by Jamie Schenk DeWitt I had just gotten home from an evening out with my girlfriends.  A glass of wine and some salmon and grilled vegetables later I walked into my house to a voicemail message waiting for me on the answering machine. We have one of those old school answering machines with ...

By Jamie Schenk DeWitt "For there is no friend like a sister – In calm or stormy weather.” Alexander Muir   Sadly, I have just learned about two couples who suddenly and tragically lost their unborn babies.  Both couples were expecting twin boys and both had undergone IVF ...

by Jamie Schenk DeWitt As I slowly regained consciousness from my second egg retrieval surgery, a 4.9 earthquake shook the recovery room.  I turned to my right and there was my husband’s tender loving face just the way I had left him.  “It is an earthquake honey.  ...

By Jamie Schenk DeWitt I was overwhelmed with stress and anxiety.  I didn’t know if I could have a baby.  And so my way of dealing with the uncertainty of not knowing was to take immediate action.  I would find a doctor who could treat me, fix the problem, help me get ...

By Jamie Schenk DeWitt Last weekend I had dinner with four of my closest friends. We all met almost thirteen months ago at a local "Mommy and Me" class when our babies were three months old. At first we bonded while sitting around in a circle talking about our "pregnancy experience" in a class ...