Pregnant until proven otherwise, or PUPO, is a statement that is commonly used on social media, fertility message boards or online support groups that refers to a purposefully positive mindset that women or couples choose to occupy during the time period after undergoing fertility treatment or… View Full Term
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Risa is a registered nurse turned freelance writer from the Midwest who began blogging back in 2012 about the path infertility has taken her down. After undergoing three IUIs, three IFV cycles, and two donor egg cycles, her daughter was born after six years of struggling to conceive. She is the author of the website Risa Kerslake Writes and her favorite topics are parenting, infertility and what happens when the two collide. Her work has appeared in Parents, Vice, What to Expect, Romper, Mom.me, Savymom, Sheknows, Today's Parent, Motherly and Healthline.
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