Happy New Year 2017! It’s a new year, and symbolically, a wonderful time of new beginnings and opportunities. This year, you can create some new opportunities on your fertility journey as well. I’m not talking about the trite-and-traditional so-called New Years Resolutions. I never found setting New Years resolutions to be a particularly valuable exercise.… Continue reading Your New Years Resolutions For Trying to Conceive
Author: Conceive IVF Hospital
Eating for Well For Your Fertility
My fertility journey has changed many things in my life. Interestingly that also includes having changed my relationship with food. As someone with polycystic ovarian syndrome (PCOS), managing my diet is an important part of my lifestyle. My ‘PCOS’ diagnosis came very soon after my husband and I started trying to conceive, and it… Continue reading Eating for Well For Your Fertility
One Year On: Key Lessons From the Infertility Journey
It is crazy to believe that a whole year has passed since I first began writing for the Slow Swimmers and Fried Eggs blog. What an unexpected year it has turned out to be! It is as if the pandemic slowed life down for a while, but then somehow time sped up again and now… Continue reading One Year On: Key Lessons From the Infertility Journey
Dealing with the Due Date After Loss
“I wanted to find a way to remember her, to celebrate her short life, and to tell the world that she had been here and that she was loved. After all, isn’t this what we all want for our babies gone-too-soon?” ~ Liz Mannegren The baby that we lost because of an ectopic pregnancy… Continue reading Dealing with the Due Date After Loss
Infertility and Spending Time with Other People’s Children
Children are so easy to love. Their innocence, playfulness and curiosity are refreshing to be around, even now in the midst of my own fertility challenges and experiences with pregnancy loss. Maybe it has something to do with the fact that I was the eldest child and the first grandchild in my family, which meant… Continue reading Infertility and Spending Time with Other People’s Children
Build a life you’re proud of – one day at a time !
Cheers, dear readers, I’m writing you today with a happy heart! Last night was a bit of a breakthrough for me – an infertile “barren” woman’s moment of enjoying a small sweet victory. And believe me, I’ll take all of the little (and big) victories that I can! We all can! No one told… Continue reading Build a life you’re proud of – one day at a time !
Your IVF survival guide
Having been through 2 full rounds of IVF and 4 frozen embryo transfers, I feel like now would be a good time to draw up a few survival tips from our experience. Everyone’s experience of IVF will be slightly different but there are some common themes so if you’re going through it or about to… Continue reading Your IVF survival guide
Reclaiming Your Life on Your Fertility Journey
At the beginning of September, I went to a Bruce Springsteen concert with a friend of my husband’s. I have been a longtime fan of Bruce’s ever since I was 14 (so, most of my life), and I’ve seen him no fewer than 10 times. I know what to expect at a Bruce Springsteen concert.… Continue reading Reclaiming Your Life on Your Fertility Journey
Fertility Vocabulary
Embarking on the journey of assisted conception, you will come across an array of words and abbreviations that can make the journey even more confusing than it already is, so this post goes out to everyone at the start of their journey; whether you’re about to have your first doctor’s appointment or just contemplating giving… Continue reading Fertility Vocabulary
30 Day Wellness Challenge
Hey there… Mike here from B Method. I’m super excited to share this 30 Day Wellness Challenge with you. When it comes to being fit and fertile, there’s a lot more to it than just eating healthy foods and exercising regularly. To be fit and fertile requires an all-encompassing approach that takes into account both… Continue reading 30 Day Wellness Challenge