Category: Slow Swimmers & Fried Eggs

Hello Internet-land! Eric here again this week with another hopefully-helpful post on “stuff I learned the hard way”. Let me start by saying that Cathy and I are blessed in more ways than I can count, from work and family to health to a circle of amazing friends. And one of my favorite things about… Continue reading Being happy around kids when you’re struggling to have your own

Cheers, dear readers, A dear friend of mine from the Global Sisterhood community recently introduced me to the term “emotional labor”. Being the dork that I am, I absolutely LOVE when a term comes along to describe something that I have difficulty putting into words. Thank you whoever coined this new-to-me term! So without further… Continue reading Are you doing more than your fair share of “Emotional Labor”?

Hello! So happy to be writing my first post for this brilliant blog that Cathy and Eric have worked so hard to create. It’s a wonderful thing for a fertility clinic to give a voice to people who are going through the pain of infertility first hand and who can offer raw and honest perspectives… Continue reading New kid on the blog

Cheers, dear readers!   There were many moments on my infertility journey where the emotional pain was so great, I was looking for any strategies I could find to cope just to get through the day. I am normally a rather happy, motivated and enthusiastic person by nature. I was taken by surprise for many… Continue reading Why numbing away the pain, doesn’t work !

Cheers, dear readers, “So, when are you going to have a baby?” This is a question that many women across the globe dread. Why? Because it can feel invasive, pushy, and also as one of my friends so aptly put it, a woman’s uterus and what she has planned for it is none of anyone… Continue reading Reproductive Harassment

Hello everyone. Eric here again. This week’s topic: Dealing with stress, frustration, disappointment and uncertainty. What could that possibly have to do with infertility? Ha ha! We’ve been having a particularly rough few weeks here in Eric-and-Cathy-land – not as difficult as the journey Cathy chronicles in her posts about our struggles to have a… Continue reading A practical post: Coping tools and thought provoking reads

  I remember when I was first told I had endometriosis – I had no idea what it was; I remember putting the phone down to the nurse, googling it and saw that it could lead to infertility. At the time, I was shocked but in no place to even consider bringing a child into… Continue reading Stages of Fertility investigation

  I’ve always been an early morning person. I love the quiet and the sense of mystery that you find when the world is still slowly waking up. The air is fresh. The sky blushes in soft pastel hues. There is a special kind of peace to its stillness – one that makes me feel… Continue reading Cultivating Personal Strength and Resilience through Infertility

How many times have you had to explain your “situation” to random and not so random people? Finding your answers to the age old questions of, “So, when are you having kids then,” or “Don’t wait too long!”, or even “Is that a bump there?”  Oh yes, when we hear these comments and questions they… Continue reading Creating your version of your fertility story

I recently saw one of those funny internet meme poster thingys, and it struck me as one of the best bits of genuine wisdom the web has coughed up in quite a while.   It said (and I’m paraphrasing for civility):   “You run into a jerk in the morning, he’s a jerk.  You run into… Continue reading Male Infertility: Perception vs. Reality (and how to improve your chances)