PRAIRIE VILLAGE, Kan. (KCTV) - Mother’s Day can be especially painful for women struggling with infertility, pregnancy loss or the death of a child. Shelby Bartelt, founder of The Peony Project KC, knows that feeling. “I remember so desperately just wanting to be acknowledged, particularly on Mother’s Day,” Bartelt said. , one in six people worldwide experience infertility. Bartelt and her husband were among them.