[Infertility] Not Allowing Infertility to take over your life...

If you are one of the thousands(probably millions) of women struggling with infertility, one of the hardest parts of this struggle is not letting your fertility problems take over your entire life. From the charting, to the temperature taking, to the "timing the baby dance perfectly", to calling making love "baby dancing", to the test taking, and finally to the inevitable tears that follow each negative response,  it is so hard to not let fertility be your sole focus especially when having a child is the one thing you want more than anything else. Try to think back to the "carefree" days of your life, before you started trying, remember your hobbies, your attraction to your husband, your regular day to day activities, by trying to focus more on ourselves we can in turn focus on the aspects of our lives that are so very important, but often get pushed aside like: our husbands, our marriages, our career goals, our lives outside the world of TTC. I am challenging each of you to try a "break month", a month where the words: baby, chart, temperature, pill, doctor, baby dance, etc, do not pop up at all. I want you all, myself included, to remember your passions, remember the butterflies you used to get when you saw your husband, remember the feeling of peace and that carefree relaxation we all so desperately need every ounce in a while during the times we begin to lose hope. We are not defined by our infertility, we cannot forget that! I have heard of marriages that crumble under the strain of infertility and I for one refuse to let my body control any other aspect of my life. Some of the strongest women I know struggle with infertility, but they do not let their fertility become their sole identity. So my sweet sisters, for this month be the woman you were before your fertility became your sole focus, just for one month forget about the negatives, forget about what your body can't do and remember what gifts God gave you!! Praying for you all my sweet girls!