I’m a fairly new father. It was hard fought for my wife and I. Three years of trying, rounds of IUI, I had to be on different medications that entire 3+ that made me feel shitty, and eventually we succeeded with our first round of IVF. We now have an 18 month old daughter, and we just tried with one of our frozen embryos to get her a sister.

I say tried because while my wife got pregnant, we found out a few days ago that it was an anembryonic gestation. My wife passed what embryo there was today.

We aren’t exactly rich and my parents helped with the funds.

But you know what? It’s all been worth it. Hell, I’ve been stressed like crazy because I want to change careers back to using my degree in computer science instead of the photography I’ve been doing and I don’t have the time to get my skills up to snuff because of her…

But my daughter makes me the happiest I’ve ever been in my life. It’s a joy I never had before. I wish I could somehow let my friends that have decided not to have children experience it.