think it's a great way to connect. 

When you're trying to conceive, you get tons of advice. Most of it unwarranted, and all of it just that: advice. I have been told to keep my situation private. That it's too emotional and intimate to share. I think that I feel empowered to share my story. I think the issues at hand (more on that later) are not often spoke of, and infertility should not be kept quiet. We get through this by the support of others.

Natalie