Cheers, dear readers, I hope you are having an excellent week, my friends! It is a privilege to join you again for another installment of our Slow Swimmers & Fried Eggs blog (SS&FE), where we do our best to add value to you on your journey. My last two posts have been a bit… Continue reading “Being there” for our friends – 3-step process!
Got envy
Today I’m delving into a topic that has been on my mind quite a bit lately. Envy. It runs rampant on the fertility journey. The green-eyed monster has long been a big part of my life. I’ve always been a late bloomer, and a bit of a misfit. I’ve often felt like I’m on the… Continue reading Got envy
Finding your expressive outlet for coping with infertility
The brain is a wonderful thing. It can store volumes of information, controls our bodily movements like walking, talking, breathing as well as our thinking functions, emotions and how we behave. However much we have to be thankful to our brains for, they do need to be carefully managed to ensure that they are always… Continue reading Finding your expressive outlet for coping with infertility
How sugar impacts your fertility
Did you know that the tantalizing sweetness known as sugar can impact your fertility in ways you probably never thought about previously ? Why does something that tastes so good do so much harm to our bodies, and our fertility in particular ? In a nutshell, processed white sugar, or refined sugar, impacts our hormones… Continue reading How sugar impacts your fertility
5 Fertility Boosting Foods
Hey there… Mike here from B Method. Today we’re taking a closer look at certain foods, fertility superfoods as they’re referred to, that can help boost fertility if consumed regularly. You may be asking yourself… “Can certain foods really help with boosting fertility?” That’s a great question to ask and to be considered, so let’s… Continue reading 5 Fertility Boosting Foods
Dr. Gilbert El Haddad on Male infertility
Male infertility is rising fast and becoming all-too-prevalent in society. Dr. Gilbert tells us what causes it, how to test for it and offers advice how to protect one’s fertility.
Coping with a fertility diagnosis
It was 4pm on my last day at work when I got the call about my gestational diabetes diagnosis. I couldn’t believe it – “I eat really healthily”, I blubbed at the midwife as she went on to explain how that had little to do with it and it’s just hormones at play, messing with… Continue reading Coping with a fertility diagnosis
Surviving Loss Together – The Power of Community & Awareness
Cheers, dear readers, Last week, I excitedly shared that I would be meeting some amazing women for our first ever Global Sisterhood Summit – a meeting of the minds of various brave women who have survived their own ordeals with being childless not by choice. Many of us had undergone fertility treatments to try to… Continue reading Surviving Loss Together – The Power of Community & Awareness
Grab the wheel! Be an Active Participant in your Fertility Treatment
Hi everyone. Eric here this week. As some of you know, the thoughts I share here are often prompted by strange thoughts or happenstance, and this week is a great example. Today’s post comes out of a classic Russian acoustic-rock song that popped into my youtube mix yesterday. Andrei Makarevich’s “Conversation on a Train” recounts… Continue reading Grab the wheel! Be an Active Participant in your Fertility Treatment
A Pear of Beets
There’s a growing trend for wanting nutrients on the go ! I for one heavily subscribe to this trend because it allows you to still nourish your body whilst keeping up with your super-hectic work life. Which is why I am constantly on the lookout for smoothie recipes which invariably I modify and tweak a… Continue reading A Pear of Beets