Tend & Befriend: women need their girlfriends when challenged with fertility

One of the most painful things about infertility for women is that it often makes them feel estranged from their closest friends and sisters as it can seem like everyone in their social group is having a baby and they are the only ones left out. So when they most need to tend and befriend they have no one to turn to.

When fertility has become an issue in a womans life, it is the most important time to take time and be with your girlfriends, help out with others children, and be nourishing to oneself.  Please take time to read the following research abstracts specifically on this topic.

http://www.apa.org/monitor/julaug00/stress.html

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/10941275