Infertility doesn’t just affect your body—it can quietly strain your marriage in ways no one prepares you for.

In this solo episode, Jacqueline talks openly about how infertility, IVF, pregnancy loss, and long fertility journeys can impact a relationship—not just during treatment, but long after you’ve successfully grown your family.

She talks about the emotional survival mode couples often slip into, why communication can break down, how grief and coping styles differ between partners, and why those patterns don’t automatically disappear once a baby arrives. If anything, they can be harder to address when you’re busy raising a family and expected to “just be grateful.”

Jacqueline also shares why she believes therapy should be part of the fertility process—not because something is wrong, but because infertility is traumatic and relationships deserve support.

If you’ve ever felt disconnected from your partner during or after infertility, this episode is for you.

In This Episode, We Cover:

• Why there should be a “warning label” on fertility treatments
• How infertility quietly rewires a marriage
• When love starts to feel like logistics and survival
• Different coping styles and emotional labor between partners
• Why therapy can be a powerful support during fertility treatment
• How infertility impacts relationships after pregnancy or completing your family
• Lingering trauma, grief, and coping mechanisms that don’t just disappear
• A gentle journaling prompt to help you reflect and reconnect

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If this episode resonated, you might journal and reflect on:

• What coping habits did we develop during infertility that helped us survive—but may not be serving us anymore?
• Where do I notice protection or distance showing up in our relationship?
• What kind of support do I wish we had—during infertility or now?

You don’t need answers today. Awareness is enough.

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