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EPISODE · May 22, 2026 · 8 MIN

What Happens After You Stop Trying So Hard to Conceive During IVF & Infertility

from Finding Fertility · host Monica Cox

What This Episode Moves Through • the moment when control starts to loosen its grip without force • how overdoing slowly fades when you stop feeding it attention • the difference between doing the work & becoming the work • why nothing needing to be fixed can feel uncomfortable at first • the quiet shift from urgency into steadiness • what it feels like to live without bracing for what’s next There was a point where pushing just… stopped working. Not in a dramatic way. Not in a breakdown. Just a quiet realization that doing more wasn’t creating more. That the effort, the planning, the constant adjusting… wasn’t landing the way it used to. And for a moment, that felt like something was wrong. This episode sits inside that space. Not the part where everything clicks into place, but the part where the noise settles & you’re left standing in something unfamiliar. Something quieter. Something that doesn’t need to prove itself. It’s less about what to do next & more about what happens when there is no next step waiting. Timestamps 01:03 When there is no next step 02:03 Watching control soften over time 03:01 Creating from a different place 03:57 Expanding beyond just getting pregnant 04:24 Observing patterns without turning them into problems 05:23 The urge to rush & how it shows up 05:53 A different way of standing in your life 06:22 When pressure starts to dissolve 06:51 Letting uncertainty be enough 07:20 There is no finish line Full Transcript Over on the Blog: https://www.findingfertility.co/blog/what-happens-after-you-stop-trying-so-hard-to-conceive-during-ivf-infertility  Let's Do This Together 💚 Monica Instagram: https://bit.ly/FindingFertilityIG  YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@findingfertility TikTok: https://bit.ly/FindingFertilityTikTok  🌺 Book Your Fertility Breakthrough Session Today here: https://calendly.com/findingfertility/discoveryconsultation?month=2022-10 🎙 Subscribe on your favourite podcast platform:⁣⁠⁣⁣⁣ Apple: http://bit.ly/FINDINGFERTILITYAPPLE⁣⁠⁣⁣⁣ Stitcher: http://bit.ly/FindingFertilitySTITCHER Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/0BMtwCvdyR4aJyfSfcKh6i 🍍HELP SUPPORT THE SHOW🍍 You can shop for your favourite fertility support products over on: Seeking Health:https://bit.ly/FFSeekingHealth & Amazon:http://bit.ly/FindingFertilityAmazon   Anything written or said about health and diet are my opinions, that I have formed over the years, through trial and error, study, reading, listening and observing. What worked for me, may not work for you. I am not a doctor, nutritionist or dietician and all medical advice should be gotten from a qualified professional. Product recommendations are based on what I used during my infertility journey or wish I had.

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