For almost a year, I’ve had the pleasure of seeing people’s surprised expressions when I share that I’m a mom to seven kids, including three sets of twins. I’m enjoying these moments because it took me and my husband 17 tumultuous years of navigating infertility via international adoption, IVF, pregnancy loss and surrogacy to create our family.

Trying to conceive and parenting can become all-encompassing. It can cut you off from the most important things, including your relationship with yourself. It's healthy to pause — whether for a minute or a day — to remember who you are.

“I was speaking to a life coach,” the self-proclaimed IVF Mama coach recalls to So Booking Cool. “It was part of this wellness day that I went to, and I signed up for a quick slot with this life coach…she’s sort of asking me all these questions about what I wanted, and I told her that I wanted to be a writer.”

My path to parenthood made me one of many statistics. I am one of the 1 in 8 women requiring fertility assistance, and also one of the 1 in 4 women who have experienced a miscarriage or pregnancy loss.

In honor of National Infertility Awareness Week.

What I wish I could tell my past self after my miscarriage.

Below are some nuggets of wisdom from my own experience with loss and how I have coached my fertility mindfulness clients dealing with their own struggles through pregnancy loss.

Well, October happens to be National Pregnancy and Infant Loss Awareness Month. So let's start the discussion.

After an arduous 13 year infertility journey, we created our modern day family of 5 children via non-traditional methods.

After an arduous 13 year infertility journey, we created our modern day family of 5 children via non-traditional methods.

Reader Josephine Atluri shares what experiencing miscarriage, infertility, and illness ultimately taught her about her own resilience.