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    <loc>https://www.humanizeinfertility.com/stories/ivf-took-over-my-body-sherelles-battle-with-infertility</loc>
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    <lastmod>2025-03-22</lastmod>
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      <image:title>Stories - IVF Took Over My Body: Sherelle’s Battle with Infertility</image:title>
      <image:caption>“You don’t think about genetics, you don’t think about where they came from…you think this is my baby! It took so much for this baby to get here and you’re just thankful they are here.”</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Stories - IVF Took Over My Body: Sherelle’s Battle with Infertility</image:title>
      <image:caption>“My desire to be a mom is still there and it is so strong. I know that desire doesn’t come from just anywhere but the desire to be a mom is purposeful and it has meaning.”</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Stories - IVF Took Over My Body: Sherelle’s Battle with Infertility</image:title>
      <image:caption>“Not only does your infertility diagnosis not define you, but it also does not discount you or make you any less of a woman.”</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Stories - IVF Took Over My Body: Sherelle’s Battle with Infertility</image:title>
      <image:caption>“We were again devastated, and it felt like a bad dream. I kept wondering when I was going to wake up…how is this happening again?”</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Stories - IVF Took Over My Body: Sherelle’s Battle with Infertility</image:title>
      <image:caption>“Infertility took over my body. My body hasn’t felt like my own since before this journey and it’s hard.”</image:caption>
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    <loc>https://www.humanizeinfertility.com/stories/i-am-more-than-the-lady-with-epilepsy-who-cant-carry-a-baby-badens-surrogacy-journey</loc>
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    <priority>0.5</priority>
    <lastmod>2025-03-01</lastmod>
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      <image:title>Stories - I Am More Than the Lady with Epilepsy Who Can’t Carry A Baby: Baden’s Surrogacy Journey</image:title>
      <image:caption>“There is a concept of ‘if I just try harder, I will make it easier for everyone else.’ But that is an absolute myth! “</image:caption>
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      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6491fab88588ed2ab54fd008/20386df7-74ab-418a-849a-e99f1f2c9281/IMG_8340.jpeg</image:loc>
      <image:title>Stories - I Am More Than the Lady with Epilepsy Who Can’t Carry A Baby: Baden’s Surrogacy Journey</image:title>
      <image:caption>“Find your village. We are here…ready for you and want to support you. You can’t and shouldn’t walk this journey alone.”</image:caption>
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      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6491fab88588ed2ab54fd008/7f1c876f-650d-41c6-ad56-9efe265e9255/IMG_7925.jpeg</image:loc>
      <image:title>Stories - I Am More Than the Lady with Epilepsy Who Can’t Carry A Baby: Baden’s Surrogacy Journey</image:title>
      <image:caption>“There is no protocol for losing a baby that is not yours, nor is there a protocol for losing your baby who is not in your body.”</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Stories - I Am More Than the Lady with Epilepsy Who Can’t Carry A Baby: Baden’s Surrogacy Journey</image:title>
      <image:caption>“I wanted to be seen for who I am and the parent that I would be and not as the lady with epilepsy who couldn’t carry a baby.”</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Stories - I Am More Than the Lady with Epilepsy Who Can’t Carry A Baby: Baden’s Surrogacy Journey</image:title>
      <image:caption>“My husband treated our journey as just that: OUR journey. For me, my husband has been in it with me 100%!”</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Stories - I Am More Than the Lady with Epilepsy Who Can’t Carry A Baby: Baden’s Surrogacy Journey</image:title>
      <image:caption>“Getting my period was a physical reminder that even though I was pregnant, it wasn’t my body doing the work.”</image:caption>
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    <loc>https://www.humanizeinfertility.com/stories/brittanyspregnancyloss</loc>
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    <lastmod>2024-11-17</lastmod>
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      <image:title>Stories - Finding Joy, Hope, and Meaning After a Miscarriage: Brittany’s Pregnancy Loss Journey</image:title>
      <image:caption>“The day I did go back to see my son, I took my daughter with me, and it was an incredibly moving day that I will never forget.”</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Stories - Finding Joy, Hope, and Meaning After a Miscarriage: Brittany’s Pregnancy Loss Journey</image:title>
      <image:caption>“Going through [pregnancy loss] left me feeling like I didn’t matter at so many points…like Anthony didn’t matter.”</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Stories - Finding Joy, Hope, and Meaning After a Miscarriage: Brittany’s Pregnancy Loss Journey</image:title>
      <image:caption>“The thoughts you had in your head and the dreams you had for your child are so important…no one can take that away from you.”</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Stories - Finding Joy, Hope, and Meaning After a Miscarriage: Brittany’s Pregnancy Loss Journey</image:title>
      <image:caption>“After the loss of Anthony, I would look at the car seat in the backseat before my daughter was born, and just hope that we would get to bring her home.”</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Stories - Finding Joy, Hope, and Meaning After a Miscarriage: Brittany’s Pregnancy Loss Journey</image:title>
      <image:caption>“I was angry because I felt like there were warning signs that were ignored, and I was ignored.”</image:caption>
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    <loc>https://www.humanizeinfertility.com/stories/personal-essay-jackies-discovery-of-new-hope-after-late-loss</loc>
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    <lastmod>2024-07-24</lastmod>
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      <image:title>Stories - Personal Essay: Jackie’s Discovery of New Hope after Late Loss - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference.</image:caption>
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    <loc>https://www.humanizeinfertility.com/stories/cervical-cancer-to-intended-parent-marissas-infertility-journey</loc>
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    <lastmod>2024-07-07</lastmod>
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      <image:title>Stories - Cervical Cancer to Intended Parent: Marissa’s Infertility Journey</image:title>
      <image:caption>“The emotional impact of this journey is something that I have been working on since it started, and I don’t think I will ever be over it.”</image:caption>
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      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6491fab88588ed2ab54fd008/f04efcac-44cd-42da-97a2-af10017c2916/98FECBBA-DD27-4BE2-B194-2C201BC5D373_1_105_c.jpeg</image:loc>
      <image:title>Stories - Cervical Cancer to Intended Parent: Marissa’s Infertility Journey</image:title>
      <image:caption>“You deserve so much grace for every step you take on your journey.”</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Stories - Cervical Cancer to Intended Parent: Marissa’s Infertility Journey</image:title>
      <image:caption>“The one thing that kept me going was staying focused on my end goal of having a baby and I didn’t care what I had to do.”</image:caption>
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      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6491fab88588ed2ab54fd008/9701fac8-cc2b-4652-a7e6-d05f54815c8f/1EE7484B-079E-4982-9624-655C9AACF28E_1_105_c.jpeg</image:loc>
      <image:title>Stories - Cervical Cancer to Intended Parent: Marissa’s Infertility Journey</image:title>
      <image:caption>“Trust your doctors AND advocate for yourself relentlessly…We’re patients but more importantly, we are humans and should be treated as such.”</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Stories - Cervical Cancer to Intended Parent: Marissa’s Infertility Journey</image:title>
      <image:caption>“I could see my surrogate pregnant with my baby and then I had to leave, and it felt like I was leaving my baby.”</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Stories - Cervical Cancer to Intended Parent: Marissa’s Infertility Journey</image:title>
      <image:caption>“What would it have felt like to feel him inside…I grieve not being able to feel my son kick.”</image:caption>
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    <loc>https://www.humanizeinfertility.com/stories/learning-to-sit-in-the-thick-of-infertility-megans-infertility-journey</loc>
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    <priority>0.5</priority>
    <lastmod>2024-06-19</lastmod>
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      <image:title>Stories - Learning to Sit in the Thick of Infertility: Megan’s Infertility Journey</image:title>
      <image:caption>“If you share with friends who have not experienced infertility, also share with them how they can support you.”</image:caption>
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      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6491fab88588ed2ab54fd008/c2217209-c19d-4233-965b-7cbf9b3149e3/IMG_2712.jpeg</image:loc>
      <image:title>Stories - Learning to Sit in the Thick of Infertility: Megan’s Infertility Journey</image:title>
      <image:caption>“There are so many people who can’t afford [treatment] or don’t have the means or access to do so. I’ve chosen to see it as a privilege to take each step on this journey no matter how frightening or nerve wracking or scary the steps are.”</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Stories - Learning to Sit in the Thick of Infertility: Megan’s Infertility Journey</image:title>
      <image:caption>“My goal is to be your nurse who you can call to come inject your medications, but I can also serve as support to anyone going through their infertility journey who has questions or needs to vent. My clients can lean on me.”</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Stories - Learning to Sit in the Thick of Infertility: Megan’s Infertility Journey</image:title>
      <image:caption>“My husband and I have learned that sometimes you just need to sit in the mud with your partner.”</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Stories - Learning to Sit in the Thick of Infertility: Megan’s Infertility Journey</image:title>
      <image:caption>“[Infertility] is disenfranchised grief that others can’t see so it’s hard for them to fully understand what you are going through or the pain you are feeling physically and emotionally.”</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Stories - Learning to Sit in the Thick of Infertility: Megan’s Infertility Journey</image:title>
      <image:caption>“One step at a time, not the entire staircase. You need to take the small wins!”</image:caption>
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    <loc>https://www.humanizeinfertility.com/stories/growing-up-without-a-uterus-briannas-diagnosis-of-mrkh-syndrome-and-her-infertility-journey</loc>
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    <lastmod>2024-05-13</lastmod>
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      <image:title>Stories - Born Without a Uterus: Brianna’s Diagnosis of MRKH Syndrome and Her Infertility Journey</image:title>
      <image:caption>“She was an absolute trooper and did anything possible to help us reach our goal of a baby, simply out of the goodness of her heart.”</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Stories - Born Without a Uterus: Brianna’s Diagnosis of MRKH Syndrome and Her Infertility Journey</image:title>
      <image:caption>“No matter how hard or how impossible your journey feels, every embryo, every protocol, and every cycle is a new chance.”</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Stories - Born Without a Uterus: Brianna’s Diagnosis of MRKH Syndrome and Her Infertility Journey</image:title>
      <image:caption>“When I first learned I had MRKH Syndrome, I was 16 years old and internalized what the diagnosis meant for me long-term…I was too embarrassed to say that I didn’t have a uterus and I didn’t want to be viewed as abnormal.”</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Stories - Born Without a Uterus: Brianna’s Diagnosis of MRKH Syndrome and Her Infertility Journey</image:title>
      <image:caption>“I wanted others to not feel so alone through their own struggles. I wanted to find some purpose for having to go through this and try to make it positive in some way.”</image:caption>
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    <loc>https://www.humanizeinfertility.com/stories/shining-light-into-the-darkness-of-miscarriage-loss-and-infertility-jelissas-infertility-journey</loc>
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    <priority>0.5</priority>
    <lastmod>2024-03-21</lastmod>
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      <image:title>Stories - Shining Light into the Darkness of Miscarriage, Loss, and Infertility: Jelissa’s Infertility Journey</image:title>
      <image:caption>“During the first year after losing Yvette, my husband was amazing in the ways that he was able to support me, and we were so dependent on each other.”</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Stories - Shining Light into the Darkness of Miscarriage, Loss, and Infertility: Jelissa’s Infertility Journey</image:title>
      <image:caption>“I don’t think I will ever be mentally ready to try to get pregnant again…But [IVF] also gives me the opportunity to try to get pregnant again and for that reason, I’ll do it.”</image:caption>
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    <loc>https://www.humanizeinfertility.com/stories/diagnosed-with-premature-ovarian-reserve-at-the-age-of-16-courtneys-infertility-journey</loc>
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    <lastmod>2024-01-31</lastmod>
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      <image:title>Stories - Diagnosed with Premature Ovarian Reserve at the Age of 16: Courtney’s Infertility Journey</image:title>
      <image:caption>“I could not believe we’d have to pay just get a child here. And even then, we’d be paying for a chance not a guaranteed child.”</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Stories - Diagnosed with Premature Ovarian Reserve at the Age of 16: Courtney’s Infertility Journey</image:title>
      <image:caption>“Once I did get pregnant, I was always worried and never felt truly comfortable. I never felt at ease because I had gone through so much to reach this point.”</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Stories - Diagnosed with Premature Ovarian Reserve at the Age of 16: Courtney’s Infertility Journey</image:title>
      <image:caption>“Through it all, I had to put a lot of trust in God and continue to ask that God increase my faith, lead me, guide me, and help me through this.”</image:caption>
    </image:image>
  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://www.humanizeinfertility.com/stories/learning-to-love-myself-and-give-myself-grace-after-seven-years-of-unsuccessful-fertility-treatment-shandells-infertility-journey</loc>
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    <priority>0.5</priority>
    <lastmod>2024-01-10</lastmod>
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      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6491fab88588ed2ab54fd008/f97d97d8-b51a-42ca-8e93-841ad8141968/6E4DDFBB-7A27-41CB-9D71-CA870E81001A.JPG</image:loc>
      <image:title>Stories - Learning to Love Myself and Give Myself Grace After Seven Years of Unsuccessful Fertility Treatment: Shandell’s Infertility Journey</image:title>
      <image:caption>“Through my infertility journey I have forgotten who I am…I want to love myself fully, both mentally and also physically.”</image:caption>
    </image:image>
    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6491fab88588ed2ab54fd008/1d3551a5-5c31-48fb-8e4c-6b7dcd70f699/DFA603E9-5399-4D75-ADC7-588DC00CA2EA.JPG</image:loc>
      <image:title>Stories - Learning to Love Myself and Give Myself Grace After Seven Years of Unsuccessful Fertility Treatment: Shandell’s Infertility Journey</image:title>
      <image:caption>“I remember the moment they put the embryo in as the magical moment everyone describes it to be and watched our embryo transfer as if I was watching a shooting star.”</image:caption>
    </image:image>
    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6491fab88588ed2ab54fd008/c4fdc613-a7c9-4c11-bbab-b1711d209ffc/4699E0D3-4FE8-4244-BBFE-C59B0509E63C.JPG</image:loc>
      <image:title>Stories - Learning to Love Myself and Give Myself Grace After Seven Years of Unsuccessful Fertility Treatment: Shandell’s Infertility Journey</image:title>
      <image:caption>“Here I am after over six years of trying, using all the science that we have access to, and I still can’t get an embryo to stick…For the first time, I heard my own voice, listened, and knew I needed help.”</image:caption>
    </image:image>
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      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6491fab88588ed2ab54fd008/8b203002-4ebd-4386-a9a8-737db27a2412/ACE54522-3418-4830-BCD5-AA37F5F3C9A1.JPG</image:loc>
      <image:title>Stories - Learning to Love Myself and Give Myself Grace After Seven Years of Unsuccessful Fertility Treatment: Shandell’s Infertility Journey</image:title>
      <image:caption>“I’ve had to be so strong throughout this journey and I don’t want to be strong anymore…I’m focusing on loving myself, being gentle, and giving myself grace.”</image:caption>
    </image:image>
    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6491fab88588ed2ab54fd008/7ffdc561-c695-4b92-bf7c-57500f53fa94/4E75720D-7DFC-4C36-9DD2-8392CF402920.JPG</image:loc>
      <image:title>Stories - Learning to Love Myself and Give Myself Grace After Seven Years of Unsuccessful Fertility Treatment: Shandell’s Infertility Journey</image:title>
      <image:caption>“I want to be a mom… And, I also don’t know if I want to spend the rest of my life fighting for motherhood and jeopardize my happiness for something that is supposed to come so naturally for a woman.”</image:caption>
    </image:image>
    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6491fab88588ed2ab54fd008/df02dc0e-0136-495e-9a68-6bc15ecf41f0/8D347AE5-EEF1-4A53-8CC7-4A06B7472A57.JPG</image:loc>
      <image:title>Stories - Learning to Love Myself and Give Myself Grace After Seven Years of Unsuccessful Fertility Treatment: Shandell’s Infertility Journey</image:title>
      <image:caption>“I made the choice to be more open about our story because the infertility community lacks people of different races and I love that I can speak out and also receive incredible support in return.”</image:caption>
    </image:image>
  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://www.humanizeinfertility.com/stories/two-miscarriages-a-change-in-lifestyle-and-holding-on-to-hope-tighter-than-fear-julias-infertility-journey</loc>
    <changefreq>monthly</changefreq>
    <priority>0.5</priority>
    <lastmod>2023-11-29</lastmod>
    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6491fab88588ed2ab54fd008/fe958101-c91c-4af4-a8b2-13d5f8417a45/Dzafic+Family+Photo.jpg</image:loc>
      <image:title>Stories - Two  Miscarriages, A Change in Lifestyle, and Holding on to Hope Tighter than Fear: Julia’s Infertility Journey</image:title>
      <image:caption>“Don’t stop hoping and don’t stop trying…this is a stage of your life and no matter how it ends, it’s going to end.</image:caption>
    </image:image>
    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6491fab88588ed2ab54fd008/2ddbf948-5eb3-4a57-8e21-b2914cf101e6/Pregnant+2.jpg</image:loc>
      <image:title>Stories - Two  Miscarriages, A Change in Lifestyle, and Holding on to Hope Tighter than Fear: Julia’s Infertility Journey</image:title>
      <image:caption>“The sadness lasted a long time and I learned it’s ok to feel that sadness…loss is devastating and you must allow yourself to hold grief for it.”</image:caption>
    </image:image>
    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6491fab88588ed2ab54fd008/afacedcb-5210-4630-bf25-2519f49199a0/Pregnant.JPG</image:loc>
      <image:title>Stories - Two  Miscarriages, A Change in Lifestyle, and Holding on to Hope Tighter than Fear: Julia’s Infertility Journey</image:title>
      <image:caption>“I started to worry if my miscarriages broke me…[but my husband] was so resolute, and his belief really helped me hold on to hope tighter than my fear.”</image:caption>
    </image:image>
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      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6491fab88588ed2ab54fd008/f97c1509-ce85-4244-9794-9372aadda71a/2022-04-13-LemonStripes-9752+copy.jpg</image:loc>
      <image:title>Stories - Two  Miscarriages, A Change in Lifestyle, and Holding on to Hope Tighter than Fear: Julia’s Infertility Journey</image:title>
      <image:caption>“Everyone would tell me that once I got through this, I would forget this part of my journey to motherhood. Let me tell you, I have not forgotten!”</image:caption>
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    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6491fab88588ed2ab54fd008/c4daa9a0-7a3f-4bbc-9dad-1980a26c5a50/Kids.jpg</image:loc>
      <image:title>Stories - Two  Miscarriages, A Change in Lifestyle, and Holding on to Hope Tighter than Fear: Julia’s Infertility Journey</image:title>
      <image:caption>“I want anyone who’s in the middle of infertility right now to hear my story and know it’s going to be okay.”</image:caption>
    </image:image>
  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://www.humanizeinfertility.com/stories/infertility-can-be-such-a-thief-hilaris-battle-with-fibroids-and-infertility</loc>
    <changefreq>monthly</changefreq>
    <priority>0.5</priority>
    <lastmod>2023-11-01</lastmod>
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      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6491fab88588ed2ab54fd008/33105421-9fa2-457a-92d5-934a44f8a896/Recurring+Fibroid+Post+Partum.jpg</image:loc>
      <image:title>Stories - Infertility Can Be Such a Thief: Hilari’s Battle with Fibroids and Infertility</image:title>
      <image:caption>“Physically, mentally, emotionally, infertility continues to plague us.”</image:caption>
    </image:image>
    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6491fab88588ed2ab54fd008/e848af6d-438a-43c5-ba30-e37927f37556/Hilari+Pregnant.jpg</image:loc>
      <image:title>Stories - Infertility Can Be Such a Thief: Hilari’s Battle with Fibroids and Infertility</image:title>
      <image:caption>“Each week that I felt the incremental changes in body, I appreciated those changes and how they reaffirmed that I was pregnant and a little one was growing inside me…not tumors in my uterus.”</image:caption>
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    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6491fab88588ed2ab54fd008/0fe019c2-6b59-48b7-bb4a-67de799ca734/Hilari+Pregnant+Husband.jpg</image:loc>
      <image:title>Stories - Infertility Can Be Such a Thief: Hilari’s Battle with Fibroids and Infertility</image:title>
      <image:caption>“For the past two and half years, I had been faced with one pivot and plot twist after another…It wasn’t even necessarily a want for a baby but a desire to raise a person with my husband.”</image:caption>
    </image:image>
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      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6491fab88588ed2ab54fd008/330ae0bd-4f07-4369-9a34-be5306a643e0/Hilari+and+Husband.jpg</image:loc>
      <image:title>Stories - Infertility Can Be Such a Thief: Hilari’s Battle with Fibroids and Infertility</image:title>
      <image:caption>“Connecting with so many people helped me banish the isolating feelings that typically come with infertility…whether you seek it or not, community exists.”</image:caption>
    </image:image>
    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6491fab88588ed2ab54fd008/17822728-98b2-4e41-9997-b9734f49b535/Hilari+Surgery+copy.jpg</image:loc>
      <image:title>Stories - Infertility Can Be Such a Thief: Hilari’s Battle with Fibroids and Infertility</image:title>
      <image:caption>“I didn’t want to push it too far to the point that we lost sight of why we wanted to grow our family in the first place.”</image:caption>
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      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6491fab88588ed2ab54fd008/8700c09a-f193-478a-b238-aa85f48e6075/Fibroid+Surgery1.jpg</image:loc>
      <image:title>Stories - Infertility Can Be Such a Thief: Hilari’s Battle with Fibroids and Infertility</image:title>
      <image:caption>“There were fibroids in the walls, lining and cavity of my uterus…and given the number of fibroids in my uterus, my body couldn’t hold a pregnancy and likely pushed it out.”</image:caption>
    </image:image>
  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://www.humanizeinfertility.com/stories/zuxkwq1ee0cuqtfz0u90axxz9s7fhp</loc>
    <changefreq>monthly</changefreq>
    <priority>0.5</priority>
    <lastmod>2023-10-17</lastmod>
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      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6491fab88588ed2ab54fd008/195dd814-e7ec-4be4-8461-fc7bb27e7028/Meg+-+It%27s+Ok+to+Not+be+Ok.jpeg</image:loc>
      <image:title>Stories - Recurrent Pregnancy Loss, Endometriosis, and Becoming Your Best Advocate: Meg’s Hard Fought Infertility Journey</image:title>
      <image:caption>“We must be able to talk about infertility not as a temporary blip in our life, but as something that permanently impacts your entire life with lasting effects.”</image:caption>
    </image:image>
    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6491fab88588ed2ab54fd008/97c32d82-bbd7-4eae-9c69-d6fe3ffd1b12/Meg+and+Dog.jpeg</image:loc>
      <image:title>Stories - Recurrent Pregnancy Loss, Endometriosis, and Becoming Your Best Advocate: Meg’s Hard Fought Infertility Journey</image:title>
      <image:caption>“No one likes to say it out loud, but I was worried that something I’ve wanted my whole life was never going to live up to my expectations because of how hard it was to get there.”</image:caption>
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    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6491fab88588ed2ab54fd008/70c74d30-e3f5-482f-85f9-ff622b36dfb3/Meg+and+Husband.png</image:loc>
      <image:title>Stories - Recurrent Pregnancy Loss, Endometriosis, and Becoming Your Best Advocate: Meg’s Hard Fought Infertility Journey</image:title>
      <image:caption>“You’re allowed to feel hopeless, angry, frustrated, AND joy!”</image:caption>
    </image:image>
    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6491fab88588ed2ab54fd008/91e5240e-587d-4b1f-bdd0-4d3b2a8eadce/Meg-+Not+Ready+to+Quit.jpeg</image:loc>
      <image:title>Stories - Recurrent Pregnancy Loss, Endometriosis, and Becoming Your Best Advocate: Meg’s Hard Fought Infertility Journey</image:title>
      <image:caption>“When you are surrounded by people who have been through a similar experience as you, you feel both heard and understood and there is so much comfort in that feeling.”</image:caption>
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  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://www.humanizeinfertility.com/stories/late-loss-at-31-weeks-and-finding-the-way-to-try-again-rachels-infertility-journey</loc>
    <changefreq>monthly</changefreq>
    <priority>0.5</priority>
    <lastmod>2024-08-24</lastmod>
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      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6491fab88588ed2ab54fd008/f91d290d-7a12-489d-a44b-5c6cde704b23/Rachel+Baby+Announcement+.jpg</image:loc>
      <image:title>Stories - Late Loss at 31 Weeks and Finding the Way to Try Again: Rachel’s Infertility Journey</image:title>
      <image:caption>“We have leaned on each other more than we have with anyone else and I think that is one of the biggest blessings we could have ever asked to come from this experience.”</image:caption>
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    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6491fab88588ed2ab54fd008/80123924-2607-4f74-aeea-27afd2c03297/Rachel+with+Bear.jpg</image:loc>
      <image:title>Stories - Late Loss at 31 Weeks and Finding the Way to Try Again: Rachel’s Infertility Journey</image:title>
      <image:caption>“When you read stories of others getting pregnant after a late loss, it provides proof that our story could be different a second time around…I wanted our story to be different.”</image:caption>
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      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6491fab88588ed2ab54fd008/f03a3d98-9610-4280-ae1a-612a7e64a41a/Rachel+IVF+Meds.jpg</image:loc>
      <image:title>Stories - Late Loss at 31 Weeks and Finding the Way to Try Again: Rachel’s Infertility Journey</image:title>
      <image:caption>“I felt like I was on a treadmill running, not really processing the emotional burden of this process and this had to be my mental default to start our family because it truly felt like IVF was our only option to get there.”</image:caption>
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    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6491fab88588ed2ab54fd008/e794909c-7193-475f-a427-b6e480f3bdb8/Rachel+Exam.jpg</image:loc>
      <image:title>Stories - Late Loss at 31 Weeks and Finding the Way to Try Again: Rachel’s Infertility Journey</image:title>
      <image:caption>“The journey is defined by unknowns…get educated as much as possible…Knowledge is power on your journey.”</image:caption>
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      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6491fab88588ed2ab54fd008/144e876e-6b5a-4ce6-95c2-01fe304a3352/Rachel+pregnant+2.jpg</image:loc>
      <image:title>Stories - Late Loss at 31 Weeks and Finding the Way to Try Again: Rachel’s Infertility Journey</image:title>
      <image:caption>“The doctor ended the consult saying, ‘I’m very sorry this is happening’. and even without concrete answers, I knew that something was wrong…our child’s brain was only half developed.”</image:caption>
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      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6491fab88588ed2ab54fd008/8e79cdae-42aa-4095-9160-c1643f4d1fa7/Rachel+Pregnant+1.jpg</image:loc>
      <image:title>Stories - Late Loss at 31 Weeks and Finding the Way to Try Again: Rachel’s Infertility Journey</image:title>
      <image:caption>“I feel empowered to have the found the voice that I do through my own experiences of loss and grief.”</image:caption>
    </image:image>
  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://www.humanizeinfertility.com/stories/a-cystic-fibrosis-diagnosis-two-losses-and-three-transfers-to-get-pregnant-allisons-infertility-journey</loc>
    <changefreq>monthly</changefreq>
    <priority>0.5</priority>
    <lastmod>2024-02-25</lastmod>
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      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6491fab88588ed2ab54fd008/a4957bbf-25ee-4b32-bcd8-faea94fbf697/Needle+Scars.jpeg</image:loc>
      <image:title>Stories - A Cystic Fibrosis Diagnosis, Two Losses, and Three Transfers to Get Pregnant: Allison’s Infertility Journey</image:title>
      <image:caption>“There is so much trauma attached with going through infertility…There are moments when you must allow yourself to say you don’t want to do any of this.”</image:caption>
    </image:image>
    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6491fab88588ed2ab54fd008/b00ec5f0-5937-40a0-9593-6e497e7bfe04/Allison+Pregnant.jpeg</image:loc>
      <image:title>Stories - A Cystic Fibrosis Diagnosis, Two Losses, and Three Transfers to Get Pregnant: Allison’s Infertility Journey</image:title>
      <image:caption>“I can’t tell others to stay positive because there were many days where I was not positive. But when you are going through the trenches and you are taking it day by day, keep breathing.”</image:caption>
    </image:image>
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      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6491fab88588ed2ab54fd008/266dcf5a-8471-45e8-b337-83ebfc05ff5c/Allison+Transfer.jpeg</image:loc>
      <image:title>Stories - A Cystic Fibrosis Diagnosis, Two Losses, and Three Transfers to Get Pregnant: Allison’s Infertility Journey</image:title>
      <image:caption>“I was naïve and thought we would be one of those couples who would have a successful retrieval and be pregnant after a single transfer.”</image:caption>
    </image:image>
    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6491fab88588ed2ab54fd008/b9988b52-c936-4303-b2b1-2928043193df/Allsion+Treatment.jpeg</image:loc>
      <image:title>Stories - A Cystic Fibrosis Diagnosis, Two Losses, and Three Transfers to Get Pregnant: Allison’s Infertility Journey</image:title>
      <image:caption>“No one goes into starting a family thinking it’s going to take two losses and three transfers to get pregnant, and that’s after you go through IVF…the unknowns of infertility are the hardest part of this journey.”</image:caption>
    </image:image>
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      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6491fab88588ed2ab54fd008/45bb30b7-55ae-4add-bb2e-12a39c4f850e/Honoring+Loss.jpeg</image:loc>
      <image:title>Stories - A Cystic Fibrosis Diagnosis, Two Losses, and Three Transfers to Get Pregnant: Allison’s Infertility Journey</image:title>
      <image:caption>“Losing our baby girl at nine weeks was horrible…I would lay in bed literally just screaming and crying thinking that there was no way that I was ever going to get over this.”</image:caption>
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      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6491fab88588ed2ab54fd008/9aecab43-7ef3-45e3-94b4-273e2808fe71/Allison+and+Husband+Treatment.jpeg</image:loc>
      <image:title>Stories - A Cystic Fibrosis Diagnosis, Two Losses, and Three Transfers to Get Pregnant: Allison’s Infertility Journey</image:title>
      <image:caption>“My husband called me first and shared that there was no sperm…At this point, we knew nothing at all and our whole world instantly shattered.”</image:caption>
    </image:image>
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      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6491fab88588ed2ab54fd008/ea4f5820-b28d-4cdc-8dd4-502c0434b135/Baby+Announcement.jpeg</image:loc>
      <image:title>Stories - A Cystic Fibrosis Diagnosis, Two Losses, and Three Transfers to Get Pregnant: Allison’s Infertility Journey</image:title>
      <image:caption>“I was terrified of being pregnant and having another miscarriage, but I was also terrified of never being pregnant again.”</image:caption>
    </image:image>
    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6491fab88588ed2ab54fd008/1523aee2-bd80-44de-9fad-24a41a0e75fc/Pregnant+with+Husband.jpeg</image:loc>
      <image:title>Stories - A Cystic Fibrosis Diagnosis, Two Losses, and Three Transfers to Get Pregnant: Allison’s Infertility Journey</image:title>
      <image:caption>“My grief and pain will never go away, and I’ll always wonder what could have been with our lost babies. But I can say that it does get a little easier with time.”</image:caption>
    </image:image>
  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://www.humanizeinfertility.com/stories/thirty-two-with-the-ovaries-of-a-forty-two-year-old-rene-longs-battle-with-infertility</loc>
    <changefreq>monthly</changefreq>
    <priority>0.5</priority>
    <lastmod>2023-11-04</lastmod>
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      <image:title>Stories - Thirty-Two With the Ovaries of a Forty-Two-Year Old: Renée Long’s Battle with Infertility - “Because building families is seen as optional, the treatment to build that family with IVF is also viewed as optional. But for me, my desire to be a mom is a need and not a want.”</image:title>
    </image:image>
    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6491fab88588ed2ab54fd008/bbd9a8f7-3c20-416b-8693-1eb0cdbff3c9/DE1CB3B0-BCB8-45E8-8E10-1BB3EC47EC4D.JPG</image:loc>
      <image:title>Stories - Thirty-Two With the Ovaries of a Forty-Two-Year Old: Renée Long’s Battle with Infertility - “I came home from what was supposed to be a standard baseline visit to then tell my partner we had to watch a needle training and sign papers deciding what we would do with our embryo(s) if one of us passed away.”</image:title>
    </image:image>
    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6491fab88588ed2ab54fd008/8f7b9137-64ac-4968-aa62-614727a9be39/721EECFD-F686-4637-B72A-A80B64620BA7.JPG</image:loc>
      <image:title>Stories - Thirty-Two With the Ovaries of a Forty-Two-Year Old: Renée Long’s Battle with Infertility - “Our doctor called and told us our IVF success rates were abysmal…all the sudden, it felt like I was being told I was completely out of time. It felt like the doctor was ready to give up on me.”</image:title>
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