Category: Slow Swimmers & Fried Eggs

According to Resolve (the National Infertility Association of America), infertility impacts 1 in 8 couples of reproductive age, which encompasses those who have trouble getting pregnant or sustaining a pregnancy. 1 in 8 is someone you know. Infertility can be a very isolating disease to face. I know, because I have been there. I enjoy… Continue reading You are not alone

I never thought this day would arrive! The long agonizing wait of trying to conceive for 4 years seems to be coming to a miraculous conclusion and the more weeks that pass, the more I start to believe that we’ll actually get a baby come October, and that is, quite frankly mind blowing!   Our… Continue reading Starting to believe it – the 12 week scan after infertility

Howdy, Internets! Eric here this week, and thinking about relationships, kids and family on this grey and rainy St. Valentine’s Day.   Now this is a totally fraught subject, because there are probably some of you out there (and possibly one in my own house) who love the chocolates and hearts and stuffed animals and… Continue reading Thoughts for Valentine’s Day through IVF

  Cupboards filled with half opened bottles of vitamins and supplements and jars of exotic-sounding, expensively nutritious food that you don’t really know what to do with…sound familiar?   The food and supplements industry are really honing in on creating products to best support fertility and pregnancy and shelves in health food stores as well… Continue reading Supplementing your fertility

On a day that’s all about the future, let me say first that today’s Election-Day post will not talk about politics. But it will talk about The Future, not as in “stuff that’s happening tomorrow”, but The Future as in cue-baritone-narrator, capital T, capital F “The Future”, the big shape-of-things-to-come Future. So while this is… Continue reading Does infertility change how we think about the future?

Cheers, dear readers,   I want to take a moment here to mention what an absolute honor it is to speak to you in this space every week at Slow Swimmers & Fried Eggs. Eric and I do not take this task lightly. We know all too well what it is like seeking solace during… Continue reading Cornucopia of Holiday Survival Guides + Upcoming Special Guest Audio Interviews!

Cheers, dear readers, So many of these blog posts here at Slow Swimmers & Fried Eggs are difficult for Eric and I to write. But I have to say that this one wins the dubious honor of being one of the toughest so far. I recently lost someone I consider a dear friend, a trusted… Continue reading Living Your Legend – With or Without Children

  It’s difficult to make sense of things right now. The world is awash with a frantic sense of chaos. The space that we find ourselves in has sparked a lot of fear, anger, panic and grief. Various industries have come to a standstill, ‘social distancing’ is a new norm. It has completely disrupted life… Continue reading Finding a Fertile Calm through Chaos

Cheers, dear readers,   This past weekend, I had the great opportunity and privilege to hear the incredible and inspiring Zack Anner speak at the World Domination Summit conference in Portland, Oregon – a conference that focuses on “living a remarkable life in a conventional world”. Zach is the author of the comedic memoir If… Continue reading If at birth you don’t succeed …

Cheers, dear readers,   Recently, I had the pleasure of having lunch with my fantastic new friend Sarah that I met through the Global Sisterhood. We originally met back in Vancouver when six brave childfree-not-by-choice women traveled literally from around the globe to be together. Why did we do such a thing? Why did a… Continue reading The Power of Community