In this episode, Jolene will discuss her experience with infertility, the toll it can take on your mental/physical health and relationships, and what its like to beat it. Infertility affects 1 in 8 couples in the United States and is still considered taboo. By sharing her story, Jolene hopes to bring light where there can be so much darkness. Her experience led her down a lonely, confusing path for many years. Feeling helpless, not knowing where to turn, left her mentally and physically unwell. Now experiencing motherhood, she wants to share it all. The good, the bad, the ugly, the beautiful parts of infertility and what it’s like to be a mom.
Resources:
Nancy’s Nook Endometriosis Education: https://www.facebook.com/groups/NancysNookEndoEd/
Mental Health Hotline: https://www.mentalhealth.gov/get-help/immediate-help
Prenatal Class: https://www.embryoga.com
EnVie Fitness: https://enviefitnessidaho.com
Idaho Stork: https://www.idahostork.com
Idaho Center for Reproductive Medicine: https://idahoreproductive.com
BIOS: Jolene Grizzle is married to her high school sweetheart, a photographer of people, a lover of animals, and a homebody. After years of pain, frustration, misdiagnosis, and infertility; she is overjoyed to be a new mom to a beautiful baby girl.