April is Infertility Awareness Month
I considered myself a successful, intelligent, empowered career woman. But somehow, I was largely ignorant about my fertility.
I was stuck believing old fairy tales.
That courtship, marriage, and family would happen naturally.
That I had to have a husband before I was “allowed” to have a baby.
That any reproductive challenges I had could be easily solved with a little medical intervention.
Those fairy tales almost cost me my dream of motherhood.
When I finally learned the truth about my reproductive timeline, I felt blindsided.
No one had ever told me.
And I’m not alone—𝗶𝗻𝗳𝗲𝗿𝘁𝗶𝗹𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗮𝗳𝗳𝗲𝗰𝘁𝘀 𝟭 𝗶𝗻 𝟲 𝗮𝗱𝘂𝗹𝘁𝘀 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗹𝗱𝘄𝗶𝗱𝗲.
My journey took ten years.
Ten years of IVF, donor conception, loss… and realizing how much I didn’t know when I started.
It was excruciating.
But it also changed me.
Because once I finally built the family I had fought so hard for, I couldn’t stop asking myself one question:
𝗪𝗵𝘆 𝗮𝗿𝗲𝗻’𝘁 𝘄𝗲 𝘁𝗲𝗹𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘄𝗼𝗺𝗲𝗻 𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝘀𝗼𝗼𝗻𝗲𝗿?
April is Infertility Awareness Month. We wear orange to show our solidarity, to symbolize our personal struggle, and to support those still struggling to build their families.
This is exactly why I created 𝗖𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗶’𝘀 𝗖𝗵𝗼𝗶𝗰𝗲—to educate, inspire, and support women to plan their path to motherhood with the same intentionality we bring to our careers.
This month, I’ll be hosting conversations with special guests on many infertility-related topics:
🎗️ 𝗔𝗽𝗿𝗶𝗹 𝟴, 𝟭𝗣𝗠 𝗘𝗧: The everyday toxins harming our fertility with Dr. Susan Fox
🎗️ 𝗔𝗽𝗿𝗶𝗹 𝟭𝟱, 𝟭𝗣𝗠 𝗘𝗧: The truth about IVF: Our personal journeys with Lucy Froese
🎗️ 𝗔𝗽𝗿𝗶𝗹 𝟮𝟮, 𝟭𝗣𝗠 𝗘𝗧: Pursuing adoption as a single parent with Ayo Haynes, MBA
🎗️ 𝗔𝗽𝗿𝗶𝗹 𝟮𝟵, 𝟭𝗽𝗺 𝗘𝗧: Going solo is sometimes the single greatest choice (donor conception) with Katie Bryan
If infertility matters to you—or to someone you love—I hope you’ll follow along and engage.
Because this isn’t just about a medical diagnosis.
It’s about awareness.
It’s about choice.
It’s about empowerment.
And it’s about women taking charge of our family-building path instead of trusting that life will fall perfectly into place.
As ambitious women AND hopeful mothers, we deserve to have both a career and a family.
And we have the power to claim it.
