This is Ernie. Some day he will be my child's first toy.
Gods willing, some day I'll be a mother. We first opened the doors to this possibility in April 2025. We tried for 3 months and then I sent my partner (yes, I sent him) to do a sperm analysis. The test revealed he had no mobile sperm. With the habits we had, this was no surprise. So for the following 9 months, it was business as usual, we had sex when we felt like it, not necessarily paying attention to my Cycle, because we knew it was futile. He just had another test and the results are a little better! Not great, but not zero haha. So we're hopeful but not impatient. The same month we opened the doors, we got Ernie, our cute little stuffed elephant. We got him as a present for our future child, whenever they come into our lives. Ernie has lived on our bed ever since. It's gonna be so cool when our baby is here and we can place Ernie in their arms, infusing all of that loving energy onto them in physical form <3