How Infertility and IVF Can Slowly Change Communication in Relationships
Infertility and IVF can change how couples communicate, cope, and stay emotionally connected throughout fertility treatment and pregnancy loss.
More Than Your Diagnosis: Who Are You During Fertility Treatment?
When you are in active fertility treatment, the diagnosis can take over everything: your schedule, your conversations, your sense of self. Reproductive psychologist Dr. Wiyatta Fahnbulleh asks the question that changes that: who were you before infertility became the center of your world? This National Infertility Awareness Week, reproductive psychologist Dr. Wiyatta Fahnbulleh helps you find your way back to that answer.
The Fertility Journey You Are Navigating Between Meetings and Deadlines: A Message for the Professional Woman Going Through IVF and Infertility
Every day, your two worlds collide. The predictability of your professional life and the unpredictability of infertility. You lead teams, manage projects, and meet deadlines. And in between all of it, you are navigating hormone shots, retrieval, and the two-week wait. This blog is for the professional woman going through IVF and infertility while continuing to show up for everything else.
9 Ways to Create a Fertility-Free Zone to Cope With IVF Stress, TTC Anxiety, and Constant Infertility Thoughts
Infertility can take over your thoughts, your phone, and your nervous system. A fertility-free zone gives you a protected space, time block, or digital boundary where tracking and treatment logistics pause. These 9 gentle strategies help you feel steadier during IVF, TTC, and the two-week wait.
When Your Partner Doesn’t Seem to Care About Infertility: Understanding Different Grief Styles
After a failed fertility treatment, you’re falling apart while your partner seems to just move forward. They’re researching next steps, staying positive, focusing on solutions. Meanwhile, you need to cry, to process, to feel the weight of another loss. It makes you wonder: do they even care as much as you do?
7 Couple Self-Care Activities to Strengthen Connection and Find Joy During Infertility
Infertility affects more than the individual; it can put stress on your relationship. These 7 couple self-care activities, from baking and mocktail nights to outdoor adventures, help you reconnect, ease anxiety, and find joy together along the journey.
7 Self-Care Practices to Find Joy and Ease Anxiety During Infertility
Infertility can be emotionally exhausting. Use these 7 self-care strategies to manage stress, boost joy, and reconnect with your sense of self.
The Fertility Patient’s Guide to Asking Questions and Taking Up Space in the Exam Room
Feeling overwhelmed and unheard during fertility appointments? You’re not alone. Many patients struggle to keep up with medical jargon and leave with unanswered questions. This guide offers practical tips to help you confidently ask questions, slow down conversations, and advocate for yourself in the exam room. Learn how to take up space, feel seen, and make informed decisions throughout your fertility journey.
You Did Everything Right: Why Shame Has No Place in Your Fertility Story
Infertility doesn’t always reward effort with results. You did everything “right”—and it still didn’t work. This blog offers compassion, validation, and the reminder that shame has no place in your fertility journey.
When Mother’s Day Hurts: A Message for Those Navigating Infertility, Loss, and the Unexpected Paths to Motherhood
Mother’s Day can be a painful reminder of what hasn’t happened yet. If you’re grieving a miscarriage, facing infertility, or living child-free, not by choice, this day can feel like salt in a wound. In this post, we offer support, validation, and tangible ways to protect your peace on a day that isn’t always easy.
The Unspoken Truth About Black Women, Endometriosis, and the Struggle for Proper Care
Breaking the Silence: Black Women and the Fight for Endometriosis Awareness
Black women with endometriosis face a unique set of challenges in their healthcare journey. From misdiagnosis to exclusion from vital research, this post sheds light on the barriers that prevent Black women from receiving compassionate, informed care.
The Hardest Lesson in Infertility: Releasing Expectations and Finding Peace
The hardest part of infertility? Accepting what you can’t control. Discover how to shift your perspective, let go of expectations, and find healing.