Fertility Blog
by Jennifer Robertson
I’m not here to sugarcoat it. Mother’s Day is coming up, and for those experiencing infertility or pregnancy loss, it can bring up a LOT of really hard emotions. There’s that fear of wondering whether it will ever be your turn to celebrate, the utter sadness and...
When you’re struggling to conceive, it can feel like your whole life has been consumed by infertility. It becomes our sole goal and purpose, and it squeezes the enjoyment out of most things in our life. Our job becomes merely a source of income to fund our fertility treatments,...
I remember when I went to my first fertility specialist after trying to conceive naturally for 6 months. We did all the tests, and after assessing our results, they suggested that we move straight to IVF. And while I definitely didn’t want to go down this path, I felt an amount...
I don’t know about you, but one of my (many) pet peeves on my fertility journey (and actually still is to this day) was seeing cars with a “Baby on Board” sticker displayed on their rear window.
As someone who was suffering from the long-term effects of infertility (for 7...
When I first started researching the health benefits of an orgasm, I was shocked. Not only by the number of ways that it improves our overall health but because we aren’t talking about it more.
I feel like the orgasm should be the next superfood – like Kale or Goji...
Are you constantly worrying about things that never usually eventuate?
When you think about your fertility journey – both past, present and future, your mind starts spiraling and it’s hard to bring it back. The onslaught of thoughts and emotions is overwhelming and exhausting.
...There is nothing worse than feeling like the whole world is against you. But this is how I was feeling on the night of my 37th birthday. We had finally gotten pregnant – well our surrogate had. This was after 4 years of struggling with infertility and being forced down the...
We’ve all been stuck in one of those conversations where it’s all about babies, breastfeeding, birth experiences, pregnancy horror stories, and the challenges and joys of parenting. You can’t escape, so you merely nod politely. It feels like everyone is watching you,...
I know this is going to be a sensitive blog because I’ve already felt the judgement and wrath of women who disagree with my point of view on this subject. I’ve written posts and blogs giving women permission to NOT go to that baby shower, and for every 10 comments of gratitude I...
Infertility and pregnancy loss can be heavy. There are so many mixed emotions that we’re faced with. But the heaviest thing that we all seem to carry, is guilt. We punish ourselves for so much. We have regrets.
But a lot of the time, we blame ourselves for things...
I know we’re not supposed to say this out loud, but while I was on my fertility journey, I was SO jealous of women who were able to get pregnant so easily. And I’ll go even further and say that I actually resented the fact that they didn’t have to go through the shit I had...
Why are we so mean to ourselves?
I never really noticed that voice in my head before infertility and loss came along. So maybe I used to be kind to myself at one time. But after years of fertility treatments, and feeling like a failure, the noise became too loud to ignore. The...
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