For the past two years, I've headed to Capitol Hill to speak up for the infertility community, courtesy of RESOLVE. For a whirlwind 24 hours, I walked all over Capitol Hill spreading the message that infertility is a disease and that the needs of infertility patients matter. I … Read More »
Join the Movement for #NIAW
It's National Infertility Awareness Week and RESOLVE: The National Infertility Association wants all of us to join the movement. If you asked me four years ago if I would ever join a movement for infertility, I would have laughed heartily at the suggestion. But the truth is: it's … Read More »
“This is what 7.3 million looks like.”
Infertility affects as many as 7.3 million people in the United States alone. But what does that actually look like? Well to start, that's slightly less than the entire population of Israel. That's slightly more than the entire population of Hong Kong. Or, another way to look … Read More »
Join the Movement for National Infertility Awareness Week
National Infertility Awareness Week is coming... are you ready? More importantly, are you ready to Join the Movement this year? NIAW has always had a special place in my heart. It's when I first "came out" about my infertility to a larger group of friends and … Read More »
Act Now to Help The Family Act & The Adoption Tax Credit
Congress is back in session, after their nice long holiday break. Now is the perfect time to call them up and let them know that hey: infertility matters and the 7.3 million Americans living with infertility could use their legislative help. "But Keiko," I hear you saying, … Read More »
#GivingTuesday: Highlighting Important Infertility Organizations All Day!
Today is Giving Tuesday. Following on the heels of Black Friday, Small Business Saturday and Cyber Monday, Giving Tuesday seeks to turn that holiday spending power into holiday giving power by focusing on organizations and non-profits making a difference in our … Read More »
Eat, Drink and Be Merry – Or Don’t: An Infertility Holiday Survival Guide
In case you missed it, the rush for the end of year holidays has begun. I find, that for the life of the infertile, that dash begins right around Hallowe'en, although Back to School season has begun creeping in on this territory, too. From Hallowe'en it's practically light warp … Read More »
IVF Raffles and the Disparity of Care: What Needs to Be Said
There's a piece in the NY Times this weekend about the latest infertility clinic to sponsor a raffle of an IVF cycle. And, like so many pieces on this controversial subject, it gets at the ethical dilemma of such raffles: “It is against the law to raffle off a puppy, but we’re … Read More »
CD5: Time to act.
Hey, did you know fertility treatments are expensive? Let me clue you in our a little scenario that's been eating away at us. So, we live in this great Commonwealth of Massachusetts and my fertility treatments are covered by my insurance, as mandated by state law. Piece. O. … Read More »
Advocacy Day 2012: Vignettes, Voices and Images
It was a longer trek than I thought from the Senate building to the Metro station and I was thankful that the weather had held up so beautifully. The sun was shining, the breeze tempering just the right amount of chill to dry the tiny beads of sweat forming along my eyebrows as … Read More »