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Spoon Theory

Have you heard of spoon theory? It’s the idea that pain, whether emotional or physical, and chronic illness impact a person’s ability to do different daily activities and that each activity costs a certain amount of “spoons”.

Healthy people have unlimited spoons each day and don’t need to think twice about how to use their spoons. But people experiencing pain, chronic illness, or infertility have to be aware of how many spoons they have each day and plan accordingly.

This might look like saying no to Chanukah parties in order to save spoons for making and eating dinner that night.

Spoon theory empowers people to set boundaries to safeguard their mental and physical wellbeing. It’s a reminder to save some spoons to take care of yourself.

We have a limited amount of spoons each day - don’t use any on people or situations that bring you down and wear you out.

Do you think spoon theory is a helpful tool for you? What are some “spoons” you chose to do this time of year?

Spoon theory, self-care, boundaries, infertility, fertility treatment, workplace culture, worklife balance, pregnancy loss, stillbirth

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Workplaces that Support Infertility Journeys

We wanted to share the positive side of navigating a fertility journey while also working and how workplaces hold space for their employees going through hard times.

There are some workplaces that are incredibly supportive and sensitive - swipe to read some examples.

Supportive workplace | positive work experience | work culture | work life balance | infertility | fertility journey | pregnancy loss | bereavement

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Infertility in the workplace

This week we are talking about fertility in the work place.

Sometimes, the workplace is a distraction of the pain in your personal life… and sometimes there’s no escaping it❤️‍🩹

Infertility | working mom | fertility talk | distract yourself | workplace relationships

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Normal question turned complicated

What may have seemed like a normal question before infertility or loss now is so much more complicated to answer…

Aren’t you excited to be pregnant again and have a baby??

Yes… but also no…

Is this pregnancy going to end with a living baby?
Will I get to finally use that room I dedicated to be a nursery the first time I was pregnant?
Am I ever going to ✨feel✨like this is really going to happen for me?

Pregnancy after loss | PAL | infertility | infant loss | miscarriage | grief | life after infertility | grieving mom | Jewish mother | Jewish women

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I’m scared

The years that I kept losing baby after baby are a blur.

I don’t remember much about family get-togethers or political events, and large swaths of time are just gone from my memory.
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What I do remember is the fear.
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I spent years in a perpetual state of panic, feeling traumatized by our experience with secondary infertility, not knowing if I was ever going to be able to get pregnant again. And then once I did finally see those pink lines, I had a momentary period of elation, which was followed almost immediately by a permanent state of sheer terror. I was certain that I would lose this baby too.
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Pregnancy after loss, or after infertility, is a kind of sick holding pattern, that doesn’t let up until you have a baby in your arms. It’s crippling, and makes you lose sense of all that is good and positive. You pray and hope that things will be different this time, while steeling yourself against what seems like the inevitable.
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Your world narrows and you only think about one thing: Today, my baby is still alive. And you don’t relax until you hear that first cry.
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How are you handling your pregnancy after infertility or after loss? What are some of the emotions you are going through?

Pregnancy after loss | PAL | miscarriage | stillbirth | infant loss | ttc | pregnancy anxiety | Jewish women | fertility support