Training People to Be Helpful (You can forward this to your friends and family) I think one of the hardest things about struggling to conceive is how isolating it can be. I know for me I just wanted to crawl into a hole and shut out the world. That meant
How to Deal with all those Nosy Questions. Plan Ahead! One of the many difficult things about struggling with infertility is all those incredibly nosy questions that people ask. It’s amazing right? And it’s especially bad when they seem to come out of nowhere. It’s that unexpected thing that can
Taking a Break. Why It’s so Hard, But so Important to do Anyway When I was in the middle of my infertility journey, already immersed in the world of Assisted Reproductive Technologies and high tech everything, I remember well the feeling of being on a fast moving train that never
What is relaxation anyway? Relaxation is not a “state of mind”. It is a “state of body”. If you have ever heard someone tell you “You should just relax” when they learn about your infertility struggles, then you know well how useful this advice is! NOT! Even when I wasn’t
WHEN IS IT EVER ENOUGH? How many times have you asked yourself, “Am I doing enough?” Or “Isn’t there something more that I could do?” I think many of us ask ourselves these questions all the time about all kinds of things in our lives. But when it comes to
