Category: Slow Swimmers & Fried Eggs

Cheers, dear readers,   It is with great pleasure, mixed emotions, and a heart of gratitude that I share with you a new chapter opening up here at Slow Swimmers & Fried Eggs (SS&FE). After almost four and a half amazing and inspiring years of writing this blog full-time as an unusual dynamic duo, Eric… Continue reading In Infertility find Your Voice and inspire Others to find Theirs

Welcome back, dear friends and readers. Eric here again. I’m on a roll from last week and our continuing meme of “With friends like this, who needs enemies?” So let’s pick up where we left off (about adoption. We also talked about carburetors and duct tape, but I’ll leave those mostly alone today.) I believe… Continue reading Changing a few words can change everything

There’s nothing like a major life event to help rock that chess board! My most recent shake up was being made redundant – and now, 1 month on, I feel like I’m in a totally different place, so much freer, excited and in control of my choices and the chance I now have to reshape… Continue reading Reprioritising life during infertility

Cheers, dear readers, I have mentioned here before what an emotional roller coaster it can be dealing with infertility and the subsequent treatment. I know first hand, and also from talking to others about their struggles. While undergoing fertility treatment, many couples tend to live in month-to-month cycles of big hopes and massive disappointments that… Continue reading Managing the Emotional Stress of Infertility Through Communication

Cheers, dear readers,   The infertility journey is fraught with emotional ups and downs, as well as the physical toll it takes – particularly on the women who have many more doctor’s visits and procedures throughout the IVF / infertility treatment process to endure than our dear husbands. The overall experience can be different for… Continue reading The Differences Between Men and Women Regarding Emotions

It is often said that only hindsight is 20/20.  This isn’t an entirely bad thing. A lot of times, knowing what will happen next would be a definite detraction from our lives.  I mean, who’d care about the football match if we all knew who was going to win?  The stock market would be useless. … Continue reading Things I Learned from Being Infertile – A Retrospective View

Howdy folks, Eric here again. This week I’m feeling a bit “practical pig” and thought I might zero in on the kind of stuff I like. Bullet lists. Practical advice. News you can use. I also realized that I have not spoken in quite some time to guys who are at the start of the… Continue reading Think you’re a tough guy? Three things men should know going into IVF

  For the most part of this unusual and somewhat challenging year, I’ve been listening to various audiobooks for a bit of inspiration. I’ve settled into the lovely routine of taking a break from my computer in the afternoons and going to sit in the sun with a cup of tea while listening to something… Continue reading Do I Belong Without Having a Baby? Examining emotions beneath infertility …

Cheers, dear readers,   In my last post, I focused on the power of incantations which are affirmations on steroids that help bring more resolve and emotion into creating your intentions and your beliefs about what is possible in your life. We discussed how going through IVF treatment or seeking adoption definitely requires a lot… Continue reading The Power of Asking the Right Questions to Stay Positive

So, you know those last couple of posts I wrote? The ones about how no one is talking about male infertility? Well, I admit it. I was wrong. Lots of people are talking about. I was also right. Because it often isn’t the people I think should be. Let me back up a step here.… Continue reading I was Right! (And wrong) About Male Infertility