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Stories to feed your soul and heal your heart.

Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child

Nov. 1, 2015 by Guest Blogger

Guest Post by Candyce Pelfrey Kannengieser I had not always wanted children. I wasn’t born maternal. I did not like minding my younger brothers and I hated babysitting. I definitely did not want to get pregnant, so at sixteen and still a virgin, I went on birth control … Read More »

Just Relax? More Like Just Don’t, Amirite?

Oct. 28, 2014 by Keiko Zoll

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

Oct. 27, 2014 by Keiko Zoll

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 »

“Remember Me” and the Days of Awe

Oct. 1, 2014 by Keiko Zoll

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

Sep. 11, 2014 by Keiko Zoll

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 »

Learning to Love My PCOS

Sep. 1, 2014 by Guest Blogger

Welcome to the 2014 Voices of PCOS blog series at The Infertility Voice, in honor of PCOS Awareness Month! I have several wonderful guest blogs to share with you this month. Bonus: I'm participating in NaBloPoMo (National Blog Posting Month) and this month's theme is healing. … Read More »

The Infertility Voice Goes Mobile!

Aug. 27, 2014 by Keiko Zoll

An exciting announcement for those of you looking to get The Infertility Voice on-the-go: I've recently joined the the Infertility Survival Kit's blogroll and blog feed! The Infertility Survival Kit is an iPhone app and mobile friendly resource site to help busy … Read More »

The IVF Journal: Your Infertility Journey’s New, Super-Organized Best Friend

Jul. 22, 2014 by Keiko Zoll

Having spent some time talking with my friend Stephanie Fry about her new book, The IVF Journal, I gained a lot more insight about all the literal blood, sweat and tears that went into crafting this incredible resource for infertility patients. Now that I've had a chance to … Read More »

An Interview with Stephanie Fry, Author of “The IVF Journal”

Jul. 15, 2014 by Keiko Zoll

Stephanie Fry: professional colleague, devoted author, a dear friend. A mom after infertility who gets it, who understands exactly how painful the infertility journey can be. There are lots of awesome ways to describe Stephanie Fry and I'm so lucky that I've gotten to know her … Read More »

These are for you.

May. 10, 2014 by Keiko Zoll

(I hope you like tulips.) According to a 2010 report from the National Retail Federation, Mother's Day is second-most popular holiday for fresh flower purchases, behind Christmas. People will spend $1.9 billion on flowers for Mother's Day. That's billion with a b. If I … Read More »