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Shana Brodnax Reid

Shana Brodnax Reid

The long walk to baby bear, part 6: Finally, IVF

I’d never wanted to do IVF. It’s invasive, and intense, and insanely expensive. I didn’t want to spend any of the hard-earned and…

Oct 22

The long walk to baby bear, part 6: Finally, IVF

Oct 22

Shana Brodnax Reid

The long walk to baby bear, part 5: The darkest days

This is the part that has taken the longest to feel ready to write.

Sep 25

The long walk to baby bear, part 5: The darkest days

Sep 25

Shana Brodnax Reid

The long walk to baby bear, part 4: We put the try in trying

With the fertility testing, swapping the bad doctor for the good doctor, the fibroid surgery and the mandatory 6-month healing period…

Aug 14

The long walk to baby bear, part 4: We put the try in trying

Aug 14

Shana Brodnax Reid

The long walk to baby bear, part 3: Cleaning house

The medical establishment knows very little about fibroids. No doctors can answer your questions about where they come from, why they…

Jul 22

The long walk to baby bear, part 3: Cleaning house

Jul 22

Shana Brodnax Reid

The long walk to baby bear, part 2: The good doctor

Bear wasn’t allowed to come with me to my appointments with the fertility clinic, as we were in the thick of COVID lockdown — and there…

Jul 2

The long walk to baby bear, part 2: The good doctor

Jul 2

Shana Brodnax Reid

The long walk to baby bear, part 1: How it started

Three and a half years ago, a few months into the pandemic, I went to see my ob/gyn to let her know that Bear and I were going to start…

Jun 20

The long walk to baby bear, part 1: How it started

Jun 20

Shana Brodnax Reid

The 45 Project, part 12: Closure (for now)

Ever since I was a teenager, 45 has been the age that has loomed in my imagination as some kind of life-defining threshold. I don’t know…

Jul 6, 2023

The 45 Project, part 12: Closure (for now)

Jul 6, 2023

Shana Brodnax Reid

The 45 Project, part 11: Who’s the Man?

There is a school of thought that all of us — no matter our gender — are made up of both masculine and feminine energy, in some proportion…

Apr 25, 2023

The 45 Project, part 11: Who’s the Man?

Apr 25, 2023

Shana Brodnax Reid

The 45 Project, part 10: Aging

It occurs to me that it may be a little odd that — in a writing project specifically about turning 45 — it took 9 months before I thought…

Mar 1, 2023

The 45 Project, part 10: Aging

Mar 1, 2023

Shana Brodnax Reid

The 45 Project, part 9: Being Seen

A couple of days ago I told my husband Bear that something he’d jokingly said had unwittingly hurt my feelings, and we talked it through…

Feb 2, 2023

The 45 Project, part 9: Being Seen

Feb 2, 2023

Shana Brodnax Reid

Shana Brodnax Reid

Leadership coach, facilitator, writer, healer, warrior for Love. Bright-Sharp-Deep-Strong-Loud. #BlackGirlMagic as medicine, for me and you. 3birdscoaching.com

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