I’m going to begin this story by giving away the ending: I am now the mother of three children. If you are struggling with fertility issues and this outcome is difficult to read right now, you have my heartfelt permission to click away. That’s exactly what I would have done during my seven-year effort to conceive.

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Last weekend I attended my cousin’s wedding reception in ill-fitting, cropped jeans. This was not an act of rebellion on my part, nor was I attempting to start a new trend. Instead, it was yet another fashion faux pas in a series of misses that have marked my lifelong relationship with clothing.