After 3 years, our infertility journey is finally moving forward! I've had this post sitting in my drafts folder for almost two months now, trying to figure out the best way to post this news. If I should post about this news at all. I know, it sounds funny that I wouldn't … Read More »
Archives for April 2012
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 »
Advocating for Infertility on Capitol Hill
Last year, as I walked around wide-eyed and mouth agape at the cathedral ceilings of the Senate buildings, I had this weirdly patriotic sense of pride come over me. I'm not one to wave around tiny American flags, hand-over-fisting apple pie into my face. I am grateful to be an … Read More »
I’m in Today’s Metro News Across the US!
Check it out - do you live in Boston, Philly, or NYC? You can grab your free copy of Metro News from newsstands throughout each city. They ran a whole spread in honor of National Infertility Awareness Week and I was featured to share my personal story with infertility. And if … Read More »
Don’t ignore someone you know.
We could be strangers. We might pass each other on the street. We could be standing in line behind one another at the grocery store. We might even be sitting together in the same doctor's office waiting room. We could be watching the same movie together at the movie … Read More »
I’ll Be at the A Family of My Own Conference on Saturday
Two posts in one day? Madness, I know. I wanted to give a little love to the A Family of My Own Fertility & Adoption Conference happening in Rye Brook, NY tomorrow. It's the Tri-State NY/NJ/CT conference and since I was born a Jersey girl, I have to give some love to my home … Read More »
The Infertility Voice Takes Over REDBOOK for The Truth About Trying on Facebook!
Many of you might remember how I led a special Twitter chat for REDBOOK Magazine last October, #TruthAboutTrying. It tied in with their No Shame Campaign and their powerful article, The Invisible Pain of Infertility. Well, we're back for part two, and this time the … Read More »
Infertility: Your Own Personal Health Marathon
It's Patriots' Day here in Massachusetts. One of those random holidays I never knew existed until we moved to this fine Commonwealth five years ago. It's not a glorious celebration of the regionally-adored New England Patriots football team, rather, this holiday … Read More »
The Ritual and the Habitual: Infertility and Marking Time
Every time I fly, I quietly say the Sh'ma and V'ahavta to myself every time the plane takes off. Every time. Without fail, no matter how tired I might be if it's an early flight. I am convinced that if I do not recite these two Hebrew prayers, I will die in a fiery death. I am … Read More »
