I know I've been writing about personhood a lot lately. It's an issue not only important to me as a woman, but as a member of the infertility community. In fact, it should be an issue to every member of the infertility community, because personhood directly impacts our ability to … Read More »
Infertility Patients Are Unintended Targets of ‘Personhood’ Amendments
Folks, it is go time in Colorado and North Dakota. Personhood ballots in both states, with their vague, unscientific and definitions about when life begins, threaten the practice of IVF in both states. If Measure 1 passes in North Dakota, the state's sole fertility clinic … Read More »
Just Relax? More Like Just Don’t, Amirite?
Ask any infertility patient their least two favorite words and I betcha, dollars to donuts, you'll get the same two words every time: "Just relax!" Yes... let me just relax and all of my biological reproductive issues will just magically resolve themselves, right? I … Read More »
Why I Go to the RESOLVE New England Annual Infertility & Adoption Conference
In 2009, after I had been dealt quite the blow with my premature ovarian failure diagnosis, Larry and I were left with lots of questions and few answers. We were in luck (as lucky as you can be with infertility) when I found out about the RESOLVE New England Annual Fertility … Read More »
Nope, Embryos STILL Aren’t People.
This is your quarterly reminder that no: eggs, sperm, fertilized eggs, blastocysts, and/or embryos are not people. I know it seems like such a no-brainer at this point. I mean, I've only written about this twelve times since 2011. I get it, you don't have time to read. That's … Read More »
Grieving, Breathing
This is one of those posts I just need to write. I debated about writing this at my other blog, but decided I wanted this post to live here. Today (Tuesday) has been flanked by death and beauty. Tonight, I hover in that liminal space in between the two, not quite limbo, … Read More »
A Lesson from Malala
At just 17 years old, Malala Yousafzay, a Pakistani children's and educational rights activist, just became the youngest person to win the Nobel Peace Prize this morning. The Prize was awarded to fellow children's rights activist Kailash Satyarthi, of India. Malala, like … Read More »
“Remember Me” and the Days of Awe
For Jews around the globe, including myself, we exist now in a perilous time of year known as Yamim Noraim - the Days of Awe. The ten days in between the start of Rosh HaShanah, the Jewish New Year, and the end of Yom Kippur, the Jewish Day of Atonement, constitute the holiest … Read More »
PCOS and Infertility in Your Twenties: An Unspoken Reality
Welcome to the 2014 Voices of PCOS blog series at The Infertility Voice, in honor of PCOS Awareness Month! PCOS and Infertility in Your Twenties: An Unspoken Reality By Leslie Ciak Editor's Note: Please be aware this post discusses pregnancy and parenting. My … Read More »
No, it wasn’t just you.
"If you haven't already heard and you'll allow me to dish some gossip this morning," local radio personality Bob Oakes began, "the Royal Family has confirmed that the Duchess of Cambridge, Kate Middleton, is pregnant with her second child." And just like that, my local NPR … Read More »
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