I realize it's been a while since I did one of these so I thought between the ASRM Annual Conference this week and REDBOOK's groundbreaking infertility Twitter chat at 2pm tomorrow (which, you'll totally be there, right?) I thought now was as good a time as any to share some … Read More »
Voices of PCOS: Mandie’s Story – Zen and the Art of Baby-Making
Welcome to our second feature story in this week's Voices of PCOS series in support of PCOS Awareness Month. Yesterday, we heard Kristin's story about living with PCOS and the Glycemic Index. Today we hear from Mandie from To Love a Rose, as she walks us down the winding road of … Read More »
Annual Fertility Treatment, Adoption and Donor Choices Conference on Nov. 5th
*Dons her non-profit org hat for this post* Have you heard? RESOLVE of New England is once again hosting our wildly amazing and awesome Annual Fertility Treatment, Adoption and Donor Choices Conference on Saturday, November 5th in Marlborough, MA! Registration has officially … Read More »
You Asked, I Answer: Infertility Questions
Yesterday I answered all of the Fun and Deep Questions from my little Formspring experiment. I got a lot of questions related very specifically to infertility and our journey, so I wanted to give those answers their very own (very long) post. Blogging About Infertility Who is … Read More »
You Asked, I Answer: Fun and Deep Stuff
Thank you to everyone who submitted a question to my Formspring this week! This has been a really neat experience. I'll keep this intro short, as you all asked me a ton of great questions. So many, in fact, I need to break all my answers down into two posts. Today, I'll answer … Read More »
Wordless Wednesday: Rage Comic Goodness
They say laughter is the best medicine, right? Here's a little Wordless Wednesday ALI community humor while I recover from shingles. My husband is quite the fan of the Rage Comics. He found this one a few weeks ago on Reddit, and I couldn't not share. (NSFW language below.) … Read More »
Infertility Book Review: “Good Eggs” by Phoebe Potts
Welcome back to my Infertility Summer Reading review series! Tune in every other Friday this summer for a new review. Check out the schedule of reviews below. You can even grab your own copy of the books reviewed by clicking the book covers under the Infertility Summer Reading … Read More »
5 Infertility Books for Great Summer Reads: Inconceivable
Welcome back to my Infertility Summer Reading review series! Tune in every other Friday this summer for a new review. Two weeks ago I reviewed Dr. Domar's Conquering Infertility. This week I review the truly remarkable story of Carolyn and Sean Savage in their memoir, … Read More »
Mommy’s Garden
A colleague of mine, a parent through adoption, shared a beautiful story of a friend of hers who decided to tell their child they were conceived using donor gametes. I want to share this with you for two reasons: 1) it's such an original way of disclosing to children about their … Read More »
Thoughts On Choosing the Donor Egg Path
Photo by Frank Monnerjahn via FlickrIVF with donor egg is a tough concept to wrap your brain around; I certainly struggled with it initially. We've certainly flip-flopped around in our family building plans in the two years since I was diagnosed: donor egg, adoption, then back to … Read More »