Anu

If someone says I can't do something, I like to prove them wrong - this has been my motto since I was a kid

When told she had less than 1% chance at 43, Anu's lifelong rebellious streak kicked in and she decided to prove the doctors wrong, ultimately conceiving naturally at 44.

My new motto is 'it's not my shit to carry' - I was carrying everybody else's stuff and couldn't allow a life to be reborn in me

Anu realized at 44 she was carrying everyone's emotional burdens, which blocked her ability to conceive. After setting boundaries and focusing on herself, she conceived naturally.

The fertility clinic process wasn't aligned with who I was becoming as a person - seeing lineups of women at 7am made me realize we're working on the physical part but what about the internal part

After three months of fertility treatments, Anu realized the medical approach was missing the internal/emotional component and stopped treatments, conceiving naturally a year later at 44.

I saw this little face, a baby's face, in between sleep around the time I conceived - the universe was giving me hope not to give up

Anu had a vision of her baby's face around conception time before knowing she was pregnant, similar to Rosanne's experience of 'knowing' her son was coming before conceiving naturally at 43.

We found out I was pregnant on July 16th, which was the third year death anniversary of my mother-in-law - she gave us our gift

Anu discovered her pregnancy on the exact anniversary of her mother-in-law's death, seeing this as a spiritual sign after conceiving naturally at 44 with less than 1% odds.

When doctors give you a less than 1% chance, focus on being part of that 1% rather than dwelling on the 99% odds against you

Anu was told at 43 she had less than 1% chance of conceiving, but she decided to focus on being part of that 1% and conceived naturally at 44, now 17 weeks pregnant.

Your womb is your child's palace - if it's cold inside from eating only cold foods, you wouldn't want your child born in a cold room

Anu's Chinese medicine doctor told her to stop eating cold foods to warm her internal temperature, which was part of her holistic approach before conceiving naturally at 44.

The minute we lose our compassion in our profession, we need to take a step back and ask ourselves what is going on

Anu observed her first fertility doctor wasn't wearing her wedding ring during their appointment but wore it in promotional videos, recognizing the doctor's personal issues shouldn't affect patient care.

We need to be our own cheerleader because a doctor can tell us physically what they see, but as women we're very in tune with our own bodies

Despite being told she had less than 1% chance, Anu trusted her body knowledge over statistics and conceived naturally at 44, proving the power of self-advocacy.