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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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  Coping

  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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  Coping

  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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  Coping

  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

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  Coping

  How Men Can Show Support During Infertility

  During my journey through infertility, there is one feeling that I experienced over and over again— that of being sidelined.I get it.As a man, I don’t have the private parts need to...

  By: Chris Wohl | Award-Winning Blogger & Infertility Advocate

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  Coping

  Fertility Blogger of the Month: Caro of The Cuckoo Mama

  Our blogger of the month from our list of Top Fertility Blogs is Caro Townsend of The Cuckoo Mama. We think her Twitter game is an A+ and through her writing, we get the sense that she'd be the...

  By: Kelly Park | Contributor

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  Coping

  Surrendering to the Unknown During Infertility

  Surrender and dependence are two of the scariest concepts for most men that I know. Dealing with infertility can feel pretty damn helpless quite a lot of the time.The idea that there is nothing we...

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

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  Coping

  Hey, Men - It’s Vulnerability, NOT Strength, That Will See You Through Infertility

  Men are socialized out of most emotions, particularly the vulnerable ones. Other than anger we are rarely given a chance to connect with our sadness, our fears, our guilt, and our shame. Yet these...

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

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  Coping

  How It Feels To Support My Wife Through Infertility and Pregnancy Loss

  “At dinner, it’s happening.”That was the text my wife, Emily, sent me from an out-of-town bachelorette party. Two weeks earlier, we’d learned she was pregnant for the second...

  By: Brent Stoller | Writer

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  Coping

  What Men Should Know About Emotions and Infertility

  Many men are often socialized into believing they need to be the “emotional rock.” We can often feel we’re failing if our fears and vulnerabilities are poking at our insides. It can...

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

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  Treatment

  16 Tips to Prepare for IVF

  After going through three rounds of in vitro fertilization (IVF), the entire process has become second nature to me. But with that first one—I remember those overwhelming feelings of inadequacy...

  By: Risa Kerslake, RN | Registered Nurse Turned Freelance Writer

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  Coping

  Why Self-Care Isn't What I Thought It Was

  I always thought self-care was something that other people did. Rich people to be precise. Actually rich women, who didn’t work and spent their days out to lunch or meeting friends for coffee...

  By: Jessica Jones