When Trying to Conceive is Taking Longer Than You Expected...
Support for the moments that stay with you long after they're over.
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Some moments are harder than they look
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When trying to conceive is taking longer than you expected it isn't one difficult experience.
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It's hundreds of moments.
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The negative test.
The appointment you've been dreading.
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Tracking.
Testing.
Waiting.
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Wondering whether to test today...
or wait until tomorrow.
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Trying not to overanalyse every symptom.
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Trying not to get your hopes up.
Getting your hopes up anyway.
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Their pregnancy announcement.
Their baby shower.
Their complaints about parenthood.
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The well-meaning comments or questions that land harder than people realise.
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Living every month somewhere between what is...
and what if...
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You can feel exhausted from thinking about it ALL the time - the timing, the planning, the possible future scenarios, the things to try.
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And often while feeling like nobody really understands how much space it all takes up in your heart and mind.
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Because when having a baby doesn't come easily...
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you're carrying more than most people realise.
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Often, more than you realise.
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The hardest part isn't always the moment itself...
it's everything we carry afterwards.
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The lingering feelings...
The looping thoughts...
The way we speak to ourselves....
The meaning we give it...
The appointment follows you into the car.
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Their pregnancy announcement follows you into dinner.
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The negative test follows you to work.
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The waiting follows you into bed.
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One difficult moment quietly becomes the next...
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You become shorter with people you love.
You start withdrawing from friends, and cancelling plans.
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Or you smile through brunch... then cry in the car afterwards.
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You replay conversations.
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You spend hours in a googling spiral.
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You find it harder to enjoy the good moments that are still here.
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Little by little, the emotional load builds quietly.
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But what if you could feel supported in those moments?
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What if there was something simple you could do that helped you carry a little less into the next moment.
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That's where Need a Moment fits.
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Not to change what happened.
But to change what happens next.
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Need a Moment is a growing collection of short audio companions for the moments that shape how life feels.
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Support for how you feel.
Support for how you show up.
In the middle of real life.
This Need a Moment 30-Day Pathway: When Trying to Conceive is Taking Longer Than You Expected is here to help support you through one of life's most emotionally demanding seasons—one moment at a time.​
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You don't have to talk yourself out of how hard this is.
You can gently support yourself while you're living through it.
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30 days of full Need a Moment access – every audio companion is available from day one, so you can simply choose what fits the moment you're in.
Plus gentle weekly emails helping you find the companions that best support the moments you're most likely to be facing.
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$29 AUD (Approx. $21 USD)
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Imagine this...
You've just left another appointment.
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You close the car door.
Your chest feels heavy.
Normally...
this is where your mind keeps going.
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Replaying.
Racing ahead.
Overthinking.
Spiraling.
Trying to solve everything.
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Instead...
you press play.
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For the next four minutes, you don't have to work out what to do.
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You don't have to force yourself to be positive.
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You don't have to fix anything.
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You simply let someone help you carry this moment.
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Four minutes later...
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nothing about your circumstances has changed.
But something inside you has.
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Your breathing has slowed.
Your shoulders have softened.
The spiral hasn't gathered the same momentum.
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You feel a little steadier.
A little kinder towards yourself.
A little more able to choose what you carry into the next part of your day.
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That changes the drive home.
Which changes dinner.
Which changes tonight.
Which changes what you carry into tomorrow.
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Sometimes that's all we need.
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Other moments when you might press play...
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💜 After another pregnancy announcement...
Your chest tightens.
You type "Congratulations!"
Then you close Instagram
...and you're left holding all the feelings that arrived with it.
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Press play:
• After a Hard Moment
• Carrying More Than Most People Realise
• A Small Moment For You
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💜 Sitting in the waiting room...
They call someone else's name.
You're still waiting.
You scroll your phone... without taking in a single word.
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Press play:
• Check-in Before the Moment (full)
• Between Moments – 2 minute Check-in
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💜 After the test wasn't what you hoped...
You knew this was a possibility.
It still hurts.
Sometimes your mind starts looking for someone to blame.
More often than not...
it chooses you.
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Press play:
• After a Hard Moment
• When You're Being Hard on Yourself
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💜 Lying awake at 2am...
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Your body is exhausted.
Your mind isn't.
The thoughts keep circling.
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Press play:
• When You Wake in the Night and Sleep Hasn't Come Back Yet
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💜 After you've snapped at someone you love...
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Maybe it was your partner.
Maybe they didn't do anything wrong.
You've simply been carrying so much for so long...
and something spilled over.
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Now guilt has joined everything else you're already carrying.
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Press play:
• When You're Feeling Prickly, Reactive or Overwhelmed
• After a Moment You Weren't at Your Best
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💜 Before their baby shower...
You've been thinking about today all week.
You've almost cancelled more than once.
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Press play when you first wake up:
• Morning Moment - Setting the Tone of the Day
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Press play before stepping out of the car:
• Between Moments – 2 minute Check-in
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💜 After their baby shower...
Today asked a lot of you. You showed up and did something that was hard for you. That's worth acknowledging.
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Press play in the car:
• When You Want to Acknowledge Yourself
• When You're Carrying More Than Most People Realise
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You're exhausted.
But as soon as your head hits the pillow...
your mind starts again.
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Press play at bedtime:
• When You Want to Acknowledge Yourself
• Before Bedtime Release - Letting Go of the Day
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How to use Need a Moment
Every companion is less than five minutes long because support needs to be easy to reach in the middle of real life.
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Each one has a simple, descriptive title, so you can simply notice the moment you're in...
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...and press play on the companion that fits.
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And when choosing feels like one more decision to make...
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Over the next month, I'll quietly guide you towards the companions that many women find most helpful during seasons where they're carrying more than most people realise.
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Because when you're already carrying so much, I want to make it as easy as possible to know where to start.
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Wherever this season finds you...
Some audio companions help you prepare for a moment.
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Some help you through it.
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Some help you put it down afterwards, so it doesn't quietly follow you into the rest of your day...
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You might press play...
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Before seeing the relatives you know will ask, "When are you going to have a baby?"
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After they say, "You're not getting any younger, you know."
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When you're feeling prickly and don't want to snap at someone you love.
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After you've already snapped and now feel guilty.
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Before seeing friends with babies, or before a baby shower or family gathering.
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When you're spiralling, Googling the same symptom three different ways.
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Before testing or a fertility appointment.
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After another test wasn't what you hoped.
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After a positive test, when you want to soak in the moment before your mind rushes ahead.
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When it feels like no one understands what you're going through, and the heaviness and loneliness are hitting hard.
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There isn't a right way to use Need a Minute.
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Some women listen in the car.
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Some while folding washing.
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Some before work.
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Some in the bathroom at family gatherings.
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Some before bed.
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Some only when one of those moments arrives...
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It's simply there whenever this season asks a little more of you.
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Sometimes just knowing that support is waiting can feel like a relief in itself.
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What you'll receive
For the next 30 days, you'll have somewhere to turn whenever another one of those moments arrives.
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Every Need a Moment companion is available from day one, so whether it's a difficult appointment, another sleepless night, or a moment that catches you off guard...
support is already waiting.
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There are no lessons.
No schedule.
No pressure to keep up.
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Just press play whenever you need a moment of support.
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I'll also send you a thoughtful email each week, created especially for this season.
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Each one gently points you towards tracks that fit the moments many women experience while trying to conceive, as well as access to the TTC Support by Moment Guide.
You don't have to work out which companion might help.
Support is already waiting for you.
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Your 30-day pathway includes
✓ 30 days of full access to the Need a Moment audio collection
✓ Listen privately in your favourite podcast app or web browser
✓ A guided email experience with gentle support throughout your month
✓ A TTC Support by Moment Guide, so you'll always know where to start
✓ Audio companions you can return to whenever you need them—no schedule to follow
✓ A Pathway Credit towards Annual Membership if you'd like to continue afterwards
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Think of this as having someone quietly beside you for the next month.
Simply helping you support yourself through the moments that are hardest to carry alone.
Why this pathway works
When trying to conceive is taking longer than you expected, this season rarely stays in one part of your life.
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It follows you to work.
Into your relationships.
Into family gatherings.
Into the supermarket.
Into bed at night.
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Into the ordinary moments that suddenly don't feel ordinary anymore.
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That's why I created this pathway.
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Over the next 30 days, I'll gently guide you towards the audio companions that support the kinds of moments women commonly experience while trying to conceive.
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Waiting.
Hope.
Disappointment.
Overthinking.
Preparing.
Resting.
Being gentle with yourself.
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And because this season doesn't exist in isolation, neither does your support.
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You'll have access to the complete Need a Moment collection, so when work feels overwhelming...
or you're carrying tension into your relationship...
or you simply need help settling your mind before sleep...
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there's support for those moments too.
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Because while this pathway is designed around your trying-to-conceive journey...
you're still living the rest of your life alongside it.
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You don't need different support for every part of your life.
You simply need support that meets you in the moment you're in.
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Nothing about your circumstances has to change...
for these few minutes to matter.
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They're simply here to help you come back to yourself and carry a little less of one difficult moment into the next.
Sometimes that's enough to change...
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how you speak to yourself.
how you respond to your partner.
how tonight feels.
how tomorrow begins.
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Overwhelm builds quietly.
Support can build quietly too.
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Why I created this
Hi, I'm Krystal.
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For years, I lived in the space between wanting a baby and not knowing if it would happen.
There were years of appointments.
Waiting.
Hope.
Heartbreak.
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Looking back, one of the things I wish I'd done differently was support myself sooner.
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Even after all my counseling training, I underestimated how much these moments would affect me—and how much I needed support through them.
Because the emotional weight didn't disappear when one difficult season ended.
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It followed me into the next – a surprise high-risk pregnancy.
And the next – the major transition into new motherhood.
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With each new season adding more moments to what I was already carrying.
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All the things I knew could help felt like one more thing I couldn't keep up with.
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I realised I didn't need more strategies.
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I needed support that was easier to access than my overwhelm.
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That idea became the foundation of Need a Moment.
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So I created one short audio.
Not to fix everything.
Just to help me through one difficult moment.
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The difference surprised me.
I felt steadier. More connected.
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As I created more, something quietly shifted.
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Not because life became easier.
But because I wasn't carrying quite so much of one moment into the next.
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Even my inner voice began to change.
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The same gentle reminders I'd been listening to started showing up when I needed them most—even when the audio wasn't playing.
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That's when I realised these few minutes were doing far more than helping me through difficult moments.
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They were quietly changing how I moved through my days.
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That's what I hope these moments become for you too.
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A place to return to whenever this season asks a little more of you.
To help you feel a little supported today. And for whatever comes next.
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This season is already asking a lot of you
You can't always choose what life has in store for you.
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But you can choose how supported you are through it and how much of this moment you carry into the next one.
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That's why I created this pathway.
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Not to fix this season.
Not to tell you to "stay positive."
Simply to make support easier to reach while you're living through it.
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For the next 30 days, if or when another appointment ends...
another test isn't what you hoped...
another announcement appears...
another night feels longer than usual...
you won't have to wonder what might help.
You'll already have somewhere to turn.
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Sometimes that's all we need.
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A few minutes.
A little steadiness.
A reminder that we matter and we don't have to carry every moment on our own.
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30 days.
One pathway.
Support whenever you need a moment.
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(Approx. $21 USD)
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Not ready today?
Feel free to leave your email below for a little free support.
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Each month I'll send you a short audio, a gentle reflection, and practical encouragement for supporting yourself through whatever season you're moving through.
No pressure.
Just one small moment for you each month.