InFertility Stories | Elise & Miriam | Substack
TTC feels like a private battle that quietly tests our endurance. Infertility is often talked about in hindsight — once the story has an ending. InFertility Stories is different. We talk about being in it. In the waiting. In the doubt. In the not knowing.
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Recent posts
- 17. “Angry at God” | When the grief of infertility shakes your faith | With Haneen Al-Mersal, mental health practitioner
- 16. “I already feel like a mother” | Living the parts of parenthood that matter to you, even without a child
- 15. "A break from the “What if?”” | What it’s like taking a break from trying to conceive (TTC) after loss and surgery
- 14. “You’re having surgery in two weeks” | Endometriosis excision surgery, Myomectomy, and Cystectomy for fertility | Miriam’s Story
- 13. “Why me?” | What 52 women across 6 continents taught researcher Allison Gregg about infertility, self-blame and the medical system.
- 12. "How much longer?" | 8.5 years TTC with PCOS, a declined adoption application, severe male factor infertility, and an ICSI loss | Miri's story
- 11. "Just Relax” | Can you control your fertility or should you just 'trust the process'?
- 10. "Living in the future" | The hidden grief of time passing during infertility
- 9. "You're not broken" | A third loss, anger, and choosing joy first | Elise's update
- 8. "Trust and Check" | Navigating doctors, invasive testing, (mis)diagnoses, and the medical system through infertility