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.
My Secret Menorah Poem
“I am a single woman with a very close friend that has gone through and is currently going through infertility and loss. I am with her on this journey and she sent me the poem.”
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.
Social Infertility
We spend every day talking about this pain. We do this because someone needs to hold space for those in our community who are grieving.
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.
Fertility Preservation as a Jewish Transgender Man
A story of fertility preservation as a transgender man. Being a single man in a fertility clinic can be a really strange experience. It’s even more strange when you’re there to freeze your eggs.
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.”
“Soon By You” Venn Diagram of Being Single and Infertile
After last night’s incredible event and round two tonight with @tziporagrodko I want to put up this post about how the singles and infertility community are unique yet so similar ❤️
The Grief of Being Single
Here are some pain points of what the grief of being single is like. These are just a few points of many, and everyone’s experience may be different, but we know many are relatable.
Being Single and Circumstantial Infertility
We get messages from all over the world, telling us that this work here is valuable. And yet, even those who are not on the path to parenthood have found resonance here.
Being an “Older” Single on Simchas Torah
There are so many situations that may lead one to find themselves in the midst circumstantial infertility and our goal over the next few days is to continue to share your stories so nobody feels alone in their journey.
Things That You Don’t Know You’re Doing That Are Making Guests Feel Uncomfortable with Tzipora Grodko
So grateful for the conversation with @tziporagrodko this evening on how to be a more sensitive host. And yes- the original talk had 7 pointers, but we added one more based on our live tonight.
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.