It Just Felt Like the Next Step

This part is better told from her side.


I think for me, it didn’t feel as big as people describe it.

When we first found out about IVF,
it was already a few years into trying.

So when the option came,
I didn’t feel scared.

It felt more like…
okay, this is the next step.

We didn’t take a long time to decide.
Since we were overseas at that time,
we even made arrangements to come back.

Everything moved quite naturally.

I didn’t think too far ahead.
Didn’t imagine too many outcomes.

I just thought,
we try.

If it works, then it works.

At that point,
I wasn’t holding fear.
Not even pressure.

Just a simple feeling of moving forward.

Looking back,
I think that calmness helped me more than I realized.

Because before all the waiting,
before all the numbers,

there was just this one step—
quiet, steady,
and without fear.