Infertility During the Holidays: How Thanksgiving can Boost Your Mood

Infertility During the Holidays: How Thanksgiving can Boost Your Mood

The holidays can be a brutal season for anyone in the midst of loss or adversity, and the experience of infertility certainly falls within both these categories. The intense focus on the concept of “family” during the holidays often magnifies the empty spot in your own family.

Holiday gatherings are rife with triggers: the army of children running around, your relatives asking for the 100th time when you’ll be having kids, or your 20-year-old cousin announcing her (accidental) pregnancy...

5 Powerful Ways to Support a Loved One After Pregnancy Loss

5 Powerful Ways to Support a Loved One After Pregnancy Loss

When a woman realizes she is pregnant, the emotional relationship with her child begins. She and her partner begin to create a vision for what life with that child will be like.

When that pregnancy ends, no matter the gestational age, it feels like a legitimate death. A death that occurs inside her own body, creating a unique layer of trauma and agony unlike any other type of loss...

How to go Beyond Surviving Infertility and Actually Thrive

How to go Beyond Surviving Infertility and Actually Thrive

I have a confession…

When I hear the word “thrive” used in the context of struggle, there’s a part of me that feels resistant. Skeptical.

“Thrive” can sometimes imply that we should be happy-joyful-awesome no matter what kind of painful crisis we’re navigating. The word can feel flippant, invalidating, and naive to those who are really hurting.

So, Dusty, why in the world would you call you practice Thrive (in)Fertility?

I’ll explain…

An Infertility New Years Resolution that Cannot Fail

An Infertility New Years Resolution that Cannot Fail

The New Year. What a sight for sore eyes.  

If you’re reading this, I bet that last year was hard, maybe even brutal at times.

At the start of it you undoubtedly thought, “For sure, this will be the year I get pregnant…stay pregnant…become a mom.” Maybe you’ve been saying that for several years in a row now.

But there’s just something about this time of year that awakens possibility. Renews energy and tempts us to muster up a fresh hope.

But hope sure can feel dangerous, right?...