Category: Slow Swimmers & Fried Eggs

I had planned to write on a different topic this week, but after reading Cathy’s poignant and compelling post on IVF and Suicide last week, I felt I needed to carry on the theme of mental health and infertility as it’s so incredibly real and important to every one of us going through what we’re… Continue reading Solidarity in pineapples – the infertility community

Cheers, dear readers,   I would like to take a moment on our Slow Swimmers & Fried Eggs blog to do something very important. Practice Gratitude. And not just in general. But practice gratitude for all women. Today as I write this, it is International Women’s Day (March 8). I often talk here about the… Continue reading Celebrating All Women – Love a Lovely Lassie Today!

Infertility is lonely and overbearing in every aspect possible. Whom do you turn to when you’re lost ? When you’re confused? When you’re low and need to be picked up? When you’re struggling to decide on what next? Cathy & Eric this week 🙂

Cheers, dear readers,   I am so proud and happy to share with you that a member of a community that I am involved with – The Global Sisterhood – has had the opportunity to give a TedX Talk surrounding women’s struggle around childlessness and motherhood. I have watched Jody Day’s outstanding presentation video three… Continue reading From Where I Stand – TedX Talk by Jody Day on Disenfranchised Childless Women

“I am an old man, and known a great many troubles in my life, but most of them never happened.” – Mark Twain Hi folks, Eric here again. My last time around, I spoke about dealing with stress. As I was thinking more about it, I realized that, while useful, this advice fails to get… Continue reading Dealing with Fear: A simple, two-step approach

So it seems like I touched a nerve last time with my “you’re not alone… but you’d never know it” post. I definitely got both supportive and confirmatory comments that my perception was on target, that there are no support groups, no forums or other outlets specific to the infertile male community. At best there… Continue reading The Cult of the Masculine

Hi everybody! Eric here again, with a quick (and I hope interesting) add-on to my last post. Last time ‘round, I talked about how I thought one could, with some forethought, use planning and awareness of the future to actually try to enjoy your time in IVF treatment. A cool idea, I thought <pats self… Continue reading Three Things You Should Absolutely Do Before Baby Comes

Cheers, dear readers, I recently had the incredible good fortune of seeing one of my heroes, Brené Brown speak live at George Washington’s Lisner auditorium near my home. I was blessed by a friend offering me her ticket to this sold out event when her day’s tasks started to get out of hand for her.… Continue reading Having the Courage to Stand Stong During your Fertility Journey

One of the most difficult things to grapple with when trying to conceive a baby hasn’t worked out the way you’d hoped yet, is the deep sense of failure and worthlessness that it stirs sometimes. Subfertility has a significant emotional impact and plays on your vulnerabilities. You chastise and berate yourself for not being able… Continue reading Restoring Self-Worth When Subfertility Erodes Your Esteem

Lisa Manterfield is the creator of LifeWithoutBaby.com, the online community that provides resources, community, compassion, and support to women facing a life without children. She is the author of Life Without Baby: Surviving and Thriving When Motherhood Doesn’t Happen and the award-winning memoir I’m Taking My Eggs and Going Home: How One Woman Dared to… Continue reading SSFE Podcast #3 – Lisa Manterfield