Alex Cooper

Also, to be real for a second.

Whoa.

Okay.

There is so much mentally that starts to happen when you are looking for your body to essentially perform and produce something.

essentially at the highest level.

Like, it's a really weird mental and physical battle that I personally found because when it doesn't work and you don't get pregnant, all I was left to feel was, what's wrong with me?

And the longer it goes on, for me personally, my desire to get pregnant was only increasing, which was then making the disappointment hit even harder.

And not only that, I would say, but like then the anxiety that is created, because again, this is a really small window.

And so every month you try and then you have to wait and see if it worked.

And if that test comes back negative, you feel like you're starting from zero again.

And it's almost starts to feel like Groundhog Day where you're like, you're waiting, you're waiting, you're waiting, you're waited, you're disappointed, right?

And for me, the importance of having a partner during this time who was supportive and loving and understanding, you guys, it was so essential.

Because anytime I felt down, Matt was there.

And he made me feel like, nope, this is us.

This isn't on you.

This is on me and you.

So if this is not working, this is something you and I are going through hand in hand together.

And...

Listen, men will never understand what we have to go through with our bodies and these psychological warfare and all of the emotions.

But I will say it does make it a hell of a lot easier when that person by your side is not making you feel like for a moment that it is just you.