{"id":347645,"date":"2025-12-17T03:00:11","date_gmt":"2025-12-17T03:00:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/peraltafinancing.com\/uncategorized\/the-fertility-blog-dallas-and-co\/"},"modified":"2025-12-17T03:00:11","modified_gmt":"2025-12-17T03:00:11","slug":"the-fertility-blog-dallas-and-co","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=347645","title":{"rendered":"The Fertility Blog \u2014 Dallas and Co."},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<br \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.squarespace-cdn.com\/content\/v1\/5d5451805a1edf0001f51268\/1604421317232-MLOPMPSB0NC7CSKFIY9V\/IMG_4486.JPG?format=1500w\" \/><\/p>\n<div data-sqsp-text-block-content=\"\">\n<p class=\"\" style=\"white-space:pre-wrap;\">As the person who is going to carry our baby, there is a lot required of my body. Daily appointments, monitoring, blood work, acupuncture, invasive ultrasounds, medications, injections, disgusting tea and uncomfortable procedures. I remember the first time my husband had to give me a needle at home. As he pinched the skin on my tummy, he looked up at me with tears in his eyes and said, I do not want to be doing this to my wife. Broke my heart.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" style=\"white-space:pre-wrap;\">There have been many times I was sure I was pregnant. But when the test comes back negative it\u2019s hard to feel sure about anything anymore. This experience has caused me to feel completely disconnected from my body. What is the miracle of life for others, has become what feels like a business transaction for me. I am still working on re-connecting with my body today.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" style=\"white-space:pre-wrap;\">This all became very challenging for me to manage given the demands of my job. Mental health aside, the inside of my arms were constantly bruised and swollen from all the needles. Sometimes if I forgot to wear a long sleeve shirt, I\u2019d catch a glimpse of my team members looking at my arms. It was so embarrassing, mortifying actually. I\u2019m supposed to be their leader. What were they thinking? And with so many appointments, I was constantly anxious that my team, clients and leaders were suspicious about me. I didn\u2019t want them to think that I was slacking off, shady or just completely aloof. When you are silently suffering, you can\u2019t tell your staff or boss you have an appointment at the fertility clinic. I actually tried a couple of times, but the words would not come out of my mouth. My stress at work was fueling my stress of not getting pregnant, and that cycle became very unhealthy. The opposite of what you want when you\u2019re trying to conceive.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" style=\"white-space:pre-wrap;\">Stress is one of the leading causes as to why women don\u2019t get pregnant. By process of elimination and lack of answers, I started to believe that the stress of my job was the reason this wasn\u2019t happening, and I was convinced that I was the problem (insert: guilt). Inconclusive infertility means that both partners feel extreme guilt that they are the reason their spouse isn\u2019t a parent yet. You tell yourself; it\u2019s my fault that you are suffering, I have taken the thing you want most away from you. That feeling sucks. But it is important to remain strong for each other, even when it all feels impossible. My stress was a driving force that lead my husband and I to collectively decide that it was time for me to walk away from the sunshine list and take a break. Because everywhere I turned it was constant pressure, pressure, pressure. I had to stop everything. No more fertility clinics, no more meds, no more toxic work environments. The state of my mental health was at an all-time risky high. This was almost two years ago and I\u2019m still not sure if I will ever have the heart to go back to a clinic. It\u2019s not for everyone, and that\u2019s okay.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" style=\"white-space:pre-wrap;\">Socially, things change too. Some friends don\u2019t understand why you don\u2019t want to go out and party anymore. Instead of telling them you\u2019re ovulating you lie and find excuses. Eventually it seems easier to\u00a0isolate yourself from others because you\u2019re just so tired of answering questions. Infertility is an all-encompassing experience that consumes your entire mental and physical being. We don\u2019t feel like celebrating most of the time. Holidays and birthdays bring tears, they are triggers for us. And I can see that people in my life are nervous to tell me when they\u2019re pregnant. I hate that. 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