Faithfully Fertile Foundation

08/10/2025

This week brought even more confirmation that I’m on the right path. Several people approached me or reached out seeking support around infertility and adoption journeys. While I had to put Faithfully Fertile Foundation on hold during school, I’m excited to share that our support group will resume meeting in September. We’ll be expanding our focus to include more resources for families navigating both infertility and adoption.
There are so many people struggling and hurting in silence, and I’m passionate about supporting them however I can.
The truth is: infertility is heartbreaking. Adoption brings its own unique challenges for everyone involved.
Whether you’re currently walking this difficult path and need support, or you’ve traveled this road yourself and want to help others, I’d love to connect with you. ❤️

08/27/2023

Happy Black Breast/ Chest / Body Feeding Week

Human milk and black people have a very interesting history. We fed a nation that told us that we were inferior and that we didn’t belong. We were taught that breast/ chest feeding was nasty and for poor people.

I did not grow up around people that breast fed. In fact, I never even saw a person breastfeed until I was in college and one of my friends had a baby.

All I knew is that when I had babies of my own, I wanted to breastfeed.
I didn’t know anything about the benefits for me or baby, but I felt like it was what I should do. I had my oldest in 2009 and we began the journey that changed my life.

My experience as a breastfeeding parent was very different in both cases. I don’t have any beautiful pictures to share because when I was feeding my oldest, I had to cover up or feed my baby in a car. People would tell me to go to the bathroom even with the cover on, but I took my baby outside and fed her.

People joked about me breastfeeding. They said she would never get off of my breast. She wouldn’t take a bottle, so I stayed home and no one understood. It was the most beautiful experience and for me it would be the only baby that I would give birth to.

I’m so grateful for the 15 months that I was able to exclusively breastfeed my daughter. I’m happy to have created a bond with her. I am honored to have been able to sustain her life and give her nutrients from my body.

I’m thankful for being able to use my milk and milk sharing to help my son. Inducing lactation not only fixed my son’s skin and digestive system when nothing else worked, but it made him happier and calmed an otherwise inconsolable baby.

Here’s to those that have joined the revolution and fed their babies. Whether you pumped, exclusively breast fed, or combo fed with formula and human milk…you did that!!!

Let’s keep spreading the word and changing the outcomes for our babies. ❤️🖤💚✊🏿✊🏿✊🏿

08/27/2023

Happy Black Breast/ Chest / Body Feeding Week

Human milk and black people have a very interesting history. We fed a nation that told us that we were inferior and that we didn’t belong. We were taught that breast/ chest feeding was nasty and for poor people.

I did not grow up around people that breast fed. In fact, I never even saw a person breastfeed until I was in college and one of my friends had a baby.

All I knew is that when I had babies of my own, I wanted to breastfeed.
I didn’t know anything about the benefits for me or baby, but I felt like it was what I should do. I had my oldest in 2009 and we began the journey that changed my life.

My experience as a breastfeeding parent was very different in both cases. I don’t have any beautiful pictures to share because when I was feeding my oldest, I had to cover up or feed my baby in a car. People would tell me to go to the bathroom even with the cover on, but I took my baby outside and fed her.

People joked about me breastfeeding. They said she would never get off of my breast. She wouldn’t take a bottle, so I stayed home and no one understood. It was the most beautiful experience and for me it would be the only baby that I would give birth to.

I’m so grateful for the 15 months that I was able to exclusively breastfeed my daughter. I’m happy to have created a bond with her. I am honored to have been able to sustain her life and give her nutrients from my body.

I’m thankful for being able to use my milk and milk sharing to help my son. Inducing lactation not only fixed my son’s skin and digestive system when nothing else worked, but it made him happier and calmed an otherwise inconsolable baby.

Both experiences shaped who I am and fueled my fire to become an IBCLC and a future midwife. Both experiences have allowed me to assist those within my community and so many others to feed their babies human milk.

Here’s to those that have joined the revolution and fed their babies. Whether you pumped, exclusively breast fed, or combo fed with formula and human milk…you did that!!!

For those of you that didn’t or couldn’t feed your babies your milk, this is not an attack on you. It is a celebration of what we as a culture have done and are doing to improve the infant mortality rates for Black babies.

Let’s keep spreading the word and changing the outcomes for our babies. ❤️🖤💚✊🏿✊🏿✊🏿

07/20/2023

Good reminder...

05/14/2023

Sending love to all today!

04/30/2023

Check out the National Infertility Awareness Week Panel Discussion here:

Infertility affects Black people 2 times more likely than their counterparts, but no one is talking about it. Join us for this panel discussion as we talk ab...

04/25/2023

Join us live tonight on IG as Mary Cato takes us through a FREE healing yoga session. Tune in at 7pm EST on the Faithfully Fertile Foundation page on IG.

If you can’t catch it live, be sure to catch the replay. 🧡

04/23/2023

Today is the 1st Day of National Infertility Awareness Week.

Why is it important?
Black people are 2 times more likely to be infertile and 1 in 6 couples is dealing with infertility.

Most people suffer in silence because of the stigma that surrounds being unable to have a baby.

Infertility can be primary = you have no children and you want to have some or secondary = you have had a child or children & can’t have more.

Fertility treatments cost anywhere from $1182 - $38,000.

People are choosing between having babies and buying a house.

They’re having to work 2-3 jobs to pay for ivf.

They’re giving up on having a family because they can’t afford treatments.

Common causes of infertility are:
Endometriosis
Internal scarring
Fibroids
PCOS
Infections
Thyroid issues
Tubal factors
S***m Issues

Infertility isn’t just about not being able to conceive.

Some people conceive, but have multiple losses.

1 in 4 couples have miscarriages and we don’t always get the support that we need.

Tonight at 7pm EST, my organization Faithfully Fertile Foundation is hosting a panel discussion with BLACK professionals and infertility survivors to talk about navigating infertility while Black.

Please be sure to join us even if you’re not infertile.

If you’re a birth worker this concerns you because a lot of people come to us after losses and for assistance with fertility issues.

My name is Sierra Bizzell and I am 1 in 6 and 1 in 4. 🧡

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/niaw-discussion-navigating-the-space-of-infertility-while-black-tickets-618183843517?utm-campaign=social&utm-content=attendeeshare&utm-medium=discovery&utm-term=listing&utm-source=cp&aff=escb

04/22/2023

Secondary infertility plagued my life for over 7 years.

I suffered from internal scarring that was scraped by the OB post C-section.

I was in pain for years and asked doctors for help, but no one wanted to listen.

At 26 I was told that my only option to have more children was to do IVF.

No one tried to find out why I was in pain.

At 30, I lost both tubes because my C-section caused further scarring that damaged my tubes.

Not once did anyone check to see if there could have been internal scarring that was causing my pain.

In fact, I was ignored and my concerns were dismissed.

My organization will be having a discussion tomorrow night about navigating the space of infertility while Black.

We are 2x more likely to be infertile.

We are less likely to get a diagnosis.

We are more likely to be ignored.

Join us and spread the word!

Join our discussion as we speak to healthcare professionals, mental health professionals, fertility coaches, and infertility survivors.