AshleyMar 12 minThe Little ThingsHow can you possibly miss something you never knew? Easy. Infertility does that. Bedtime routines, rules about sharing, meal time frustration, good morning h...
AshleyJan 283 minIt's Not "Just an Embryo"It's a lifetime of love, hope, and dreams. Especially when you're doing IVF and an embryo is all you have. Let's make this visual - easier to grasp for those...
AshleyJan 82 minYour Body is NOT the EnemyStrange confession (I can't believe I'm coming out with this): there was a period of time when I became obsessed with other women's ovaries. If I found mysel...
AshleyJul 18, 20192 minCurls You Can't TouchIf we're wearing our positive pants, infertility can be seen as a series of tiny wins. *You've saved enough money for IVF *You get your meds in the mail *You...
AshleyApr 16, 20192 minFind Your ParachuteOne morning, out of no where, I find myself free-falling. I'm in a panic and I can't breathe. I am powerless against the force of gravity pulling me down. ...
AshleyMar 16, 20192 minTake a HikeAfter our massive IVF fail, I wrote about strategies for coping that helped me get through a pretty dark time. One of those strategies was planning a vacati...
AshleyJan 21, 20195 minWhen IVF Fails: Survival Tips Infertility is not one-size fits all. There is no solution that fits for everyone and what works for me very well might not work for you. That being said, ...
AshleyJan 4, 20192 minGrief - I'm Doing My BestI'm doing the best I can. I don't know how to do this any differently. You assign strong or weak - healthy or unhealthy - sane or crazy - not enough or too ...
AshleyDec 12, 20183 minInfertility at ChristmasChristmas is a complicated time for so many. Particularly for our community struggling with infertility, Christmas can be bitter sweet. How many years have...
AshleyNov 10, 20181 minTo My Baby, In a LabEven though we haven't formally met you yet, we already know so much about you. Here'es what we can say: ~ You are headstrong. When everything around you s...
AshleyNov 7, 20182 minMy Egg Retrieval Prayer After 13 days of preparation, we are ready for egg retrieval. I was surprised by the sheer anxiety that coursed through me when we got our surgery confirmat...
AshleySep 25, 20182 minIVF- Where Faith Meets Science FictionHave you ever stopped to think about IVF? Like, really actually think about what it means? Outside of the cost/emotion/disbelief that you’re here/etc. It’s s...
AshleySep 19, 20184 minFear I was wrong. Just when I thought I was in a good place, I was mistaken. I thought that I was going into this IVF process all Zen-like. I was going to accept ...
AshleyAug 16, 20183 minBlank Space (Taylor Swift lyrics and fertility treatments)A week ago, I was lucky enough to go to the Taylor Swift concert with my girlfriends. I don’t say I’m lucky for the fan-girl reason you might think. I can ge...
AshleyAug 5, 20182 minIVF-moonBabymoon - "A relaxing or romantic vacation taken by parents-to-be before their baby is born". It's a thing. If you haven't taken one yourself, you likely k...
AshleyMay 23, 20183 minHolding On and Letting GoHolding on is exhausting. All I’ve been trying to do during my season of being less-than-fertile is to hold on. Hold onto hope, time, energy, health, money, ...
AshleyApr 24, 20185 minInfertility Awareness According to evolutionary psychologists, humans have 2 main behavioral drives: to stay alive and to procreate. I am not here to liken infertility to the thre...
AshleyApr 11, 20183 minFighting with Faith I’ve felt weird being in churches lately. Something about the slowness, the room for contemplation, the reflection, the prayer, the incredible faith of peopl...
AshleyApr 4, 20183 minPregnancy test bullyI can’t tell you the last time I took a pregnancy test. That might sound crazy considering we’ve been trying for over 50 cycles. The thing is...the test is a...
