Living with peace, joy & abundance in the face of infertility.

In last week’s post I introduced the concept of the change cycle as described by Dr. Martha Beck.  I talked about the difficulties of Square One – the death and rebirth phase of the change cycle.  This week I want to talk about what happens as you move out of the pain of Square One [...]

Miscarriages, failed IVF cycles and other infertility disappointments often leave women feeling devastated, frustrated and lost.  If you’ve experienced any of these events, you may remember uncontrollable crying, raging, withdrawing, rebeling and lots more.  Unfortunately, there’s no avoiding this painful phase, in fact, the best way to handle it to just feel every emotion all the way through.  But it’s [...]

When you’re dealing with infertility it seems like baby shower invitations arrive on an almost weekly basis.  During my first 2 years of trying to conceive I went to lots of them.  I felt confident that I would eventually have a baby of my own so, back then, the showers weren’t difficult.  After the first couple [...]

When you’re in the midst of fertility issues, you will no doubt eventually find yourself faced with a decision to either do an Assisted Reproductive Technology like IUI or IVF or continue trying to conceive on your own.  For some of us, this particular fork in the road comes up time and time again over [...]