May 153 minA Mother's Day "Hot Take"Just a warning, this is a pretty emotionally charged post. But I want this blog to read more like a diary than just always a list or...
Apr 5, 20225 minMy Story - Part 5. The Here and Now. Fast forward to our very happy new year and my follow-up with Dr. F. We reviewed my bloodwork: AMH is that of an 18 year old. Which is...
Apr 5, 202211 minMy Story - Part 4 (2021)Thankfully, 2021 was shaping up to be a much better year for the Carrano/Schmidt family. My dad’s surgery was a success. It went...
Apr 5, 20226 minMy Story - Part 3 (2020)I won’t go into too much detail about every little thing when I was admitted to the hospital (happy to do a separate post, but only if...
Apr 4, 20223 minMy Story - Part 2 (2018-2019)Picking up right where I left off…..In the summer of 2018, we decided to visit the fertility doctor. And we started the ultrasounds and...
Apr 4, 20223 minMy Story - Part 1 (Prior to 2018)What do Zach Efron, a 20+ year friendship and a dietician from Cleveland have in common? They’ve essentially changed the trajectory of my...