Last week, I gave an interview to my college alumni magazine talking about the work I've been doing for the infertility community, and how my one little video exploded on the internet nearly a year ago. I'm excited to see it come out sometime in April or May, as it will be coming … Read More »
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks & The IVF Connection
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks (2010).Her name was Henrietta Lacks.She is known to most scientists simply as HeLa. In fact, she's known on an even simpler scale: she is not a person to most modern researchers, rather, she is an "immortal" line of cultured cells. The … Read More »
What I learned at the aquarium.
While I was in Atlanta I had a day with some downtime, so I stopped by The World of Coca Cola and the Georgia Aquarium, the largest aquarium in the world. I really thought my weekend would be an IF-free zone but the aquarium had different plans for me.Of course I'm already … Read More »
This one’s for M.
I'm sitting in the hotel lobby at my conference, because amazingly, in this day and age, I'm expected to actually pay for internet in my room. Come on Marriott, I get the money game you're playing here, but come on. We're already paying out the nose for the room... you could … Read More »
Off on a (work related) adventure
I'm off to the FYE Conference in Atlanta for the next 5 days. I'm looking forward to the content and a little bit of a mini-vacay. I'm letting Yelp guide my meals and plan on taking some time tomorrow to check out the Georgia Aquarium and... wait for it...The World of Coca … Read More »
The John Locke Approach to Infertility
Yesterday I was in a very glowy, lovey-dovey mood. It was our leather anniversary - how could I not be? Wait, that sounded a bit too kinky, let me clarify: it was our third wedding anniversary. It's amazing how quickly the time flies. I think we're officially on the tail end of … Read More »
Three Years Ago Today
I took your hand and spoke with purpose:Matzati et she'ahava nafshi(I have found him, whom my soul loves)Three years ago, I remember my veiled perspective: surrounded by family and song, my excitement lulled into comtemplative anticipation as the rabbi lead us in niggun her … Read More »
Dear Media: You’re Not Helping
Warning: ranty post ahead.The media has never really been kind to infertility. Then you get movies like Baby Momma and the ever horrifying The Backup Plan that kind of muck things up once in awhile. Only recently have we started seeing more empowering coverage such as Self … Read More »
In these unguarded moments
Photo by Alfonso Surroca via Flickr.It's been a few days since I've posted, I realize... A stellar start to my new year's resolutions. To be fair, work has once again started eating my soul, for a mid-academic year snack. August and January... my least favorite working … Read More »
A most wonderful dream
Last night, I had a pretty rad dream:Larry and I were at some random party. The Winkelvoss twins of "The Social Network" and Facebook settlement infamy (and yes, they were also played by Armie Hammer in my dream) were there as well and pulled us aside."We wanted to give you … Read More »
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