To know infertility, you must live it
Victoria Nino, mother via donor eggs knows infertility. She struggled with infertility for eight years before having her daughter, and another three before having her son. She found her way to emotional healing through writing, speaking out, and finding her safe people who have been there.
Victoria was diagnosed with Endometriosis in her early 30's, but had been suffering with the disease much longer than that. After many attempts at fertility treatments, IUI's, IVF's, and even a failed egg donor cycle, she finally got pregnant in November of 2017 with her beautiful, magical littler girl, Florence, with the help of science, medicine, an amazing staff of medical professionals, and an egg donor. Unfortunately, that wasn’t end of her painful infertility journey. She experienced more failure and loss trying to conceive a sibling for Florence. She had run out of embryos from that egg donor, and was faced with the hard decision of starting the process all over again with a new egg donor. She is so glad she did, that one decision led to their happy, energetic, gorgeous little boy, Vaun, born in February of 2023.
Victoria has made it her personal mission to normalize donor conception and to help others find support.
A personal note…
This blog is an extension of me. I write to heal. I write to inspire. I write to give other women a voice who need it. Everything I write is a true and raw representation of my experiences, good or bad. Being a mother to children with the help of another woman’s eggs (in my case two different women) is a very unique journey, but it can be a beautiful one. The beauty is there. The love, the joy, the magic is there.
I promise.
xo
Victoria
