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 »
Success Stories
Stories of success after infertility.
Losing and Finding Hope with PCOS
Welcome to the 2014 Voices of PCOS blog series at The Infertility Voice, in honor of PCOS Awareness Month! Losing and Finding Hope with PCOS By Nicole M. Editor's Note: Please be aware this post discusses pregnancy and parenting. When I was a teenager, I had very … Read More »
The Search for My Egg Donor: The Katie Show’s Feel Good TV With Not So Good Labels
Did you catch Wednesday's episode of the Katie Show? No, I wasn't on it.* But the first half of the show was entitled "The Search for My Egg Donor" and focused on a young, remarkably poised 16-year old, Brittan Gilmore, reuniting with her mother's egg donor, JoLana. … Read More »
Infertility & Open-Hearted Adoption
Thinking about adoption? Does the thought of open adoption strike fear in your heart? Fret not. I'm so honored to welcome Lori Holden for today's interview to talk about not just open adoption, but open-hearted adoption. Lori Holden blogs from Denver at LavenderLuz.com and can … Read More »
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 »
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 »
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 »
An announcement, a proposal, a prayer and a promise.
I have been writing this post, over and over and over, trying best to figure out just how I was going to phrase my words to you today. There's so much I want to say, so I imagine this will be a wordy post. I figured the best way to get through it all was to break it down into … Read More »
