This is that part about infertility - parenting afterward or otherwise - that you don't hear so much about. We have enclosed this letter as a reminder that you currently have embryos frozen and stored... It is our hope that you will choose to use these frozen embryos in the … Read More »
Pregnancy & Parenting After Infertility
Stories about the precarious liminal space of pregnancy after infertility and the often uncertain territory of parenting after infertility.
Infertility & the Surrogacy Option
Yesterday I talked a little bit about my own IVF journey. Today, we hear from Whitney Anderson, infertility advocate and mom via surrogacy. We've also got a special interview with Kymberli Barney, surrogacy advocate, former surrogate and all-around badass. First, let's hear … 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 »
The Untethered Boat of Pregnancy and Parenting After Infertility
If you're here from BlogHer, welcome!Find out how you can join the movement for National Infertility Awareness Week. Yesterday, I talked about how I'm battling prenatal depression. Today, I want to talk a little more broadly about the liminal space of pregnancy after … Read More »
The Dark, Dirty Secret of Prenatal Depression
It's been quiet around here lately, no? *casts a guilty glance* I know. I know. To get you quickly up to speed: the Knish is just fine. He's very active and I believe he has waged a war against my belly button from the inside. I think he knows that I really don't … Read More »
Unresolved But In Transition
First and foremost, I need to say a huge HELLO! to all of you. I realize I've been MIA here at The Infertility Voice website as of late and when I got a comment on an old post today wondering where I'd went, I knew it was time to come back to this space. So firstly, me, Larry and … Read More »
Substantially Better, Thank You Very Much
Folks have been asking me all week: "How are you?" To which I've replied, "Substantially better, thank you very much" just about every time. I finally broke down and called my OB practice to see if they could get me in before the Monday after Thanksgiving. My nausea was … Read More »
Guilty Nausea
You know you've hit a new low when you're blogging on your phone from the floor of your bathroom, curled up in a fetal position, head resting on a pile of (dirty?) towels: So, I was really hoping to avoid any "let's bitch about pregnancy symptoms" posts but, that's going … Read More »
Basketcase
Yeah, that would be me right now. My thyroid is a shitshow right now. Just got my TSH panel back from yesterday's bloodwork and it's officially the lowest it's ever been: 0.09. Even though we like my TSH to be low, that's not necessarily a good thing. In fact, it's way too … Read More »
Tourism, Citizenship and Transitioning from the Land of IF
Today, I have a guest post over at PAIL (Pregnancy/Parenting Through Adoption, Infertility & Loss) Bloggers. I'm tackling a topic I've been mulling over since the day I found out I was pregnant, one that I tried to get at a little bit in the "To Mom or Not to Mom" Salon hosted … Read More »
