An advertisement for Fertili-TEA Talk Tuesdays, a virtual peer support group for infertility, held every last Tuesday of the month at 6 PM. The background is pink with a white stripe in the center. There are several silver spoons filled with different types of loose leaf tea, scattered across the image.
Text graphic promoting peer-to-peer support group leading to Kristin.

“Anything worth having requires Prayers, Patience, Persistence, and sometimes Pain and Payment. I call this “the rule of the 5Ps’.”

-Kristin, Ectopic Pregnancy Survivor, IVF Warrior, and Boy Mom

My name is Kristin and I am an Infertility Warrior.

I want to support this community because the biggest mistake I made during my fertility journey was relying on my own strength.

I was no stranger to medical treatment, including frequent IVs and needles pricks as a child. I thought I could walk in that clinic and not make eye contact with anybody, mind my business, not get attached to people and somehow walk out a mother. But that’s not my personality. I am a people person and someone who enjoys making new friends and connecting with people.

It is little wonder that it took me five years to welcome my son. I was suppressing my entire personality for years.

Once I started making connections and offering support and advice, my journey got easier. I said often to that if I don’t walk out of this storm a mother then at least I shared my compass and limited wisdom with other women, and that is worth something.