So you’ve made getting pregnant your goal for 2018. Or maybe your goal is to lose a little weight (after some unhealthy choices over the holidays, getting rid of the muffin-top is definitely one of mine!). Or maybe you just want to have more energy and feel healthier. We’re a full week into 2018… Continue reading Get Your Cleanse On and Renew Your Fertility!
Getting hit when you least expect it…
When I’m not at work, I keep myself occupied with one form or other of martial arts. I’ve done Karate, Judo, Jiu Jitsu, kickboxing and the like for 25 years. One of the things you learn when studying the science of beating the stuffing out of people is to try and hit them when and… Continue reading Getting hit when you least expect it…
Environmental Toxins causing infertility
Hi readers! It’s been 9 months since we’ve seen each other and I’m so happy to be back with you! Starting this month, you’ll be hearing from me again, once a month, with all the fertility, health, diet and lifestyle tidbits that you can really use to help you on your journey – and that… Continue reading Environmental Toxins causing infertility
PICSI (pronounced as “Pixie”)
Senior Embryologist Ferhath describes in this video a brand new technique – PICSI. It’s marvelous in being able to select mature and good quality sperms for the ICSI procedure. The principle behind this ingenious technique is a smear of the egg’s hormone is plastered onto the bottom of the dish. To this hormone only mature… Continue reading PICSI (pronounced as “Pixie”)
With friends like these … (Part Two)
So in my last post, some of you may recall I talked about the old chestnut, “With friends like these, who needs enemies?” Cathy has certainly spoken about the insensitive, thoughtless and occasionally downright bizarre things that family, friends and others will blurt, and I had started to offer some thoughts on the uniquely male,… Continue reading With friends like these … (Part Two)
Turn Toxic Thoughts into Empowering Thoughts during the Infertility Journey
Cheers, dear readers, We’ve all done it – woken up on the wrong side of the bed with toxic dis-empowering thoughts right out of the gate. We shoot ourselves in the foot before we’ve even gone for our first bathroom break. For example, how often do you think these two thoughts first thing… Continue reading Turn Toxic Thoughts into Empowering Thoughts during the Infertility Journey
Infertility and Suicide: Bravery + Why Rising Tides Lift All Boats
Cheers, dear readers, I’m poking my head back here at Slow Swimmers and Fried Eggs (SS&FE) after a recent medical scare, which brings me to the main topic of this post: Our mental and emotional health as we traverse this infertility journey. I have been blown away as well as concerned and bursting with empathy… Continue reading Infertility and Suicide: Bravery + Why Rising Tides Lift All Boats
Presto! Pesto
Work work workOUT work work TRAIN work work STUDY – such is life for very many today with of course a few nights out and movies (ok maybe more than a few). ‘Quick’ & ‘easy’ govern practically every aspect of my life and my time management skills are being tested to the max. Just not enough… Continue reading Presto! Pesto
What I Learned From My Fertility Journey
During the first week in December, my son will celebrate his sixth birthday. I truly can’t believe this. As he has passed through every milestone of early childhood – rolling over, first steps, first words, first day of preschool — and now we are in the era of kindergarten, parent-teacher conferences and drop-off birthday… Continue reading What I Learned From My Fertility Journey
What My First Medicated Fertility Cycle Has Been Like
It was cycle day one, and I stood in the queue at the pharmacy anxiously waiting my turn. They had gotten new stock of the fertility medicine I’d been prescribed for our medicated cycle just in time. The first blessing. When I got to the front of the queue, I handed the pharmacist the script… Continue reading What My First Medicated Fertility Cycle Has Been Like