Welcome to Day 4 of the "To Mom or Not to Mom" Open Salon with yours truly and Pamela of Silent Sorority. We created this dialogue to discuss both sides of the motherhood debate from our unique perspectives. Why? To parse out the concerns and vulnerabilities of transition within … Read More »
How *NOT* to Do a Talk Show on Infertility
So, I just watched the Ricki Lake Show for the first time since she's been back on air this season. I had heard rumblings on the media circuit that Ms. Lake was looking to do a show on infertility. Today, I saw on Facebook that her infertility episode was airing across the … Read More »
The Queendom of Mommyhood: In Which I Claim My Crown
Welcome to Day 3 of the "To Mom or Not to Mom" Open Salon with yours truly and Pamela of Silent Sorority. We created this dialogue to discuss both sides of the motherhood debate from our unique perspectives. Why? To parse out the concerns and vulnerabilities of transition within … Read More »
IVF Raffles and the Disparity of Care: What Needs to Be Said
There's a piece in the NY Times this weekend about the latest infertility clinic to sponsor a raffle of an IVF cycle. And, like so many pieces on this controversial subject, it gets at the ethical dilemma of such raffles: “It is against the law to raffle off a puppy, but we’re … Read More »
My Very Big Blog Announcement
I'll just cut right to the chase. Who's got two thumbs and is going to be on The Katie Show? Katie Couric, perhaps you've heard of her? :) She has her own national daytime television talk show and I'm going to be on it!! I know I had put a teaser out there like, a … Read More »
This Brave, New World
A squat grey building of only thirty-four stories. Over the main entrance the words, CENTRAL LONDON HATCHERY AND CONDITIONING CENTRE, and, in a shield, the World State's motto, COMMUNITY, IDENTITY, STABILITY. "And this," said the Director opening the door, "is the Fertilizing … Read More »
Sorry, Disney: Wishing a Child Into Existence Doesn’t Cure Infertility
I stumbled onto this little news tidbit today, buried in a post of various entertainment news dubbed "Morning Spoilers" at io9.com: Here's a TV spot for the upcoming Disney movie in which Joel Edgerton and Jennifer Garner can't have children, so they bury a box with their … Read More »
Doubting Betty Draper
I just watched Sunday's episode of Mad Men. Strangely, with all of its very intense themes and shocking character revelations, something about it struck me so viscerally. The episode hit me right in the gut. And interestingly enough, it had me questioning some things about … Read More »
Welcome to The Infertility Voice!
Hello hello! If you're joining me from the REDBOOK Magazine Truth About Trying Facebook Chat - welcome! Happy you've stopped by. Feel free to poke and click around. For the very newest folks to this website, I thought I'd give you a quick primer about me and what you can find … Read More »
What IF: Two Years Later
So I'm on the shuttle headed to Capitol Hill for a day of amazing advocacy with RESOLVE and it just dawned on me that a) I turn 30 in a month and b) it's been two years today since I released my What IF short film. It's kind of crazy how time flies! So to commemorate this … Read More »
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