How I've spent my 20's and 30's - Baby Making.

While I didn't actually become a mom until I was 30, my entire 20's and 30's was been devoted to making babies. I'm an embryologist at a fertility center, which in layman's terms means I make babies for couples who are undergoing IVF (In vitro Fertilization) treatment.

I'm lucky to have found a career that I enjoy, and a life that has reached a point of pure bliss - but it has been one heck of a path to get there. Since I got into IVF I've lived in four states, have moved well over a dozen times, have been married three times and divorced twice and have an amazing three year old daughter and a little boy due in July of 2012. My life has been anything but steady and slow-moving. But through it all there has been one steadfast constant - making babies. When things in my world seemed tumultuous or too much to handle, going to work to help couples conceive their dreams was my calm and peace. The look in a couple's eyes when they learn they are pregnant after fighting their own battle with infertility is something that is only comparable to the joy that I felt when I first looked into my daughter's eyes.

My life has given me many opportunities to experience things that I never thought I would, both good and bad. I feel like I have many stories and experiences to share about making babies, raising babies and how I've survived and (mostly!) enjoyed it all. Thanks for reading.

Lareina