My husband and I were diagnosed with unexplained infertility when we were both 27. We went through five IUIs and three rounds of IVF with my own eggs, and we never even experienced an embryo transfer during that time, let alone pregnancy. From our three egg retrievals, we got a total of 24 embryos, all of which arrested well before Day 5. At that point, our clinic said the degrading of the embryos after fertilization pointed to egg quality issues. They suggested moving on to donor eggs, so after three years of trying to conceive...

People assume that once a fertility struggle is ‘over’, all is perfect. But, do infertility scars ever fully heal? "But I just don't understand, I mean after all this time? I have my little girl now—so why did her telling me she was pregnant make me feel like I was right back there again?" These words were spoken recently by Maria, one of the many women I work with therapeutically in my role as a perinatal psychologist who specializes in fertility issues. Like many who go on to conceive successfully via ART, she knows she...