Posts tagged ivfawareness
Prioritizing and Advocating for Fertility Health at Any Age

We have to understand the shortcomings of sex-ed in adolescence to understand where (and why!) we may fall short as adults, especially as it relates to reproductive health. In addition to inadequate sex-ed classes, there are also societal and cultural stigmas (amplified by social media) that hold us back from self-advocacy.

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How To Help Your Relationship Survive Infertility

I will never forget the day I was sitting in my therapist's office, telling her how poorly my relationship with my husband was bearing the weight of infertility. She locked eyes with me and said, “what happens if you get the baby you want so badly but your marriage doesn’t survive as a result”?

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The Importance of a Basic Fertility Workup Before You're Ready

Anyone who has not conceived immediately upon trying has likely googled something to the effect of “how long will it take me to get pregnant? Every source on the internet echoes what most people will also hear from their gyno: in so many words, “just relax”. The reality is, this advice can do real damage for some of us.

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What About the Sperm? A Closer Look at Male Factor Infertility

The secrecy and social stigma surrounding Male Factor Infertility has a disastrous effect on the ability of couples to get the help they so desperately need when struggling to conceive. Many suffer through years of infertility before even considering the prospect that his sperm might have something to do with the issue.

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Tips For Managing Emotional Triggers While Trying To Conceive

There is an excellent illustration by the incredible @infertilityillustrated depicting a woman walking down the street looking down at her phone. Hiding behind a corner is another woman wearing a boxing glove, waiting to deliver the first woman a surprise left hook. The boxing gloved woman is a trigger exemplified. It is that sucker punch that knocks the wind out of you when you’re just going about your day, minding your own damn business.

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Media and Celebrity in the Fertility World

High profile stories of infertility and pregnancy loss reach the furthest corners of social media and give voice to experiences that so many others are suffering in silence. But they also give permission to readers to feel and think certain things about these experiences. This includes those who are enduring something similar, as well as those who have not yet, or possibly will never, go through anything like it. And therein lies the immense power wielded by media platforms when these articles are published.

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