Archive for June, 2008
Career Coach Turned Fertility Therapist
I’ve been turning in circles about which way to take my career. After many pros/cons lists, much pondering, and weeks of journaling with no verdict, I decided to turn to a professional.
What does this have to do with fertility? Initially, nothing, until about an hour into the first session: I’m crying. Not about my career. [...]
Posted: June 27th, 2008 under Coping with Infertility.
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Words that Help, Words that Hurt
I’ve been writing lately about how it is to deal with friends and family falling pregnant when you yourself are struggling with infertility.
I’ve been writing about it, because I’ve been dealing with it.
Within just the last five weeks two of my friends and my sister-in-law have all told me that they’re pregnant. Granted, I’ve been [...]
Posted: June 15th, 2008 under Coping with Infertility.
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Stuck on Announcement Mountain
A friend of mine turned 40. To celebrate, he invited his family and friends to a hut over the weekend on the top of a mountain in the Alps. I’m always game for a weekend in the mountains and am excited to help him celebrate his big, as he called it “downhill birthday”.
We set off [...]
Posted: June 9th, 2008 under Coping with Infertility.
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Announcements Spiral Me into Despair
I wish I could say that I feel nothing but pure joy when my friends and family announce that they’re pregnant.
Pure joy is not what I feel.
My emotions take control of me like the stomach flu. My head gets light and my stomach sinks into an abyss. Throwing up seems like a possibility.
I wish I [...]
Posted: June 1st, 2008 under Coping with Infertility.
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