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  Let's Stop Arguing About Whether or Not Stress Causes Infertility

  I have been researching the stress/infertility relationship for more than 30 years, and in fact, have devoted much of my career to it. I am an associate professor of obstetrics, gynecology, and...

  By: Dr. Alice Domar | Psychologist

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  Books About Infertility

  When the people around you don't understand your experience with infertility, you can always connect with people who have been there and written about that. Here is a selection of books on...

  By: Kelly Park | Contributor

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  Best Books to Read After a Miscarriage

  This article contains affiliate links. The experience of losing a pregnancy can be hard to process. If you are looking for help understanding what has happened, to hear that you are not alone, or...

  By: Kelly Park | Contributor

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  Gift Ideas For Someone Experiencing Infertility

  It isn't always easy to know how to support a friend or loved one who experiences infertility. It can be truly difficult to know how best to offer support. Asking how they'd like to be...

  By: Kelly Park | Contributor

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  Pregnancy After Infertility: I Didn't Know I Would Still Feel This Way

  My husband came home when I was about 10 weeks pregnant and told me that my sister-in-law was pregnant. I smiled because I didn’t want to be rude and said, “Oh yay. Good for them.&rdquo...

  By: Erin Bulcao | Blogger & Advocate

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  What Research Says About Stress as a Cause of Infertility

  For generations, women have been told that being too stressed could cause infertility or miscarriage. This belief contributes to the stigma associated with infertility and reproductive loss as women...

  By: Dr. Angela Lawson | Clinical Psychologist, Associate Professor of Obstetrics & Gynecology and Psychiatry

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  Reframing Male Infertility

  Recognizing that you are dealing with male factor infertility brings up a host of challenging feelings and ideas for a couple trying to have a baby. Masculinity itself gets called into question, but...

  By: Justin Lioi, LCSW | Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) focused on Counselling for Men

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  How Men Can Talk About Their Needs During Infertility

  The primary focus of care and well-being during times of infertility is most often the woman. That makes sense. Even when it’s been discovered that the issue is male factor infertility,...

  By: Justin Lioi, LCSW | Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) focused on Counselling for Men

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  Redefining Strength After Infertility

  The brutality of the treatment was expected, but the all-consuming nature of infertility came as a complete surprise. I’d never anticipated how it would take over my whole life, absorb my every...

  By: Caro Townsend | Writer & Award-Winning Blogger

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  Dealing With the Pain of Infertility as a Stepparent

  It is not uncommon for people to marry after one or both of them have a child. It can certainly make sense to want to have a child together as a way to cement and celebrate a new relationship, but...

  By: Dr. Deborah Simmons | Infertility and Pregnancy Loss Therapist

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  IVF and an Impossible Choice: Termination of a Wanted Pregnancy

  Entering the world of assisted reproductive technology (ART) can seem fraught with endless choices. On your path, you might have decided what doctor to work with, whether to do IUI or IVF. If...

  By: Dr. Julie Bindeman | Psychologist

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  Finding Infertility Support

  Experiencing infertility and working towards a resolution is often experienced as a major life crisis. The physical, emotional, financial toll is significant—so much so that one study found...

  By: Kelly Park | Contributor