My Fertility Journey

Why Positive Thinking Is Not Enough In the face of stress and anxiety, how often have you told yourself, “I just need to think positive?” Easy enough, right? Not so much… What happens when you don’t stay in your place of perfect positivity? Do you start beating yourself up about it? Worrying about not being […]

Could You Use Some Forgiveness? When things don’t go exactly as planned on your journey, do you find yourself headed into “The Torture Zone?” You know exactly what I am talking about…replaying every teeny-tiny possible crime and misdemeanor you may have committed during the month (or at any time on your journey) that you may

Infertility and Holidays: Calling Upon the “Real” You When you are on the fertility or adoption journey, it’s easy to feel overwhelmed by the internal cast of characters that come along for the ride. There’s “Happy You,” “Hopeful You,” “Terrified You,” “Confused You,” Sick of Disappointment You,” and “I’m Not So Sure I’m Up For

Infertility and Holidays: Gratitude As The Great Equalizer When you are knee-deep in dread about the holidays, the idea of being in a place of gratitude may seem like a sickeningly goody-two shoes approach. Fertility + Adoption journey-fatigue might have you thinking to yourself, “what the hell do I have to be grateful for? I

Infertility and Holidays: A Combustable Combination? Before I got smart and took charge of my fertility journey, the holidays felt like an utter minefield of dread and heartbreak waiting to happen. Who would be sending me a holiday card with a gorgeous, cherubic photo of their baby pasted to the front? Who was I going

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

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

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

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