While I'm happy to take the microphone and do all the talking, I'm stepping off the stage today to shine some light on someone who deserves just as much attention and credit: my fantastic husband, Larry. I'm blessed to have found my soulmate and to have someone who dives head and … Read More »
Life Before and After Infertility
Mel has a great post this week busting a myth about infertility, about crossing the divide between those who have and those who have not yet resolved their infertility. It's a brilliant post and she describes how we often can mark the moment at which our lives changed … Read More »
What IF: One Year Later
365 days.33,760 plays.359,858 loads.I can't believe it's been a year since I released my What IF video.So much has happened in the past year that's it's crazy to think it's only been just a year; in other ways, it feels like it was just yesterday; I still remember going out … Read More »
Bust An Infertility Myth: I Am Not A Broken Woman.
In retrospect, it was fitting that my last performance in The Vagina Monologues was reading "I Was There in the Room." It's a haunting, reverant, glorious monologue from Eve Ensler's perspective of watching her adopted son's child being born. She is present in the physical … Read More »
National Infertility Awareness Week 2011: What’s Happening Around the Blogosphere
APRIL 24 - 30, 2011National Infertility Awareness Week is literally just around the corner! NIAW stands for so many things in our community: support, empowerment, awareness-raising, hope. In many ways, NIAW is about community and how we strengthen each other in our journeys by … Read More »
Calling All Health Activist Bloggers
As some of you know, I'm a member of WEGO Health, a community hub for health activists in all areas of health interests, conditions, and diagnoses. It's a pretty nifty community and I highly recommend it if you're in the health industry in any way. I even won their Vlog Contest … Read More »
What I Learned from PETA & Why This Mattered
What a week folks, what a week.It's official: all references to NIAW have been removed from the PETA website, including on that directing Features page that would take you to the contest page itself. Again: thanks, PETA - much appreciated.I've had some time now to finally get … Read More »
Infertility and Raising Awareness
We are more than our infertility. When we think of infertility, sometimes we think about all the things it has taken away from us: our fertility, our sense of control in our lives and of our bodies, sometimes even our hopes and plans. Infertility can make us weary, stressed, … Read More »
4 Myths Debunked About Mandated Infertility Coverage
As I mentioned last week, Maine could potentially become the sixteenth state to mandate insurers to cover infertility treatments. The bill, LD 720, will be heard before the Joint Committee for Insurance and Financial Services at the Maine State House (room 220) in Augusta at … Read More »
Let’s Celebrate Women for International Women’s Day
Hey everyone... it's International Women's Day. In fact, it's the 100th International Women's Day!Women.... ROCK. We do! And we roll, we dance, we fall in love, we fall out of love, we climb mountains, we fly in space shuttles, we fight in wars, we run for president, we sing, we … Read More »
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