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Drawing inspiration from her own experiences with loss and infertility, Dr. Jac offers some tips on how to re-establish that emotional connection with your partner while going through a fertility journey.\r\n\r\n<strong>Guest:<\/strong> Dr. Jacqueline Sherman, Intimacy &amp; Relationship Coach\r\n<strong>Host:<\/strong> Dan Bulger\r\n\r\nFor more information, visit\u00a0Progyny\u2019s\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/progyny.com\/education\/podcast\/\">Podcast page<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0Progyny\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/progyny.com\/education\/\">Education page<\/a>\u00a0for more resources.\r\nBe sure to follow us on Instagram,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/thisisinfertilitypodcast\/\">@ThisisInfertilityPodcast<\/a>\u00a0and use the\u00a0#ThisisInfertility.\r\nHave a question, comment, or want to share your story? Email us at\u00a0<a href=\"mresourcesailto:thisisinfertility@progyny.com\">thisisinfertility@progyny.com<\/a>.\r\n\r\n<strong>Here are some highlights from this episode:<\/strong>\r\n\r\n<strong><u>Lack of Resources<\/u><\/strong>\r\n02:00 \u2013 02:59\r\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><strong>Dr. Jac Sherman<\/strong>: Back in 2019, my husband and I got pregnant, and we experienced a miscarriage. Thereafter, there were challenges with navigating intimacy, physical intimacy, sex, and emotional intimacy, it was just difficult. We had never struggled in that way before, so me being the psychologist, I thought that it was going to be very easy to find resources to support us through that journey but there weren\u2019t any. I did a lot of research. I became very intentional about cultivating our intimacy and trying to focus it on that area, because I saw that we were struggling. 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