The two-week wait (TWW) after an embryo transfer is often one of the most challenging ..read more

If you’re struggling with infertility or trying to conceive, you’re not alone. As a social ..read more

Infertility can feel like an emotional rollercoaster, a journey filled with uncertainty, fear, and a ..read more

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IVF CAN FEEL LIKE A LIGHTHOUSE OF HOPE WHEN YOU’VE SPENT YEARS TRYING FOR A BABY. So how do you deal with it when you find out that the IVF cycle has failed? All hope is gone as a tsunami of emotions wash over. I know these feelings well. I have had my own personal experience and lots of other women have told me about these very same feelings. Here are some things to remember, at a time when you might forget. You didn’t do anything wrong. Do not blame yourself. Here are some examples of blaming yourself. “I should have stayed home and rested more.” “I should have waited until the supplements ..read more

Going through infertility challenges frequently takes a toll on one’s physical and mental well-being. I often make the comparison between infertility and ADD. Yes! Attention Deficit Disorder. ADD and infertility both take away our attention, leaving little to no room for one to just -be- in the present. Fertility struggles are a constant distraction. I know from personal experience. I refer to it as the “wild mind” with ongoing pervasive thoughts about infertility. These thoughts, combined with an increased desire to fix a problem, can make it difficult to concentrate at work and difficult to ..read more

“The mind and body are not separate units, but one integrated system.” Going through the fertility journey can be extremely stressful.   Studies have shown that individuals who have difficulty getting pregnant have similar levels of depression and anxiety to those suffering from life-threatening diseases like cancer or heart disease. Believe it or not, there is a walnut sized organ in the brain that is the instructor and master regulator of our stress response. Its called the Amygdala.  (It’s amazing how something so tiny can have so much power.) Stress & Worry Stress and persist ..read more

Infertility and IVF can be all-consuming. It often takes over one’s life and it ends up feeling like a part time job. It’s exhausting. I remember my own journey very well. With all that my husband and I went through and the doctors we saw, I sometimes think that I could have. become a fertility doctor. After our second failed in uterine insemination, I had a booklet of articles and questions for our reproductive endocrinologist. I was very deeply involved in our quest to conceive. I had a unrelenting desire to fix the problem. Except, what was the problem? The problem it termed out was a diagn ..read more

Hypnosis for Fertility “Life is ten percent what you experience and ninety percent how you respond to it.” Hypnosis has been a proven modality in scientific studies that can more than double your chances of conception, compared with IVF alone. Hypnosis allows one to go deeper into the subconscious mind. Through Hypnosis, you can alter the way you think and feel while also changing the way your body responds. Our subconscious minds hold onto past experiences and memories that may not be serving you any longer. It also holds on to recent events, like being diagnosed with infertility, fail ..read more

For most women facing Infertility, seeing another woman with a pregnant belly can be and often is an extremely difficult situation. That feeling of despair occurs as well when confronting a mom and baby; or young families in general. These occurrences, planned or not, are well known triggers that commonly weave in and out of the narratives of almost all of my clients. I hear about this problem a great deal, probably as much as daily. I also remember these were major triggers for me when I was going through my own journey with secondary infertility. I admire how some women who struggle with inf ..read more