Hello Lovelies, Do you know what I really want for Christmas? I mean, besides the obvious *cough* baby *cough*… For Christmas I’d really like to love myself more completely. Yup, that’s it! It’s small and it doesn’t cost much but it’s incredibly powerful. If I could wake up Christmas morning and be filled with self-loveRead more
“At least you have one…” That’s the most common phrase I hear when I talk about infertility and our journey to give my son a sibling. My husband and I struggled for two years to conceive our now five-year-old, and on the day he was born, we were already asking my doctor when we couldRead more
Infertility can be a very scary and isolating place. I was – and still am – the only person in my group of friends to have visited this place. The eight of us have been friends since high school and over the years the friendships have changed and evolved as friendships normally do. But nothingRead more
Infertility affects 1 in 6 couples. That’s a lot of people! That means that someone in your family, or circle of friends, or one of your colleagues is affected by infertility. That means someone you know has been poked and prodded, experienced the devastation of negative pregnancy tests every month, cries when they hear yetRead more
I have read that couples who are experiencing infertility cycle through the five stages of grief (denial, anger, bargaining, depression, and acceptance) over and over throughout their struggle. My experience with infertility and treatment leads me to believe that this is probably true. That said, more than any other stage, I have spent so muchRead more
Canadian Infertility Awareness Week is well underway. I can’t stress enough how happy I am for the resources that have been provided to us through Fertility Matters Canada. My husband and I were originally diagnosed with unexplained infertility in March of 2014 after almost 18 months of trying to conceive naturally. We took some extraRead more