Fertility counselling in Vancouver, BC.
Emotional support through infertility, IVF and pregnancy loss, for individuals and couples. In English and Hindi, in Kitsilano and online across BC, with Harshita Agarwal, RCC, PhD.
You might recognize this.
Another month, another negative test. Friends announce pregnancies and you're happy for them, and then you go home and cry. Every family gathering comes with the question you've stopped knowing how to answer.
Fertility struggles can take over your calendar, your finances, your body and your relationship. Much of the grief is invisible to everyone else, which can make it lonely.
Support through infertility and IVF.
Treatment brings its own stress: appointments, injections, waiting for results and starting over. Counselling gives you a place to set some of that down. Together you'll work on coping with uncertainty, managing anxiety during the waits, and staying connected to the parts of your life that aren't about trying to conceive.
Pregnancy loss.
Miscarriage and pregnancy loss are common, and the grief that follows is often minimized, even by the people closest to you. Whether your loss was recent or years ago, counselling offers space to grieve it fully and to think about what comes next when you're ready.
Hard decisions.
Fertility treatment is full of decisions with no clear right answer: whether to try another round, whether to consider donor options, when to stop. Harshita helps individuals and couples talk these through, including when partners see things differently or family expectations add pressure.
Meet Harshita.
Harshita Agarwal, RCC, PhD, specializes in perinatal and reproductive mental health. She brings a culturally attuned approach and offers sessions in English and Hindi.
Fertility Counselling FAQ.
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A fertility counsellor supports the emotional side of trying to conceive: stress, grief, relationship strain and decision-making. They don't give medical advice, but they can work alongside your fertility clinic.
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It can help. Starting with some support in place often makes the ups and downs of treatment easier to manage, especially for couples.
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Yes. Partners often cope differently, and sessions together can help you understand each other and make decisions as a team.
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The wait between a procedure and a result is one of the hardest parts of treatment. Counselling can help you plan for it, with ways to manage anxious thoughts and people to lean on.
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Yes, whether the loss was recent or some time ago.
Ready to start?
Book a free 15-minute consultation with Harshita, in English or Hindi.