Passover Reflection
So many comments will come in during the next week about family size. Hopefully this piece will be a reminder to all of you to never assume anything.
Passover Seder Tips
So yeah - that's why we are talking about it so much. And giving voice to the negative feelings that surround it for so many.
Comparing Family Size
Hold your head high and don't do the comparisons. We broke free of the slavery thousands of years ago. There is no need to willingly put yourself back there.
Holiday Grief
Holidays: when you hoped that this would be the year that you had a baby to hold, it's even more devastating when that dream doesn't become a reality.
Yom Hashoah
So many things just hit differently through the lens of infertility, but we've heard from some of you that this day is particularly upsetting.
Family Pack
With a child or without a child. With a small family or a large family. With a partner or without a partner. You are enough. ❤️
Schlissel Challah
But what if you want to do something to get try to get a message to G-d? What if you’re searching for some kind of meaningful connection?
Ways To Say No
For when the last thing you want to do is get out of your pjs, you need to find ways of saying NO in a clear, direct and concise way.
Mother’s Day
10 things your friend with infertility and/or pregnancy loss never tells you about mother’s day. I want to celebrate for you but also grieve for me.
“Your Child is Spoiled”
The feeling when someone says that your child is spoiled because they are an only child… Because they don't know how long or how hard you've been trying...
More Than DNA
Parents who are choosing to use a donor for their child are thinking exactly the same way. They want to be parents more than they want to share their DNA.
Third Party Reproduction Myths
These are some of the things that parents think about when considering using a donor (and things that other people think when you share you are going the donor route)
Our Donor Egg Story
"We failed 11 IVF's at 4 different prominent fertility clinics with my own eggs, before we even considered donor eggs- what a difference it is going for a transfer being pretty confident that I'll end up pregnant!"
Our Donor Sperm Story
We all are deeply grateful to this anonymous couple for sharing their story about using donor sperm with the IWSTHAB community. Since making the decision, they have never looked back.
Pregnancy After Infertility PSA
Quick PSA for those of you who think that when your BFF finally gets pregnant after infertility that it’s a walk in the park. The trauma doesn’t leave when someone gets pregnant.
Pregnancy After Infertility
Pregnancy after infertility is holding onto so many emotions. I am excited and I am scared. I am hopeful and I have doubt. I am happy and I am sad. Pregnancy after infertility is a new chapter of my long journey to parenthood.
Trauma
Because trauma is not something that you can will away. It takes time, effort, sometimes therapy and a lot of TLC. So please be kind to yourself for feeling all of these feelings.
Know Your People
Some get the fact that it’s a struggle and can relate on a basic level because they too, have been through struggle. And others just don’t. They have led a charmed life. Everything has gone right.
Acknowledge Always
When people are struggling, whether it is something personal or very public, part of being a kind human, of being a mensch (a person on integrity and honor), is caring about your fellow man.
9 Support Suggestions
You all know the basics by now, so here's an updated list to get you thinking a little bit more about how to support the people you love. 9 more suggestions.