Self Care

Body Image and Infertility

How has your body image changed while going through infertility? Have you been more compassionate or more critical? Elyse Ash shares a bit about her complicated relationship with her body and a few ideas for taking back control if your thoughts around your body are getting heavy.

Tips for Type A Folks Going Through Infertility

If you’re a Type A planner who loves control and updating your Google calendar, welp….infertility is probably your greatest nightmare. Infertility can bring even the most buttoned up, organized, over-functioners to their knees. Danielle Hall of MyVitro shares her favorite tips for getting through infertility when you’re Type A.

Choosing Courage Over Comparison When TTC

Thanks to social media we have insight into so many other infertility stories. This can sometimes feel good and other times lead us to compare in unhealthy ways. In this piece, Justine Froelker shares some thoughts that can help you choose courage over comparison.

Saying No To Fertility Treatments

Everyone has their limit when it comes to dealing with infertility. And everyone’s limit looks totally differently. In this piece, Katie shares why she and her husband Nic decided to stop when it came time to pursue invasive fertility treatments like IUI and IVF, and how she feels about that decision today.

It’s Time for a (Fertility Culture) Change

While the fertility community can be a supportive place, it can also be filled with toxic messages that we subconsciously internalize, “Be positive!” “Try harder. “Don’t jinx it!” Nicole Lange, founder of The Baby You Want and acupuncturist at Life Healing Life, shares her thoughts on the dysfunctional parts of fertility culture and how we can turn them around.

Have Ya Met Monica?

In May 2020, Monica Caron joined Fruitful as our Head of Business Development. It’s been a delight getting to know Monica, so we thought we’d formally introduce her (if you don’t already follow her on IG at @my_so_called_IVF) and share her incredible journey.

Comparative Suffering While Trying to Conceive

Does this thinking sound familiar to you: “I can’t be disappointed we only got 2 embryos; my friend got zero!” There’s a term for it and it’s called comparative suffering. We have these thoughts in the TTC community all the time, even when the world isn’t upside down. In this piece we’ll talk about comparative suffering, how to overcome it and why it doesn’t help anyone.

This Mother’s Day, I’m Mothering Myself

For many fertility warriors, Mother’s Day is a painful reminder of a life that feels just out of reach. In this piece, fellow mama-in-waiting Tara Engelberg shares her favorite tools for mothering yourself during these trying times, so you can better cope and hang on to hope. 

National Infertility Awareness Week During a Pandemic

National Infertility Awareness Week (NIAW) is April 19-25, and boy does it look different this year. In this piece, Fruitful’s founder Elyse Ash shares what makes this year’s NIAW different and why it’s more important than ever before.