Hi there! I'm Keiko. I'm glad you're here. Let's get you up to speed, shall we? My … Read More »
Your Voices + Stories

Trusting Your Inner Compass
There’s an old proverb: "the journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step." But what if physically taking even that … Read More »

The PCOS Journey Never Ends: It Goes On and On…
Welcome to the 2014 Voices of PCOS blog series at The Infertility Voice, in honor of PCOS Awareness Month! The PCOS … Read More »

Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child
Guest Post by Candyce Pelfrey Kannengieser I had not always wanted children. I wasn’t born maternal. I did not like … Read More »

Treatment Options of PCOS for Fertility: Looking Beyond IVF
Welcome to the 2014 Voices of PCOS blog series at The Infertility Voice, in honor of PCOS Awareness Month! Treatment … Read More »

Lessons in Healing
I am a stepmother and mother of a daughter who died of SIDS in 2003, and had an ectopic pregnancy in 2004. I have also … Read More »

A Thing With Feathers
By Liz Miles
I sat in a chair at a table in the fertility clinic exam room thinking about how this would be a defining moment in my life. … Read More »
From the Blog
Clarity of Purpose and Living Fearlessly
Hi, I'm Keiko and I am a habitual self-saboteur. ("Hi, Keiko.") I have always found it easier to walk away from the opportunity and know that I came out on my own terms than at the mercy of failure. This is the justification I've told myself for … Read More »
More than you ever needed to know about me.
So how exactly did this all happen?And more importantly, why on earth would I write about this on the web to share with millions of strangers?If there's one thing I've learned in the short time since my diagnosis, it's that hearing other women's … Read More »
Existential and Exhausted
Oh hai. If The Infertility Voice has felt a bit off kilter lately, you'd be correct. Things are off kilter here. Life has been hectic. (Isn't it always? I feel like that's my default excuse but in truth, my life is wicked busy right … Read More »
The luck o’the Irish.
Believe it or not, in addition to being a half-Japanese Jew-by-choice, I'm also Irish (thanks Mom!) :) It accounts for the freckles and ability to tan quickly, but the Japanese keeps me from getting sunburnt usually. I believe it also accounts for my … Read More »

