This is IVF… Healing Through Trauma

This is IVF… Healing Through Trauma

Words by Marilyn Gomez | @marilynbgomez | This is the part I never share, but here goes. I believed I caused my infertility. My brain needed a story for it to make sense as to why I was not getting pregnant. Two years before we started trying to conceive, the condom...
This is IVF… Failed round after failed round

This is IVF… Failed round after failed round

Words by  Abbe Feder | @absofstyle | I took a long and unanticipated six-year journey to motherhood and I learned a LOT – too much, actually. No one thinks they need IVF when they start, especially if the diagnosis is unexplained infertility. But eventually,...
This is IVF… Hoping the doctor can get me pregnant.

This is IVF… Hoping the doctor can get me pregnant.

Words by Krissy | @riding_fertilitywaves | IVF to me, is hoping the doctor can get me pregnant – with one that I can keep. Hi. My name is Krissy. I am not too sure where to start, but I am currently waitlisted for IVF summer 2022- I know, a lot of you have “been...
This is IVF… Babies over 40!

This is IVF… Babies over 40!

Words by Elizabeth King | @elizabethking_coaching | My name is Elizabeth and I’m an IVF warrior who struggled deeply with infertility. My story isn’t unlike many others who go through this process. In fact, I’m one of many women who have struggled with trying...
This is IVF… Isolating, Hopeful and Emotional

This is IVF… Isolating, Hopeful and Emotional

Words by Jodie Nicholson | @jodienicholsonauthor | We spent 6 years, in total, trying to conceive, including 3 years of tests and treatment. All self funded because the funding system in the UK is designed to unfairly judge and penalise the most vulnerable. The fact...