Category: Slow Swimmers & Fried Eggs

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…

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)

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

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

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

Cheers, dear readers,   A couple of months ago (my how time flies!) I had the opportunity to meet up with not one, not two, but three wonderful women I have met through our Global Sisterhood community of women who have survived infertility. What an absolute pleasure and treat! They all happen to be in… Continue reading Expressions of Love and Loss Through Community, Art and Writing

I should have had a baby this Christmas but it wasn’t meant to be – I’m sure many of you are in the same situation. Failed IVF cycles, miscarriages, expectations of “being pregnant by now” are all incredibly hard things to deal with especially at this time of the year. So much of the focus… Continue reading Infertility is not just for Christmas

Cheers, dear readers, Hello wonderful readers and patients of Conceive Hospital. I have missed speaking with you and I look forward to writing another excerpt for you about my journey down the infertility path that many of you are on now. Please know that you have all of our support and warm thoughts, and that… Continue reading ‘X’ marks the spot

Hi Internets! Eric here, and I thought this week I’d share an interesting conversation that came up. Not long ago, an acquaintance of mine was surprised to find out that Cathy and I write a blog for an infertility hospital because, as he put it, “But you couldn’t have kids.” Um, yes, I do realize… Continue reading A Million Happy Little Heartbreaks (or, “Battling Infertility: A fight worth fighting”)

Hi folks. Eric here, with a deeply personal revelation. I hate to run. I mean I HATE to run. But every September, Cathy and I run the rock and roll half marathon in Virginia beach, with thousands of runners, crowds of fans, and bands every mile cranking out pump-you-up tunes. And every year, I show… Continue reading Getting Ready: The Power of Preparation