Voices From The Community
Sometimes, the hardest part of the journey is sitting with the grief, acknowledging the feelings, and giving yourself space to process. 💔
Especially as an older single navigating decisions like egg freezing or considering becoming a single mother by choice, know that your emotions are valid and processing it all takes time. Don’t push yourself to make a decision quickly. Be gentle as you come to terms with this next stage of your life.
Primary Ovarian Insufficiency While Single
“I've learned so much about myself through this journey. I wish it never happened, but at the same time I have grown more than I could have imagined.”
Circumstantial Infertility and Being Single
We share these heartbreaking words with you so that you can understand a little bit more about how hard it is for them to be carrying the weight of not being married AND not having children.
Vaginismus & Being Single
Here is a personal account of vaginismus. We are sharing her words because her experience is the very essence of circumstantial infertility.
Another Year. Alone
While this space is geared to those who are struggling to have a child, we often get messages from those who are not even able to try yet, for many different reasons.
Personal Story of Premature Ovarian Failure
“I've learned so much about myself through this journey. I wish it never happened, but at the same time I have grown more than I could have imagined. It is still a lonely place and painful.”
84. Singledom and Circumstantial Infertility with Chanie Wassner
Chanie Wassner joins Aimee Baron, MD to talk about the unfairness of modern society placing undue emphasis on a women’s fertility, egg freezing and why it’s not all it’s cracked up to be (see what I did there?), and the perils of single parenthood.
The Grief of Being Single
We heard a lot during the live with @pharmieinthecity about the idea of 'disenfranchised grief'. Bereavement expert Kenneth Doka coined the term in 1989 to capture this feeling of loss that no one seems to understand and that you don't feel entitled to.