Fertility and IVF Journey
- Do you feel like you’ve lost your identity and purpose in life if you can’t fulfil this one desire?
- Do you experience feelings of jealousy, anger and bitterness about friends or family falling pregnant?
- Have you withdrawn from your usual social activities and pleasures?
A fertility journey can feel intensely lonely like no one else understands what you are going through. I remember being there myself and despite an amazing network around me, I felt so alone. Pregnancy announcements and baby showers can cut deep and despite wanting to feel happy for those people, it is normal to also experience feelings of resentment followed by feelings of guilt for feeling that way.
There may be moments of wondering if you are undeserving in some way, self-judgement of yourself and criticism of your body that you may feel like life is letting you down. Hope may follow, excitement even, intertwined by grief and sadness.
The roller-coaster is unrelenting and the cycle is vicious. And it’s exhausting. I get you, I see you and you are not alone. I want you to know that you are already enough, right here, right now, in this moment, as you are.
I believe no woman should have to walk this path on her own. I am inspired to be working in this space having lived through it myself and feeling first-hand how important it is to have the best support around you.
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