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Coping Skills to Ground and Center Yourself through Infertility

February 13, 2025 Susan Allen

Taking care of yourself through this major life stressor. 

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Infertility During the Holidays

November 27, 2024 Susan Allen

It’s not the most wonderful time of the year. 

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Pregnancy and New Motherhood after Infertility

May 9, 2024 Susan Allen

Identity changes through the transition.

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Black Birthing Mothers: Reproductive and Maternal Health

February 4, 2024 Susan Allen

Support for Black birthing moms and women trying to conceive.

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The Uncertainty of Infertility

May 10, 2023 Susan Allen

Help for when things don’t go as planned.

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The Realities of Donor Anonymity

March 8, 2023 Susan Allen

Looking at donor conception from a shared knowledge, connection perspective.

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Secondary Infertility

April 9, 2021 Susan Allen

Secondary infertility is a common experience for many women, but it is not often discussed or understood by others.  

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Navigating the Beta Test / (2WW)

May 23, 2019 Susan Allen

Waiting to find out if you are pregnant is stressful, especially after IVF or FET. To keep the beta test result wait from completely taking over your life, make a plan of action in advance.

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Impact of Infertility on Couples

April 10, 2019 Susan Allen

One in eight couples experience difficulties trying to conceive. Infertility is a major life stressor and treatment cycles can be intensely stressful on partner relationships. Many couples feel like their lives are on hold and struggle with communication challenges and relationship dissatisfaction during fertility challenges.

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Should You Freeze Your Eggs?

November 30, 2018 Susan Allen

Are you considering freezing your eggs? The decision to freeze one’s eggs for the possible preservation of future fertility is subjective and full of complexity.

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Infertility Between Friends

April 14, 2018 Susan Allen

While friendships naturally evolve over time, infertility can really test a friendship. Learning that a friend has become pregnant, while you have not, is unbelievably hard.

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Where Did I Come From?

March 20, 2018 Susan Allen

At some point every child will ask a parent the big question, ‘Where did I come from?’ This standard inquiry becomes more complex when the child asking was conceived through third-party reproduction.

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Limits around Trying to Conceive

February 22, 2018 Susan Allen

How do you know when you are ready to stop trying? The decision to stop fertility treatments and live childfree involves much self-reflection. Some things to consider…

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Later Motherhood

December 19, 2017 Susan Allen

Since 2007, the birth rate has risen 19% for women in their early 40s and 11% for women in their late 30s. Let’s consider some of the positives of older parenting.

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Tags #parenting #motherhood, #infertility

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