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title: "I'm trying to conceive · Gentle Space"
description: "Trying to conceive, treatment, and the waiting."
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# I'm trying to conceive

Trying to conceive, treatment, and the waiting.

- [Going through fertility treatment: looking after your mind through IVF and IUI](https://gentlespace.net/articles/fertility-treatment-looking-after-your-mind.md) — If you are going through IVF, IUI, or any other fertility treatment, and it feels like it has taken over your mind as much as your body, that makes complete sense.
- [The grief of infertility that no one names](https://gentlespace.net/articles/grief-of-infertility-no-one-names.md) — If you are struggling to conceive, you may be carrying a grief that nobody has ever quite named for you. There is no funeral for the child you haven't had, no ritual, no obvious moment to mark it.
- [The mental load of trying to conceive](https://gentlespace.net/articles/mental-load-of-trying-to-conceive.md) — If trying to conceive has quietly taken over more of your headspace than you expected, you are not imagining it, and you are not alone.

## If things feel very dark right now

If things feel very dark right now, you don't have to wait. These lines are free and confidential.

- **Samaritans** — 116 123 — Free, confidential, 24/7.
- **PANDAS Foundation** — pandasfoundation.org.uk — Perinatal mental health support, via WhatsApp and callback.
- **CALM** — 0800 58 58 58 — Support for anyone in crisis.