The All-Important Disclaimer: Though I did receive a free copy of Daniela Petrova’s novel, “Her Daughter’s Mother,” this is NOT an advertisement, but an honest book review. I did NOT…
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As told to Brandi Lytle SENSITIVE POST… At the end of 2021, Helen Segal, founder of Empowered Childlessness and Creator of “Grieve with Gusto,” contacted me. She wanted to tell…
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Infertility / ChildlessPlan BUniquely Me
On Being Childless & Disenfranchised Grief . . .
by Brandi Lytleby Brandi LytleSENSITIVE POST WITH WOBBLE WARNING: This blog discusses a conversation I had in which my childless grief was completely overlooked. This may evoke deep emotion with fellow childless not by…
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Infertility / ChildlessUniquely Me
Are you pregnant? The Response of a Childless Woman…
by Brandi Lytleby Brandi LytleSENSITIVE POST WITH WOBBLE WARNING: As the title suggests, we are talking about one of the dreaded questions… Are you pregnant? I speak candidly about my recent response to this. …
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Dog MomGood ThingsInfertility / ChildlessReviewsWife & Home
Thoughts on “A Year of Medical Thinking”
by Brandi Lytleby Brandi LytleSENSITIVE POST WITH POSSIBLE TRIGGERS: Discussion of infertility, medical treatments, miscarriage, grief, cancer, death, trauma, and more… The All-Important Disclaimer As a thank you for chatting with her about an…
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As told to Brandi Lytle As is often the case, I connected with fellow childless warrior, Natascha, via social media. Soon after joining her closed Facebook group, “Beyond Infertility and…
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Infertility / ChildlessUniquely Me
On Being Childless: An Unexpected Grief Attack . . .
by Brandi Lytleby Brandi LytleSENSITIVE POST WITH POSSIBLE TRIGGERS THROUGHOUT: Real, honest, raw talk about what might have been… I shed numerous tears while writing this post. Please, do not read if you are…
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Aunt (aka Tia)Infertility / ChildlessUniquely Me
On Being Childless: A Very Unexpected Wobble . . .
by Brandi Lytleby Brandi LytleSENSITIVE POST WITH POSSIBLE TRIGGERS… At the end of September, I visited my family in Oklahoma. Because of Covid19, I had not seen them in nine months. That is the…
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Infertility / ChildlessUniquely Me
On the question, “So, when are you going to get pregnant?”
by Brandi Lytleby Brandi LytleSENSITIVE POST WITH POSSIBLE TRIGGERS: The title may have triggered you already. If so, I do apologize. I believe this is an important topic to discuss, however. I’ll warn you,…
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Dog MomInfertility / ChildlessPlan B
Beyond the Blog: Resources Pages – Infertility, Childless, Childfree, Dog Mom, & More…
by Brandi Lytleby Brandi LytleA huge part of Not So Mommy… is the blog. And I am extremely grateful to every fabulous one who takes time to read the weekly blogs I publish. But…