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Honest words for infertility, IVF, loss, and everything after
Welcome to the Laurel Luna blog — a space for the both/and of infertility, IVF, loss, life after treatment ends, grief, and navigating what comes next. Whether you're in the middle of a cycle, holding a loss, newly pregnant and still bracing for the worst, or years out and still carrying pieces of it — you're welcome here exactly as you are.
You'll find honest reflections on fertility treatment, grief, and the messy in-between, plus tools and resources to help you hold what's hard without needing to tie it up neatly. No toxic positivity. Just community to help you feel a little less alone.
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Eleven Things to Get You Through IVF
Starting IVF is excited and overwhelming. There are so many appointments to schedule. Other life plans to coordinate. And so much to work out financially, whether you are using insurance or are self-pay. Along with all the medications and recommendations from your medical team, I’ve come up with a list of eleven must-haves that ease the burden of IVF cycles. Many of these are things I used and a few are things I wish I had while going through my cycles of IVF.
How to Keep Your Sh*t Together During IVF
IVF is controlled chaos. Multiple medications. Specific timing. Monitoring appointments in between work or other obligations. Phone calls with results that determine next steps and impact how you feel the rest of the day, or week. Partner schedules to coordinate. And somehow, you have to just continue. Life doesn’t slow down when you’re navigating infertility.
How to Make IVF Shots Less Terrible: The Complete Supplies List
Your clinic will send a TON of prescriptions out to a specialty pharmacy and then ask you to cart them back to the office for a “teaching appointment”. After that, you will go home with a sharps container and a medication protocol. My clinic even provided video resources for the medication prep.
What Not to Buy During Infertility: Save Your Money (and Your Energy)
Before I started IVF, I Googled everything. How do I track ovulation? How do I improve my chances? What should I expect? I’m a scientist. I like to be prepared. I want to know my options- how can I maximize my chance at success. What I found—the internet had opinions..
27 Items That Actually Helped During Infertility
Nobody tells you about the logistics of infertility treatment. The clinic covers the medical protocol, but they don't tell you about the daily reality of living through it..