The Infertility Voice™

Decline With Regrets—But With Health Intact

During the holidays, our boundary-buttons are pushed to the max. While your inner voice may be screaming “Hell no! I don’t … Read More »

Wishing for the Right Wish

By Elaine H.

This year, I get to be Santa. In one short year, the number of stockings on our mantle has doubled from two to four; big … Read More »

The Gift of Thriving Instead of Just Surviving

By Kirsten Karchmer

Every year around this time when everyone is getting excited about the holidays, you start seeing all of these really … Read More »

From Ending to Beginning

By Melissa Miles Carter

It’s been over ten years–ten years of waiting, wishing, and hoping for this ending: The ending of my infertility. After ten … Read More »

Losing and Finding Hope with PCOS

By Guest Blogger

Welcome to the 2014 Voices of PCOS blog series at The Infertility Voice, in honor of PCOS Awareness Month! Losing and … Read More »

You Just Can’t Help But Laugh

By Melanie E.

Throughout our process of trying to conceive, I often watched people around me and wondered when I was next. When was it my … Read More »

The Untethered Boat of Pregnancy and Parenting After Infertility

Mar. 26, 2013

If you're here from BlogHer, welcome!Find out how you can join the movement for National Infertility Awareness Week. Yesterday, I talked about how I'm battling prenatal depression. Today, I want to talk a little more broadly about the liminal … Read More »

Awesomesauce Around the ALI Blogosphere

Oct. 19, 2012

This has been a crazy week, for a variety of reasons. There's a lot going on around the ALI blogosphere, so I wanted to make sure you're all in the loop. Check out all the events and fun stuff happening around the fertility web right now: The … Read More »

Japan Earthquake/Tsunami Update

Mar. 12, 2011

All of these people are okay. From left: my aunt, my uncle, me, Larry, and my Obachan (Oct. 2009, Nara, Japan)Some of you may or may not know I have family in Japan. After many, many long hours, my dad was finally able to reach his brother via … Read More »

High heels on a marble floor.

May. 7, 2014

Ain't nothing like it, folks. Clik-clak, clik-clak. A shimmy of the hips with each step. The feeling of your heel as it strikes the unforgiving stone. Clik-clak, clik-clak. A cavernous, echoing sound in the marble hallways. Feeling not just … Read More »

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