Welcome Back to my Mess

5/11/24 It has been a minute. A very long minute. And life has definitely been lifeing. Where do I even begin? The last submission was in 2021. It’s 2024. But I need this, just like I think a lot of others do too. Quick synopsis: I’m a mom now. And my little guy is 2! […]

Fertility, Infertility, Miscarriage and Pregnancy Loss. Let’s normalize the conversation.

Podcast: https://anchor.fm/lenigian/episodes/Life-with-Leni–Episode-6–Part-1–Part-2-Fertility–Infertility–MiscarriagePregnancy-Loss-elicqf Part 1: Fertility/Infertility They don’t talk about it often enough. The subjects of fertility and infertility. No one tells you how taxing the process of becoming and being pregnant naturally are, and they, most certainly, don’t tell you how ten times more taxing it is going through fertility treatments.  It’s been almost two […]

Dear Baby…

8/21/2019 Dear Baby, You’re not here yet. You don’t even exist. All you are, right now, is a bunch of unanswered prayers and unsuccessful science experiments. But one day, you will be, and for that, mommy did something big for you today. She bought you a house. It’s not much, it’s not big, but you’ll […]

What could go wrong?

Educational Infertility: Realizing you’re not pregnant and getting observed all in the same moment. How fucking wonderful. I felt the tickle of liquid slide down inside of me- and I knew; another attempt failed. The day was going well, actually. I woke up in a pleasant mood, I didn’t allow the traffic to deter my […]