March 28^th, 2008, was a day that marked the culmination of a personal infertility journey.

It was not the day you might imagine – when I found out I was pregnant.  Past experience had taught me that just a pregnancy test was not enough to be confident I would have a baby. This was the moment I saw the image of a small fetus with a solid heartbeat grace the screen of the ultrasound machine.  This was a moment forged by three years of struggle to get pregnant both naturally and with medical intervention. A moment ultimately created out of a commitment and a declaration. […]