Patience and Persistence: Pregnancy Post-DIEP – Part 1

When I found out in September 2014 my cousin had been diagnosed with breast cancer and subsequently found out in January 2015 that I am positive for the BRCA1 gene mutation, I felt like time was not on my side.  At the time my daughter was four years old and I had dreams of a second child.  However, my husband and I didn’t feel it was the right time to try.  Fast forward to early 2016, the time was finally right, and we began to try for baby number two.  We tried for two years with no success.  We even saw a fertility specialist and confirmed that we had all the right parts in all the right quantities to have another baby, we just needed more patience and persistence: pregnancy post-DIEP – part 1. By Spring 2018 I was wrapping up a Master’s degree and decided I just couldn’t wait Continue Reading →