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Starting a Series: Mothers After Infertility or Loss

May 16, 2015 by heatherss 5 Comments

I’ve been inspired by Cindy Alfino, who has successfully run series on her blog on “I'm a Mom With Tattoos” and more recently “Behind the Scenes of a Mixed Race Family”. I thought, why not do a series myself? Of course, I don’t think I’ll manage to do this every week; I’m going to more realistically … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Fertility, Infertility, mothers after infertility, Parenting after infertility

How Infertility has Affected my Parenting

February 5, 2014 by heatherss 8 Comments

Before I get to today's post, I want to ask you a favour. Can you please pop over to Shannon's blog at Infertility Awakening and give her some support? She lost her adopted five month old daughter due to the birth dad pitching up out of the blue. I can never imagine what she is going through right … [Read more...]

Filed Under: bloggers, Fertility, Infertility, Parenting, Parenting after infertility, toddler

How My Infertility Empowered Me

January 11, 2014 by heatherss 6 Comments

Infertility can make a person feel profoundly weak and powerless in the face of repeated failures, the passing years and a loss of hope for the child you so long for. Some of the events that can feel like a shot to the gut include your period arriving again, or the announcement of a pregnancy as you … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Fertility, infertility awareness, Parenting after infertility, Self help, self-help, Tips for Survival

Precious Babies

August 3, 2013 by heatherss 6 Comments

"Precoius Babies: Pregnancy, Birth and Parenting after Infertility" by Kate Brian Kate Brian is also the author of "The Complete Guide to Female Infertility" and "The Complete Guide to IVF". I read the IVF book shortly before I thought I would be doing that procedure and it was a very … [Read more...]

Filed Under: books, Fertility, Fertility, Parenting, Parenting, Parenting after infertility

New Network: Parenting/ Pregnant after Infertility or Loss

February 25, 2012 by heatherss 6 Comments

Hello bleeps! You must be wondering why so many blog posts at once (I normally barely manage one a week) – it is because I have a long weekend – midterm break. I just wanted to let you all know that Elphaba at Yolk (or what she has renamed Alice in Diaperland) has put together a network of … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Fertility, PAIL, Parenting after infertility, pregnancy Tagged With: 23 weeks, PAIL, pregnancy, simulataneously pregnant infertile bloggers

Infertility’s Survivor Guilt

December 16, 2011 by heatherss 25 Comments

Hello bleeps. According to Wikipedia: Survivor, survivor's, or survivor’s guilt or syndrome is a mental condition that occurs when a person perceives themselves to have done wrong by surviving a traumatic event when others did not. It may be found among survivors of combat, natural disasters, … [Read more...]

Filed Under: bloggers, Dealing with Emotions, EFT, Fertility, fertility product, LOA, mind and body, Parenting after infertility, self-help Tagged With: infertility, survivor guilt

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