Maggie and Paul brought their eight-month-old son, Grady, when they sat down with us. It took about two and a half years to get there. “Felt like five,” Paul added. Here is their story, in their own words.
“Your body just needs time”
Maggie’s journey began in 2021, after about 15 years on birth control. Six months of trying led her to a reproductive endocrinologist, then months of IUIs, then IVF, with several false starts along the way.
Eventually her doctor told her he wasn’t sure what else to try, and that her body just needed time.
“And I said, I don’t accept that as an answer. So I’m going to take this matter in my own hands.”
That’s when she came to yinRoot.
“Joelle believed that my body wasn’t broken”
“I said, I’m ready. I’m open. You know, what do you have for me? And Joelle believed that my body wasn’t broken.”
Maggie approached her care as “an open book,” ready to try what was recommended. Within about six weeks, her cycles returned after a year and a half of waiting.
About three months later, she conceived naturally. That pregnancy ended in a loss, and Maggie chose to see it as a sign of hope.
“As many people who said sorry to me, I said, I see this as a bright light that like this is going to happen for us.”
Working with her RE and yinRoot together
With time and age on their minds, Maggie and Paul continued with their reproductive endocrinologist while she kept working with Joelle. A frozen embryo transfer brought them, Grady.
“I wouldn’t have been able to do it without working with both of them together, I don’t think.”
The partner’s side
We don’t often hear from partners, and Paul’s honesty is a gift to anyone supporting someone through infertility.
“I think the most challenging was probably just, you know, she felt helpless. She felt bad for me. You know, she felt like she was failing me.”
He describes the cycle of hope and disappointment many couples know well: “You take five steps, five steps forward and then you take two steps back.” When Maggie wanted to try a more holistic approach, he was all in.
“You kind of feel selfish from the guy’s perspective just because you’re kind of helpless. All you can be is really a support system.”
Their advice
Maggie, a healthcare provider herself, now refers her own patients to yinRoot. Her advice is to keep an open mind:
“Everything’s not by the book, you know, and trying to like trust your gut.”
And from Paul:
“[It] has certainly made us big believers in more of a holistic approach... And so we’re forever thankful.”
Maggie, Paul, and sweet Grady, thank you for sharing your journey with us. ♡
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This post shares one family’s experience and is for educational purposes only. It isn’t medical advice, and individual results vary.