Fertility

Affirmations for Conceiving Twins

These affirmations for conceiving twins can be used if you are TTC naturally, medicated, with IUI, or IVF. If you’re wanting to conceive twins you may find that positive affirmations like the ones below are extremely helpful for maintaining a positive mindset and establishing beliefs that align with your desire.  Fertility can be so complex…
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IVF Tips for Blood Draw

These tips for a blood draw will help you to have an easier experience and less anxiety. It should come as no surprise that the IVF process comes with many, MANY blood draws. When you go through IVF and even before when doctors are ordering tests to check different levels to see what’s going on…
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Recovery Essentials for Endometriosis Excision Surgery

If you’re preparing for an excision laparoscopy, you may be wondering about what you need for recovery from endometriosis surgery. For both of my most recent laparoscopies- one exploratory and one for excision of endometriosis and adhesions- the recovery was way easier and less painful than my periods.  The more recent one did take me…
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45 Positive Pregnancy Affirmations: Healthy Mantras- All Trimesters

Whether you’re already pregnant or trying to get pregnant, these positive pregnancy affirmations can help you get and stay in a positive frame of mind. Affirmations are a common tool used with the law of attraction for reprogramming your subconscious mind and aligning yourself with the success you want. They help you to believe that…
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How to Support Friends Doing IVF

When you don’t know how it can be tricky to support your friends doing IVF. IVF and infertility aren’t talked about much, especially when you consider that 1 in 8 couples are experiencing this difficulty. So in this post, I wanted to give you some ideas of how you can help and support those friends. …
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Best Fertility Books

Today we’re looking at some great books regarding fertility and women’s health. I wanted to share some of the best fertility books I’ve found that you may find helpful. Whether you’re wanting to conceive naturally or if you’re doing IVF, IUI, or FET these books can help. I tend to prefer hard copies because it’s…
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Progesterone in Oil Refill: IVF Medication + Unboxing

For our next cycle I needed to order a progesterone in oil refill. So I figured I’d give you a quick unboxing post just so you know what to expect. After our latest FET failed our doctor wanted to have us do an ERA test to check for when my endometrial lining is most receptive. …
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Music for Manifesting Pregnancy: Ultrasound machine, headphones, and pregnant woman holding her baby bump.

Music for Manifesting Pregnancy

I really love the idea of using music as a tool for manifesting what you want- in this case pregnancy. Music is excellent for helping you to feel and process different emotions. Music has always had a way of helping me through difficult situations. Whether it’s listening to songs that match my mood or the…
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Natural FET Cycle (Frozen Embryo Transfer)

This month we are doing a natural FET (frozen embryo transfer) cycle instead of a medicated cycle.  In a medicated cycle you take medication like estradiol or Estrace as estrogen support to help encourage the growth of your uterine lining. This starts at the beginning of your cycle. For a natural cycle you wait to…
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endometriosis excision surgery hospital bag essentials: bag, sleep mask, glasses and case, ipad, headphones, loungewear.

Endometriosis Excision Surgery: Hospital Bag Essentials

Endometriosis excision surgery is usually an outpatient procedure, but you’ll want to prep an overnight hospital bag in case you do get admitted.  Especially if you have more advanced endo and adhesions attaching your organs together. 😬 Depending on how your surgery goes and how much they need to remove, your doctor might admit you…
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