I’ve got to ask you something. It is a question I wish I had asked myself sooner. I would have initially scoffed at it if someone dared pose it. I am also certain it would have stirred my inner Kraken. The questioner would have been well advised to: RUN. My response to the question would […]
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Ok, hold onto your hat, this one is a doozie- Recently, I had a client tell me that not only was she super excited about her next round of IVF, but that it was going to be fun. Those were her exact words. F-U-N. I am not surprised at how dramatically my clients’ lives change
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Perfectionism is one of the heartbreaking and exhausting traps we find ourselves stepping into on this journey. The perfect diet. The perfect treatment. The perfect environment. The perfect timing. The perfect everything. Perfect is an empty, boldface lie. One of the most seductive lies we tell ourselves. The finest doctors in the finest hospitals can
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I came across something that really got me thinking and I thought I would share it with you: “We must accept finite disappointment, but never lose infinite hope.” –Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Every day that we are on this journey can seem like a day too long, particularly when we are facing disappointment. But,
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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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Infertility Won’t Define Me: Making It Stick Now that you have given yourself some baby news triage and you’ve screamed “infertility won’t define me” from the top of your lungs, it’s time to make this your truth, permanently. Anyone can chant a mantra for a while and pretend to feel better, but that’s not what
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The Heavy Lifting Begins Once you’ve given yourself some Baby News Triage, it’s time to get to work. Getting to the point where hearing about someone else’s pregnancy, or receiving an invite to a baby shower, doesn’t leave you doubled over in pain (unless of course, like me, you have a genetic aversion to mind-numbing
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Go Ahead, Admit It Aaaah, pregnancy and birth announcements–the bane of anyone living with infertility’s existence. While we suffer silently and try to conceal our pain with a brave face, others are shouting from the rooftops about their baby joy. When your nursery is agonizingly vacant and you’ve suffered yet another kick to the shin
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Who’s Scared Of A Little Old Finish Line? When we start out on the fertility journey, so many of us have take it for granted that come hell or high water, we are not stopping until we have a baby in our arms. We resolve to make our stubborn sperm, overworked ovaries, and underperforming uteri
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A Journey Out Loud or Comfortably Mum? As if navigating the reality of infertility wasn’t challenging enough, the question of what to tell family, friends, co-workers, and other inquiring minds when the stork has been conspicuously absent from making a delivery at your house, cruelly adds to the vertiginous heap of anxiety already piling up
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