04/16/2026
Tammi, I am thrilled for you and so appreciative of your kind words. Congratulations to you and your beautiful family! 14 years is a long time to wait, but holding on for a dream-come-true is worth it.
I know many patients who have spent a lot of years waiting and struggling with their fertility. It’s hard to keep getting disappointing news over and over. It hurts in a particularly painful way when it feels like you have to stay so open and vulnerable while repeatedly having your heart broken.
When you’re in the middle of that, it’s easy to forget how to hold on to your sense of hope. But just like Tammi said: “there is hope!”
Even when it feels like all hope is lost, it’s still there, that glimmer of possibility, the potential for something different to happen this time. You may have just lost sight of it, especially if you’re still processing your past hurts or thinking “it didn’t work before, why would this time be any different?”
Hope doesn’t run on facts from the past. It doesn’t depend on the results of your last test or procedure. Hope is all about looking forward.
Yes, we learn from the past. As a fertility doctor, I work with you to find patterns and new understanding about your body and your needs on this journey based on things that have already happened.
But hope exists in the future. Hope is ahead of you, just waiting for you to catch up and hold on so you can see this through all the way to the end.
Hope is your silent-but-steadfast ally and cheerleader - even when things look their most grim.
When things start feeling especially difficult, it can be hard to hold onto your hope - but hope never has a hard time holding onto you. And it will be there when you’re ready to take another look and grab on again.
Hope doesn’t give up on you, and neither will I. If you still want it, keep going. You’ve got this💛
Need help finding your hope again? Schedule a consultation to see how I can help: https://www.draimee.org/schedule-a-consultation