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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 [...]
One of my readers is starting to talk about her infertility, telling people that she can’t get pregnant because of endometriosis and fibroids. This, I believe, will make her feel better and start the healing process… “I’ve got endometriosis and fibroids – and also had a failed IVF,” she wrote in the comments section of Dealing With the [...]
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 know a person or couple coping with infertility, you may not know what to say or talk about! So, here are a few tips on what NOT to say to couples coping with infertility, plus six tips on what TO say. Before the tips, here’s an excerpt from I Am More Than My Infertility: [...]
Here are some tips on talking to people who are coping with infertility from a woman who knows the subject intimately. Knowing what to and not to say to a woman who can’t get pregnant – or a man who can’t get his partner pregnant – can be a challenge. “Remember that infertility is above [...]
These steps for being a foster parent may help you decide if this is a way to build your family! Laurie Tyrrell is a Foster Parent Liaison who not only works with prospective foster and adoptive families, she’s also a foster parent herself. You’ll never believe how many kids she’s fostered… First, a quip from Marilyn Monroe: “I [...]
These marriage tips for couples coping with not getting pregnant will help you deal with infertility and other reproductive problems. Unfortunately, infertility isn’t just heartbreaking for you as a woman or man, it’s hard on your marriage. Before the tips, a quip from actress Reese Witherspoon about being pregnant: “I was surprised when the ultrasound revealed that [...]
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