by Dr. Silvia Fox | May 22, 2015 | Emotional Experience, Resilience
“Anonymous” commented on my post about spring. She mentioned that “as jackets and bulky winter clothes are shed, fertile bellies are much more visible” and she’s right, of course. But what caught my attention was this: “it seems every other woman is pregnant. If I...
by Dr. Silvia Fox | May 22, 2015 | Coping, Resilience
Spring is here and some of my clients are having a hard time. The references to birth, rebirth, renewal and blooming are all hitting a bit too close to home. It is as if the air is infused with giddiness about the growth of new life, the birth of babies, and the...
by Dr. Silvia Fox | May 22, 2015 | Infertility, Stories
I am quite familiar with the tundra myself. In my late twenties, I was finishing up my doctorate in clinical psychology and doing a residency at a Chicago hospital, when I first began learning about infertility. The hospital had a large fertility clinic and, as part...
by Dr. Silvia Fox | May 22, 2015 | Infertility, Stories
“In the depth of winter I finally learned that within me there lay an invincible summer.” Albert Camus This is a blog about surviving a Siberia of the soul. If you are infertile, you know this place well: it’s the social and emotional exile which women experience when...
