Let’s  debunk the idea that moms after infertility should feel grateful and happy all the time.  We do not need to be the perfect mom and never complain.  Being a new mom is hard and it's not only normal to need support, but we encourage you to take breaks from parenting out of necessity.  Self care is important for every human, especially new moms.  After infertility, we often feel guilty reaching out for help when  parenting becomes challenging because we think that we should be able to handle it all on our own.   Dr. Julia Sen gives her top tips to offset this guilt... including strategies while pregnant instead of waiting for the baby to be born.

Our featured guest Dr. Julia Sen is a registered clinical and counseling psychologist and has been seeing clients, individually, as couples, and in groups for over 20 years. She has dedicated her career to guiding people through fertility, parenting and re-parenting the self. Julia has a heart-centred approach with her clients and integrates both science and spirit into her practice. In a previous episode, Dr. Sen shares stress management tools to support your fertility journey including how to feel less stressed about being stressed because of its potential impact on fertility.