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When Healing Has Four Hooves: Equine-Assisted Therapy for Women Struggling with Infertility
For someone in the middle of fertility treatment, stress can become part of the routine. There are injections to administer, appointments to make, blood tests to schedule, and results to wait for. Then there is the strange experience of having your body become the...
When Loss Happens Again and Again: Recurrent Pregnancy Loss and Pregnancy Envy
Pregnancy loss can be a grief that is not always visible to the people around you. Depending on the circumstances, there may be few public markers of the loss, little to no time away from work, and sometimes only a small circle of people who even knew about the...
The Essential Checklist for Fertility Grant Applicants: Everything You Need to Know Before Applying
Are you considering applying for financial assistance to help cover the cost of fertility treatment? We're here to help you prepare! Fertility Friends Foundation (FFF) offers grants, typically $5,000, to help individuals and couples across Canada overcome financial...
When Back-to-School Season Feels Hard on a Fertility Journey
In the early days of September, it’s almost impossible to go anywhere without being reminded that school is starting again. Grocery stores and pharmacies fill their entrances with notebooks and lunch kits. Shopping malls advertise new clothes and backpacks. Billboards...
The Immune System and Recurrent Pregnancy Loss
Pregnancy is a remarkable biological process, one in which the body nurtures a genetically unique being. For this to succeed, the immune system must strike a delicate balance: strong enough to protect against infection, yet tolerant enough to allow the pregnancy to...
World IVF Day: How IVF Has Changed Since 1978
On July 25, 1978, Louise Brown became the world's first baby born through in vitro fertilization (IVF), a moment that quietly changed the course of reproductive medicine forever. Nearly five decades later, World IVF Day offers an opportunity to reflect on how far...
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