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Being pro-life through infertility
choosing to stay faithful to Church teaching, faithful to your husband and faithful to your body is pro-life, even if it means not having children at all. By choosing not to pursue anti-life options, you're standing up for life. By not commodifying children, you're protecting a culture of life and your options of showing it are limitless.

Marial Arnold
5 days ago3 min read
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When fertility is gone: frozen at 19
Nearly 10 years later, I still think about that version of myself that had to sit there and begin to process the reality of my complete infertility. There is still a part of me that has been frozen, stuck in that doctor’s office. And I avoided that 19 year-old as much as I could over the near decade. My fertility was gone and, with it, my worth. Or, at least that’s the lie I told myself.

C. J. Parke
May 13 min read
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Good Friday and infertility: death and resurrection
Then, Easter changed. It became a season of darkness and perpetual death. This darkness settled in my heart after we miscarried our first and only biological child. I was left barren and fruitless. Although Jesus died and resurrected, I remained dead inside because my fertility was dead and would never resurrect.
Sonia-Maria Szymanski
Apr 186 min read
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RESOURCE: Discernment as a couple
Discerning next steps can be challenging enough on your own, but discerning as a married couple is sometimes even harder. When it comes to..

Ellen H.
Mar 185 min read
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Fostering fruitfulness through at-home date nights
This year at The Fruitful Hollow, our theme is "fruitfulness in your home and marriage". We are exploring ways we can exercise ...

Kathleen and Jesse LeBlanc
Mar 124 min read
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Be fruitful beyond "multiply": cultivating the Fruit of the Spirit
Infertility is deeply painful but can be fertile ground for nurturing these fruits of the Spirit. Spiritual fruitfulness is no less valuable
Rachel Walters
Feb 55 min read
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True love is always fertile
Love centered on Christ is always fruitful. It is transformed in Christ. Dietrich von Hildebrand explains that “the love of the beloved lift

Ann Burns
Jan 153 min read
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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...

Mary Thissen
Nov 13, 20243 min read
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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...

C. J. Parke
Oct 23, 20245 min read
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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..

thefruitfulhollow
Oct 9, 20246 min read
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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..

Rachel Walters
Oct 2, 20245 min read
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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 ...

Mary Bruno
Sep 25, 20244 min read
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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...
Sonia-Maria Szymanski
Sep 11, 20244 min read
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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 ..

C. J. Parke
Sep 4, 20246 min read
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Aimee’s IVF story
Successful, in the sense that four beautiful human lives were created. Unsuccessful in the sense that no babies were born.

Aimee Arnold
Aug 7, 202410 min read
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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..

Rachel Walters
Jul 23, 20245 min read
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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. ...

Mary Thissen
May 8, 20244 min read
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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...

Rachel Walters
May 1, 20247 min read
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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...

thefruitfulhollow
Apr 24, 20247 min read
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RESOURCE: Spouse Support Cheat Sheet
Helping your spouse help you!
Infertility can be full of stressful situations: your monthly cycle, medical appointments, pregnancies of...

Ellen H.
Apr 3, 20242 min read
286 views
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