Have you been struggling with the grief of infertility and or loss? Licensed psychotherapist, Karen Balumbu-Bennett, joins us. She'll be answering community questions regarding infertility and grief. Grief rears its ugly throughout many phases of family-building, especially if you've suffered miscarriage or pregnancy loss. Healing from grief is not linear. It requires us to consistently work through it and it evolves over time. 

*This episode is not meant to derail or serve as a substitution for the help of your therapist or counselor.*

We'll be discussing:

 When Karen was diagnosed with infertility & what was the diagnosis?

• How to handle fertility monitoring/scan anxiety?
• How to make peace with possibly not having genetic ties to your future child/children, when an egg donor etc. is needed?
• Healing from the envy of fertile people? 
• Women of Color and infertility.
• How to move forward after giving birth/getting the BFP and working through conflicting feelings of parenthood?

Karen recently created a memoir meets guided journal to support those struggling with fertility challenges. Connect with Karen here!

Karen specializes in women's mental health, maternal health, and infertility. She and her husband also suffered from fertility challenges-eventually they conceived through IVF. 

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