At the beginning of September, I went to a Bruce Springsteen concert with a friend of my husband’s. I have been a longtime fan of Bruce’s ever since I was 14 (so, most of my life), and I’ve seen him no fewer than 10 times. I know what to expect at a Bruce Springsteen concert.… Continue reading Reclaiming Your Life on Your Fertility Journey
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Making room for Hope in Infertility
When I walked into the warm breezy room I was immediately overcome with a mix of emotions. The afternoon sun poured in generously through the window. The white cotton curtains danced on the breeze in somewhat etheric fashion. This room has always had a sense of softness to it. It feels uplifting, filled with light… Continue reading Making room for Hope in Infertility
The Joy of Acceptance & the Miracle of Reaching Out
Cheers, dear readers, Do you remember what it feels like be an outsider? To not quite fit in? To be the minority? To feel invisible, and not seen, heard, or perhaps valued as an equal? There are SO many reasons that each of us experiences these emotions, these moments of awkwardness and anxiety. Whether it’s… Continue reading The Joy of Acceptance & the Miracle of Reaching Out
5 Steps to Restore Your Body’s Natural Fertile Balance
Today’s blog takes you all the way back to your high school chemistry class. Bet you didn’t think you’d ever need to know any of that stuff ever again, and you surely didn’t think anything you learned there could impact your fertility, right? Well, it does! The concept of pH balance is very relevant for… Continue reading 5 Steps to Restore Your Body’s Natural Fertile Balance
Finding Sisterhood through Infertility
Yesterday was International Women’s Day. On this day we celebrate the myriad contributions of women to society and the well being of the world. This international holiday has been around since 1909, as women have struggled since practically the beginning of time for equality and recognition. Even so, I didn’t really start hearing about… Continue reading Finding Sisterhood through Infertility
The Differences Between Men and Women Regarding Emotions
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
Things you can do yourself to enhance and boost your fertility
Dr. Ruma Bhargava gives us some useful tips and pointers on how to not just maintain our fertility but to even enhance and boost it through simple everyday choices we make. Must watch !
A Letter to My Pre-TTC (Pre-Trying to Conceive) Self
The first blog post that I wrote for the Slow Swimmers and Fried Eggs blog made me think a lot about who I was before trying to conceive and what it was like at the beginning of my fertility journey. It’s safe to say that my experiences along the way have changed a lot… Continue reading A Letter to My Pre-TTC (Pre-Trying to Conceive) Self
Vitamins – Are you getting what you need ?
You’ve seen those pregnant women popping their prenatal vitamins, but did you know that it’s just as important when you’re trying to conceive too? It’s important to get a sufficient amount of some nutrients before becoming pregnant. A deficiency in folate, for example, during the preconception phase is linked to serious birth defects. By the… Continue reading Vitamins – Are you getting what you need ?
One Year On: Key Lessons From the Infertility Journey
It is crazy to believe that a whole year has passed since I first began writing for the Slow Swimmers and Fried Eggs blog. What an unexpected year it has turned out to be! It is as if the pandemic slowed life down for a while, but then somehow time sped up again and now… Continue reading One Year On: Key Lessons From the Infertility Journey