Another Month, Another Heartbreak
Another month, another heartbreak. Sharing these words for everyone quietly carrying this weight.
If you’re in this fight too, you’re not alone. Holding space for all the shattered hopes, endless prayers, and unwavering strength.
Grief and the Unknown
Waiting.
Waiting.
More waiting.
For what feels like forever.
Men are Half the Equation
Men are half the equation when it comes to making a baby…and they carry half the heartbreak too. Just because they don’t talk about it as much, doesn’t mean that they’re not aching.
How Men Deal with Fertility Stuff
We asked the I Was Supposed To Have A Baby Community how the men in their life are dealing with fertility stuff. Here are some of the responses.
Big Feelings
You’re allowed to have big feelings, even if you don’t get an award for them.
Parshas Vayakhel
Infertility is hard. Pregnancy loss is hard. The journey to build a family is hard. Make sure to take breaks. You deserve them.
Pregnancy After Infertility
Pregnancy after infertility is holding onto so many emotions
Try To Let Go
Try to let go of the “what ifs” and the idea that things could have happened differently.
Infertility Books
Here are some of the infertility books that we have listed there — all from authors that we’ve personally interviewed.
Podcast Collaboration with Jscreen
Podcast Collaboration with Jscreen
Thoughts & Feelings
The mush of feelings is exhausting 💔
Silent Screams
Thank you to this follower for sharing this poem 💔
From A Man’s Perspective
The Silence of Infertility- From A Man’s Perspective
Things That Are Irrational About Infertility
he most irrational, frustrating, devastating thing 😤💔
Thoughts from the IWSTHAB Community
Some thoughts from the IWSTHAB community. Thank you to these followers for being SO. REAL. 🫂🫂🫂
The Grief of Infertility
The Grief of Infertility
144. My Infertility Story: Lessons from Chana and Penina with Tee Simpser
Tee Simpser joins Aimee Baron, MD to talk about her 6 years of primary infertility, heartbreaking disappointments, life-threatening complications and all kinds of insensitive comments and how she saw herself in the Chana/Penina story from the Book of Shmuel (book of Samuel), as she longed to be a mother, while watching everyone else around her get pregnant.
143. Busting Myths Around Treatment Options Before, During and After Pregnancy with Esther Rollhaus, MD
Esther Rollhaus, MD, joins Aimee Baron, MD to talk about all aspects of reproductive psychiatry, the reasons why someone would reach out, how meds are used as an adjunct to therapy, and myths about medication.
142. Infertility, Trauma, Grief, Addiction, and Endometriosis with Rachel Daar Cohen
Rachel Daar Cohen joins Aimee Baron, MD to talk about a powerful, raw, and deeply emotional story of resilience after a tremendous amount of struggle, her struggle with infertility, trauma, grief, addiction, and endometriosis and how kindness is so important as we never know what people are really going through.
145. Exploring the Emotions of the Struggle to Have A Baby with Aliza Tropper, LMHC
Aliza Tropper, LMHC, joins Aimee Baron, MD to talk about the emotions that come up during the quest to build a family, the guilt, shame, sadness, anxiety, inadequacy, etc., and how they manifest, and suggestions on how to make these deep feelings more manageable, like self-soothing, mini-breaks, reaching out for support and even medication if things become too overwhelming.