The holidays can feel like a mine field for those going through infertility. The family gatherings that were always filled with joy, can now be a painful reminder of we don’t yet have – a family of our own to celebrate. How do you handle when family and friends give you advice that feels like they don’t understand what […] Read more…
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Conscious In-Fertility
What does it mean to be conscious in our fertility efforts? Especially when getting pregnant is a challenge? Being ‘conscious’ is a word that is tossed around a lot of late, so let’s take a closer look at the formal meaning of the word ‘conscious’. con•scious pronounced [kon-shuh s] adjective 1. aware of one’s own […] Read more…
Knowing Hope
Have you ever thought about how many times a week…a day…you think the words ‘I hope’? ‘I hope the traffic isn’t bad today’ … ‘I hope I don’t get the flu from my coworker’. And if you are traveling on the road to fertility, then I may sound like ‘I hope this is the month […] Read more…
An Opening to Sadness
One of the most poignant moments in all my years of coaching women going through this incredible journey of in-fertility, was when I gave a woman permission to be sad. When I said the words ‘it is okay to be sad’, I could actually feel her relief over the phone. It was what she needed […] Read more…
Where is the JOY in-fertility?
The joy of the holidays is upon us. Well, for some of us. When you are the one going through infertility, it can feel like the whole world’s celebration of the season with the family they have created is a painful reminder that yours is not yet here. Not yet. Even while you manage to […] Read more…