About Me
Thank you for being here and taking a peek around my website. Take time to explore and let me introduce myself.
For the first phase of my life I was Trina Ganzert. I grew up in BC and enjoyed life in the Okanagan before heading to University in Victoria. Eventually I made my way back to the interior of BC where I fell in love and in 2007 became Mrs. Trina Meek. You know what comes after love then marriage right? Yes! A baby carriage! Until it didn't. Or at least, it didn't come as quickly, as easily, as naturally or as blissfully as I expected it would.
I was 35. I had an education, a great career and now married, it seemed like the perfect time to start a family. The first couple months I was giddy with the notion of having unprotected sex. But nothing. I found out that, "just seeing what happens" becomes "really trying" in just months. It didn't help that when I went to my doctor to say I wanted to become pregnant their response was, "just relax it will happen when you least expect it". Clearly I wasn't going to get support there so I self referred to a fertility clinic. Over the next few months I was diagnosed with severe endometriosis and had surgery to try to repair some of the damage. During this time, life still went on, my husband and I decided to move to Southwestern Ontario for a business opportunity and have now made Ontario home.
Then there was that moment, you know the one that will change your life forever? The doctor from BC called to go over the findings of my surgery. I don't recall much except hearing, "you have less than 1% chance of conceiving naturally". I hung up. There I was, sitting in a car, in a parking lot, in a city where I knew no one, had no family, no friends and waiting in our apartment was a man I had married less than a year earlier. A few weeks passed and as I gathered myself, I found a fertility clinic in Ontario. Terms like IUI, needles, follicles, eggs, injections, trigger shots, egg retrieval, ICI, ICSI, embryo transfer and many others became part of my life, my daily obsession. The other phrase I heard often was, "how would you like to pay for that"?
After 3 years our dreams did come true, Abigail was born and 18 months later Ben completed our family. We have our family and it is wonderful but it was a journey, one that I still connect with today and that is what brings me to you.
I am sharing a bit of my story not to say, "I have been there" because I haven't, your journey is unique. I share, to let you know that I am here to meet you with some insight, knowledge and a whole bunch of empathy.
Along with my personal experience, I bring professional experience and education. I completed a Bachelor of Arts in psychology then followed that with a Bachelor of Social Work. Most of my professional experience as a social worker was working with people who had disability, specifically in the area of mental health. I am not a clinical or registered social worker but the education and experience are tools I bring to this role.
Most recently, I have become Certified as a Fertility Doula through Doula Canada. The program and training is science based with a focus on holistic practice. Becoming certified as a Fertility Doula is the perfect bridge between my personal experience and professional education.
Above all, what you need to know about me is that I come to this role the way I live life, with a quest for knowledge and growth, the excitement of looking outside the box, and practicing gratitude and mindfulness.
I look forward to meeting you, hearing about your journey and how we can work together.
