Infertility Feelings

Have you ever doubted yourself during infertility?

Am I strong enough? Will we make it through? Am I crying too much? 

Infertility likes to bring up all the ways we have doubted ourselves in the past, and it likes to give us new things to doubt ourselves about. 

This episode is all about what doubts infertility is bringing up from your past and what new doubts it's creating in you. 

If you have ever dealt with self-doubt during infertility, this episode is for you!

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Uniquely Knitted exists to transform the experience of infertility. Our mission is to heal the traumas of infertility, miscarriage, and loss, and to end the isolation that comes with struggling to conceive. We achieve this by providing innovative, evidence-based preventative mental health support to those fighting to grow their families.

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Everything will work if I do everything perfectly. 

Or so I thought. 

This episode is all about how we can be in relentless pursuit of perfection when trying to get pregnant. Jesse and Doug look at what it feels like to be constantly chasing perfection and how perfection becomes an impossible standard.

The fertility world can sometimes be all about optimization. Optimizing your fertility is a good thing. However, when optimization turns into a frantic chase for perfection, you suffer. 

If you have ever felt like you are chasing perfection on your fertility journey, this episode is for you. 

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❤️ This podcast is produced by Uniquely Knitted.
Uniquely Knitted exists to transform the experience of infertility. Our mission is to heal the traumas of infertility, miscarriage, and loss, and to end the isolation that comes with struggling to conceive. We achieve this by providing innovative, evidence-based preventative mental health support to those fighting to grow their families.

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Let’s talk about the mom club.

When you are struggling to get pregnant, it feels like people keep getting into the “mom club.” It’s annoying. All they do is talk about mom club stuff. It feels like every conversation is about what it’s like being a mom. It hurts to hear it. It’s overwhelming to be around.

You want to be in the mom club, but you are annoyed with the mom club. You want to be a mom, and you’re overwhelmed by the people who are moms.

The mom club brings up a lot of feelings. Let’s talk about those feelings!

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⭐️ Help us change how the world sees infertility!
Join a monthly giving club, support the show, and raise awareness about infertility and mental health. https://www.uniquelyknitted.org/uniquely-committed

❤️ This podcast is produced by Uniquely Knitted.
Uniquely Knitted exists to transform the experience of infertility. Our mission is to heal the traumas of infertility, miscarriage, and loss, and to end the isolation that comes with struggling to conceive. We achieve this by providing innovative, evidence-based preventative mental health support to those fighting to grow their families.

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The sad reality is that when you go through infertility, you can feel unseen. Here is what that is like. 

In this episode Jesse and Doug talk about why people struggle to talk about the pain of infertility with those who are going through it. 

Why can't our friends and family understand how hard this is? Why do I feel so unseen by so many people in my life?

We look at the conundrum that we find ourselves in. We need people to see us and understand what this is like. But, who is going to tell them? Who is going to show people how to care for us? Do we (the people suffering) have to teach them! Ugh, we are already going through enough. 

We give 3 ways out of this conundrum for people suffering from infertility. 

⭐️ Suggest a partner!
We partner with fertility clinics, hospitals, therapy centers, and anyone who serves the infertility community. https://form.typeform.com/to/Q7ht8QsV

⭐️ Help us change how the world sees infertility!
Join a monthly giving club, support the show, and raise awareness about infertility and mental health. https://www.uniquelyknitted.org/uniquely-committed

❤️ This podcast is produced by Uniquely Knitted.
Uniquely Knitted exists to transform the experience of infertility. Our mission is to heal the traumas of infertility, miscarriage, and loss, and to end the isolation that comes with struggling to conceive. We achieve this by providing innovative, evidence-based preventative mental health support to those fighting to grow their families.

Discover more at https://www.uniquelyknitted.org/

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Infertility can make ANYONE anxious. But... what if you are ALREADY an anxious person?!

That is what this podcast episode is about. 

In this special episode, Jesse is interviewing a special guest who is an expert in knowing what it's like to be an anxious person going through infertility. 

If you feel like you are a bit more anxious, this episode is for you. We talk about the three ways that anxiety plays itself out in life and how infertility impacts all three. 

We also look at what we can do with our anxiety when we are feeling overwhelmed by infertility.

⭐️ Suggest a partner!
We partner with fertility clinics, hospitals, therapy centers, and anyone who serves the infertility community. https://form.typeform.com/to/Q7ht8QsV

⭐️ Help us change how the world sees infertility!
Join a monthly giving club, support the show, and raise awareness about infertility and mental health. https://www.uniquelyknitted.org/uniquely-committed

❤️ This podcast is produced by Uniquely Knitted.
Uniquely Knitted exists to transform the experience of infertility. Our mission is to heal the traumas of infertility, miscarriage, and loss, and to end the isolation that comes with struggling to conceive. We achieve this by providing innovative, evidence-based preventative mental health support to those fighting to grow their families.

Discover more at https://www.uniquelyknitted.org/

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Infertility impacts intimacy! Like... a lot. 

In this episode, Jesse and Doug are talking about how infertility impacts intimacy in a relationship. Infertility changes things like sex and closeness. Sex and closeness can be special, wonderful parts of a relationship. Then infertility changes them. Sex and closeness become means to an end. What the heck, that sucks. 

There is a very unique pressure placed on people with infertility when it comes to intimacy. This episode is all about that. 

If you have ever felt like infertility messed with your intimate life, this episode is for you. 

Suggest a partner!
We partner with fertility clinics, hospitals, therapy centers, and anyone who serves the infertility community. https://form.typeform.com/to/Q7ht8QsV

Help us change how the world sees infertility!
Join a monthly giving club, support the show, and raise awareness about infertility and mental health. uniquelyknitted.org/uniquely-committed

This podcast is produced by Uniquely Knitted.
Uniquely Knitted exists to transform the experience of infertility. Our mission is to heal the traumas of infertility, miscarriage, and loss, and to end the isolation that comes with struggling to conceive. We achieve this by providing innovative, evidence-based preventative mental health support to those fighting to grow their families.

Discover more at uniquelyknitted.org

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1 in 6 people struggle to get pregnant. 1 in 4 pregnancies end in miscarriage. Infertility is part of life for millions of people around the world. The chances are that most people know someone struggling to get pregnant. 

So that means the world knows a lot about infertility and is ready to care for people struggling, right?! Wrong!

It's so hard to make people aware of infertility. 

This episode is all about that. Jesse and Doug take a moment during National Infertility Awareness Week to think about why it's so hard to raise awareness. 

This is a great episode to think about the reasons why infertility is hard to talk about. This episode is a great episode to send to people to explain the struggles of talking about infertility. 

Help us change how the world sees infertility!
1 in 6 people will face infertility, and the world will look away. Together, we're changing that not just for them, but for how all of us talk about grief, loss, and what it means to build a family.
Learn more at uniquelyknitted.org/uniquely-committed

This podcast is produced by Uniquely Knitted.
Uniquely Knitted exists to transform the experience of infertility. Our mission is to heal the traumas of infertility, miscarriage, and loss, and to end the isolation that comes with struggling to conceive. We achieve this by providing innovative, evidence-based preventative mental health support to those fighting to grow their families.

Discover more at uniquelyknitted.org

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Your period (your cycle) is such a central part of fertility. When you are struggling with infertility it becomes so much more. In fact, it feels like it's everything. It's the thing you wait for. It's the thing you are terrified of. If the thing you hate, and it's the thing you can't avoid. 

How do you deal with your period? You can't avoid it. In a way you need it. But gosh in all honesty it's like a sign post of grief and pain. 

In this episode Jesse and Doug are talking all about infertility and your period. 

Help us change how the world sees infertility!
1 in 6 people will face infertility, and the world will look away. Together we're changing that. Not just for them, but for how all of us talk about grief, loss, and what it means to build a family.
Learn more at uniquelyknitted.org/uniquely-committed

This podcast is produced by Uniquely Knitted.
Uniquely Knitted exists to transform the experience of infertility. Our mission is to heal the traumas of infertility, miscarriage, and loss, and to end the isolation that comes with struggling to conceive. We achieve this by providing innovative, evidence-based preventative mental health support to those fighting to grow their families.

Discover more at uniquelyknitted.org

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In this episode Jesse and Doug have two little thoughts about infertility, decisions, and gratitude.

How do you make decisions during infertility? It feels literally impossible. Jesse has a way forward!

Infertility gives us nothing to be grateful for? So what do we do with that? Doug has a thoughts. 

In this special episode we dive into two really important ideas that help us all make it through infertility. 

Help us change how the world sees infertility!
1 in 6 people will face infertility, and the world will look away. Together we're changing that. Not just for them, but for how all of us talk about grief, loss, and what it means to build a family.
Learn more at uniquelyknitted.org/uniquely-committed

This podcast is produced by Uniquely Knitted.
Uniquely Knitted exists to transform the experience of infertility. Our mission is to heal the traumas of infertility, miscarriage, and loss, and to end the isolation that comes with struggling to conceive. We achieve this by providing innovative, evidence-based preventative mental health support to those fighting to grow their families.

Discover more at uniquelyknitted.org

Support the show

How are we supposed to make sense of infertility? No, literally how?!

Infertility, for many people, just doesn't fit with the way they view the world.

Struggling to make sense of it all becomes this overwhelming, anxiety-provoking thing. Will there ever be a meaning to all this? Will we ever look back and see why this happened to us?! Was there no meaning to this? What does that mean about life?!

The existential crisis of infertility is real, and this episode is all about that. 

Jesse and Doug dig into the growth work at Uniquely Knitted and look for a way to process why this doesn't make sense. If you have ever struggled to make sense of your infertility, then this episode is for you. 

So, pretty much, it's for everyone who has ever struggled with infertility!

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This podcast is produced by Uniquely Knitted.
Uniquely Knitted exists to transform the experience of infertility. Our mission is to heal the traumas of infertility, miscarriage, and loss, and to end the isolation that comes with struggling to conceive. We achieve this by providing innovative, evidence-based preventative mental health support to those fighting to grow their families.

Discover more at uniquelyknitted.org

Support the show