Infertility Mindfulness In Just 6 Words There are times on this journey when our minds and bodies are literally screaming for relief from the pressures of trying to conceive. Even our struggles before the days of “TTC” start to look like a day on the beach when we have gone a few rounds with the […]
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https://youtu.be/FoJDxeAA4-c Infertility and Alternative Medicine: Who Makes The Cut? When I finally woke up to the value of incorporating alternative medicine into my arsenal of baby making ammunition, I have to confess that I got lucky. I had the good fortune of having a co-worker who was willing to share her black book of practitioners
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https://youtu.be/Jf8qVutsdCc Infertility Support: Exploring Forgiveness On The Journey On the journey toward building our families through fertility treatment or adoption, it is far too easy to get caught up in a hurtful cycle of judgment. Judgment of ourselves, our partners, and even our circumstances. When working toward something we care about, we tend to
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Living Child Free: Dare We Let Ourselves Go There? Amongst the myriad conflicting emotions that we feel on the fertility + adoption journey, the one I always found most troubling is the juxtaposition of “it will happen” optimism and the sobering voice of “what if it doesn’t?” On more than a few occasions, I found
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A Mantra For Fertility? Merriam-Webster defines the word mantra as: a sound, word, or phrase that is repeated by someone who is praying or meditating a word or phrase that is repeated often or that expresses someone’s basic beliefs When it comes to living with infertility, more often than not, the words or phrases repeated
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Is It Me, Or Is My Fertility Doctor From Hell? When I think back to my first experience with a reproductive endocrinologist (RE), “fertility doctor” for short, I can’t help but have an uncomfortable mix of feelings ranging from anger, disbelief, embarrassment, and most importantly compassion for the vulnerable and naive me that once was.
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Infertility Message Boards: Proceed With Caution I am sure that this missive here is going to set a few wigs off kilter, but my desire to keep things real, requires me to say my peace. In the early days of my journey, when I lived in fear and filled my head with anecdotes, not facts,
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When Infertility Treatments Fail–The Place No One Wants To Go… There is a bizarre dance of contradiction that goes on in our heads as we embark on our fertility journey. We are achingly committed to staying positive, yet there is deafening drone of “what if” brand negativity on heavy rotation in the background, whose volume
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Staying Focused On What Matters with Infertility Prayer Last week I had the distinct pleasure of perusing Lesli Westfall’s fantastic site called Dancing Upon Barren Land. Full of grace, love, and hope, Lesli’s site offers “Spiritual Nourishment for the Infertility Road.” Not only does Lesli offer gorgeous, heartfelt infertility prayer, she shares excellent resources such
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The other day, I had the good fortune of stumbling upon a fantastic blog post by Cheri, the creator of No Kid On The Block. Smart, funny, and seriously kick-ass, Cheri generously shares her journey, the reality of living with premature ovarian failure, and spot on musings about the life she lived prior to trying
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