Do you ever feel like no matter what you do there is a never ending stream of turds getting flung in your direction on this journey? Do you ever want to shout, “SERIOUSLY?! WTF?” If you have felt that way (or feel that way now), just know that you are not alone. There were times […]
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Do you ever feel like your head might explode when considering all of the options you have for improving your fertility? IUI? IVF? ICSI? Acupuncture? Supplements? Yoga? Meditation? Herbs? Abdominal massage? Reiki? No dairy? No sugar? No fun! The considerations are seemingly endless, sometimes contradictory, and can leave you feeling like if you don’t do
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This week we are going to talk about time. Time and the timeline in which our babies come is one of the most gnarly things we fiendishly torment ourselves with on this journey. The tick-tock of your biological clock probably started off as an excitedly gentle din…until fear and doubt took over and made it
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Well love, this week is the official kick off of the holiday season here in the States with Thanksgiving. Whether you celebrate it or not, this time of year is when things can start to get pretty darn hairy on this journey: The annoying or insensitive questions… The pressure… The obligation… and yes, the reminders
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Have you completely cut out OR restricted yourself from having the things you love in the name of trying to get pregnant? Sugar. Wheat. Wine. Spontaneous sex. Date night. Vacations. The little things than make you feel pampered and beautiful. Joy. Fun. As a woman who is teetering on 38 weeks of pregnancy at age
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You can transform the trajectory of your journey with one question. I know that may sound a bit far fetched, but read on and you will understand what I mean. It’s easy to get sidelined on this journey with questions that drain the life out of you like: Why me? When is “it” going to
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How different would a day on your journey be if you celebrated failure? I know this question may make you want to throw a shoe at me, but the hard won wisdom within it is why I’m willing to take the risk. We are conditioned to have so much negativity and fear around failure that
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Does it sometimes feel like no matter what you do, you and your fertility just can’t seem to get along? Do you wish you were more like BFFs than “frenemies?” When you are struggling to conceive, your relationship with your fertility (which includes all of our girl parts and such ) can get down right
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Would you rather admit to criminal activity than have your friends, family, or co-workers find out you are struggling with fertility? I know that may sound extreme, but for many women it’s not far off. I was one of them! I would have rather admitted to drug use or gun running before letting people know
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I would never think that advice I got in my 10th grade Driver’s Ed class would ever apply to my fertility journey–but it absolutely did! It would have been nice if I had made the connection sooner. I remember on the first day of class (as I sat there in my head to toe Esprit
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