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Lynd Së Scanlön

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🩺 ICU RN | Buffalo
🤍 Donor-egg IVF mama x2
👧🏼👧🏼 Raising two miracles
✨ Real life • motherhood • IVF • ICU
↓ Come for the chaos, stay for the story📖

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Let me reintroduce myself..
Welcome- Im Lyndsey 🫶 I am Critical care nurse in Buffalo. 🩺 #gobills
Donor-egg IVF mama to two beautiful girls. 🤍🤍

I spend my days fighting for patients, and my greatest fight brought me my greatest blessings.

A career built on caring.
A motherhood built through hope.
Two girls who made every hard day worth it. ✨

ICU nurse. IVF mama. Wife. Mom of two.
And endlessly grateful for this life.

I’m so glad you’re here. 🤍
Stay awhile, follow along, and make yourself at home.
There’s a little bit of nursing, motherhood, IVF, chaos & everything in between. ✨ taken in Evangola State Park by @lynd_se

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2 months ago

Worth the wait worth it all….

-Once upon a time 1,424 days to be exact.. I desperately wanted a family of my very own, and I thought that dream had been taken from me.

I thought that if you didn’t come from my egg then I’d always be somehow less than your Mom.

I thought that if we didn’t share DNA that you wouldn’t carry any part of me with you.

I thought that if we didn’t look alike that everyone would know, and that would hurt us both

Well my daughter, I’m not wrong very often (you’ll come to realize this more and more as you get older)

But I was wrong about all of this.

You may have come from someone else’s egg, but I believe I was made to be your Mom

I carried you inside me and now you carry my heart with you wherever you go

And people know our story not because of how we do or don’t look alike, but because we tell them - because it’s special and we’re proud of it.

My dream of a baby to call my own came true in the most beautiful way.

God sent us an angel and we are finally complete with the two most beautiful daughters, looks like we made it ❤️

Welcome to the world Miss Olivia Catherine Scanlon on 12/13/2023 at 0938 am at 6lb 1oz

Love,

Your mom & dad & Big sister Miss Charlotte ❤️🌈

#donoreggivf #gestationaldiabetes #primaryovarianinsufficiency #journeytobabyscanlon #earlymenopause #fairfaxeggbank #donoreggs #rainbowbaby by @lynd_se

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3 years ago

Once upon a time 449 days to be exact.. I desperately wanted a baby of my very own, and I thought that dream had been taken from me.

I thought that if you didn't come from my egg then I'd always be somehow less than your Mom.

I thought that if we didn't share DNA that you wouldn't carry any part of me with you.

I thought that if we didn't look alike that everyone would know, andthat would hurt us both

Well my daughter, I'm not wrong very often (you'll come to realize this more and more as you get older)

But I was wrong about all of this.

You may have come from someone else's egg, but I believe I was made to be your Mom

I carried you inside me and now you carry my heart with you wherever you go

And people know our story not because of how we do or don't look alike, but because we tell them - because it's special and we're proud of it.

My dream of a baby to call my own came true in the most beautiful way.

Welcome to the world Charlotte Lyndsey Scanlon on 04/14/2021 at 1832,, 7lb 2oz.

Love,

Your mom & dad

#donoreggivf #gestationaldiabetes #primaryovarianinsufficiency #journeytobabyscanlon #earlymenopause #fairfaxeggbank #donoreggs #rainbowbaby by @lynd_se

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5 years ago

Two little embryos, created on the same day in 2020, frozen side by side… and now growing up side by side. 🥹❄️💗

After everything it took to become their mama, watching this miracle unfold is something I’ll never stop being grateful for. 🤍

#DonorEggIVF #IVFMiracle #InfertilityJourney #SistersForever by @lynd_se

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5 days ago

stars at last 💫
love is having a daughter and she is my world. my first memory of her was her warmth on my skin. she stared in my eyes, pleading not for perfection, but for effort. little did she know
I would climb any mountain just to get to her if she needed me @letters.to.anna by @lynd_se

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11 days ago

For a long time, I thought what I grew up with was normal.

It took becoming a mother to realize it wasn’t.

Maybe that’s one of the hardest parts of healing—you don’t always recognize what hurt you until you’re looking at your own children and realizing, *I could never do that to them.*

I spent years fighting to become a mother. Years of infertility, heartbreak, loss, and wondering if I would ever get the chance to hold a child of my own.

And then I became a mom to two beautiful girls.

Motherhood didn’t just give me my greatest blessings. It gave me a new perspective on my own childhood.

It made me look back at the little girl I was with so much more compassion. It made me realize that some things I had accepted as “just the way things were” were never normal, and they were never things I deserved.

So I’m choosing differently.

My girls will never have to choose between loving me and protecting themselves.

They will never have to earn my love.
They will never have to walk on eggshells around me.
They will never have to question whether their feelings are safe with me.
They will know that they can come to me—even when the truth is hard, even when they’re angry, even when they disagree with me.

I can’t change the childhood I had.

But I can change what comes after it.

And maybe that’s part of the miracle of motherhood for me—not just becoming the mother I spent years praying to be, but becoming the mother *I needed* when I was little.

Breaking cycles.
Learning.
Healing.
Choosing differently.

For my girls.
And for the little girl I used to be. 🤍 by @lynd_se

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13 days ago

She has no idea…

that sometimes when I dance with her,
I’m not just dancing.

I’m rewriting a childhood.

I know the past.
I know the fear.
I know what it feels like to grow up carrying things a child never should have had to carry.

But she will know this:

A mother who dances with her.
A mother who makes her feel safe.
A mother who chooses to break the cycle.

So we dance.

Because this is the childhood I wish I had.

And this is the childhood I will give her. 🤍

@thecamwhitcomb #traumahealing #cyclebreaker #childhoodtrauma by @lynd_se

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3 months ago

The suitcase I’m packing with my daughter…

Carries more than clothes.

It carries the childhood I had.
The pain I remember.
The things I promised myself I’d never repeat.

I can’t change my childhood. @josiebalka

But I can change hers.

So I’m healing.
I’m rebuilding.
And I’m making sure the past ends with me. 🤍 by @lynd_se

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3 months ago

My greatest achievement ❤️@irish84pj by @lynd_se

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3 months ago

Volume up please 🔊🔊 I found these words buried in an old journal today.

A snapshot of a woman who desperately wanted to become a mom. A woman who was grieving what she thought motherhood was supposed to look like, while trying to find hope in a path she never imagined taking.

Donor egg IVF wasn't the journey I envisioned—but it became the greatest gift of my life.

Reading these pages now, with my daughters beside me, reminds me just how far we've come. Every tear, every injection, every failed plan, every ounce of uncertainty... it all led me to them.

If you're in the middle of infertility, especially walking the donor egg path, I want you to know this: your grief is valid, your love is already real, and your story is no less beautiful because it looks different.

One day, I hope you get to look back at your own words and realize they were written by someone far stronger than she knew.

To the woman I was back then... thank you for not giving up.

🤍 Because of you, I get to be "Mom." To Charlotte Lyndsey & Olivia Catherine you are worth the wait ❤️

#InfertilityAwareness #DonorEggIVF #IVFJourney #InfertilityWarrior #HopeAfterInfertility @beehumblephotography taken in Evangola State Park by @lynd_se

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3 months ago

Five years ago today, our world became brighter, louder, and so much more beautiful 💕

Happy 5th Birthday to our sweet Charlotte! 🎂 You fill our days with laughter, imagination, and endless love. Watching you grow into the kind, curious, and joyful little person you are has been the greatest gift.

It took time, patience, and a lot of faith before you came into our lives. We truly believe in God’s perfect timing, and you are the most beautiful reminder that everything happens just as it’s meant to. Every moment of the wait was worth it for you 💖

We are so proud to be your parents and can’t wait to see all the amazing things you’ll do. Keep shining, keep dreaming big, and always be you ✨

We love you more than words can ever say. Happy Birthday, Charlotte! 🎉🎈 by @lynd_se

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6 months ago

These girls right here.. they are my best friends.
The scariest part of my life lead me to them, God always has a plan. #donoreggs #momlife #mygirl #bestfriend #lifeafterivf by @lynd_se

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7 months ago