Happy New Year 2017! It’s a new year, and symbolically, a wonderful time of new beginnings and opportunities. This year, you can create some new opportunities on your fertility journey as well. I’m not talking about the trite-and-traditional so-called New Years Resolutions. I never found setting New Years resolutions to be a particularly valuable exercise.… Continue reading Your New Years Resolutions For Trying to Conceive
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Silver linings, greener grass and the fertility question no one wants to ask
Hi everybody! Eric here again, and today I’d like to talk about the one great big horkin’ scary question that was always on our minds during IVF, the one that we never wanted to talk about. It was like a whisper that we didn’t want to say aloud for fear that, like some ancient curse… Continue reading Silver linings, greener grass and the fertility question no one wants to ask
Bone broth to nourish your fertility
There is a South American proverb that says “good broth resurrects the dead.” The nourishing power of bone broth and its exceptional nutritional benefits have been used in many different cuisines around the world, for sipping as a tea or as a base for soups, stews and many other dishes. Are you wondering what exactly… Continue reading Bone broth to nourish your fertility
Creating your version of your fertility story
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
What it is to be an infertility specialist nurse?
Senior staff nurse Lani, who has been with us for over a decade tells us what it is be a nurse in this field and what her job entails. Without our caring and supportive nurses we would not be able to provide the kind of services we do and so a big thank you to… Continue reading What it is to be an infertility specialist nurse?
Top Foods to Eat (and Avoid!) If You Have Endometriosis
Let’s face it. Life with endometriosis is no walk in the park. It’s very painful and can be incredibly debilitating. Just living everyday life through the pain is challenging, and if you’re trying to conceive, it’s even more so. Your menstrual pains are extremely heavy and painful. Having your period and having intercourse are both… Continue reading Top Foods to Eat (and Avoid!) If You Have Endometriosis
Processing Infertility Rage
I’ve been uncharacteristically angry lately. Waves of rage that keep rising to the surface at unexpected times. Sometimes it’s the things that people say or the events happening around me or the sense of injustice I feel – so many things seem to trigger my anger. I’m aware that the hormonal fluctuations and disappointing outcomes… Continue reading Processing Infertility Rage
Keep calm and carry on through Infertility
I’ve just found this blog post in my unsent archive – I wrote it in November, a mere 3 months before finding out I was pregnant with the baby I’m currently carrying. I’m not sure why I didn’t publish this post at the time; maybe I needed more time to process it or wanted to… Continue reading Keep calm and carry on through Infertility
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Piling on the pressures during infertility
I’d planned to write on a different topic this week but found myself drawn to the subject of expectation as I looked around at my unrecognizable house strewn with laundry, dirty plates and half-drunk cups of tea. What we expect from life and how it turns out to be can look vastly different – I… Continue reading Piling on the pressures during infertility