75. Why Don't I Trust My Body Anymore?

Why can infertility make it so difficult to trust your body? In this episode of the Her Fertility podcast, Jess explores how fertility tracking, testing, treatment, pregnancy loss, and uncertainty can change your relationship with your body, and why rebuilding body trust doesn't have to mean believing your body will get pregnant.

In This Episode

00:38 Why infertility can change your relationship with your body

When your body goes from simply being your body to something you're constantly analyzing

How pregnancy loss, failed treatment, or a fertility diagnosis can deepen distrust

Why your experience doesn't need to be compared with anyone else's

01:18 What taught you not to trust your body?

Why distrust usually has a story

The shift from listening to your body to monitoring it

The emotional consequence of constantly being measured

04:46 “My body failed me”

Why uncertainty makes us search for explanations