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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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. [...]
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 [...]
Why Timing Isn’t Everything…
The phrase that I hate more than any phrase that has ever existed is "when the timing is right, it will happen." GAAAHHHHHH!! Excuse me whilst I bang my head on my desk and scream a furious war cry. I will admit that I used this phrase quite often during my early twenties. Josh [...]
Infertility, The Gift That Keeps on Grieving
It's a strange feeling, grief. It's even stranger when you're grieving something you've never had. I didn't think it was possible until this past year. It hit me like a ton of bricks when I was sitting in the doctor's office last week. Ironically, it was dark and snowy outside. I stared out the window [...]
