Infertility Hope & Acceptance
Here are a few tips for strengthening your marriage during the stress of fertility treatments or the heartbreak of knowing you can’t get pregnant. Some couples are coping with unexplained infertility, which may be “worse” than knowing you can’t get pregnant because of endometriosis, fibroids, or sperm health problems. Knowing why you can’t get pregnant [...]
Here are a few tips for dealing with a husband who had a vasectomy without your knowledge (much less your agreement or acceptance!), based on a reader’s question… “I’m 35, married to my 52 yr. old husband who had a vasectomy after having three children in a previous marriage,” says K. on 5 Tips for [...]
Yes, you can overcome the stress and sadness of losing a baby, and keep trying to get pregnant! These tips are inspired by a reader who miscarried a baby and desperately wants to be a mother… “I have been trying to conceive (TTC) for 10 months, and I did get pregnant after four months of [...]
Childlessness doesn’t have to mean unhappiness, even for women who desperately want kids. Here’s why I’m okay with being childless (it’s not “childfree” to me, because it’s not my choice). A reader recently said: “We recently found out that we can’t have kids and have decided against fertility treatments,” says T. on Accepting a Childfree [...]
If you’re still not pregnant or a mom on Mother’s Day, do you feel heartbroken, frustrated, angry, indifferent, or defeated? If you’re like me, you experience all those feelings in an hour…and it’s anything but OK. I’ve rounded up a few responses to infertility on Mother’s Day, ranging from “I’m heartbroken” to “we need to [...]
How do you say “I can’t have children” to someone you’re interested in? These tips for telling your partner you can’t get pregnant are in response to a reader’s comment and question on How to Live With the Fact That You’ll Never Have Children. “How and when do I tell a new person that I [...]
Figuring out how to survive Christmas holidays when you can’t get pregnant is tough, but not impossible! These tips for overcoming infertility depression (or just the frustration of not getting pregnant) are from Harold Levinson, MD. Here’s what he says about people struggling with depression… “Depressed people don’t always respond well to holidays and vacations, when others appear happy [...]
Yes, your marriage can survive infertility! These tips for infertile couple includes ways to move on after years of trying to conceive and not getting pregnant. Before the tips, a quip: “The great thing in this world is not so much where we are, but in what direction we are going.” ~ Oliver Wendell Holmes. You [...]
If you’re dealing with infertility depression over the holidays, try these tips for coping. Not getting pregnant is hard at any time of the year, but it can be worse at Thanksgiving and Christmas. The “normal” angst and loneliness that many people feel during the holidays is magnified if you’re trying to get pregnant, but [...]
