FertiAlly helping to answer fertility questions easily and free of charge

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I have written previously about my miscarriages, It isn’t something I shy away from talking about, however, before I had the first one I didn’t actually know anyone personally who had had one – or not that I knew of as it is thought to be a taboo subject so no one talks about it.

I didn’t want to be afraid of mentioning it in front of friends and family, and I didn’t want them to not talk about it either. By speaking out about my experiences I found that friends would open up about their difficulties, be that miscarriages or infertility problems – it gave them the freedom to know that they weren’t alone and they had someone to listen to them. Many of us found we had so many questions and answers about infertility in women and by speaking out about my issues, helped others to do the same too. 

I went on to have 5 miscarriages in total. After my 3rd I went for various tests to see if there was a reason behind them but alas there wasn’t and it was deemed as one of those things. I had always fallen pregnant fairly easily up until my 3rd miscarriage however after that it took over a year to conceive again, that pregnancy resulted in the birth of Emmy, our much-longed-for baby.

After finding it so easy to conceive, having issues was another huge blow and so very hard to deal with. The monthly disappointment of my period being late, taking a pregnancy test, and then not seeing these much-awaited 2 lines was heartbreaking all over again – a different kind of pain as I had a plan with my consultant to try taking baby aspirin daily upon finding out I was pregnant. This time we hoped the pregnancy would carry to term but now the hard part was actually falling pregnant in the first place.

We ended up having to see the doctor and having more tests to see why I wasn’t falling pregnant – it just seemed like test after test at times. I had to track my temperature, pinpoint my ovulation, and well have lots of sex, as well as avoiding certain foods, alcohol, and stress…..let me tell you, avoiding stress wasn’t easy at all – it is rather stressful when you are tracing your bodies signs and symptoms, keeping note, pinpointing telltale signs, etc, and it isn’t something I came away from unscarred. It took its toll mentally on me and when I finally did become pregnant with Emmy – a pregnancy which went to term….and longer as she was far too comfy and stayed until 42 weeks, I couldn’t enjoy that pregnancy one bit. I was a nervous wreck and didn’t enjoy it – forever scarred something would go wrong again.

It was then I found it hard talking to friends about it, I had spent so long and worked so hard for this that I felt a fraud and a failure for not enjoying it at all.

BUT, I am not alone in that either. It is actually very common for women who’ve had any kind of fertility issues to enjoy a pregnancy.

It isn’t only women who suffer from infertility issues, this affects men too and it isn’t something they are very likely to discuss down the pub or at football with their mates, or even in the comfort of their own homes – for them the who conversation is far harder to open up about.

Talking with friends and family can be helpful, but at times we all need advice and a professional ear from experts in this field. This is where FertiAlly.com can step in to help.

FertiAlly is a website set up specifically to answer all your fertility questions. All questions are posed to a panel of experts who then provide video answers which are jargon-free and easy to understand.

A Quote from FertiAlly:

The idea behind FertiAlly.com is simple: we pose a specific question to a hand-picked group of fertility experts to answer. The specialists are from clinic and community settings throughout the world which provides a comprehensive and balanced perspective. All the answers are recorded in the form of a video and are published on our website and YouTube channel. All videos will made available for you to access at any time from the comfort of your own home. Importantly, accessing this help will come at no cost to you.

Sometimes it can be difficult to get your questions answered by a professional – especially as it can require a referal or simply too expensive to access these professionals, this site is set up to help get your questions answered and to help.

By providing video answers to the questions, it is almost like you are speaking with them face to face. The questions are answered by experts only and you are able to find multiple answers to each question from different professionals.

FertiAlly.com helps to support the European Fertility Society by donating 5EUR for every answer they publish on their website. So while this information and the answers are all free for everyone to access, they are actually donating money every time an expert answers questions.

Here is a little video to show what they offer:

This site wasn’t around when I needed easy access to answers quickly but hopefully it can now help those who really need it now.

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