How are you sleeping? If you’re feeling the winter blues then perhaps it could be you need more “ZZZZ”. Try unplugging from your electronic devises an hour prior to bed to see how that helps you get the recommended 8 hours a night. Or Does the thought of family conflict or bickering siblings have your […]
How to Survive the Holidays When You’re Trying to Conceive
The holiday season can be a stressful time, even when things are going swimmingly. But add on the pressure of trying to conceive, and it can be especially hard to see this time as the “Most Wonderful Time of the Year!” Here are some tools that can help ease the stress of the “festive” gathering […]
Navigating the Costs to Conception: 3 Tips for Lesbians on the Fertility Journey
Guest post by Kelly Fenton. You can contact Kelly at CoachingwithKelly@yahoo.com The fertility journey can be one wild ride. It can feel like you are on a never-ending adventure and you have no idea when you’ll reach your destination (pregnancy). The more you can anticipate the better. When my wife Nicole and I started our fertility journey […]
Mother’s Day Survival Strategies!
Allow yourself to feel what you are feeling without judgment. I definitely felt guilty about being confused and upset over Mother’s Day, but I did not take into account my situation and the effects the fertility treatments had on my mind, body and soul. So feel what you’re feeling without placing any judgment and then […]
Sending Out a Mayday! About Mother’s Day?
Does the prospect of Mother’s Day make you feel as though you need to send out your own private distress signal? The word “mayday” comes from the French “venez m’aider,” which means “Come (and) help me!” I remember feeling as though I so longed for someone to come and help save me from my infertility […]
Women Fertility and The Instead
Have you heard of the game called Bean Boozled? My family is on our second game of Bean Boozle and to be honest, I really have no idea why! The game works this way, you spin the spinner and everyone picks the same colored jellybean and the kicker is you don’t know if you’re getting […]
Infertility Can Get You Steamed Up!
Sparkle Up Tip! March is Tea Month! Do you remember singing the little childhood song about the teapot? I’m a little teapotShort and stoutHere is my handle Here is my spoutWhen I get all steamed upI just shoutTip me over and pour me out Well, speaking of tea! March is Tea Month and so appropriate […]
Strap on your Jet Pack! Or Make a cup of Tea! Here comes the new energy!
The energy of March ushers in the sense of re-birthing, which is like our jet pack to a state of newness. That shot in the arm (sorry for the shot reference for my fertility peeps) so to speak that can help us to take action to create anew. Wouldn’t it be wonderful to chuck all […]
