St. Patrick's Day will never be the same for me.It's not like I roam the streets of Boston half-drunk or anything, quite the contrary: I deliberately avoid the nightlife scene on March 17th. When you work in higher education and your school just happens to be one of the few … Read More »
Keiko's Journey
The Infertility Voice™ first started as Editor-in-Chief Keiko Zoll's personal infertility blog, Hannah Wept, Sarah Laughed in 2009, shortly after her diagnosis of premature ovarian failure. Here is the record of her personal journey from infertility to motherhood from 2009 through 2013.
In Consideration of the Car Seat.
Ain't she a beaut? Too bad she can't really drive up hills.My lease is up in April, so it's off to the car dealerships we go. That's me in 2008, just a couple of days after we got my Civic Hybrid. I named my first new car Barracuda. True story: I was really into Guitar Hero at … Read More »
Compassion, Grace, and Courage
Last week, I gave an interview to my college alumni magazine talking about the work I've been doing for the infertility community, and how my one little video exploded on the internet nearly a year ago. I'm excited to see it come out sometime in April or May, as it will be coming … Read More »
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks & The IVF Connection
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks (2010).Her name was Henrietta Lacks.She is known to most scientists simply as HeLa. In fact, she's known on an even simpler scale: she is not a person to most modern researchers, rather, she is an "immortal" line of cultured cells. The … Read More »
What I learned at the aquarium.
While I was in Atlanta I had a day with some downtime, so I stopped by The World of Coca Cola and the Georgia Aquarium, the largest aquarium in the world. I really thought my weekend would be an IF-free zone but the aquarium had different plans for me.Of course I'm already … Read More »
This one’s for M.
I'm sitting in the hotel lobby at my conference, because amazingly, in this day and age, I'm expected to actually pay for internet in my room. Come on Marriott, I get the money game you're playing here, but come on. We're already paying out the nose for the room... you could … Read More »
The John Locke Approach to Infertility
Yesterday I was in a very glowy, lovey-dovey mood. It was our leather anniversary - how could I not be? Wait, that sounded a bit too kinky, let me clarify: it was our third wedding anniversary. It's amazing how quickly the time flies. I think we're officially on the tail end of … Read More »
Three Years Ago Today
I took your hand and spoke with purpose:Matzati et she'ahava nafshi(I have found him, whom my soul loves)Three years ago, I remember my veiled perspective: surrounded by family and song, my excitement lulled into comtemplative anticipation as the rabbi lead us in niggun her … Read More »
Dear Media: You’re Not Helping
Warning: ranty post ahead.The media has never really been kind to infertility. Then you get movies like Baby Momma and the ever horrifying The Backup Plan that kind of muck things up once in awhile. Only recently have we started seeing more empowering coverage such as Self … Read More »
In these unguarded moments
Photo by Alfonso Surroca via Flickr.It's been a few days since I've posted, I realize... A stellar start to my new year's resolutions. To be fair, work has once again started eating my soul, for a mid-academic year snack. August and January... my least favorite working … Read More »
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