Category: Slow Swimmers & Fried Eggs

I’ve been thinking about my last post regarding “silver linings,” and I realized yesterday while in a meeting that I missed a big one. In that meeting, someone said “I sympathize with you, I’ve been there myself.” While I am far from a professional grammarian, I stopped and thought to myself, “did they use that… Continue reading Sympathy vs. Empathy, or “How infertility made me a better friend”

Cheers, dear readers, Cathy here of the Dynamic Infertility Duo, Eric and Cathy. Well, isn’t that a strange title? Ha! So be it! As we like to say in my rock band Surrender Friday, “It Is What It Is.” Speaking of my rock band, as I was deciding what to highlight in this week’s post,… Continue reading What Happens When The Music Stops ?

Cheers, dear readers, In America this week, we are celebrating an annual holiday of Thanksgiving. I thought given that, it would be an appropriate piece of writing to share here to reflect on all of the things I am thankful for in regards to being an infertility survivor. Even in some of our biggest trials,… Continue reading In everything, give Thanks !

Cheers, dear readers, Cathy here representing Conceive Hospital for another installment of our blog. We very much hope that what we are contributing here is helpful both to Conceive’s patients as well as anyone else that may be reading this blog. This is only one couple’s journey, but we represent many other couples out there… Continue reading Fingers and Toes crossed !

There’s an old proverb that every dark cloud has a silver lining, that if only you can find it, there’s some potential good to come out of even very negative experiences. I’m not at all certain that’s true. In fact I’m pretty sure it isn’t true. I think many dark clouds have silver linings, but… Continue reading Dark Clouds and Silver Linings

Cheers, dear readers, Cathy here speaking up about my journey through the infertility wilderness. Today, I have decided to tackle a difficult aspect of dealing with the potentially traumatic aspects of infertility. I was going to delay this post until later, but I think it can’t wait any longer. When I launched my very first… Continue reading Infertility and Suicide – What’s the link ?

Cheers, dear readers, Cathy here having returned from seeing the Disney movie “Frozen” for the first time yesterday. I happened to be at a friend’s house where we were snuggling with two infants including my goddaughter over the weekend. Both babies are scrumptious and as us “infertiles” like to say, have “daddy’s eyes and mommy’s… Continue reading The Deep Freeze & “Let it Go”

Hi folks. Eric here again. I was just reviewing our posts to date, stepping back to take a sort of holistic look at the thoughts Cathy and I have shared so far. We’ve talked about emotions, fears and feelings, and some of the more pragmatic concerns as well; the sometimes bewildering and awkward process, tests… Continue reading Having a family : What’s its worth to you ?

Cheers, dear readers, Natural Cycle IVF. What is it and what are the advantages? And why choose it as a preferred fertility treatment option for your Path to Pregnancy toolbox? Cathy here again this week. I am surrounded by my two kittens as I write this, getting some much needed kitten therapy. I swear it… Continue reading Natural Cycle IVF

Cheers, dear readers, Thank you once again for coming to read about our personal journey with infertility. Last I left you, Eric and I were scheduled to embark on a very scary journey… the unknown world of fertility treatment. We were nervous, scared, anxious, and on edge quite often. Trying to quietly keep track of… Continue reading Acupuncture, Yoga, Retrieval – OH MY!