Another pumping session, another post from my phone. It's been almost 48 hours since I was at the hospital. I left Friday night, renting a car to drive up to Salem with the intention of finishing Judah's nursery so it would be done and ready by the time we came home (which is … Read More »
Relentless
This is the post I write from my phone. The post where I'm hooked up to my breast pump, trying to banish thoughts of dairy farms from my head. The post where I'm too lazy to try and juggle the laptop on my lap while breast shields and baby bottles hang from my boobs, the post … Read More »
One Week
At 10:52pm tonight, Judah turned one week old. ...They really do grow up so fast. Life in the NICU is surreal and strange and yet amazingly, you learn to adapt with remarkable speed and grace. Larry and I have been here continuously since Friday afternoon. The birch … Read More »
Three Minutes.
It's quiet here in the NICU at night. Judah was born this weekend on Mothers Day coming in at 5 pounds, 7 ounces and 19 inches long. He's perfect in every single way. He's just five weeks early. No parent ever expects this. We all read "What to Expect" and we glaze … Read More »
He’s here.
5 weeks early and one HELLUVA tale. More later. Waiting for Larry to get back from Japan. Yeah, it's THAT crazy a story. More this week. We're all okay. Hey Judah. Welcome to the world! Updated: Daddy is back in the US and we're all doing well, just waiting for our son to … Read More »
Discussing Infertility & Insurance Issues on HuffPost Live
In case you missed it, I was featured on HuffPost Live this evening talking about insurance and infertility! Hosted by HuffPost Live producer Nancy Redd, I was joined by Dr. Sami David from Fifth Avenue Fertility and Ami Jaeger, Executive Director of the BioLaw Ethics Institute. … Read More »
Birth Mothers Day and The Open-Hearted Way to Open Adoption
Last week I had the unique privilege and honor to profile Lori Holden, author of the new book The Open-Hearted Way to Open Adoption: Helping Your Child Grow Up Whole. You may know her from her ever-amazing blog, LavenderLuz.com (formerly Write Mind, Open Heart) and her fantastic, … Read More »
Raise Your Infertility Voice for Advocacy Day!
For the past two years, I've headed to Capitol Hill to speak up for the infertility community, courtesy of RESOLVE. For a whirlwind 24 hours, I walked all over Capitol Hill spreading the message that infertility is a disease and that the needs of infertility patients matter. I … Read More »
A Three Hat Day, or Rather, Weeks
Remember this book from Reading Rainbow, A Three Hat Day? That's kind of how I've been feeling lately, like I'm walking around with a stack of hats on head, swapping them out every hour or so depending on what role I need to fulfill. If it seems like I've been a bit … Read More »
Join the Movement for #NIAW
It's National Infertility Awareness Week and RESOLVE: The National Infertility Association wants all of us to join the movement. If you asked me four years ago if I would ever join a movement for infertility, I would have laughed heartily at the suggestion. But the truth is: it's … Read More »
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