Infertility Feelings

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.
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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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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
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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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We invite you to join the Uniquely Committed and help make this podcast happen. 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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Infertility can feel like it's full of fails. This test failed, this cycle failed. All the disappointment and fails can start to make you feel like YOU are a failure. 
It's not true, you are not a failure. But gosh, it can feel that way sometimes. 
This episode is all about these feelings. Why can we feel like failures during infertility. What do you do with those feelings? How can you deal with the feelings of failure. 

Help Make This Podcast Happen!
We invite you to join the Uniquely Committed and help make this podcast happen. 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