Show Notes
The grief of the fertility journey can take so much from you. Whether you have been through endless cycles of trying to conceive, rounds of IVF that haven’t been successful or experienced the devastation of pregnancy loss, what we go through on the fertility journey stays with you. And as we’re going to discuss today...this grief also stays deep within your body. We often think that getting that positive pregnancy test or finally holding our baby in our arms will solve everything we've b...
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