Elyse Ash

Elyse Ash is the founder and CEO of Fruitful Fertility. It took her and her husband Brad three years, two rounds of IVF and one frozen embryo transfer to see their first positive pregnancy test which brought them their daughter, born in March 2018. Elyse lives in Minneapolis and loves poetry, hockey, social justice, Beyonce and pretending she’s into yoga.

Using Castor Oil Packs for Infertility

When you’re trying to get pregnant, there are a lot of holistic changes you can make to your routine before going down the IUI or IVF path. A really simple, affordable (yet kind of odd) thing to try? Castor oil packs.

Trying to Conceive While Being “Type A”

When you’re trying to get pregnant, everything else in your life gets put on hold. This lack of control and structure is tough for even the chillest people, but it can be downright torture for those of us who have “Type A” personalities.

iFertracker: Because Temperature Charting is the Worsttttt

Charting your basal body temperature (BBT) is a great way to naturally track your ovulation…except it’s a logistical nightmare. Luckily, our friends at iFertracker have found a way to remove all the terrible parts to get women trying to conceive the ovulation data they need.

How to Support Your Friend Going Through a Miscarriage

The thing about having a miscarriage is that it’s awful for about 78 different reasons. So when someone close to you makes an insensitive comment, it can make you feel so, so much worse. We talked to five women who experienced miscarriages to explore what specific things some of their friends said or did to help them feel loved and supported.

How to Talk Yourself Out of a TTC-Induced Tizzy

When you’re trying to conceive sometimes the slightest trigger can completely derail your day (and mental state). So what can you do to stop the internal catastrophizing after seeing that pregnancy announcement? That’s our topic for the day…

20 Celebrities Who Experienced Pregnancy Loss and Infertility

Infertility doesn’t care if you live in a small town or in the Hollywood Hills. It doesn’t care if you’re broke or make millions. Today we’re talking about some of our favorite celebrities who have shared their struggles with miscarriage, child loss and infertility.

Listen Up: Our Favorite Fertility Podcasts

Podcasts can be a great way to get the information and support you need when dealing with the heartache of infertility. They’re covert, free, oftentimes funny and produced with so much love and energy! Today we’re sharing our favorite fertility podcasts and asking our readers which ones they also can’t live without.

4 Metaphors for Explaining What Infertility Feels Like

Arguably one of the most painful aspects of going through infertility is how misunderstood it is. No matter how hard our friends and family try to get it…they just don’t. Here are 4 metaphors you can use to try and convey just how frustrating, heartbreaking and crazy-making the whole fertility experience can be.

How to Know If You’d Make a Good Fertility Mentor

Infertility is a traumatic life event for millions of women and men. And because talking about it is still taboo, few people feel comfortable opening up to their friends and family. This makes others who have gone through the experience ideal allies for those in need of emotional support. But what exactly makes someone a good fertility mentor?

Infertility in TV Shows, Movies + Pop Culture

Infertility is an inherently dramatic experience, making it ripe for juicy plot points in TV shows and movies. Grab your popcorn; today we’re sharing our favorite infertility-related stories and ranking them based on how accurately they portray the experience.