Relationship Tips
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 [...]
If you recently lost a pregnancy, you may feel overwhelmed by the grief you feel. Here are five ways to get the support you need from people who understand what you’re going through. “When I lost my daughter Naomi in my second trimester, I felt complete, utter lonesomeness along with my devastating sadness,” says Kristi [...]
Fertility treatments may be harder on a marriage than money problems! These marriage tips for couples coping with infertility will help you and your spouse strengthen your relationship. Infertility and relationships don’t always mesh well; in fact, infertility can take over a woman or man’s life, emotions, and thoughts. Her inability to conceive a baby – or his [...]
If you want to be pregnant but you’re not, Christmas is the most disappointing time of year. Here are a few emotional, physical, and spiritual tips for surviving the holidays. One way to cope with not being pregnant at Christmas is to avoid the holiday season altogether. I’ve spent a few Christmases in Mexico and [...]
It’s not just women who get depressed about not getting pregnant! These tips for husbands and wives will help couples who just can’t seem to conceive a baby. They’re more marriage-based than fertility-based. “Men get depressed about infertility, too,” says J. on How to Overcome Infertility Depression – Can’t Get Pregnant. “My wife and I [...]
A reader is wondering what to do – she can’t get pregnant with her second child, she’s out of work, and she feels like she’s lost herself somewhere along the way… “I was SO happy when I gave birth to my son,” says SR. on Signs of Depression When You Can’t Get Pregnant – The [...]
Not all marriages survive infertility – even if one spouse desperately wants to stay married. Here are a few tips for coping when your partner leaves because of infertility issues. These tips are inspired by a reader’s comment: “My wife of 5 years and I have been through a lot since being married,” says C. [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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