Mental Health
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The Effects of IVF on Your Mental Health
I’m an early riser. There is nothing I love more than to wake up at 5am (ish), make my coffee and have quiet time in the house to do whatever I want. I could spend hours searching for random things on the Internet like organization ideas (I love organizing!), photography tips or anything and everything on Anthroplogie’s website, and I don’t care because it’s my time. Ever since I received the bad news about my most recent IVF cycle, I haven’t had the desire to wake up in the mornings. I could just sleep and sleep forever. (It would be better if my dogs weren’t so dang needy, then I…
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Infertility=Grief
I lost my dad 9 years ago to pancreatic cancer. I had never experienced a loss like that before. I remember feeling overwhelmed with sadness at random times, out of nowhere. There were times when I cried so hard I couldn’t catch my breath. The things that I loved doing, didn’t bring me joy anymore. Nothing really brought me joy…at least for a certain period of time. I received news from my IVF doctor the day after my 40th birthday that my 2nd egg retrieval was unsuccessful. The irony of it all is that moments before…literally seconds before…I pushed the “Post” button on a Facebook post I wrote where I…
