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Episode 096: Acknowledging the Mental Load of Infertility: Unwinding from High Achieving and Hyper-independence
What if the very qualities that helped you become successful are now making your fertility journey harder?
If you’re used to being the capable one—the person who gets everything done, carries the responsibility, and rarely needs to ask for help—you may be carrying far more than you realize during infertility.
The mental load of infertility isn’t just the appointments, medications, treatments, and decisions. It’s anticipating what needs to happen, coordinating schedules, managing prescriptions, adjusting work, thinking about what to eat, tracking your body, and silently making sure all the…
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