In this deeply honest conversation, Ayala and Josh Gross share their 15-year journey through infertility, offering a rare look into how prolonged fertility treatment, uncertainty, and emotional strain can reshape a marriage. From IUI to IVF, financial stress to unexplained infertility, their story reflects the layered reality many couples face beyond the clinical experience.

The discussion highlights the often unspoken dynamics between partners navigating infertility. Ayala describes emotional isolation, seclusion, and the need to seek support outside her marriage, while Josh reflects on becoming solution-focused and emotionally disconnected. Together, they unpack how couples can unintentionally become “roommates,” losing emotional and physical intimacy while trying to survive the process.

This resource speaks directly to those who feel the relational impact of infertility. It may resonate with individuals searching for:
“I feel disconnected from my partner during IVF”
“My husband doesn’t understand infertility”
“We stopped talking about our feelings”
“I feel alone in my fertility journey”

Beyond the pain, the conversation also explores what helped them cope. Community support, shared frustration, and eventually learning compassion for one another became turning points. Their journey includes separation, reconnection, and ultimately building a family through both IVF and an unexpected natural pregnancy, without minimizing the complexity of what came before.

For those navigating reproductive grief, fertility treatment, or relationship strain during infertility, this conversation offers both language and recognition. It does not resolve the difficulty, but it makes space for it.

Sometimes the hardest part is not just the waiting, but who you become while waiting.