Today is Thanksgiving in the United States. A day of fabulous food, fellowship and being grateful for the abundance in our lives. Thanksgiving is my favorite holiday. I love it more than Christmas. I’m all about the food, more so than the gifts! If you downloaded my Fertile Thanksgiving Dinner Menu, you know what I’m… Continue reading Making Your Self-Care Plan For the Holiday Season
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Playing the Waiting Game: Patience and the Fertility Journey
There’s a lot of waiting when you’re trying to get pregnant and have a baby. Waiting for your period to come to start a new cycle. Waiting for ovulation. Waiting to get that consult with a new fertility doctor that you scheduled weeks ago. Waiting for your screening test results to come back so you… Continue reading Playing the Waiting Game: Patience and the Fertility Journey
Kick Off Summer With a Fertility Boosting Salad
Summer might not officially begin until next month, but this weekend’s Memorial Day holiday is the unofficial harbinger of summer in the United States. I love summer. I love it so much I chose to get married in the summer. While each season has something special to offer, I love summer the most because… Continue reading Kick Off Summer With a Fertility Boosting Salad
What You Can Learn from Charting Your Menstrual Cycles
If you’ve been with me for a while, or have any familiarity with my story, you know that I started trying to conceive my first baby when I was 41 years old. After 13 months of trying and 2 losses, I finally conceived my son Charlie, who was 3 last December. Most of the… Continue reading What You Can Learn from Charting Your Menstrual Cycles
Trick or Treat! Treat Yourself to Fertile Self-Care Through the Holidays
Cheers, dear readers, Happy post Halloween for those that celebrate this festive and fun-filled holiday. I have always enjoyed this costume-laden holiday ever since I was a wee tot. My mother used to make me grand Halloween costumes from scratch. She was an amazing seamstress! Thinking back, I amaze myself with the ridiculous challenges… Continue reading Trick or Treat! Treat Yourself to Fertile Self-Care Through the Holidays
New Year, New Fertility Reset !
Now that the holiday season is behind us, and we are in an amazing new year, it is time to hit reset the button on our fertility fears !! As many people are writing down their New Year’s resolutions, or going a step further and creating vision boards with pictures and words depicting weight loss… Continue reading New Year, New Fertility Reset !
Don’t Let Fertility Stress Take Over
We talk about stress A LOT when it comes to fertility challenges. But that is because it is a real life problem. The issue with stress, is that if it goes unmanaged, it WILL wreak havoc in the body. It’s not IF, but rather WHEN. And not only when but also, HOW it shows up. … Continue reading Don’t Let Fertility Stress Take Over
Carpe Diem – IVF is about your future family, but don’t forget about today
This past weekend I was fortunate enough to be visiting my parents in the town where I grew up, and got to spend a rare hour with one of my dearest and oldest friends. There were lots and lots of hugs and “I’ve missed you’s” as we tried to wrangle her children (a sweet whirlwind… Continue reading Carpe Diem – IVF is about your future family, but don’t forget about today
To Those Facing Infertility on Mother’s Day
Dear brave and resilient woman, May is upon us and Mother’s Day is around the corner. You’ve probably seen the Mother’s Day adverts and specials everywhere – in your social media feeds, on television and radio, and in the grocery stores. Are you dreading the day? When you’re facing fertility issues it’s not unusual to… Continue reading To Those Facing Infertility on Mother’s Day
PTSD, Anxiety and Trying to Conceive Again After Loss
A few months ago, my husband and I were given the all-clear to start trying to conceive (TTC) again. It was a relief to move forward from things being at a standstill. Finally, there was some forward momentum on our path to parenthood. However, almost as soon as I readied myself to begin the journey… Continue reading PTSD, Anxiety and Trying to Conceive Again After Loss