Fruitful

Mary Thissen

Nov 133 min read

Healing after the journey ends

If you’ve discerned this is the end of your trying-to-conceive journey, do not despair. If your family size is smaller than desired...

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Vulnerability is hard: telling a partner about infertility

C. J. Parke

Oct 235 min read

Vulnerability is hard: telling a partner about infertility

It’s not something I would wish on my worst enemy, but it is something I’ve had to do, and it was perhaps the most vulnerable moments of...

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The Sorrowful Mysteries of the Rosary for Baby Loss

thefruitfulhollow

Oct 96 min read

The Sorrowful Mysteries of the Rosary for Baby Loss

To mark Baby Loss Awareness Month, we have created these reflections on the Sorrowful Mysteries of the Rosary as a way of accompanying all..

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Judith’s call to action: being fruitful where God places you

Rachel Walters

Oct 15 min read

Judith’s call to action: being fruitful where God places you

Society tends to define a woman's fruitfulness by her ability to bear children. This concept of fruitfulness is narrow and can leave those..

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Holding space for the joy that infertility stole

Mary Bruno

Sep 244 min read

Holding space for the joy that infertility stole

I wrote out my entire personal journey in a memoir I published several years ago called “Twelve Stripes Deep: How Infertility & Other ...

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Sonia-Maria Szymanski

Sep 114 min read

Finding fruitfulness beyond the wound

Dear Lord, I find myself plagued with a deep-rooted desire I am unable to quench. Only Your strength can heal this wound...

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The Night is Dark: a reflection on The Letters

C. J. Parke

Sep 36 min read

The Night is Dark: a reflection on The Letters

Dear Sisters, while the title of this post may seem grim or intimidating, I promise you there will be just as much light as there is dark ..

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Aimee Arnold

Aug 610 min read

Aimee’s IVF story

Successful, in the sense that four beautiful human lives were created. Unsuccessful in the sense that no babies were born.

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Waiting with St. Anne: trusting God’s timing in infertility

Rachel Walters

Jul 235 min read

Waiting with St. Anne: trusting God’s timing in infertility

When I learned that St. Anne and her husband experienced infertility before the birth of our Blessed Mother, it made me realize that God's..

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Seasons of infertility: pregnancy after loss

Mary Thissen

May 74 min read

Seasons of infertility: pregnancy after loss

I had an almost paralyzing fear about being pregnant again. This was something I desperately wanted, yet wanted to run away from. ...

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Fruitfulness in faith: my journey through infertility to Catholicism

Rachel Walters

May 17 min read

Fruitfulness in faith: my journey through infertility to Catholicism

The Fruitful Hollow has been a beacon of hope and understanding for many of us carrying the cross of infertility, encouraging us to be...

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Through the eyes of infertility: a collection of insights, part 2

thefruitfulhollow

Apr 237 min read

Through the eyes of infertility: a collection of insights, part 2

“I’m going to be honest with you because someone needs to be. At your current weight, you have no business trying to conceive”. I steady...

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Ellen H.

Apr 32 min read

RESOURCE: Spouse Support Cheat Sheet

Helping your spouse help you! Infertility can be full of stressful situations: your monthly cycle, medical appointments, pregnancies of...

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Abundant life and the friendship of St. Gerard Majella

Sarah Hauer

Mar 195 min read

Abundant life and the friendship of St. Gerard Majella

"I have come so they may have life and have it more abundantly" says Jesus in John 10:10. It is the desire of every human heart, to live an

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Jenna O’Farrell

Mar 133 min read

Learning to love my childless life

I love my childless life. That’s a sentence I never thought I would say! My husband Donovan and I have been trying for a baby for almost...

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Fasting in Lent – prepare your body so your spirit can flourish

Victoria Peck-Gray, RD

Feb 135 min read

Fasting in Lent – prepare your body so your spirit can flourish

If you’ve ever fasted during Lent, then you will probably have heard about fasting as a means of spiritual discipline. And rightly so!...

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thefruitfulhollow

Feb 76 min read

The gift-giver’s guide to care packages

We are Frances and Clare, two sisters and best friends, and care packages are our love language! Frances carries the cross of infertility an

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January virtual rosary: Holy Name of Jesus

thefruitfulhollow

Jan 306 min read

January virtual rosary: Holy Name of Jesus

The first of our 2024 virtual gatherings for the Fruitful Hollow community is a group rosary meditating on the Holy Name of Jesus on...

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thefruitfulhollow

Jan 2412 min read

Our third fruitful year

On 21st January 2024, The Fruitful Hollow turned 3! If you’d like to read about how this ministry came about, click here to read our first..

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Why has God put this desire on my heart if He’s not going to fulfill it?

Faith Downing

Jan 174 min read

Why has God put this desire on my heart if He’s not going to fulfill it?

I invite you to tread this path with me, and to open your heart to ALL the possibilities God has in store for you. We put God in a narrow...

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