Individual, Couple, & Family Support
Working with people at all stages of the IVF, IUI, or surrogacy process, regardless of their spiritual beliefs or faith tradition.
Working with RVT IVF involves regularly scheduled remote and phone meetings that are typically twice-monthly or weekly, depending on need. Together, we craft personalized sessions catered to the goals and needs of your fertility journey, including:
Holding safe and brave space for stress, uncertainty, pain, and fear of the IVF/IUI/surrogacy process
Coping with loss and change
Celebrating milestones and successes
Ritual and spiritual support, including embryo burial
Identifying and connecting to resources, coping mechanisms, and sources of resilience
Helping you draw on your own wisdom to make sense of your experience
Strategizing for strong communication with your care team and for positive medical appointments
Considering how to share information with your community to get the support that you need
Navigating conflict within or between families
Supportive care before and after scans and appointments
Marking time and stages, including egg retrievals, transfers, procedural scans, receiving results
Ongoing support before, during, and after pregnancy
Regardless of your identity, background, or how you found yourself on the IVF journey, RVT IVF has the expertise and cultural humility to support everyone:
A pediatric healthcare worker, who knows firsthand all of the challenging situations that can happen with pregnancy and birth. Working with RVT IVF, they have been exploring her emotions along her IVF path, marking milestones and contemplating rituals as she prepares to give birth after a successful embryo transfer.
A queer couple who utilized IVF for their future family-expanding plans. They worked with RVT IVF to hold space for the emotional, physical, and mental work of a retrieval process, donor selection, and embryo testing.
A couple deciding whether or not to use donor eggs. RVT IVF helped them to navigate family dynamics and their own emotions in the decision making process.
A family navigating multiple miscarriages in their IVF journey. RVT IVF accompanied them as they mourned these losses, and supported them as they contemplated their next steps.
An individual considering IVF and parenthood. RVT IVF gave them the tools to assess their goals, envision the future they hoped for, and identify the types of support they’d need on their path.
Read what a couple of recent clients said about working with RVT IVF:
"During my IVF journey last year, RVT was a constant source of hope and support. Having been through the process herself, she consistently brought kindness, empathy, and a deep understanding of the ups and downs of fertility treatment. This made her the perfect guide to help me navigate the emotional and spiritual challenges I faced. On days when I was afraid I couldn't do it, or that nothing would ever work -- such as when I picked up my first pack of needles to inject my medicines, or when I worried my lining wouldn't ever be thick enough for a transfer -- she was there for me. She gave me the encouragement I needed to stay the course and continue with my treatment. She also provided much-needed comfort on days of my major procedures and tests, including my egg retrieval, embryo transfers, and pregnancy blood tests. RVT's unique blend of spiritual wisdom, genuine empathy, and personal experience has made her an invaluable ally during these challenging times. I couldn't have done it without her!" -Sia
“When we met with RVT, we were prospective first time parents going through IVF after struggling with infertility. We were having some success with creating embryos, but were having serious difficulty dealing with our physician and the fertility practice. We felt like we were at a breaking point after a series of very difficult interactions where we felt judged by our physician and powerless in the process. RVT’s support through our virtual visits was a breath of fresh air; we finally felt heard and cared for, and she helped us think through strategies to improve communication, advocate for ourselves, and process our feelings so that we could stay focused on our goals and our relationship.” -Anonymous