Larry worked from home yesterday morning. Checking our shared Google calendars, he saw I had written in something for today. "What's D-Day?" he asked me, genuinely confused that perhaps he's forgotten something important. "Diagnosis Day," I said, casually, taking a bite of … Read More »
National Infertility Awareness Week
Sponsored by RESOLVE: The National Infertility Awareness Association, National Infertility Awareness Week is the last week of April each year in the United States.
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 »
What IF: Three Years Later
This was me three years ago: I's funny to go back and watch this video, to think about all the things that are different in my life now. The fact that we own a home instead of living in student housing where this was filmed. The three pairs of glasses I've gone through … Read More »
“This is what 7.3 million looks like.”
Infertility affects as many as 7.3 million people in the United States alone. But what does that actually look like? Well to start, that's slightly less than the entire population of Israel. That's slightly more than the entire population of Hong Kong. Or, another way to look … Read More »
Join the Movement for National Infertility Awareness Week
National Infertility Awareness Week is coming... are you ready? More importantly, are you ready to Join the Movement this year? NIAW has always had a special place in my heart. It's when I first "came out" about my infertility to a larger group of friends and … 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 »
NIAW 2012: Raise Awareness on Your Facebook Timeline!
Updated at the bottom! National Infertility Awareness Week (NIAW) is from April 22-28, 2012.It's an important week for the entire infertility community as we gather together to raise awareness for our disease. Founded by Resolve, the National Infertility Association, NIAW is a … Read More »
Three Years of Blogging and Meeting Bloggers IRL: It’s Amazeballs.
Today is my 3-year blogoversary. On March 30, 2009, I started blogging at Hannah Wept, Sarah Laughed. I wrote under my Hebrew name then. My, how things have changed. For a long time, the most I ever connected with folks online has been through my various internet … Read More »
Have you voted for RESOLVE’s Best Blog yet?
It's hard to believe it's that time of year again... RESOLVE has announced their 2011 Night of Hope Awardees and Nominees for Best Book and Best Blog! Now it's up to the blogosphere to vote for the winners. The Best Blog nominations came from this year's National Infertility … Read More »
A Fathers’ Day Twitterview with RESOLVE & “I Want to Be a Daddy”
As I mentioned yesterday, even though it's Men's Health Week, we don't often hear the male side of the infertility journey. With Fathers' Day just around the corner, this is especially timely. There are a few elusive male voices out there (emphasis on the few). But the guys who … Read More »
