and other things i guess i am...

the second pregnancy

To be so honest, I never thought I would have a second pregnancy.

Jan 7 • Rachel Dutro

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goodbye 2025, welcome 2026

I’ve been putting off writing this.

Jan 3 • Rachel Dutro

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December 2025

IVF Diaries | an overdue update

It’s been a while since I last shared an update here.

Dec 16, 2025 • Rachel Dutro

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the year the world kept turning, and I had to learn to follow

part one in a series of poems on grief, motherhood, and loss.

Dec 1, 2025 • Rachel Dutro

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November 2025

Seven Days Out

There is something strange that happens when you hit the one-week mark before a Frozen Embryo Transfer.

Nov 25, 2025 • Rachel Dutro

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The IVF Glossary for Real People (and the People Who Love Them)

When you step into the world of fertility treatment, it feels like everyone suddenly starts speaking in code.

Nov 25, 2025 • Rachel Dutro

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IVF Diaries x Grief Journal

The Way Forward, Even When It Hurts

Nov 23, 2025 • Rachel Dutro

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Grief Journal: The Person I Was. The Person I Am Now.

There are moments in grief when someone else’s words feel like a mirror you didn’t know you needed.

Nov 17, 2025 • Rachel Dutro

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October 2025

The IVF Diaries, Entry Four: The Signs Are Everywhere

CB We got our FET cycle calendar a few days ago, and for the first time in a long time, something in this process feels aligned, like it’s exactly how…

Oct 29, 2025 • Rachel Dutro

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the day I told my dad he could leave.

I think about that day a lot.

Oct 28, 2025 • Rachel Dutro

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How I Keep My Mornings Soft

My alarm goes off at 8:30.

Oct 22, 2025 • Rachel Dutro

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In Sickness, In Health, In the Quiet After

We were sixteen when we met, too young to know what forever meant, but old enough to believe we’d found it.

Oct 21, 2025 • Rachel Dutro

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