Find Space for Your Heart Here

In the midst of busy lives, uncertainty & so much more, I hope that this blog will be a soft landing space for you. Find some of my heart, stories, and resources below, and please reach-out to me however I can support you. If there are additional topics you’d like to see on the blog, please feel free to email me!

A Mosaic of Emotions: Infertility, Marriage & Communication
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A Mosaic of Emotions: Infertility, Marriage & Communication

Early in our dating days, my husband and I enthusiastically agreed that we wanted to become parents.

We hoped for a big family, and like many new couples, dreamed of what it might be like, how we wanted to raise our children, and how we thought we’d be as parents. We once thought our biggest challenges would be deciding who was the stricter parent.

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Sendoff Sex - Intimacy Before IVF
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Sendoff Sex - Intimacy Before IVF

Scheduled intercourse month after month in our TTC days had worn deep into our psyche, and then the dictated rules about when we were intimate during fertility treatments felt like we were barely in control of when and how we enjoyed each other. With Sendoff Sex, we found joy in the intentionality that that time would be special and that it would carry us through until the next time it was safe for us to be together that way.

I busted out the lingerie. We put together a playlist. We turned our phones on silent and really, connected. We both came with a freedom we had been missing, and it felt like an explosion of hope and frustration and anticipation of the months both behind and ahead of us.

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A Letter to my Partner as we Struggle Through Infertility
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A Letter to my Partner as we Struggle Through Infertility

When I think of our family, of our IVF miracle daughter and the other babies we’re still hoping to have, I think of you first and foremost. I think of the ways that we’ve come together. The things we’ve gone through to get to this point, and the things still ahead on our path. I think about the ways in which my heart can’t make up for the things my body has fallen short on, and the silent frustrations you’ve been forced to carry. I think about the passionate, fierce advocate you are for all things silenced and stigmatized - first, mental health, suicide awareness & prevention, and now infertility and fatherhood too - and I feel a lump in the back of my throat. How did I get so lucky to find a partner so encouraging, so compassionate, so faithful, so strong?

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Infertility & Intimacy
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Infertility & Intimacy

How TTC and Fertility Treatments can Change Everything (& what you can do about it!)

Before I started TTC…

I didn’t know that trying to have a baby, really really trying - it wasn’t all fun and games.

It didn’t necessarily mean better or more frequent sex with my partner. I didn’t know that struggling to conceive would impact our intimacy significantly. That failing to get pregnant would challenge the way we connected physically. 

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Let’s Talk About Sex, {for a} Baby!
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Let’s Talk About Sex, {for a} Baby!

I think intimacy is a beautiful thing, much like everyone else, I’d assume.

I also have genuinely enjoyed being intimate with my husband since the start of our relationship. But our sex lives, and our attitudes toward having sex changed drastically over 2+ years of trying to conceive, and it’s not something I ever could’ve predicted.

Why, you ask?

Because NOBODY TALKS ABOUT THAT!

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