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 …
Take The Sting Out of Baby News and Showers Pt. 1 Read More »
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 …
For those of us fluent in the language of infertility, there are few words, so innocuously strung together, that are more likely to elicit a punch in the face as a response. It would be so much easier if the answer was a simple “yes,” or no. Our “maybes,” or “we hope sos,” are answers …
You Guys Having Kids? Keys to Answering the Question Infertile Couples Hate Read More »
At the beginning of my fertility journey, I was obsessed with peeing on predictor sticks. I agonized over the number of quality eggs I had left. I fiendishly scrutinized every flutter, ache, and pain as if it was some mythical sign of pregnancy. These of course seemed like the charming, Type A concerns of any …
