Okay, so I might be exaggerating just a tad. I didn't win an Oscar. But I did take the top prize in Wellsphere's This Is Me video contest!I recut my video with a different intro title and stripped the audio and submitted it to this video contest a couple of weeks ago. … Read More »
Advocacy & Awareness
Reclaim your power with tools to advocate for your own healthcare and family-building decisions. There are many ways you can be an infertility advocate that fits your comfort level and capitalizes on your skills and talents. We all have the capacity to become empowered agents working for change.
Calling All Bay State IF Bloggers!
Do you live in Massachusetts?Are you living with infertility or have struggled with infertility in the past?Do you blog?I am looking for you!I'm working to create a network of Massachusetts-based infertility bloggers. We are extraordinarily lucky to live in a state with … Read More »
What IF? Video Production Notes
On this last day of National Infertility Awareness Week, I look back over the week and see such tremendous growth. For me personally, I'm looking back on this week as probably one of the turning points in my life. My followers, both of this blog and on Twitter, have substantially … Read More »
ICLW May Be Over, But NIAW is in Full Swing!
I did it. 170 blogs (3 went down since the list went up). 170 comments in 7 days. I made my first Iron Commenter! I have found so many new blogs to follow- check my right sidebar to who I've added. I've found a ton of adoption blogs- check out my left sidebar just to see all … Read More »
What IF?
I was so inspired by so many of the questions raised in the Phase One of #ProjectIF that I couldn't pick just one to respond to. I saw this as a collective lamentation laid bare for the world to see. So many of these questions have flittered through and lingered in my brain at … Read More »
National Infertility Awareness Week 2010
This Saturday kicks off RESOLVE's National Infertility Awareness Week. Last year, I was ballsy and decided to post about it on my Facebook page. My status: 1 out of every 8 couples is coping with infertility... and I'm one of them. Learn more about National Infertility Awareness … Read More »
Dear Senator Scott Brown
I received an action alert email from a donor agency that Larry and I have been using to browse donor profiles. We haven't selected a donor, but it's a nice exercise in getting us at least mentally prepared for DE/IVF. The email linked to an article in yesterday's Boston Globe, … Read More »
Why all the hate on women’s health?
I'm hoppin' mad about the state of women's health care in this country right now. Recently, a national task force has made recommendations made about mammograms in women over 40. Today, the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG) has made recommendations to … Read More »
RESOLVE Advocacy Day 2009
I'm doing my part by emailing & mailing elected officials, facebooking, and tweeting today... have you done your part?More Advocacy Day info here at RESOLVE.Demand affordable coverage for infertility treatment by insurance companies!Click here to download a template letter to … Read More »
RESOLVE Advocacy Day: Thur, June 25th!
If you haven't read already, this Thursday, June 25th is RESOLVE's Advocacy Day. Big stuff to talk about with lawmakers in DC, especially the House and Senate versions of the Family Building Act. Sadly, the media debacles known as "Octomom" and "John & Kate Plus STFU Already" … Read More »
