The Infertility Voice™

A Thing With Feathers

I sat in a chair at a table in the fertility clinic exam room thinking about how this would be a defining moment in my life. … Read More »

Dr. Fertilitylove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Learned to Love My Family

By Jessy M.

I had an outing scheduled with my niece. she’s my niece by marriage and my goddaughter. My relationship with her isn’t as … Read More »

Lessons in Healing

By Melissa Miles Carter

I am a stepmother and mother of a daughter who died of SIDS in 2003, and had an ectopic pregnancy in 2004. I have also … 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 »

ASK AN EGG DONOR™ With Alicia Young

By Alicia Young

Welcome to ASK AN EGG DONOR™ – excerpts from my monthly, chatty column where you’re invited to ask me anything about egg … 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 »

PETA Responds and They Just Don’t Get It

Apr. 6, 2011

Click here to jump to the list of participating blogs with open letters to PETA. Seriously? PETA just doesn't have a clue. I did in fact send my Open Letter to PETA yesterday to Ingrid Newkirk, President of PETA. Color me shocked when I actually … Read More »

CD17: The wavelength unseen.

Sep. 11, 2012

Our cycle continues to march forward with a steady pace. Our donor has finished her birth control pills, so her CD1 should be any day now. We're still on target for a 9/22 retrieval, 9/25 transfer. My RE has upped my estrogen. I'm now taking 6 mg … Read More »

Out Like a Lamb

Mar. 29, 2011

Hey, so... did anyone see what happened to March? . . .Life has been busy. Work calmed down for a bit while students were on spring break (and while sadly, I was still at work). Now it's picking up again as we head into the home stretch toward the … Read More »

This is What 23 Years of Journaling Looks (and Reads) Like

May. 18, 2012

I was inspired by Jessica's recent post about re-reading your blog and again by Kathy's Time Warp Tuesday posts, about this idea of going back and reading through all the words I've written over the last few years and seeing how you've grown and what … Read More »

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