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Location	United States
Introduction	My name is Michelle, or as my closest friends call me, Shelly. As I begin this blog on an early fall evening in 2010, I find myself entering new and unfamiliar territory. You see, I am~above and beyond all else~a mother. A mother to five of the most wonderful human beings on this planet. My journey into motherhood began at the tender age of 19 when I gave birth to the first of my four beautiful daughters. And now, at the wise old age of 38, I find myself a mother once again~to a child conceived through IVF due to an irreversible tubal ligation. Faced with the decision of what to do with our remaining 6 frozen embryos, we opened our hearts to embryo adoption. While I have made complete peace with this choice, and feel God led us to our recipient couple beyond the shadow of a doubt, I wonder how I will cope with the knowledge that I have biological children whom I will not be raising. This blog is meant to serve as my very own therapeutic journal~in hopes it will not only help me but perhaps others considering this journey as well.

Location

United States

Introduction

My name is Michelle, or as my closest friends call me, Shelly. As I begin this blog on an early fall evening in 2010, I find myself entering new and unfamiliar territory. You see, I am~above and beyond all else~a mother. A mother to five of the most wonderful human beings on this planet. My journey into motherhood began at the tender age of 19 when I gave birth to the first of my four beautiful daughters. And now, at the wise old age of 38, I find myself a mother once again~to a child conceived through IVF due to an irreversible tubal ligation. Faced with the decision of what to do with our remaining 6 frozen embryos, we opened our hearts to embryo adoption. While I have made complete peace with this choice, and feel God led us to our recipient couple beyond the shadow of a doubt, I wonder how I will cope with the knowledge that I have biological children whom I will not be raising. This blog is meant to serve as my very own therapeutic journal~in hopes it will not only help me but perhaps others considering this journey as well.