Holidays & Special Occasions
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 [...]
Easter and fertility are intertwined: eggs, bunnies, new life. If you’re ready to get pregnant, check out these Easter fertility tips. Maybe you’ll conceive a baby at Easter, and maybe you’ll give birth at Christmas! You can always hope, and try… Before the tips, a quip: “The joyful news that He is risen does not [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Coping with infertility over the holidays isn’t easy for couples who can’t get pregnant. These tips for enjoying Christmas and Thanksgiving — not just surviving the holiday season — may help you cope. “Isn’t it funny that at Christmas something in you gets so lonely for – I don’t know what exactly, but it’s something that you don’t mind [...]
If you can’t get pregnant and are coping with infertility depression on Thanksgiving Day – remember that you’re not alone! About 10% of couples trying to get pregnant have fertility problems. “As month after month of prayers go unanswered, we can begin to wonder if God is even there,” writes Julie Irwin Zimmerman in A [...]
If you want to get pregnant, dress up in a Halloween costumes that symbolizes fertility and pregnancy! Maybe if you visualize yourself pregnant, you’ll conceive a baby faster… These Halloween costumes focus on pregnancy, fertility, love, and relationships. If thinking about dressing up in a Halloween costume that revolves around pregnancy or fertility makes you sad [...]
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