This is a guest blog post by a friend I met in college, Emily Morrison. She and her husband Dan are dealing with grief due to infertility, and this post is just so relatable for anyone who has also struggled with infertility. It is raw and honest. The following is written by Emily, and is …
When I first started trying to get pregnant, I stopped buying clothes even if I had really liked something, thinking it wouldn’t fit for much longer. I also assumed we would be out of our apartment soon, since it’s just a studio. As the months came and went, I was just still waiting, waiting, waiting. …
A few years ago when I was researching infertility and hormone health, everyone said over and over to reduce your stress! But it wasn’t easy to find actionable steps HOW to reduce your stress. Obviously, most stressful situations requires spiritual, relational, or boundary work. But for this post we will talk about physical ways to …
When trying to change a habit or follow through on a commitment to yourself, YOU can be your own worst enemy. As much as you’d like to “power through it” and sometimes that works, it’s not always reliable day after day after day. As a Whole30 coach, there are two things I always tell people …
The last 2 weeks, I’ve talked about how I overcame my roller coaster emotions while on my infertility journey. Read part 1 and part 2 here. In this last part, I’d like to share a powerful way to change your mindset. I started doing this while struggling with infertility, but I continue to this day. …
Last week I started a 3 part series on overcoming the emotions of infertility. I wrote about how I took control of what I was seeing. Now, I’d like to share another big thing that helped me personally to overcome my emotions of infertility. Part two of this series is about taking a set period …
As any woman struggling with infertility knows, infertility can be an emotional roller coaster. You have days where you feel in control and at peace, then the next day you can barely keep your tears at bay. Throughout this journey, I’ve had my fair share of emotional ups and downs. While it is perfectly ok …
It is estimated that 1 in every 8 couples deals with infertility. If that’s true, you know someone struggling with infertility. Many couples with infertility choose not to talk about it, so you have no idea who these couples are. And it isn’t only couples who don’t have children or who have miscarried. Secondary infertility …