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…