Creating 2 Pink Lines: Infertility Support & Hope

08/09/2025

The beginning of treatment is not the same as the middle or the end

You think it will be simple. Then come the doubts, the tests, and the word “specialist.” The fertility path starts before you know you’re on it.

07/18/2025

Pregnancy doesnt earase the wounds of infertility
https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/creating-2-pink-lines/202507/the-joy-and-fear-of-pregnancy-after-infertility?fbclid=IwY2xjawLnsFhleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHpPlCI1yg9I3GJrIENE-ptEydBczcoV2Psz2FccVeitzLKZVfx_WHu4dmlcY_aem_zWBCYrQ2xdn-fwcgsTo_IQ

What happens when the two pink lines finally appear—after years of heartbreak? For Felicia, joy arrived with fear, guilt, and the fragile task of trusting her body again.

07/02/2025

Do you need support but individual and couples therapy feel too expensive?

Join bi monthly group therapy sessions for support and education.

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05/30/2025

"I'm just here to support her", is a terrible bind that the patriarchy has set up. Shed it!

Men often go silent during fertility struggles, thinking they must be the strong ones. But emotional honesty may be the most powerful form of support they can offer.

05/24/2025

https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/creating-2-pink-lines/202505/staying-steady-managing-emotions-during-fertility-struggles

Overwhelmed by your fertility journey? Learn practical ways to steady your thoughts and handle uncertainty when life feels intense.

05/24/2025

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05/07/2025

https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/creating-2-pink-lines/202505/redefining-success-in-the-fertility-treatment-journey

Fertility journeys feel defined by setbacks until there's a baby. But is something lost by thinking this way?

04/15/2025

How Fertility Challenges Reshape You

The world has told me I’m not lucky.
That somehow my body failed me.
That I failed.

They label me "infertile".
They look at me and say "poor thing".
But I know I’m more than this.

I am not their label.
I am grief and grit and hope, all at once.

They don’t see what it takes to carry this:
That strength is needed before the struggle.
That hope and doubt arrive together.
That patience lives alongside the unknown.
That belief gets shaken to its core.
That fear is a form of love.

I am more than their labels.
I have grown. I have stretched.
I have not collapsed.
I have expanded.
I will not shrink myself to fit their story.

- Taken from the forthcoming book Creating 2Pinklines

04/11/2025

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When you’re longing to be a grandparent but can’t say it out loud, here's how to love through the silence of your child’s fertility struggles.

04/01/2025

The Toll of Repeated Fertility Cycles: Why We Do It
“ I feel embarrassed and ashamed now to tell people I’m trying again. Even my own mother, she just stays silent. My dad tries to talk me out of it, especially ‘cos of the money part. Maybe I tell one or two close friends now. That’s it. It’s very lonely”- Anonymous.

You do everything right.
Every step.
Every injection.
Every appointment.
And you let yourself believe,
just a little.
Maybe this time.
Maybe it’ll work.
This time will be different.
And then—
another no.
Another call from the clinic
A sucker punch to the gut.
You cry.
Another month,
gone.

You wonder
how much more you can take.
Trying again
and again
feels like being tested
by something you can’t even prepare for.
The cost is high—
to your body,
your mind,
your bank account,
your relationships.
Each failed cycle
isn’t just a no.
It’s a crack in the picture
of the life you imagined.
It makes you question
everything.
The longing is still there.
But it’s tangled—
with sadness,
with fear,
with that deep longing
for something
that always feels
just out of reach.

Taken from the forthcoming book Creating 2pinklines

03/26/2025

The Story Beneath the Surface

Infertility isn’t just a medical issue. It changes the way you see yourself and your life.

Things that used to feel certain—your future, your plans, your identity—can suddenly feel shaky.
It’s not just your body that’s affected. It’s your mind, your heart, and how you talk to yourself.

You might start asking questions like:
Why is this happening? What if it never works? Who am I if this doesn’t happen?

These thoughts don’t come out of nowhere.
They come from the stories we’ve been told.

That success looks like a mom, a dad, two kids, and maybe a golden retriever.
That if you just try, it will happen. That if you relax, it will happen.
And if it doesn’t? Then maybe it’s your fault.

We don’t always hear these messages directly.
They’re in the ads, the TV shows, the billboards.
They’re in the soup we swim in.
We buy into them without even realizing it.

But those stories skip over a lot.
They skip the sadness. The confusion.
The moments where you start to feel like a stranger to yourself.

For too long, infertility has been treated like something you should fix.
But this isn’t about fixing.
It’s about surviving something really hard—and trying to stay connected to yourself while you do.

This book won’t give you all the answers.
But it will give you company.
It will name the things no one talks about.
And it will make space for all the feelings you’ve been carrying.

Each chapter is short.
Some include gentle questions. Not homework. Just reflections, for when you’re ready.

You don’t need to feel okay to begin.
You’re allowed to start right where you are.

This is your life. It matters.
Even now. Especially now.

Let’s begin there.
Taken from the forthcoming book Creating 2pinklines