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About Ashley Rittman

Ashley Rittman lives in Southern California with her husband and their three kids. She was diagnosed with PCOS in 2005 and became a mother by way of adoption and fertility treatments. Currently she's working as a photographer; see her work at Ashley Rittman Photo. Ashley also blogs at Feigning Fertility writing about everything from her own experiences living with PCOS and the fallout, thoughts on reproductive issues and this weird thing her cat did. She thinks peanut butter tastes like evil, probably could play piano with her toes if she wanted to, makes small children cry when she sings and is double jointed in her left arm. It looks really gross.

This Year

Dec. 1, 2015 by Ashley Rittman

December can feel like such a colossal failure when you're trying to start a family. You begin the year hoping that by Christmas, you'll have a new stocking hanging on the mantle. You hold on to this hope until April hits, at which point the thought in the back of your head of … Read More »

Guest Posts, Healing, Hope, Mind Body Soul

Feigning In/Fertility

Nov. 1, 2015 by Ashley Rittman

The Infertility Voice™ - Feigning In/Fertility

In 2005, after miscarrying a very spontaneous pregnancy, I was told my ovaries suck. The medical term is Poly-cystic Ovarian Syndrome, but we call it Pee-kos in our house. Lately PCOS tends to trend more towards Please Cease Over Sharing; despite being told my chances of having a … Read More »

Guest Posts, Hope, Pregnancy & Parenting After Infertility, Success Stories, Voices of PCOS

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