Fertility Blog

One of the hardest things, when you’re going through infertility or loss, is watching other people getting pregnant.  It hurts so much and can send us into a spiral for weeks on end.  There is so much shame, guilt, sadness, jealousy, and anger we experience along the way. 

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Christmas used to be my favorite time of the year.  You walk through shopping centers and Christmas carols are being piped over the loudspeaker.  Santa clause is posing with small children who are either idolizing him, or terrified of him.  The sparkling decorations are draped from...

How many times have you found yourself getting ready to go out to dinner with a group of girlfriends, and absolutely dreading it?  Or how about that sickening feeling in the pit of your stomach when you walk through the door of your cousin’s gender reveal?

If you’re going through...

If you’re anything like me, the idea of accepting help makes you feel physically ill. You’ll wait until you’re at rock bottom, completely overwhelmed, covered in blood, sweat and tears, dragging yourself along the ground to that finish line……..before you even admit...

Is it just me, or is there a huge focus on the egg and what changes we, as women, need to make in our lifestyle, and not much about the sperm? 

Why, when we talk about unexplained infertility, do we shoulder all the guilt?  We rule out Male Factor Infertility (MFI) if the sperm is...

They’re everywhere, aren’t they?  Yes, I’m talking about pregnant women. 

It was one of the things that hurt the most when we were trying to conceive.  And the longer I was on my fertility journey, the more my spidey-pregnancy-sensors were on high alert.  It...

I have never been more deeply or frequently disappointed, than while I was on my fertility journey. 

Infertility was like living in a constant state of disappointment.  You’re disappointed that those around you don’t know how to support you, and instead offer you unhelpful...

Finding the right supplements to take can be an absolute minefield. In truth, we’re all looking for that magic pill, right? So, when we hear that Sally down the road took a specific prenatal supplement or miracle vitamin and then got immediately pregnant, we order it in bulk and gag them...

I’m not a medical doctor, I’m not a therapist, nor do I specialize in body image. I am however someone who has at times been at war with her body.  For the 7 years I struggled with infertility and loss, I felt so betrayed by it. At times, I have been obsessed with fixing my body,...

Never in the history of the world, have anyone ever calmed down by being told to calm down.  It’s the same for stress.  But it doesn’t stop people from telling us to “Just stop stressing”.  And if you’re anything like me, you’ve done your...

If I had a dollar every time someone told me to “just stop thinking about it” and I’d get pregnant, I’d be a millionaire.  I mean, what kind of advice is that?

And who can actually stop thinking about something that is really important? I for one cannot.

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This is a question I used to ask myself all the time when we were knee deep in our fertility struggles. Should we take a break?

But I never took a break that wasn’t imposed upon me.  Even when I suffered a miscarriage.  When my body was ready again, even though I told myself I...