Today, I’m lovin’ Andrea from Waiting For Baby (@Candidly_Andrea on Twitter). She’s a country girl at heart (living in the burbs) and has been blogging since December of ’09 and TTC for 3 years with unexplained infertility. Andrea has mapped out her TTC history through most of her December posts of last year. To learn more about her, read Andrea-ology.
One of the first things I noticed about Andrea is that she is a planner. (And since I’m not a great one, I greatly admire this quality in people.) And when you’re dealing with infertility, a lot of decisions are left up to the patient as opposed to the doctor and that can be extremely difficult especially when there is no crystal ball handy and there most certainly are no guarantees. But Andrea seems to be quite level-headed about it and even admits that her “perfect little plan may not end up ’perfect’.” She explains other worries that are real and relatable in: Spring is fast approaching. And Dreams was a wonderful recent post in which she writes about her plans for the future (and many include ways to ease stress!) 
Another reason I love Andrea is how open & vulnerable she is. In the post: Lost: Emotions/Found: A wonderful community, she admits to crying herself to sleep which is something that many if us can relate to. But I also love that she pours out her emotions and seeks support through fellow infertiles she has met through blogging and on Tw.itt.er. Here she says, “to have the support and advice from others who I don’t even know personally is heartwarming.”
Andrea is so full of thoughts (as many infertiles are) and I love how she writes about them so poignantly. She wonders: “why is it that I can want all of the other things and be lucky enough to get them, but the one thing I want more than anything, I don’t have?” And in the same post about these thoughts, she has learned that “sometimes wanting something just isn’t enough.”
And I love when any infertile blogger writes about their inspirations, so of course, I loved when Andrea wrote about a sterling silver bracelet she bought at a jewelry party. It had 3 links in it with a word etched in each by hand: “Hope,” “Joy,” amd “Dream.” She decided ”it would be my little bit of inspiration that I can wear everyday to remind me of what my goal is – motherhood.” What’s even more precious is that she plans to hand it down to her child to ”let them know how much he/she was loved and wanted before he/she even existed.” (There’s a picture of it in the Dreams post mentioned above.)
So Andrea is currently on a natural cycle and doing acupuncture, eating gluten free (or mostly anyway) and taking supplements. She is waiting for baby to come naturally and if one doesn’t soon, she will most likely pursue IUI and then IVF. Cheer her on and read her blog! We love you Andrea!
