The journey of fertility is often filled with ups and downs, and a sense of helplessness. Each cycle can feel like you’re on the worst rollercoaster of your life. The two-week wait (aka TWW or 2ww) is particularly hard, where you often vacillate between hope and despair, as you hyper-focus ..Continue Reading
If you’re trying for a baby, you may already be familiar with navigating hard emotions while #TTC. And if you can relate, I want you to consider (and remember) the following quote, by Buddhist Nun and Teacher, Pema Chödrön: “You are the sky. Everything else is just the weather.” Particularly ..Continue Reading
There’s no doubt about it; the fertility journey is stressful. There are usually tons of decisions involved, continuous tests, poking and prodding of your body, and significant financial considerations. So, it’s no surprise the mind starts spinning. But are you aware your thoughts affect your fertility? Consider this metaphor: Our ..Continue Reading
Emerging From Struggle For months and months while trying to get pregnant, then experiencing two miscarriages, and finally, during the #healthypregnancy of my son, I would see butterflies. White butterflies to be exact. They were there all the time, all around me. Sometimes it would just be one, fluttering and ..Continue Reading
The Dreaded Two Week Wait Plainly put, the two-week wait (aka TWW or 2WW) can be a time of pure hell. And not on the physical level, per se. In fact, much of the two-week wait means you physically feel NO different than before. Uh… That’s a huge mind-game, huh?! ..Continue Reading
Pregnancy loss, recurrent miscarriages and failed cycles can be an aspect of the fertility journey that none of us can fully prepare for. When our hearts ache with grief we begin to ‘protect’ ourselves in the ways we can to get through the darkness. Physically and energetically our body may ..Continue Reading
What is MTHFR? I’m going to share just a brief introduction about the MTHFR gene and its relationship to infertility. The MTHFR gene codes for an enzyme called methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase which plays a role in processing amino acids (the building blocks of proteins). This enzyme is important for the conversion ..Continue Reading