infertility Archives - To Love, Honor and Vacuum

What to Do When You’re Dreading Your Birthday

by Joanna Sawatsky | Nov 12, 2019 | Grief

Sometimes life is just hard. And it’s often birthdays and holidays that mark the passage of time, and remind us when life isn’t going as planned. I write most of the posts on this blog, but I have a small team behind me. Rebecca (my daughter) writes a ton,...

PODCAST: Pregnancy Etiquette and How Systems Can Reduce Stress in Marriage

by Rebecca Lindenbach | Jul 11, 2019 | Doing Life Together, Family, Podcasts

It’s time for a new episode of the To Love, Honor and Vacuum podcast! I hope you all will listen, but if you don’t have time, I’ll have some links and rabbit trails below so you can read all you want as well! And consider this podcast...

Grappling with Mother’s Day if You’ll Never Be a Mom

by Rebecca Lindenbach | May 10, 2019 | Grief

Most times, I post a piece celebrating moms the Friday before Mother’s Day. But there are many women on this blog and in our communities who struggle with infertility, miscarriages, or infant loss. If that’s your story, today I wanted to dedicate this...

10 Ways to Stay Close When You’re in a Period of Waiting

by Joanna Sawatsky | Nov 27, 2018 | Faith, Marriage

Waiting is hard. You have no control. There’s nothing you can do to make it better. And in those moments, how do you stay close to your spouse? I invited Joanna, who works for me, to write a post today on how she and Josiah have handled waiting in the last year,...

When It’s Hard to Rejoice with Other People’s Victories

by Joanna Sawatsky | Sep 4, 2018 | Grief

We’re told to rejoice with those who rejoice. But sometimes that’s an awfully hard slog. Hi everyone – this is Joanna, one of Sheila’s assistants. This week in September, Sheila (and all of us at To Love, Honor, and Vacuum), remember Sheila and...

Reader Question: We’re Infertile–But HE’S The Problem

by Sheila Wray Gregoire | Apr 10, 2017 | Marriage, Sex

What do you do to keep your marriage close when your husband is infertile? Every Monday I like to take a reader question and try to answer it. I know so many of you are dealing with infertility, and I thought this was a different slant on it that I really...