Helpful Articles for Your Reproductive Health and Parenting Journey
From helpless to helpful.
From hopeless to hopeful.
Wherever you are on your journey, your pain is real, your trauma is real, and your needs are real.
Talking to Your Husband When Infertility Is Due to Male Factor — What You Need to Know
A compassionate guide for women facing male factor infertility: how to approach conversations with your partner, navigate shame and grief, and support healing
Evaluations for Queer Women Using Donor Sperm
Using donor sperm for IUI or IVF? An infertility therapist explains the evaluation process and how it helps queer couples prepare.
Does IVF Make You Feel Crazy? Protecting Your Mental Health During Treatment
IVF can cause anxiety and depression, but you don’t have to choose between mental health and parenthood.
Why Specialized Infertility Counseling Matters
Infertility Counseling vs. General Therapy: Why Training Matters
Coping With Anxiety Before a Frozen Embryo Transfer
Feeling anxious before a frozen embryo transfer? A Boston infertility therapist explains embryo grading, donor egg options, and how to calm the “what ifs.”
The Power of Telling Your Story: Expressing, Connecting, and Healing Through Infertility
Struggling with what to say about your fertility journey? A Boston-based infertility therapist shares why sharing your story might be more healing than you think.
Pregnant After a Loss? You Don’t Have to Hold Your Breath Alone
If you’re pregnant again after a miscarriage, stillbirth, or any kind of pregnancy loss, it’s okay if this doesn’t feel like the “joyful” experience people expect it to be.
You might be holding your breath. Guarding your heart. Counting down every day and every appointment until you can exhale.
When You’re Grieving After a Miscarriage: What Miscarriage Counseling Can Do for You
Miscarriage counseling is therapy designed to support your emotional and mental health after pregnancy loss.
Feeling Salty? Let’s Talk About That.
You know that feeling when everyone around you is getting pregnant, and you’re just over here…waiting for your lining to thicken or your bloodwork to clear or your progesterone to kick in?
That’s what I call feeling salty.
What “Unexplained Infertility” Really Means
If you've been told you have “unexplained infertility,” you're probably familiar with the feeling of hearing a doctor say, “Everything looks normal,” while your heart sinks.
It’s confusing. And frustrating. You know something isn’t working the way it should—but no one can tell you why.
Who Are You on Progesterone? A Personality Quiz (Just Kidding… Kind Of)
IVF comes with a lot of decisions. Which clinic? How many embryos to transfer? Should I tell anyone? But one choice some people actually get is: What kind of progesterone are you going to use before and after your transfer?
