I have worked in fertility and reproductive medicine since 2015 and have served this population as a nurse and an advanced practice nurse.  I have had the privilege and honor of being on both sides of fertility as a health care provider and a patient.  I have undergone elective egg freezing and completed two pregnancies and births as a surrogate. I am a mother to one beautiful boy, and a Stork Mama to two precious girls.  I am painfully familiar with the ups and downs of fertility care, the stresses of navigating treatment plans, the stings (not to mention the bumps, lumps, and bruises) of numerous blood draws and injections, scheduling clinic visits, and working around our oftentimes stubborn and unpredictable bodies.  I believe that this discipline is where medicine meets mystery and sometimes against all odds, life finds a way, a family is born out of grief and sorrow, and that hope conquers all.