What is the connection between pain and triumph? Is it necessary to go through the former to obtain the latter?  Here is a video about two high school kids who have come from nothing and even worse - one is almost blind and the other lost his leg in a tragic accident. Do they let any of that get in their way toward personal victory? Just the opposite.  Their experience has given them ammunition to electrify their lives.  What is it in the human spirit that can turn that switch from pain+victimization to pain+triumph?

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My experience with trying to conceive (TTC) was painful. It was painful on my body, it was painful on my mind and outlook.  It was as if I was on a long train ride expecting to end up in one place, but then realizing in the middle that I had no idea where I was going.  Not only that, I was alone on the train and couldn't get off.  It was scary, frustrating, maddening.  PCOS and two painful miscarriages, including one kind that can even cause cancer. The only positive thing about the miscarriages was getting a prescription of Valium by nice doctor to deaden the beast inside.  I still silently acknowledge the due dates of those babies.

Four years later - and realizing how much your hindsight is 20/20 -  I can say that the pain I experienced created the foundation - even the energy - I needed to start something new.  Not only do I feel complete with my own family building goals, I set out to create this company  I truly believe can help many of my female companions that may be on that train to nowhere right now.  The past two years have been spent in research and product development, obtaining expert advice and building something of value.

As a company, we celebrate June 17, 2009 when we received an email by one of our first customers letting us know that she was pregnant and telling us that she was "our first success story."  The ultimate form of retribution for me.  I feel a tiny bit like I have carried her on my back to help her win the fight.  Thank you, Kelly, for giving me the chance to do that.  I now know that the two years I put into this program have been worth every second.  What have I learned?  Pain+Triumph=Life.