THE FUSE

February and Valentine’s Day often bring lots of pressure to show love in certain ways. Overpriced roses, heart-shaped chocolates lining the grocery store shelves, and endless social media posts of candlelit dinners all set an unspoken expectation of effortless romance. But if you’re navigating infertility or IVF, those expectations can feel overwhelming and out of reach. When fertility treatment takes up so much space in your life, love may not disappear, but it can become harder to reach, harder to show, and easier to misunderstand.