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Nurse Rachel Torres, RN
RN, BSN
Fertility nurse coordinator with over a decade of experience guiding patients through home insemination, IUI, and IVF cycles.
Articles by Nurse Rachel Torres, RN
Mind-Body Practice
Music Therapy and Fertility Stress: How Sound Supports the Healing Process
How music therapy reduces stress during fertility treatment — the neuroscience, practical self-directed techniques, and when to work with a professional music therapist.
Emotional Resilience
ICI Success After Failures: The Complicated Joy of Finally Getting There
Success after repeated ICI failures brings its own emotional complexity — joy, relief, disbelief, and grief all at once. Here's how to honor the full experience.
Relationships
When Your Friends Are Getting Pregnant and You're Not: Holding Joy and Grief Together
Watching friends get pregnant while struggling with fertility is one of the most emotionally complex experiences. Here's how to navigate love, envy, and grief together.