Cozy Warrior Nonprofit

October is Pregnancy & Infertility Loss Awareness Month. Today and everyday, we are sending love & light to anyone who needs it. If there’s one thing we know about this community, it’s that we also carry each other through the challenges. Loss often leaves you feeling isolated and empty, but you are not alone

Receiving these kinds of messages = everything Thank you to our community of beautiful warriors who have messaged us photos in Cozy socks/masks with your fertility stories. Whether you’re still on the #ttc journey or have crossed into the next stage, we’re with you every step of the way you got this Full story below Just want to say thanks for all you do, the community that you created is amazing and has opened the door of communication for many women and coup...les. I have 2 pairs of your socks that I wore to my second egg retrieval and transfer along with the face masks. And now I am 7 weeks pregnant and have my first ultrasound on Monday. It's been a blessing after 2 years of trying, 4 unsuccessful IUIs, and success on my second round of IVF. I am so excited for the journey ahead. I plan to wear the Cozy Warrior masks to all my appointments and the socks have become some of my favorites. -Warrior Gloria See more

In case you needed to hear this today: You are not broken. Infertility does not define you. You are worthy of becoming a mother. You are so much tougher than you think and you have what it takes to keep going.... We love you and we see you, Warrior. See more

Chin up you got this

Join us tomorrow at 4PM PST on @socaleatery for our first IG Live! It’ll be a casual hour of us answering any questions you have around infertility, IVF, and pregnancy! We’ll start with questions from our IG Live Session AMA post on @socaleatery, so feel free to comment on that post with questions you’d like to ask! Can’t wait to talk with you tomorrow

PSA: Your seemingly harmless question might be an unintentional, yet deeply painful reminder to those who are struggling with infertility. The next time you feel inclined to ask, please remember to be mindful of others Tweet cred: @cheyyenneschaefer

Surrogacy seems so taboo still, and I want women to know they’re not alone through this much different portion of IVF We are sharing this raw, emotional story about surrogacy and loss today - FULL SOCKS4STRENGTH STORY My story is very different, but [Anna & Jeremy] have made me comfortable to share my emotional journey. I was matched with a couple in China who needed a surrogate. ... I traveled to Saipan for the transfer and spent my traveling alone. The whole process alone. Countless doctors appointments, constantly being poked and prodded. The medication and the progesterone shots from hell. I had a severe allergic reaction from them and was in the hospital. Everything was going smoothly, heartbeat appointment was confirmed and I graduated to a regular Ob. I had my 10 week appointment on November 6, 2019 to find out there was no longer a heartbeat. And that the baby died WEEKS ago. I was shattered. I know it’s not my baby and I know it’s not the same as someone who struggles with infertility. But now I’m a statistic. I had a missed miscarriage, and I had a D&C 5 days later. My body and my emotions are forever changed. Surrogacy seems so taboo still, and I want women to know they’re not alone through this much different portion of IVF. Carissa See more

Just in case you needed to hear this today

436 injections, 2738 days of trying to conceive, 1 miscarriage, 2 surgeries, 5 biopsies, 2 IUIs, 3 IVF retrievals, 4 IVF transfers, hundreds of pills, blood draws, and ultrasounds, and so many tears and prayers later Our Little Miracle is Coming in Feb 2021! We finally finished the last injection this morning at 11 weeks pregnant. This picture only shows 2/3 of the needles used on our journey as we only started saving them last year in hopes of taking this pictu...re one day. Our path has been long and difficult, but we would do it again in a heartbeat. In case you needed to hear this today: You are not broken. Your body is not broken. Infertility does not define you. You are worthy. You are enough. You are tougher than you think and you have what it takes to keep going. Everyone has a different path to parenthood but I believe you’ll be able to tell your success story one day, too. You’ve got this See more

Everyone around me would say I would get pregnant fast because of my fertile older sisters. However, God had a different story for us. Continue reading the full story below... ... FULL SOCKS4STRENGTH STORY: My name is Deborah and I live in Los Angeles. I’ve been an elementary school teacher at a low-income school for 6 years and always loved working with kids. My husband and I both knew that we wanted to start having kids right after we got married. Before getting married, my husband and I went through quite a few challenges during the 6 years we dated. When our prayers were not answered immediately, we had to accept and trust that God knew the best timing for us. That timing was so hard to accept and to even trust but God did not fail us. He answered every single prayer. That’s what we believe and hold on to. Our TTC journey has been a little over 2 years now and I’m holding onto a thread of hope that God never fails, in His timing everything will fall in place. We have tried IUI for 4 rounds and they all came back negative. My school insurance only covers IUI and we can’t afford to do IVF. We’re currently taking a break from any treatments and waiting for our hearts to be healed before trying IUI again. I don’t have a large support group. Just my husband that prays for me. It encourages me to hear your story and stay positive. I would like to tell my future child: "You are loved and lots of prayers were said to have you in our arms." See more

After trying to conceive for a year, @meetthestroops started their IVF journey this January! We are sending so much love to our fellow Warrior Kelsey for 24 eggs retrieved Infertility is already a scary, uncertain road and with COVID forcing women to face their appointments alone, we’re glad that the community can cheer for you and be there with you through our socks Read on Kelsey’s egg retrieval experience below: For my appointment, they had me go to a room while... Taylor stayed in the waiting room due to Covid. I got in my gown and then my nurse took me to the procedure room. This is when I started to get anxiety... like I’ve said before, I’m not used to being the patient in these situations. I laid down in the chair and they put in the IV while a nurse held my hand. Then the doctor and embryologist came into the room. My legs were strapped into large stirrups then went right to sleep. While under, the doctor retrieved my eggs with a large needle on a transvaginal ultrasound while the embryologist made sure the eggs looked okay. I woke up to abdominal pain, bloated and super drowsy but was so thankful to get 24 eggs. The nurses made my experience better than I could imagine especially bc Taylor couldn’t be with me. We are one step closer and can’t wait to find out how many embryos we made! See more

Sending love and strength to all the Mamas-to-be out there. You are not alone FULL SOCKS4STRENGTH STORY: "No little girl dreams of growing up one day, meeting the right guy, getting married, wanting to start a family, and then find out that 3.5 years have flown by and you’re still sitting here praying that you’ll get to be a mom one day! How is this my reality? How does it seem so easy for everyone else? Will there ever be a night that I don’t cry myself to sleep? ... When my husband Eric and I first started this journey to parenthood, we naively thought that it would be easy! Wow, reality check! Then 7 months passed by and we finally got pregnant (naturally)! I will never forget that day. Yet, that joy and memory didn’t get to last long. At 6 weeks, I experienced my first missed miscarriage. Yet, we were hopeful that it wouldn't happen again. Wrong! The trying naturally phase, quickly followed by 6 months of medicated rounds, 5 failed IUIs, more fertility surgeries, and then an ice round that resulted in 2 embryos! Our first transfer worked only to follow with our 2nd miscarriage at 6 weeks. Grief upon grief. We then took a few months off and did an ERA biopsy. Next, was a failed transfer - no more embryos. After working up the courage and months of being on a strict keto diet, we decided to do another retrieval. This time, we had 41 freaking eggs, which resulted in 6 PGS embryos! Joy!! But here I am, writing to you after my 3rd failed round from this new batch (4 consecutive failed transfers if you’re counting)! I’ve done more testing, more ERAs, more blood work - just to be told that my uterus is healthy, no issues and explanations of why I’ve had 2 miscarriages, and no real answers to why it hasn’t worked for us again. So here I am, taking another break, wondering if I have it in me to try again. Do we adopt, do we use the PGS embryos, do we use our mosaic, or do we try naturally? I don’t know, honestly! I just know how loved and supported I feel by my community. I hope that one day I get to bring a baby home. Until then, I keep hoping for my rainbow." -Cathy See more