by Dr. Silvia Fox | Jul 22, 2015 | Infertility
As a therapist specializing in women’s issues, I have regularly witnessed the struggles that many women and girls have with weight. After all, rare is the woman who has not felt the effects of our society’s obsession with thinness, on the one hand; and with food, on...
by Dr. Silvia Fox | Jul 6, 2015 | Infertility
If there is one piece of mail that every infertile woman dreads getting, it is the pastel-colored invitation with pictures of diapers, baby carriages or pacifiers. For most of those who go through infertility, a baby shower is not a cause for celebration. Instead, it...
by Dr. Silvia Fox | May 26, 2015 | Coping, Emotional Experience, Infertility, Pregnancy Loss, Resilience, Stories
This morning there was a lot of sadness in my office. My client “Dawn” has just miscarried after conceiving twins with IVF. She could barely drag herself in to see me—she has been literally hiding under the covers for the few days since her miscarriage. Now, in my...
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...
