The following is a blogpost from my dear friend Jenny about her experience with depression and fertility treatments. The Day I Yelled at the Worcestershire Sauce Infertility has consumed me. Again. And taken such a heavy toll on all of us emotionally and mentally. Trying to get your body back into a good groove [...]
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When Things Don’t Go As Planned…
For the first time in a couple of months, I'm actually feeling like myself. If you struggle with infertility, you know exactly what I'm talking about. There are times when you feel so disconnected from your body, that you don't even recognize yourself. I recently learned that when you are going through hormone treatments your [...]
Waiting and Waiting and Waiting and Waiting on Baby Acker
The phrase that I have heard the most during my infertility journey, and the one I hate the most is this one... "Just be patient it will happen." Que angry war cry. I was recently listening to a podcast that talked about waiting. When couples are trying to conceive, (TTC) all they do is wait [...]
How to Survive Fertility Treatments
Fertility treatments are the worst. Literally the worst thing ever. Taking fertility medication makes you feel like you are pregnant 24/7 yet your womb is empty. It is physically, emotionally, and mentally draining. Let me describe to you what a typical day during treatment is like. *Disclaimer* Treatment is different for everyone. [...]
The Box of Hopes and Dreams
When Josh and I first started trying, I started a baby box. Excited at the potential of getting pregnant quickly, I starting collecting baby items that I saw on sale or that were given to me. In this box there are several pregnancy books, a few neutral colored onesies, pacifiers, and a hat. In this [...]
Finding Joy Through Infertility
It is very difficult to find joy when you have days where you are barely holding yourself together. There are days when the burdens of life feel so heavy, all I can do is go home and lock myself in my room for several hours and cry. It happens. But most days, I feel great. [...]
But What About Being 20 Something and Infertile?
One of the most frustrating things about this journey, other than the fact that I can't get pregnant, is the lack of material for those that are young and experience infertility. Every book I have picked up, every article I have read, and every blog that I have searched are about woman 30+ suffering from [...]
